European Public Procurement - Commentary on Directive 2014/24/EU

'The editors are leaders in the field of public procurement law and have assembled an unrivalled set of authors from across Europe to provide an authoritative commentary of the crucial mother of all procurement regulation - Public Sector Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU. Here you will quickly find all there is to know about the Directive's Articles 1 to 94. There are hardly any alternatives to this useful work and this commentary might well achieve the same importance for Directive 2014/24/EU as the Palandt has for German civil law. Procurement lawyers might come to say: quod non est in Caranta/Sanchez-Graells., non est in mundo.' -- Martin Trybus, University of Birmingham, UK and Member of the Procurement Review Board of the European Space Agency, France 'This Commentary is one of the most valuable additions to the public procurement literature for years. It combines the advantages of a legal commentary of the continental European tradition (comprehensiveness, structure, depth, etc.) with comparative perspectives, cutting-edge research, and the necessary contextualization, to understand the interactions between the Directive and the complex national systems of administrative and public law. The outstanding editors as well as the 36 contributors from 18 European countries deserve much praise for this important book!' -- Martin Burgi, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Edited by Roberto Caranta, Full Professor of Administrative Law, Law Department, University of Turin, Italy and Albert Sanchez-Graells, Professor of Economic Law, School of Law, University of Bristol, UK

Contents: Preface xxxiv Table of cases xxxviii Article 1 Subject-matter and scope 1 Roberto Caranta Article 2 Definitions 17 Albert Sanchez-Graells Article 3 Mixed procurement 31 Pawel Nowicki Article 4 Threshold amounts 41 Pawel Nowicki Article 5 Methods for calculating the estimated value of procurement 47 Pawel Nowicki and Kirsi-Maria Halonen Article 6 Revision of the thresholds and of the list of central government authorities 63 Pawel Nowicki Article 7 Contracts in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors 68 Johan Wolswinkel Article 8 Specific exclusions in the field of electronic communications 79 Johannes Stalzer Article 9 Public contracts awarded and design contests organised pursuant to international rules 83 Johannes Stalzer Article 10 Specific exclusions for service contracts 91 Johannes Stalzer Article 11 Service contracts awarded on the basis of an exclusive right 111 Johan Wolswinkel Article 12 Public contracts between entities within the public sector 125 Wojciech Hartung, Katarzyna Kuzma and Willem Janssen Article 13 Contracts subsidised by contracting authorities 147 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 14 Research and development services 153 Ioan Baciu Article 15 Defence and security 160 Baudouin Heuninckx Article 16 Mixed procurement involving defence or security 172 Baudouin Heuninckx Article 17 Procurement involving defence or security aspects pursuant to international rules 176 Baudouin Heuninckx Article 18 Public procurement principles 186 Carina Risvig Hamer and Marta Andhov Article 19 Economic operators 207 Roberto Caranta Article 20 Reserved contracts 217 Ioan Baciu Article 21 Confidentiality 225 Albert Sanchez-Graells Article 22 Rules applicable to communication 236 Petra Ferk and Bostjan Ferk Article 23 Nomenclatures 253 Patricia Valc.rcel Fern.ndez Article 24 Conflicts of interest 259 Dacian C. Dragos Article 25 Conditions relating to the GPA and other international agreements 274 Anna maria La Chimia Article 26 Choice of procedures 287 Christoph Kr.nke Article 27 Open procedure 304 Christoph Kr.nke Article 28 Restricted procedure 309 Christoph Kr.nke Article 29 Competitive procedure with negotiation 315 Piotr Bogdanowicz Article 30 Competitive dialogue 324 Pedro Telles Article 31 Innovation partnership 335 Pedro Cerqueira Gomes Article 32 Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication 350 Piotr Bogdanowicz Article 33 Framework agreements 363 Marta Andhov Article 34 Dynamic purchasing systems 377 Mari-Ann Simovart Article 35 Electronic auctions 392 Mari-Ann Simovart Article 36 Electronic catalogues 408 Mari-Ann Simovart Article 37 Centralised purchasing activities and CPBs 417 Mario Comba Article 38 Occasional joint procurement 431 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 39 Procurement involving contracting authorities from different Member States 436 Albert Sanchez-Graells Article 40 Preliminary market consultations 448 Dacian C. Dragos Article 41 Preliminary market consultations 456 Dacian C. Dragos Article 42 Technical specifications 462 Carina Risvig Hamer Article 43 Labels 474 Marta Andhov Article 44 Test reports, certification and other means of proof 482 Carina Risvig Hamer Article 45 Variants 486 Albert Sanchez-Graells Article 46 Division of contacts into lots 496 Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui Article 47 Setting time limits 507 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 48 Prior information notices 514 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 49 Contract notices 519 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 50 Contract award notices 525 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 51 Form and manner of publication of notices 531 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 52 Publication at national level 538 Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuzma Article 53 Electronic availability of procurement documents 542 Petra Ferk and Bostjan Ferk Article 54 Invitations to candidates 549 Albert Sanchez-Graells Article 55 Informing candidates and tendere