Regulations Governing Arts and Cultural Procurements by Juridical Persons or Groups in Receipt of Government Grants Article 9

When juridical persons or groups have received funding to engage in purchasing related to culture and the arts, these groups’ purchaser(s) and their spouse(s), relatives within two degrees of consanguinity, and cohabiting relatives shall exercise the principle of recusal and not act as responsible persons for suppliers in related purchasing.To bolster the development of culture and the arts and the innovative use of related achievements, when engaging in fair competition or in the public interest, where the juridical person or group decides not to abide by the previous Paragraph’s stipulation concerning recusal, that juridical person or group shall, after reporting to the funding organization, publicly disclose those persons who ought to abide by the principle of recusal and their relationship to the supplier, and the reason for not recusing.Where otherwise stipulated in law, the provisions of the preceding two Paragraphs shall not apply.