S.L. 601.5 Art. 18Specificexclusions for service contracts.

(1) These regulations shall not apply to:

(a) acquisition or rental, by whatever financial means, or land, existing buildings or other immovable property or concerning rights thereon;

(b) arbitration and conciliation services;

(c) legal representation of a client by a lawyer within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Directive 77/249/EEC of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services in:

(i) an arbitration or conciliation held in a Member State, a third country or before an international arbitration or conciliation instance;

(ii) judicial proceedings before the courts, tribunals or public authorities of a Member State or a third country or before international courts, tribunals or institutions;

(d) legal advice given in preparation of any of the proceedings referred to in paragraph (c) or where there is a tangible indication and high probability that the matter to which the advice relates will become the subject of such proceedings, provided that the advice is given by a lawyer within the meaning of Article 1 of Directive 77/249/EEC of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services;

(e) document certification and authentication services which must be provided by notaries;

(f) legal services provided by trustees or appointed guardians or other legal services the providers of which are designated by a court or tribunal in the Member State concerned or are designated by law to carry out specific tasks under the supervision of such tribunals or courts;

(g) other legal services which are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority;

(h) financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments within the meaning of Directive 2004/39/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending, central bank services and operations conducted with the European Financial Stability Facility and the European Stability Mechanism;

(i) loans, whether or not in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments;

(j) employment contracts;

(k) public passenger transport services by rail or metro;

(l) civil defence, civil protection, and danger prevention services that are provided by non-profit organisations or associations, and which are covered by CPV codes 75250000-3, 75251000-0, 75251100-1, 75251110-4, 75251120-7, 75252000-7, 75222000-8, 98113100-9 and 85143000-3 except patient transport ambulance services;

(m) contracts for broadcasting time or programme provision that are awarded to audiovisual or radio media service providers;

(n) public service contracts for research and development services other than those public service contracts for research and development services which fall under the CPV codes 73000000-2 to 73120000-9, 73300000-5, 73420000-2 and 73430000-5 and whose benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs, on condition that the service provided is wholly remunerated by the contracting authority;

(o) when it is approved by the Commission in line with Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation: "media service providers", limitedly for the purpose of sub-regulation (1)(m) shall have the same meaning as pursuant to point

(d) of Article 1(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services;

"programme" shall have the same meaning as pursuant to point

(b) of Article 1(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services and shall also include radio programmes and radio programme materials; "programme material" shall have the same meaning of the term "programme".