The following (non-exhaustive) list cannot be considered grounds for rejection:

• certain missing items (relating to the exclusion or selection criteria) can be requested without going beyond the contacts authorised;

• obvious clerical errors can be corrected without going beyond the contacts authorised;

• they contain the information requested, but not on the standard form(s);

• the price exceeds the estimated amount indicated, without being of a significantly different magnitude;

• they have been submitted by a tenderer from a non-member country which has concluded a bilateral or multilateral agreement with the Union on public procurement and the terms of this agreement are complied with;

• (in the open procedure only), they have been submitted by a tenderer who had not requested the tendering documents;

• they are submitted as the basic tender, complying with the specifications, together with unauthorised variants (which must be rejected).