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vigorous competition, is menaced by the immunity from competition constraints of some public behaviours. In this research we … going to evaluate the adequacy of not submitting certain public activities to the EU Competition law. Then, some … clarifications will be made and the material scope of the EU Competition law will be expanded as to cover public non …
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The authors assert that, in the face of severe economic challenges, efficient and effective public purchasing is critical. Governments should focus on obtaining the greatest possible value for money expended and minimizing corruption, while eschewing counter-productive and inefficient...
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transparency and competition, across Europe. Under the new defense directive, all but the most sensitive defense and security …, however, it is not yet clear how the new directive will be implemented. If the defense directive merely brings new competition …
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Following decades of international negotiations and agreements, the world's multi-trillion-dollar public procurement market appears to be maturing into a free, open international market. To reach that point, nations must lower a broad array of barriers to trade in procurement. As the U.S....
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implementation in particular internal and external policies – including trade policy, competition policy or public procurement …
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In 2016, the World Bank formally implemented a massive reform of the guidance it applies to procurements conducted under World Bank-financed projects. Because of the prominent role that the World Bank plays in shaping procurement policy, the Bank’s procurement reforms have had a profound...
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Collaborative public procurement has been gaining traction in recent years and could be considered at the spearhead of public procurement reform and innovation. The 2014 reform of the EU public procurement rules (mainly Directive 2014/24) has expanded the tool-kit available to contracting...
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The paper addresses the phenomenon of how international investment law contributes to the ‘internationalization' and ‘transnationalization' of public contracts law, often even much beyond the narrow class of public contracts involving foreign investors. This includes restrictions on...
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Public contracting has become an increasingly important form of administrative action, so much that the modern state has been characterized as a ‘contracting state.' Yet, while public contracting increasingly takes place in globalized markets, the law governing it has been understood...
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into pre-commercial and commercial procurement, relating to the unfair competition and the conflict of interest that may …
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