Art. 6

(Art. **** 24 of the PPA)

1. The contracting authority shall, if possible, select at least three tenderers which it invites to participate in the dialogue.
2. The process of the dialogue, including duration, deadlines, compensation and use of intellectual property rights, shall be set out in a dialogue agreement. Acceptance of the dialogue agreement is a prerequisite for participation in the dialogue.
3. Both during a dialogue and following the award of the contract, no information on solutions and procedures of the individual tenderers may be disclosed without the written consent of the tenderer concerned.