27. 5. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 129/25 COMMISSION DECISION of 13 May 1993 defining the conditions under which contracting entities exploiting geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels must communicate to the Commission information relating to the contracts they award (93/327/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/531/EEC of 17 September 1990 on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and tele- communications sectors ('), and in particular Articles 3 (2) (b) and 32 (4) to (7) thereof, Having regard to the opinion of the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts, Whereas Article 3 (2) (b) of Directive 90/531/EEC provides that contracting entities exploiting geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels must communicate to the Commission, under conditions to be defined by it, infor- mation relating to the contracts they award; Whereas this information must enable the Commission to carry out its task of monitoring the application of Community law and to compile statistical studies ; Whereas the obligation to communicate information rela- ting to each contract awarded should, however, be confined to contracts whose value is sufficiently high, namely all contracts with a value exceeding ECU § million ; Whereas more concise periodic information should suffice for contracts with a value of between ECU 400 000 and § million, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Member States shall ensure that contracting entities carrying on one or more of the activities referred to in Atticle 3 (1) of Directive 90/531/EEC communicate to the () OJ No L 297, 29. 10. 1990, p. 1. Commission, for any contract they award whose value (determined in accordance with Article 12 of that Direc- tive) exceeds ECU § million, all the information specified in the Annex to this Decision, within 48 days of the date on which the contract in question is awarded. Article 2 For contracts with a value of between ECU 400 000 and § million, the contracting entities referred to in Article 1 shall : 1. retain in respect of each contract the information referred to in items 1 to 9 of the Annex for not less than four years from the date on which the contract is awarded ; 2. supply this information to the Commission either immediately, on its request, or not later than 48 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the contract in question is awarded. Article 3 This Decision shall be applicable to the contracts which have been awarded since the 1 January 1993. Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 May 1993. For the Commission Raniero VANNI D’ARCHIRAFI Member of the Commission