SECTION 60

(1) The Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner shall be bound to take all necessary measures to make available the work site before notifying the contract concerned. He must show proof, where appropriate, of the effective existence of the declaration of public utility, the expropriation decree, the transfer instrument or any other legal or administrative instrument showing proof of the availability of the site. 28 (2) The Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner shall be bound to ensure the availability of funding before launching bidding. This shall entail attesting, as the case may be, to the budget allocation, the effective expenditure authorization, and the entry into force of the funding agreement. (3) For recurrent services or projects whose effective commencement date is incompatible with prior adoption of the budget of the corresponding financial year, related consultations may be launched before the adoption of the said budget. (4) In the cases referred to in (3) above, the notification of the contract shall be subject to the existence of evidence of funding and site availability, where applicable.