When the awarding authority decides to open the award procedure to economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, it shall indicate in the concession notice the accessibility criteria on the basis of which authorisation to participate in the procedure may be granted.
These criteria are established in particular with regard to the imperatives of security of information and supply, the preservation of the interests of defence and State security, the interest of developing the European defence industrial and technological base, the objectives of sustainable development, the obtaining of mutual benefits and the requirements of reciprocity.