Suchergebnisse

The principles of public procurement regulation / Christopher Bovis -- Public procurement and contracting authorities / Charles Clarke -- Public contracts in public procurement regulation / Christopher Bovis -- Public procurement and frameworks / Richard Canavan -- Public procurement and award criteria / Roberto Caranta -- Sub-dimensional public procurement in the European Union / Dacian C. Dragos -- Innovative and sustainable procurement : framework, constraints and policies / Oana S. Pantilimon Voda -- Innovative public-private partnership / Marta Andrecka -- Strategic EU public procurement and small and medium size enterprises / Spyros Panagopoulos -- Public procurement and services of general economic interest / Sarah Schoenmaekers -- Judicial activism and public procurement / Christopher Bovis -- The remedies directive in public procurement / Emanuela Matei -- The role of European court of justice in public procurement / Kristian Pedersen and Erik Olsson -- Public procurement and competition : some challenges arising from recent developments in EU public procurement law / Albert Sanchez Graeus -- Public procurement and state aid / Mihalis Kekelekisand Kine Neslein -- EU public procurement and probity / Tèunde Tâatrai -- The new EU defence procurement regime / Martin Trybus -- Public service partnerships / Christopher Bovis -- Concessions and public procurement / Steven van Garsee

Public procurement in the European Union represents almost twelve per cent of the EU's GDP and is continuing to increase, having been identified as a key objective in the EU's aim to become the most competitive economy in the world by 2010. This book provides a one-stop shop, multi-disciplinary approach to public procurement and will be of use to academics and policy-makers. Providing its readers with practical description and analysis of the relevant policies, law and jurisprudence, the book also explores possible future trends in public procurement regulation.

The present article reviews the emerging conceptual themes from the case law of the European Court of Justice which have triggered the revision of the public procurement Directives, and the alignment of the public procurement acquis with the Europe 2020 Growth Strategy. The Court's jurisprudence has instrumentally influenced the interpretation of public procurement legal concepts such as contracting authorities, the remit of selection and qualification criteria, the parameters for contracting authorities to use environmental and social considerations as award criteria and the principles which underpin the remedies in the award of public contracts. However, the exhaustive harmonization which is inherent in the public procurement directives has caused significant porosity and limitations in the effectiveness of the public procurement acquis. Service concessions, contracts awarded by a contracting authority to another contracting authority on the basis of exclusive rights, public-public partnerships and in-house contractual relations, and contracts which fall below the stipulated value thresholds all reflect upon the forthcoming reforms of the public procurement regime.