In order to ensure transparency and equal treatment, amendments to the provisions of a contract during its term should be considered to constitute a new award of a contract when they render the contract materially different in character from the original contract and, therefore, such as to demonstrate the intention of the parties to renegotiate the essential terms of that contract.
D’fhonn trédhearcacht agus cóir chomhionann a áirithiú, ba cheart leasuithe a dhéantar ar chonradh, le linn a théarma, a mheas mar dhámhachtain nua conartha nuair atá an conradh nua difriúil ó thaobh ábhair de, i gcomparáid leis an mbunchonradh, de bharr na leasuithe sin, agus, dá bhrí sin, ba cheart a léiriú iontu go bhfuil rún ag na páirtithe buntéarmaí an chonartha sin a athchaibidliú.