EPLG Members Contributed to the Brussels Commentary on EU Public Procurement Law
EPLG Members Roberto Caranta and Albert Sanchez-Graells contributed to the Brussels Commentary on EU Public Procurement Law, edited by Michael Steinicke and Peter L. Vesterdorf (Nomos/Hart, Oxford, 2018). The book is available here.
New book! Modernising Public Procurement. The Approach of EU Member States
Modernising Public Procurement. The Approach of EU Member States, a new book with contributions by many EPLG members, is on pre-order now! The book was edited by EPLG Members Steen Treumer and Mario Comba and it was published by Edward Elgar Publishing, in their European Procurement Law series edited by Steen Treumer and Roberto Caranta. It welcomes contributions by R. Ågren, P. Bogdanowicz, M. Burgi, R. Caranta, M. Comba, D. Dragos, P. Ferk, K. Härginen, F. Lichère, B. Neamtu, S. Richetto, A. Sanchez-Graells, M.A. Simovart, A. Sundstrand, S. Treumer, P. Valcárcel Fernández, D. Wolff. The book can be pre-ordered at https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/modernising-public-procurement, with an online 20% discount. Here is a flyer, available for circulation. Here…
PPP and Concessions. XI Meeting of the European Procurement Law Group 🗓 🗺
The XI Meeting of the European Procurement Law Group will be held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University, on 4-5 October 2018. The leaflet is available here.
EPLG Members to take part to the Oslo Smart Workshop “Developing Life Cycle Analysis” on 23 April 2018 🗓 🗺
EPLG Members Dacian Dragos and Roberto Caranta to take part to the Oslo Smart Workshop “Developing Life Cycle Analysis” on 23 April 2018. Please find the programme attached here.
EPLG Member Roberto Caranta Spoke at the Annual Conference on European Public Procurement Law 2018 🗓 🗺
EPLG Member Roberto Caranta spoke at the ERA Annual Conference on European Public Procurement Law 2018, in Trier, 22 – 23 March 2018. Materials are now available at https://www.era.int/upload/dokumente/20285.pdf
EPLG Member Roberto Caranta will speak at the Annual Conference on European Public Procurement Law 2018 🗓 🗺
EPLG Member Roberto Caranta will speak at the Annual Conference on European Public Procurement Law 2018, to be held in Trier, 22 – 23 March 2018. Here is the Conference flyer.
New issue of the EPPPL Review just out! (with contributions by several EPLG members)
The latest issue of the European Procurement & Public Private Partnership was just released. It contains articles by the following EPLG members: Roberto Caranta, Dacian Dragos, Pedro Telles, and Martin Trybus. You can download the table of contents here.
European Procurement Law Group’s meeting, Helsinki 4-5 September 2017 🗓 🗺
On 4-5 September 2017, the members of the European Procurement Law Group will assemble to Group’s annual meeting. This year the meeting will be hosted by Dr. Kirsi-Maria Halonen in Helsinki, Finland. During these two days the Group will discuss matters related to transparency at different stages of public procurement procedure, during the contract execution phase as well as during court proceedings. This will be the topic of the Group’s next comparative book on public procurement, including chapters on the objectives of disclosure and transparency rules as well as country chapters from Denmark, EU institutions, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden. Update 5 September 2017: here…
EPLG Members Spoke at the Copenhagen University on May 4 and 5 🗓 🗺
On May 4 and 5, 2017, EPLG members Piotr Bogdanowicz, Roberto Caranta, Dacian Dragos, Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Steen Treumer and Martin Trybus spoke at the international conference on Procurement beyond price: Sustainability and CSR in public purchasing, organised by Marta Andrecka at the Copenhagen University. Presentations are available at this link. Here are some pictures from the conference.
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…
