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República.The information and electronic availability of the Diário da República has been used profusely, with access tolegislationandotherlawspublishedasfollows:• • ThenumberofvisitstothesiteoftheElectronicDiáriodaRepública(counter)increasedbynearly50%:1styear(July2006toJune2007)–11.8millionvisits;2 nd year(July2007toJune2008)–16.8millionvisits• The number of requests made through the Universal and Free Public Service (i.e. documentconsultation, document downloads, etc.) increased by nearly 100% in its second year ofoperation:1 st year(July2006toJune2007)–21.1million;2 nd year(July2007toJune2008)–41.9million• In2008,duringaconsolidationphaseofthemeasuretoreinforceaccesstotheElectronicDiáriodaRepública, historical usage maximums were reached: Nr of accesses in a day (counter) 158,896(11‐Sept‐2008);Nrofhitsinaday(clicksperpage)2,749,162(8‐Jan‐2008);Nrofdifferentusersinaday67,933(2‐Jul‐2008);Nrofusersaccessingsimultaneously2,907(5‐Feb‐2007).With the new Public Contracting Code in force it is possible to use technology to launch public tenderselectronically,establishthatcompulsoryevidenceofcompliancewiththequalificationrequirementswillnowonlyfallonthebidderawardedthepubliccontracts,and,duringthephaseinwhichproposalsarepresented,biddersnolongerhavetoprovidequalificationdocuments(thiswillonlybenecessaryonthepartofthecontractor).19