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European Public Procurement
Commentary on Directive 2014/24/EU
9781789900675 Edward Elgar Publishing
This detailed Commentary provides an authoritative interpretation of each provision in the main EU Directive on public procurement - Directive 2014/24/EU, and is rich in its critical analysis of the provisions of the 2014 Directive and the case-law. The Commentary also highlights the application problems and interpretative issues being raised in EU Member States, which in due time will make their way up to the CJEU or even require further legislative interventions.
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Critical Acclaim
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This detailed Commentary provides an authoritative interpretation of each provision in the main EU Directive on public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU, and is rich in its critical analysis of the provisions of the 2014 Directive and the case-law. The Commentary also highlights the application problems and interpretative issues being raised in EU Member States, which in due time will make their way up to the CJEU or even require further legislative interventions.
Key features include:
• Updated to include the most significant CJEU case law as of end-2020
• Analysis that is informed by the practical issues arising across the EU Member States, as well as in the UK
• Written by a diverse pool of specialists in each of the aspects of the Directive upon which they comment, with the Commentary underpinned by their collective knowledge of public procurement law in the old 28 EU Member States.
Providing a practice-oriented analysis that allows for a problem solving approach, European Public Procurement will be particularly relevant to practising lawyers including within the civil services in all EU jurisdictions and the UK. The depth of analysis offered in the Commentary will also be of great benefit to academics and postgraduate students with an interest in public procurement and, more generally, public law, administrative law and public administration.
Key features include:
• Updated to include the most significant CJEU case law as of end-2020
• Analysis that is informed by the practical issues arising across the EU Member States, as well as in the UK
• Written by a diverse pool of specialists in each of the aspects of the Directive upon which they comment, with the Commentary underpinned by their collective knowledge of public procurement law in the old 28 EU Member States.
Providing a practice-oriented analysis that allows for a problem solving approach, European Public Procurement will be particularly relevant to practising lawyers including within the civil services in all EU jurisdictions and the UK. The depth of analysis offered in the Commentary will also be of great benefit to academics and postgraduate students with an interest in public procurement and, more generally, public law, administrative law and public administration.
Critical Acclaim
‘On the one hand, the book is very easy to navigate. It serves as a good starting point for those seeking to gain a quick understanding of the Directive’s provisions, as the articles are addressed in a clear and structured manner, and references are made to both the ECJ’s case law as of 2020, further literature, and some developments in the national case law mainly from the contributors’ national jurisdictions. On the other hand, the commentary goes far beyond merely describing and categorizing the Directive’s provisions. Instead, the authors engage in a critical analysis of the articles and place them in a broader context. They highlight issues of application and interpretation that are inherent in the Directive, thereby also spurring further academic and policy discussions.’
– Dagne Sabockis, Common Market Law Review
‘This book is an essential companion to the directive. Bringing together a brilliant team of experts on EU public procurement law, this commentary is rich with perspective on the directive, what brought the EU to construct its language as it has, and what to make of the rules and the policy thinking behind them. The book is a benefit to those seeking to fully understand the EU’s policy and practice where public procurement is concerned. This is a striking, substantial contribution to scholarship where procurement law, beyond simply EU procurement law, is concerned.’
– Christopher L Atkinson, Public Organization Review
‘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
– Dagne Sabockis, Common Market Law Review
‘This book is an essential companion to the directive. Bringing together a brilliant team of experts on EU public procurement law, this commentary is rich with perspective on the directive, what brought the EU to construct its language as it has, and what to make of the rules and the policy thinking behind them. The book is a benefit to those seeking to fully understand the EU’s policy and practice where public procurement is concerned. This is a striking, substantial contribution to scholarship where procurement law, beyond simply EU procurement law, is concerned.’
– Christopher L Atkinson, Public Organization Review
‘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
Contributors
Contributors: Marta Andhov, Ioan Baciu, Benedetta Biancardi, Piotr Bogdanowicz, Pedro Cerqueira Gomes, Christian Clausen, Mario Comba, Dacian Dragos, Petra Ferk, Pascal Friton, Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Wojciech Hartung, Ignacio Herrera, Baudouin Heuninckx, Willem A. Janssen, Christoph Krönke, Katarzyna Kuźma, Annamaria La Chimia, Pawel Nowicki, Carina Risvig Hamer, Sarah Schoenmaekers, Abby Semple, Mari-Ann Simovart, Grith Skovgaard Ølykke, Johannes Stalzer, Pedro Telles, Bojana Todorović, Marko Turudić, Patricia Valcárcel Fernández, Steven Van Garsse, Roxana Vornicu, Johan Wolswinkel, Janis Zöll
Contents
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
Paweł Nowicki
Article 4 Threshold amounts 41
Paweł Nowicki
Article 5 Methods for calculating the estimated value of procurement 47
Paweł Nowicki and Kirsi-Maria Halonen
Article 6 Revision of the thresholds and of the list of central government authorities 63
Paweł 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 Kuźma and Willem Janssen
Article 13 Contracts subsidised by contracting authorities 147
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
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 Boštjan 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 Kuźma
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 Kuźma
Article 48 Prior information notices 514
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 49 Contract notices 519
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 50 Contract award notices 525
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 51 Form and manner of publication of notices 531
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 52 Publication at national level 538
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 53 Electronic availability of procurement documents 542
Petra Ferk and Boštjan Ferk
Article 54 Invitations to candidates 549
Albert Sanchez-Graells
Article 55 Informing candidates and tenderers 553
Albert Sanchez-Graells
Article 56 Informing candidates and tenderers 565
Pascal Friton and Janis Z.ll
Article 57 Exclusion grounds 588
Pascal Friton and Janis Z.ll
Article 58 Selection criteria 635
Roxana Vornicu
Article 59 European Single Procurement Document 643
Pedro Telles
Article 60 Means of proof 653
Pedro Telles
Article 61 Online repository of certificates (e-Certis) 663
Pedro Telles
Article 62 Quality assurance standards and environmental management standards 668
Abby Semple
Article 63 Reliance on the capacity of other entities 675
Roxana Vornicu
Article 64 Official lists of approved economic operators and certification by bodies established under
public or private law 682
Albert Sanchez-Graells
Article 65 Reduction of the number of otherwise qualified candidates to be invited to participate 691
Steven Van Garsse
Article 66 Reduction of the number of tenders and solutions 699
Steven Van Garsse
Article 67 Contract award criteria 703
Abby Semple
Article 68 Life-cycle costing 719
Marta Andhov
Article 69 Abnormally low tenders 727
Grith Skovgaard .lykke and Christian Clausen
Article 70 Conditions for performance of contracts 745
Marta Andhov
Article 71 Subcontracting 754
Johannes Stalzer
Article 72 Modification of contracts during their term 775
Piotr Bogdanowicz
Article 73 Termination of contracts 797
Kirsi-Maria Halonen
Article 74 Award of contracts for social and other specific services 809
Marko Turudić
Article 75 Publication of notices 816
Marko Turudić
Article 76 Principles of awarding contracts 821
Marko Turudić
Article 77 Reserved contracts for certain services 830
Marko Turudić
Article 78 Scope 836
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 79 Notices 844
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 80 Rules on the organisation of design contests and the selection of participants 850
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 81 Composition of the jury 855
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 82 Decisions of the jury 857
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 83 Enforcement 861
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes
Article 84 Individual reports on procedures for the award of contracts 869
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes
Article 85 National reporting and statistical information 875
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes
Article 86 Administrative cooperation 879
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 87 Exercise of the delegation 891
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 88 Urgency procedure 898
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 89 Committee procedure 900
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 90 Transposition and transitional provisions 905
Bojana Todorović
Article 91 Repeals 912
Bojana Todorović
Article 92 Review 916
Bojana Todorović
Article 93 Entry into force 922
Bojana Todorović
Article 94 Addressees 927
Bojana Todorović
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
Paweł Nowicki
Article 4 Threshold amounts 41
Paweł Nowicki
Article 5 Methods for calculating the estimated value of procurement 47
Paweł Nowicki and Kirsi-Maria Halonen
Article 6 Revision of the thresholds and of the list of central government authorities 63
Paweł 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 Kuźma and Willem Janssen
Article 13 Contracts subsidised by contracting authorities 147
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
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 Boštjan 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 Kuźma
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 Kuźma
Article 48 Prior information notices 514
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 49 Contract notices 519
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 50 Contract award notices 525
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 51 Form and manner of publication of notices 531
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 52 Publication at national level 538
Wojciech Hartung and Katarzyna Kuźma
Article 53 Electronic availability of procurement documents 542
Petra Ferk and Boštjan Ferk
Article 54 Invitations to candidates 549
Albert Sanchez-Graells
Article 55 Informing candidates and tenderers 553
Albert Sanchez-Graells
Article 56 Informing candidates and tenderers 565
Pascal Friton and Janis Z.ll
Article 57 Exclusion grounds 588
Pascal Friton and Janis Z.ll
Article 58 Selection criteria 635
Roxana Vornicu
Article 59 European Single Procurement Document 643
Pedro Telles
Article 60 Means of proof 653
Pedro Telles
Article 61 Online repository of certificates (e-Certis) 663
Pedro Telles
Article 62 Quality assurance standards and environmental management standards 668
Abby Semple
Article 63 Reliance on the capacity of other entities 675
Roxana Vornicu
Article 64 Official lists of approved economic operators and certification by bodies established under
public or private law 682
Albert Sanchez-Graells
Article 65 Reduction of the number of otherwise qualified candidates to be invited to participate 691
Steven Van Garsse
Article 66 Reduction of the number of tenders and solutions 699
Steven Van Garsse
Article 67 Contract award criteria 703
Abby Semple
Article 68 Life-cycle costing 719
Marta Andhov
Article 69 Abnormally low tenders 727
Grith Skovgaard .lykke and Christian Clausen
Article 70 Conditions for performance of contracts 745
Marta Andhov
Article 71 Subcontracting 754
Johannes Stalzer
Article 72 Modification of contracts during their term 775
Piotr Bogdanowicz
Article 73 Termination of contracts 797
Kirsi-Maria Halonen
Article 74 Award of contracts for social and other specific services 809
Marko Turudić
Article 75 Publication of notices 816
Marko Turudić
Article 76 Principles of awarding contracts 821
Marko Turudić
Article 77 Reserved contracts for certain services 830
Marko Turudić
Article 78 Scope 836
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 79 Notices 844
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 80 Rules on the organisation of design contests and the selection of participants 850
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 81 Composition of the jury 855
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 82 Decisions of the jury 857
Sarah Schoenmaekers
Article 83 Enforcement 861
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes
Article 84 Individual reports on procedures for the award of contracts 869
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes
Article 85 National reporting and statistical information 875
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes
Article 86 Administrative cooperation 879
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 87 Exercise of the delegation 891
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 88 Urgency procedure 898
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 89 Committee procedure 900
Benedetta Biancardi
Article 90 Transposition and transitional provisions 905
Bojana Todorović
Article 91 Repeals 912
Bojana Todorović
Article 92 Review 916
Bojana Todorović
Article 93 Entry into force 922
Bojana Todorović
Article 94 Addressees 927
Bojana Todorović
