Public procurement rules were introduced in the European legal system as a device mainly intended to help build an effective internal market where competition is not distorted, in search for economic development. According to the supporting Cecchini Report, increasing cross-border competition...

The use of greenhouse gas emission rights as financial collateral and the feasibility of their enforcement by sale or appropriation raise some issues, such as discerning the legal nature of emission rights under securities law, their suitability for the creation of limited rights and liens...

The World Trade Organisation Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has created the most comprehensive plurilateral system for procurement-related trade liberalisation. However, there has been a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) regulating public procurement liberalisation, including...

This country report provides an overview of recent developments in UK public procurement regulation, including the Post-Brexit rulebook reform, the proposal of special rules for healthcare services commissioning, the procurement chapter in the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement, and a recent...