EU Public Contract Law : Public Procurement and Beyond.

Intro -- Couverture -- Titre -- Copyright -- Collection -- Foreword -- Aknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Authors and editors -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- Introduction. European Union Law of Public Contracts: Public Procurement and Beyond -- Part I. Substantive EU Public Procurement Law -- Chapter 1. Scope and Coverage of the EU Procurement Directives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The entities covered (personal scope) -- 3. The contracts covered (material scope) -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 2. Specifications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The legal framework -- 3. The relevance of specifications within the award procedure and beyond that (including a case-study) -- 4. Cross-border impacts of specifications -- 5. Impacts of the pursued reform of public procurement law -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Classic Procurement Procedures: Open, Restricted, Negotiated -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General principles in the award of contracts -- 3. Open, restricted, and negotiated procedures: general considerations -- 4. Open Procedure -- 5. The restricted procedure: general aspects -- 6. The negotiated procedure -- 7. Publication -- 8. New Directives and classic procedure -- 9. Conclusions -- Chapter 4. New Award Procedures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Flexibility in selecting the contractor: the competitive dialogue -- 3. The flexibility in the definition of the needs: framework agreements -- 4. Dynamic purchasing systems -- 5. Electronic auctions -- 6. The 12 July 2013 proposal for a new directive on public procurement -- 7. Conclusions -- Chapter 5. Qualification and Shortlisting -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Excluding economic operators -- 3. Economic and technical capabilities -- 4. Qualification and subcontractors the executive level and other affiliates -- 5. Shortlisting -- 6. The provisions of the new directive -- Chapter 6. Contract Award Criteria.

1. Introduction -- 2. Award criteria for all contracts -- 3. Difference between the award criteria and qualification -- 4. Criterion of the lowest price-special reference to "abnormally low tenders" -- 5. Criterion of the economically most advantageous tender -- 6. Most important innovations or changes of the new Directives -- 7. Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Sustainable Procurement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition of the subject matter of the contract and mixed contracts -- 3. Technical specifications -- 4. Selection criteria and reserved contracts -- 5. Award criteria -- 6. Conditions for the performance of the contract -- 7. The Reform. -- 8. Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Treaty Requirements for Contracts 'Outside' the Procurement Directives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Treaty requirements - Transparency and Equal treatment -- 3. To advertise or not to advertise -- 4. Means of competition -- 5. Other requirements derived from the Treaty -- 6. Cross-border interest -- 7. Modernisation of the EU public procurement rules -- 8. Conclusion -- Part II. Special Procurement Regimes -- Chapter 9. Utilities Procurement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The utility sectors: a field of tension between EU and Member States -- 3. Specific topics on the subjective scope of procurement regulation of the utilty sectors -- 4. The objective scope of the Directive and the activities concerned -- 5. The exemption for activities in competitive markets: substantial aspects -- 6. The choice on procedure for the award of contracts: freedom or 'mere' discretion? -- 7. New Directive, old direction? -- 8. Conclusions -- Chapter 10. Defence Procurement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The economic and political background -- 3. Article 346 TFEU -- 4. The Defence Directive -- 5. Conclusions -- Chapter 11. Public Private Partnerships -- 1. Introduction: PPPs in the EU.

2. Concept and definition of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) -- 3. EU laws and policies on PPPs -- 4. PPP Governance in the EU -- 5. Conclusion -- Part III. Contract Management -- Chapter 12. Principles of EU Law relevant to the Performance of Public Contracts -- 1. Introduction: EU law applicable to the performance of public contracts -- 2. Defining the reference areas of the public procurement Directives: distinguishing between contract award and conclusion of the contract -- 3. The prohibition of substantial modifications during the performance phase: re-defining the concept of award -- 4. Subcontracting limitations -- 5. Outlines of comparative law -- 6. The Reform of the EU Directives on Public Procurement regarding the performance of contracts -- 7. Conclusion -- Part IV. Review and Remedies -- Chapter 13. Public Procurement Review Bodies (including Antifraud Measures) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review bodies -- 3. Infringement procedure -- 4. Compliance at national level -- 5. Anti-fraud measures -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter 14. Legal Redress in Public Procurement Contracts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The principles of the Remedies Directives -- 3. The new Remedies Directive of 2007 -- 4. Concepts in legal redress in public procurement contracts -- 5. Damages -- 6. Conclusions -- Part V. EU Public Contracts -- Chapter 15. Substantive Law applicable to EU Public Contracts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Meaning of "national law" and "European law" in the context of EU public contracts -- 3. Determining the applicable law for an EU public contract -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 16. Award Procedures for EU Institutions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The procurement procedures -- 3. Procedural rules -- 4. Award of contracts -- 5. Review -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 17. EU Public Contract Litigation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Litigation between the contracting parties.

3. Litigation initiated by third parties -- 4. Conclusion -- Part VI. Conclusions -- Chapter 18. EU Law of Public Contracts: A View from the Outside -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Institutional characteristics of the EU procurement legal regime -- 3. Scope of the legal regime of EU public procurement -- 4. The procedures governing the award of public contracts -- 5. Review of awards and remedies -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Detailed table of contents.

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