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Public Procurement in the European Union

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The regulation of public procurement in the European Union has been
the cinderella of the European integration. Often neglected as a discipline
of European law and policy, although directly relevant to the fundamental
principles of the common market, public procurement has
not received equal priority to other regulatory regimes by the Member
States of the European Union.
As one of the major subject areas of the common market, public procurement
exhibits the symptoms of regime rejection. For almost three
decades, the implementation of the European acquis has been slow and
at rather irritatingly procrastinated pace, particularly when compared to
other legal and policy regimes which are carried through the European
Union principles of free movement of goods, services and the right of
establishment. The implementation of the public procurement regime
by the EU Member States reflects on something peculiar: either the deliberate
opposition of Member States with the principles enshrined in the
relevant legal framework or the impossibility of providing an umbrella
legal regime which can embrace a plethora of multi-policy orientations
and domestic considerations arising from the award of public contracts.
Procurement, public or private, is a powerful exercise. It carries the aptitude
of acquisition; it epitomises economic freedom; it depicts the nexus
of trade relations amongst economic operators; it represents the necessary
process to deliver public services; it demonstrates strategic policy options.

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Publisher

: ., 2005

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1-310

Language

English

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978-0-230-50144-7

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Public Procurement in the European Union

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