·' ;';'. ,;. :., •... :"~. '. , ... _ '.' ( .. ". m) Electronic signature: a signature someone affixes to an electronic document which authenticates the identity of the sender of a message. CHAPTERII PROGRAMMING, PUBLICATION OF TENDERS AND SUBMISSION OF BIDS SECTION 1 . ONLINE PROGRAMMING OF CONTRACTS AND PUBLICATION OF TENDERS ARTICLE 3.- (1) Public contracts published via an electronic medium shall be subject to prior online programming. (2) The conditions and procedure of the programming referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be laid down by Order of the Minister in charge of Public Contracts. ARTICLE 4.- Documents related to the tender shall, in addition to the items mentioned in the Public Contracts Code, contain the link to download the sa id documents. ARTICLE 5.- (1) The documents referred to in Article 4 above shall be signed by the Contracting Authority using an electronic certificate. They shall be published on the dematerialisation platform following the procedures provided for by the Public Contracts Code. (2) For expressions of interest, signing shall be done by the Project Owner. (3) The signature referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be generated by an electronic certificate acquired from the competent authorities under conditions provided for by regulations in force. ARTICLE 6.- (1) The bidding documents shall be uploaded to the dematerialisation platform by the Contracting Authority, in a common and widely available format, to ensure free, direct and full access by bidders. (2) The bidding documents shall especially indicate the method of response, the composition of online bids and the file formats to be submitted. Non-compliance with the said formats shall lead to the inadmissibility of the bid. (3) The list of documents to be provided must be specified in the bidding documents. ARTICLE 7.- (1) The Contracting Authority shall be required to store on a physical medium copies of bidding documents uploaded on the dematerialisation platform. SERVICES ,?U PR~~~~~~~t~Tl=1~ SECRETARIA DIRECTION IÛ~ Aq-Mj~H6li1ATIN~§ o~; 6~i~l~étJE~g§· cnTt COPI E C J;."" ' or. c_~tlf@P.."tf..~ ] l" ...• :':.