This paper looks at possible problems concerning the economic effects of the introduction of an compulsory competitive tendering for general economic interest services at the local level. It examines the framework in Austria and some fundamental problems of competitive tendering. An obligation...

Viele grundsätzliche Fragen, die die öffentlich-rechtlichen Entsorgungsträger betreffen, sind weiterhin ungelöst: Offen ist nämlich nach wie vor, ob die Abfallwirtschaft eine kommunale Aufgabe im Rahmen der Daseinsvorsorge bleibt oder ob nicht der Markt die "Karten ganz neu mischt". Kann es...

Britain’s vote on June 23, 2016, to leave the European Union could have a profound impact on public procurement law, both in Europe and internationally. Brexit’s impact may not be catastrophic; for example, the United Kingdom may choose to remain in the European Economic Area, which would...

The UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015 entered into force on 26 February 2015. The 2015 Regulations transpose the 2014/24/EU which is designed to promote inter alia greater flexibility in public procurement. The UK has opted for expedited transposition of the Directive through the use of its...

This study addresses the implications of several scenarios of the UK withdrawing from the EU in relation to the EU Customs Union, the Internal Market law for Goods and Services, and on Consumer Protection law, identifying the main cross-cutting challenges that have to be addressed irrespective...

In December 2020, seeking to start cashing in on its desired ‘Brexit dividends’, the UK Government published the Green Paper ‘Transforming Public Procurement’. The Green Paper sets out a blueprint for the reform of UK public procurement law that aims to depart from the regulatory...

Scholars tend to assume that in terms of institutional shape the US is generally more hierarchical and centralized than the EU and in terms of market integration the former is more of a single free market than the latter in the sense of fewer allowable trade restraints. This paper, however, in...

This paper examines the implications of the UK's departure from the EU for the EU-UK legal relationship in the field of public procurement. It assesses, in comparison with the position under EU membership, the implications of four approaches found in the EU's relationships with other trading...