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...

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...

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...

The regulation of procurement within the European Union is binary: above certain financial thresholds, contracts are subject to full EU regulation, whereas below they are only subject to national rules (in general). First introduced in the 1970s, the financial thresholds are arbitrary without a...