Public Procurement in the European Union

This book provides invaluable insights to one of the most difficult areas of European integration. Public procurement represents an instrument of policy choice for governments and its regulation interacts with a variety of policies, including the promotion of competition, employment, social policy, and environmental protection. The author vividly elaborates on the in-built flexibility of the newly enacted rules and provides a codified analysis of their interpretation by the EU judiciary. Finally, considerable debate is dedicated to future dimensions of public procurement regulation in the form of public private partnerships and concessions.

Cases before the European Court of Justice Foreword Introduction European Integration and Public Procurement Public Procurement Regulation Lessons from Jurisprudence Public Procurement as Economic and Policy Exercise A Critical Assessment of Public Procurement The New Public Procurement Regime Public Private Partnerships The Procurement of Services of General Interest Conclusions Index