1.10.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L257/127 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2005/51/EC of 7 September 2005 amending Annex XX to Directive 2004/17/EC and Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Directive 2004/17EC of the European Parlia- ment and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the pro- curement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services (), and in particular Article 70(b) thereof, Having regard to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parlia- ment and the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public sup- ply contracts and public service contracts (2), and in particular Article 79(b) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Annex XX to Directive 2004/17[EC establishes that the notices referred to in Articles 41, 42, 43 and 63 of that Directive are sent by the contracting entities to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities in the format required by Commission Directive 2001/78/EC of 13 September 2001 amending Annex IV to Council Directive 93/36/EEC, Annexes IV, V and VI to Council Directive 93/37/EEC, Annexes IIl and IV to Council Direc- tive 92/50/EEC, as amended by Directive 97/52/EC, and Annexes XII to XV, XVII and XVII to Council Directive 93/38/EEC, as amended by Directive 98/4/EC (Directive on the use of standard forms in the publication of public contract notices) (3). Similarly, Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC establishes that the notices referred to in Articles 35, 58, 64 and 69 of that Directive are sent by the contracting authorities to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities in the format required by Directive 2001/78/EC. (") OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1. Directive as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 18742004 (O] L 326, 29.10.2004, p. 17). () OJL 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1874/2004. () OJ L 285, 29.10.2001, p. 1. (2)  Since the standard forms set out in Directive 2001/78/EC do not take full account of the information required under Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC, new standard forms will be established in implementing measures. As a consequence, the references to Directive 2001/78/EC in Annex XX to Directive 2004/17/EC and in Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC are no longer valid. (3)  Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (4)  The measures provided for in this Directive are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Public Procurement, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 In point 1(a) of Annex XX to Directive 2004/17EC, the first sen- tence is replaced by the following: ‘Notices referred to in Articles 41, 42, 43 and 63 must be sent by the contracting entities to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities in the format established by imple- menting measures to be adopted by the Commission in accor- dance with the procedure referred to in Article 68(2).’ Article 2 In point 1(a) of Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC, the first sen- tence is replaced by the following: ‘Notices referred to in Articles 35, 58, 64 and 69 must be sent by the contracting authorities to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities in the format established by imple- menting measures to be adopted by the Commission in accor- dance with the procedure referred to Article 77(2).