Public Procurement in the EU
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$280.50 (07)Description
This is a detailed and practical guide to the January 2006 EC Procurement Directives in the public and utilities sectors, which set out the minimum standards to be provided by the EU member states in guaranteeing a level playing field for regulating public procurement. It clearly explains the legal provisions that must be complied with in order to compete successfully for public contracts throughout the European Community, including those involving the Community institutions themselves.Features
- Deals with issues of interpretation and practical application, demonstrating how the new legislation affects procurement in "the real world"
- Time-saving overview of the minimum rights accorded to tenderers in each member state: no need to be an expert in the the equivalent legal provisions
- Includes all procurement rules governed by EC legislation, going beyond the Directives
- Refers to European case law, setting out how the rules have been interpreted to ensure consistency throughout the EU
- Includes a transposition table of national laws and legislation which enables readers to identify applicable laws and procedures
- Fully updated and expanded new edition written by a specialist in the field
About the Author(s)
Peter Trepte is a barrister, working from London. He specializes in public procurement law and competition law. In the case of regulated procurement, he advises and represents public and private sector clients on the impact of national and EC procurement rules as well as on the application of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the effect on the procurement rules of the EC's preferential trade arrangements. He was a dispute panel member in the only procurement case to reach the panel stage under the WTO's 1994 GPA. He has advised a number of developing countries worldwide on procurement policy and has drafted appropriate procurement rules. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a mediator. He is also a member of DFID's panel of Procurement Fiduciary Risk, Anti-corruption and Capacity Building Specialists
