Ec Public Procurement: Case Law And Regulation

Description: Public procurement represents a specialist yet important area of practice in the European and international business and commercial legal environment. This book offers an inclusive, coherent and practical analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence, with the principal focus on the case law of the European Court of Justice in the public procurement field. The author provides the reader with a taxonomy of the themes and reasoning that has been used by the Court, and a convenient conceptual framework for practitioners and academics alike. Table of Contents: PART I: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; Introduction; 1. Public Procurement in the Common Market Context; 2. The Judicial Nature of Public Procurement; 3. The Evolution of Public Procurement Regulation; PART II: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATION; 4. The New Public Procurement Regime; 5. The Applicability of the Public Sector Rules; 6. The Applicability of the Utilities Rules; PART III: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE; 7. Public Contracts and Contracting Authorities; 8. Selection and Qualification; 9. Award Procedure and Criteria; PART IV: ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE AT NATIONAL LEVEL; 10. Public Procurement and Public-Private Partnerships; 11. Enforcement and Compliance; CONCLUSIONS