New Publication by Kirsi-Maria Halonen on Aggregation Rules under Public Procurement Law
A new publication was released by Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Characteristics of Separate Operational Units – A Study on Aggregation Rules under Public Procurement Law. It is a report for the Swedish Competition Authority, and can be downloaded here. The concept of separate operational unit was introduced in 2014 Procurement Directives, but the directives provided very little guidelines on its interpretation or application. According to the 2014 directives a contract value can be based at the level of a single unit operating within a contracting authority in case it is independently responsible for its procurement. The Swedish Competition Authority requested the EPLG member Kirsi-Maria Halonen to look into the matter and in February…
EPL Group members Gave Speeches at the International Public Procurement Conference 🗓 🗺
On 19 January 2017, three members of the European Procurement Law Group – Roberto Caranta (Italy), Kirsi-Maria Halonen (Finland) and Piotr Bogdanowicz participated in the International Public Procuremet Conference “New Public Procurement Law: Simpler and More Flexible?” held in Tallinn, Estonia. The conference was organized by COBALT Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Finance and Tartu University. More than 250 participants, including representatives of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Commission, academics, government officials and practitioners, discussed topics related to transposition of the 2014 directives. Roberto Caranta made a presentation on “Self-cleaning experience”, the title of Kirsi-Maria Halonen’s presentation was “Recent developments in Finland regarding policies within…
