When Union institutions award contracts on their own account, that procedure shall only be used during the performance of the original contract and at the latest during the three years following its conclusion.
Nuair a dhámhann na hinstitiúidí de chuid an Aontais conarthaí ar a gcuntas féin, ní fhéadfar an nós imeachta sin a úsáid ach i rith fheidhmiú an chonartha bunaidh agus, ar a dhéanaí, le linn na 3 bliana tar éis a thabhairt i gcrích.