EU Public Contract Law : Public Procurement and Beyond. [electronic resource]

Couverture -- Titre -- Copyright -- Collection -- Foreword -- Aknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Authors and editors -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- Introduction. European Union Law of Public Contracts: Public Procurement and Beyond -- Part I. Substantive EU Public Procurement Law -- Chapter 1. Scope and Coverage of the EU Procurement Directives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The entities covered (personal scope) -- 3. The contracts covered (material scope) -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 2. Specifications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The legal framework -- 3. The relevance of specifications within the award procedure and beyond that (including a case-study) -- 4. Cross-border impacts of specifications -- 5. Impacts of the pursued reform of public procurement law -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Classic Procurement Procedures: Open, Restricted, Negotiated -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General principles in the award of contracts -- 3. Open, restricted, and negotiated procedures: general considerations -- 4. Open Procedure -- 5. The restricted procedure: general aspects -- 6. The negotiated procedure -- 7. Publication -- 8. New Directives and classic procedure -- 9. Conclusions -- Chapter 4. New Award Procedures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Flexibility in selecting the contractor: the competitive dialogue -- 3. The flexibility in the definition of the needs: framework agreements -- 4. Dynamic purchasing systems -- 5. Electronic auctions -- 6. The 12 July 2013 proposal for a new directive on public procurement -- 7. Conclusions -- Chapter 5. Qualification and Shortlisting -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Excluding economic operators -- 3. Economic and technical capabilities -- 4. Qualification and subcontractors the executive level and other affiliates -- 5. Shortlisting -- 6. The provisions of the new directive -- Chapter 6. Contract Award Criteria.

1. Introduction -- 2. Award criteria for all contracts -- 3. Difference between the award criteria and qualification -- 4. Criterion of the lowest price-special reference to "abnormally low tenders" -- 5. Criterion of the economically most advantageous tender -- 6. Most important innovations or changes of the new Directives -- 7. Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Sustainable Procurement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition of the subject matter of the contract and mixed contracts -- 3. Technical specifications -- 4. Selection criteria and reserved contracts -- 5. Award criteria -- 6. Conditions for the performance of the contract -- 7. The Reform. -- 8. Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Treaty Requirements for Contracts 'Outside' the Procurement Directives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Treaty requirements - Transparency and Equal treatment -- 3. To advertise or not to advertise -- 4. Means of competition -- 5. Other requirements derived from the Treaty -- 6. Cross-border interest -- 7. Modernisation of the EU public procurement rules -- 8. Conclusion -- Part II. Special Procurement Regimes -- Chapter 9. Utilities Procurement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The utility sectors: a field of tension between EU and Member States -- 3. Specific topics on the subjective scope of procurement regulation of the utilty sectors -- 4. The objective scope of the Directive and the activities concerned -- 5. The exemption for activities in competitive markets: substantial aspects -- 6. The choice on procedure for the award of contracts: freedom or 'mere' discretion? -- 7. New Directive, old direction? -- 8. Conclusions -- Chapter 10. Defence Procurement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The economic and political background -- 3. Article 346 TFEU -- 4. The Defence Directive -- 5. Conclusions -- Chapter 11. Public Private Partnerships -- 1. Introduction: PPPs in the EU.

2. Concept and definition of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) -- 3. EU laws and policies on PPPs -- 4. PPP Governance in the EU -- 5. Conclusion -- Part III. Contract Management -- Chapter 12. Principles of EU Law relevant to the Performance of Public Contracts -- 1. Introduction: EU law applicable to the performance of public contracts -- 2. Defining the reference areas of the public procurement Directives: distinguishing between contract award and conclusion of the contract -- 3. The prohibition of substantial modifications during the performance phase: re-defining the concept of award -- 4. Subcontracting limitations -- 5. Outlines of comparative law -- 6. The Reform of the EU Directives on Public Procurement regarding the performance of contracts -- 7. Conclusion -- Part IV. Review and Remedies -- Chapter 13. Public Procurement Review Bodies (including Antifraud Measures) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review bodies -- 3. Infringement procedure -- 4. Compliance at national level -- 5. Anti-fraud measures -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter 14. Legal Redress in Public Procurement Contracts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The principles of the Remedies Directives -- 3. The new Remedies Directive of 2007 -- 4. Concepts in legal redress in public procurement contracts -- 5. Damages -- 6. Conclusions -- Part V. EU Public Contracts -- Chapter 15. Substantive Law applicable to EU Public Contracts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Meaning of "national law" and "European law" in the context of EU public contracts -- 3. Determining the applicable law for an EU public contract -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 16. Award Procedures for EU Institutions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The procurement procedures -- 3. Procedural rules -- 4. Award of contracts -- 5. Review -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 17. EU Public Contract Litigation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Litigation between the contracting parties.

3. Litigation initiated by third parties -- 4. Conclusion -- Part VI. Conclusions -- Chapter 18. EU Law of Public Contracts: A View from the Outside -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Institutional characteristics of the EU procurement legal regime -- 3. Scope of the legal regime of EU public procurement -- 4. The procedures governing the award of public contracts -- 5. Review of awards and remedies -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Detailed table of contents.

This book analyses many aspects of the present EU regulatory framework for public contracts, especially public procurement, taking the ongoing reform process into account. First, several chapters discuss the regime of the Public Sector Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC governing the procurement activities of the EU Member States, the coverage of the Directive, qualification and technical specifications, procurement procedures, and award criteria. A specific chapter describes the EU principles applicable to contracts not covered or partially covered by the Directive, which have been the subject of relevant developments in the case law of the European Court of Justice. Another chapter covers sustainable procurement. Second, three chapters are devoted to special procurement regimes, namely public private partnerships, defence and utilities. Third, the review and remedies regime for public procurement is covered in two chapter. Fourth, one chapters goes beyond public procurement and looks at the effect of EU law on the contract management of public contracts, after their conclusion. Fifth, three chapters go beyond the regulation of the Member States and look at the EU law regime applicable to contracts of the EU institutions. Sixth and finally, a concluding chapter provides a critique of the EU legal framework by an author from outside the EU.

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