As for other matters, the following provisions shall apply to the award of concessions, including the concessions under Section 153:
1. Section 118 relating to reserved concessions,
2. Sections 123 to 126, provided that
a) concession grantors under Section 101(1) no 3 can exclude an undertaking under the requirements of Section 123, but are not obliged to do so,
b) In the case of a concession in the fields of defence and security, concession grantors can exclude an undertaking from participating in a procurement procedure if said undertaking does not possess the required trustworthiness to exclude risks to national security; protected data sources maybe used as proof,
3. Section 131(2) and (3) and Section 132 provided that
a) Section 132(2) sentences 2 and 3 for the award of concessions relating to activities under Section 102(2) to (6) does not apply,
b) the upper limit in Section 132(3) no 2 for works and services concessions uniformly amounts to 10 per cent of the value of the original concession and
c) in the absence of a contractual indexation clause within the meaning of Section 132(4), the updated value is calculated taking into account the average inflation rate in Germany,
4. Sections 133 to 135,
5. Section 138 relating to the award of concessions by grantors within the meaning of Section 101(1) nos 2 and 3 to affiliated undertakings,
6. Section 139 relating to the award of concessions by grantors within the meaning of Section 101(1) nos 2 and 3 to a joint venture or by joint ventures to a grantor of concessions within the meaning of Section 101(1) nos 2 and 3 and
7. Section 140 relating to the award of concessions by grantors within the meaning of Section 101(1) no 2 and 3 for activities that are directly exposed to competition.