European Procurement Law Group

Contract Changes: The Dark Side of Eu Procurement Law

ISBN: 9781800375581 
Publication date: 14/04/2023 
Price: £105 
Extent: 274 pp 
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing 

Series: European Procurement Law series 

Edited by Edited by Dacian Dragos, Professor, Center for Good Governance Studies, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania, Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Finland, Bogdana Neamtu, Associate Professor, Center for Good Governance Studies, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania and the late Steen Treumer, formerly Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Contributors: Benedetta Biancardi, Piotr Bogdanowicz, Roberto Caranta, Daniela Cimpean, Dacian C. Dragos, Nicolas Gabayet, Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Willem A. Janssen, Désirée Klingler, Merja Kortesuo, Christoph Krönke, Valentin Lamy, Francois Lichere, Bogdana Neamtu, Valentina Neubauer, Paolo Patrito, Erik Plas, Carina Risvig Hamer, Mari Ann Simovart, Pilvi Takala, Pedro Telles, Steen Treumer, Patricia Valcárcel Fernández.

Contract Changes comparatively analyses the contract modification regulation of 11 EU Member States, drawing on case law and common legal practice. As the first comparative study of material contract modifications, this book explores the interpretation of key concepts such as: unforeseen circumstances, non-equivocal clauses and the overall nature of the contract.

Highlighting the discord between the transparency of the award of a public contract and the transparency of its implementation, the book interprets the execution phase of procurement contracts as the dark side of public procurement. Considering unforeseen circumstances, the change of the identity of the contractor, non-compliance and remedies, this book provides a unique insight into the challenges of interpretation and application of contract modification rules. It concludes that, whilst the flexibility to make contract amendments is required in some circumstances, the grounding principles of public procurement law must be considered and applied in these instances.

This original book will be of interest to researchers who are working in public procurement, European and comparative law. It will also be valuable to lawyers, contractors and policymakers involved with public procurement contracts, contracting authorities and advising private companies.

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