Where competitive or comparative selection procedures are to be used, Member States may extend the maximum period of six weeks referred to in Article 48(6) for as long as necessary to ensure that such procedures are fair, reasonable, open and transparent to all interested parties, but by no longer than eight months, subject to any specific timetable established pursuant to Article 53.
I gcás ina bhfuil nósanna imeachta roghnúcháin iomaíocha nó inchomparáide le húsáid, féadfaidh na Ballstáit síneadh chomh fada is gá a chur leis an uastréimhse sé seachtaine dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 46 chun a áirithiú go bhfuil na nósanna imeachta sin cothrom, réasúnta, oscailte agus trédhearcach do na páirtithe leasmhara ar fad, ach go ceann tréimhse nach faide ná ocht mí, faoi réir aon amchláir ar leith arna bhunú de bhun Airteagal 53.