Contracting authorities shall treat economic operators equally and without discrimination and shall act in a transparent and proportionate manner.

The design of the procurement shall not be made with the intention of excluding it from the scope of this Part or of artificially narrowing competition.

For that purpose, competition shall be considered to be artificially narrowed where the design of the procurement is made with the intention of unduly favouring or disadvantaging certain economic operators.

Contracting authorities F2... shall not terminate public contracts in a manner that circumvents their obligations under Parts 2 and 3.