Contents overview Part 1 General provisions Section 1 Purpose and aim of the law Section 2 Scope of application Section 2a Tender volume, distribution of bidding dates Section 3 DefinitionsPart 2 Specialist planning and central preliminary investigation Section 1 Area development plan Section 4 Purpose of the area development plan Section 5 Subject matter of the area development plan Section 6 Responsibility and procedures for preparing the Area development plan Section 7 Transition from the federal offshore plan and the offshore grid development plan Section 8 Amendment and updating of the area development plan Section 2 Central preliminary investigation of sites Section 9 Objective of the central preliminary investigation of sites Section 10 Object and scope of the central preliminary investigation of sites Section 10a Reimbursement of necessary costs for investigations of centrally pre-examined areas Section 10b Reimbursement of necessary costs for investigations of non-centrally pre-examined areas Section 11 Responsibility for the central pre-examination of areas Section 12 Procedure for the central pre-examination of areas Section 13 Construction and operation of offshore connecting lines Part 3 Tenders Section 1 General provisions Section 14 Competitive determination of the party entitled to the contract Section 14a Supplementary capacity allocation Section 15 General tender conditions Section 2 Tenders for areas that have not been centrally pre-examined Section 16 Announcement of the tenders Section 17 Requirements for bids Section 18 Security Section 19 Maximum value Section 20 Award procedure, value to be applied Section 21 Dynamic bid process Section 22 More detailed design of the dynamic bid procedure Section 23 Second bid component Section 24 Legal consequences of the award Section 25 Reimbursement of securities to bidders without an award Section 3 Tenders for existing projects Section 26 Tenders for existing projects Section 27 Tender volume Section 28 Planning of the offshore connection lines Section 29 Announcement of the tenders Section 30 Requirements for Participation in tenders for existing projects Section 31 Requirements for bids Section 32 Security Section 33 Maximum value Section 34 Award procedure Section 35 Area reference of the award Section 36 Award value and value to be applied Section 37 Legal consequences of the award Section 38 Reimbursement of securities to bidders without an award Section 4 (repealed) Subsection 1 (repealed) Section 39 (repealed) Section 40 (repealed) Section 41 (repealed) Section 42 (repealed) Section 43 (repealed) Section 44 (repealed) Section 45 (repealed)Subsection 2 (repealed) Section 46 (repealed) Section 47 (repealed) Section 48