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participating to public procurement procedures in any quality: as a bidder, subcontractor or supporting
third party (supporting bidder).
However, while in Italy the law provides for the prohibition of contracting with the public administration
(including public procurement), except for obtaining a public service, the Romanian Criminal Code
stipulates only the ban from public procurement as an accessory criminal sanction. As a result, a convicted
legal person can participate to concession procedures, sectorial procurements or competitions for public
grants.