{
  "specifications": [
    "R01 A purchase above EUR 5,000 must receive Finance approval before the purchase order is issued.",
    "R02 For a purchase of exactly EUR 5,000, Finance approval is not required.",
    "R03 For a purchase below EUR 5,000, the department manager may approve it but is not obliged to do so.",
    "R04 A requester must never approve their own purchase request.",
    "R05 An emergency purchase is exempt from obtaining competitive quotations.",
    "R06 The emergency quotation exemption does not remove the Finance approval requirement above EUR 5,000.",
    "R07 Only the Head of Finance can provide the Finance approval; the buyer cannot provide it.",
    "R08 If a requester cancels a request before approval, that requester must record the cancellation reason.",
    "R09 Approval records must be retained for at least 30 calendar days and cannot be deleted earlier.",
    "R10 The purchase threshold applies separately to each request, not to the monthly total for a supplier.",
    "R11 Different suppliers may have the same supplier name; supplier name is not a unique identifier.",
    "R12 The retention period begins on the approval date, not the purchase-order date."
  ]
}