Le règlement (CE, Euratom) no 1605/2002 (ci-après le «règlement financier») prévoit que les institutions communautaires respectent pour leurs propres marchés les règles, contenues dans les directives, applicables aux États membres.
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, hereinafter ‘the Financial Regulation’, provides that, for their own contracts, the Community institutions are to comply with the rules, contained in the Directives, applicable to the Member States.