Foreword by the Editors of the European Procurement Law Series |
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Chapter 1 The Borders of EU Public Procurement Law |
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1 The Province of EU Secondary Public Procurement Law |
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2 Loopholes Turning into Floodgates? |
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3 The Birth of the General principles of Non-discrimination and Transparency |
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4 The Empire of the General Principles of Non-discrimination and Transparency |
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5 The Interpretative Communication on the `Community Law Applicable to Contract Awards not or not fully Subject to the Provisions of the "Public Procurement" Directives' |
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6 A Different Borderline: The `Certain Cross-Border Interest' |
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7 Which Rules are Procuring Entities to Follow? |
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9 The Green Paper and the Commission's proposals for new directives on public contracts |
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Chapter 2 On the Development of a Danish Public Procurement Regime outside the Scope of the EU Public Procurement Directives: EU Principles of Law do not Come Easy |
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2 The Danish Legal Regime for Contracts below the Thresholds or Contracts Covered by Annex II B in the Public Procurement Directives |
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3 Quantification of Contract Values. Multiple thresholds |
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4 Procedures below the Thresholds and List B Services |
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5 Assessment of the Cross-Border Interest of the Contract |
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5.2 Case Law prior to the Ruling in Coname |
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5.3 Case Law Subsequent to the Ruling in Coname |
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6 IT solutions -- Official and Dedicated Websites |
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7 The Compatibility with and Application of the General Principles on Contracts below Thresholds and Contracts Covered by Annex II B |
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7.1.1 Case Law prior to Telaustria |
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7.1.2 Case Law after Telaustria |
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86 | (2) |
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9 Remedies Applicable to Contracts below the thresholds and List B services |
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9.2 Ineffectiveness and the Duty to Terminate the Concluded Contract |
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Chapter 3 Public Procurement Contracts below EU Thresholds and Annex II B Services in France |
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1.1 Contracts below EU Thresholds |
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2 French Legal Regime for Contracts below EU Thresholds |
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2.1 An Evolutionary Perspective of the French System |
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2.2 Extension of the Directives to below Thresholds Contracts |
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3 Quantification of Contract Values |
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4 Procedures below the Thresholds and List B Services |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (4) |
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5 Assessment of the Cross-border Interest of the Contract |
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6 IT Solutions -- Official and Dedicated Websites |
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7 Application of the Principles outside the Public Procurement Contracts |
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114 | (1) |
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9 Remedies Applicable to Contracts below Thresholds and List B Services |
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116 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Contracts below the Thresholds and List B Services from a German Perspective |
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2 The Political Background of the German Regulatory System |
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2.1 Contracts above and below the Thresholds |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (3) |
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3 Qualification of Contract Values |
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4.1 The Situation below the Thresholds |
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4.1.2 The Fundamental Principles |
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4.1.3 The Duty of Notification |
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4.1.4 The Description of the Subject-Matter of the Contract |
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4.1.5 Suitability and Award Criteria |
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4.2 The Situation for List B Services |
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5 Assessment of the Trans-Boundary Interest of the Contract |
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139 | (3) |
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7 Application of the Principles in and outside Public Procurement Contracts |
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143 | (4) |
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7.2 Basic Standards outside Public Procurement |
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9 Review System for Contracts below the Thresholds |
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9.1 Review system for contracts above and below the thresholds in comparison |
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9.2.1 Proposals and Solutions already in Existence |
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9.2.2 New Promising Political Developments |
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9.3 Remedies for List B services |
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10 Conclusion and Outlook |
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Chapter 5 Public Procurement below the EU Thresholds in Italy |
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2 The Italian Legal Regime for Contracts below EU Thresholds |
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2.1 An Evolutionary Perspective of Italian National System |
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2.2 The Italian Model: Application of the Directives to below the Threshold Contracts but with Significant Exceptions. A Three Tiers Regime |
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2.3 Different Public/Private Regimes |
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3 Quantification of contract values. Multiple thresholds |
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4 Procedures below the EU Thresholds and List B Services |
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5 Assessment of the Cross-Border Interest of the Contract |
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177 | (1) |
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6 IT solutions -- Official and Dedicated Websites |
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178 | (3) |
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7 Application of the Principles outside the PP Contracts |
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181 | (3) |
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9 Remedies Applicable to Contracts below Thresholds and List B Services |
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184 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Public Procurement below EU Thresholds in Poland |
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2 The Polish legal regime for contracts below EU thresholds and contracts covered by Annex II B in the Public Procurement Directives |
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3 Quantification of contract value and multiple thresholds |
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3.1 Quantification of contract value |
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3.1.2 Contracts value -- PLN and E |
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191 | (1) |
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4 Procedures below the thresholds and List B services |
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4.1 Extension and modification of Directives' rules |
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4.1.2 Time limits for submitting tenders |
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4.1.4 Requisites of the award procedures |
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4.1.5 Contract conclusion, award notices and results of design contests |
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4.2 Specific procedures between the EU -- and E 14,000 thresholds |
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4.2.1 Request for quotations |
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4.4 Procedures below the E 14.000 threshold |
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4.4.3 Rejection of tenders and abnormally low offers |
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4.4.5 Contract conclusion |
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4.5 Internal organisation of the decision making process (tender committee) |
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5 Assessment of the cross-border interest of the contract |
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6.2.2 Specific performance |
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6.2.4 Annulment ("avoidance") of contract |
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7.1 Non-discrimination and equal treatment |
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8.2 Official and dedicated websites |
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Chapter 7 Public Procurement outside EU Directives in Romania: is Voluntary Compliance Leading to Effectiveness? |
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1 Evolution of the national PP legal regime. Recent developments |
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2 Scope of research and methodology |
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223 | (1) |
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3 National legal regime for PP contracts below the EU thresholds |
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3.1 Scope of the PP legal regime |
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224 | (4) |
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3.2 EU thresholds and national thresholds -- an outline |
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228 | (1) |
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3.3 Legal regime of below thresholds contracts |
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229 | (3) |
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3.4 Principles applicable to PP contracts below the EU thresholds |
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3.5 Applicable national thresholds other than the EU thresholds |
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3.6 Volume of contracts below the EU thresholds |
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3.7 Publicity rules for below EU thresholds contracts |
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3.8 PP procedures applicable to below EU thresholds contracts |
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3.8.1 Procedures applicable to above EU thresholds contracts |
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3.8.2 Procedures applicable only to below the EU thresholds contracts |
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4 Quantification of contract value |
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243 | (3) |
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5 Assessment of the cross-border interest of the contract |
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246 | (1) |
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6 Control and monitoring bodies/procedures |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (2) |
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8 Remedies for below thresholds contracts |
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251 | (3) |
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9 PP legal regime as it applies in the case of contracts financed from EU structural funds |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 Public Procurement below EU Thresholds in Spain |
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259 | (24) |
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259 | (1) |
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2 Spanish legal regime for contracts below EU thresholds |
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2.1 Award of `minor contracts' |
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261 | (2) |
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2.2 Award of contracts above `minor contracts' threshold and below EU thresholds |
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263 | (4) |
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3 Quantification of contract values. Multiple thresholds |
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267 | (2) |
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4 Procedures below the thresholds and List B services |
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269 | (2) |
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5 Assessment of the cross-border interest of the contract |
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271 | (2) |
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6 IT solutions -- official and dedicated websites |
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273 | (1) |
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7 Application of general principles outside the public procurement contracts |
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274 | (1) |
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9 Remedies applicable to contracts below thresholds and List B services |
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Chapter 9 Below Threshold and Annex II B Service Contracts in the United Kingdom: A Common Law Approach |
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283 | (3) |
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2 Legal regime for below threshold and Annex II B Contracts |
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286 | (6) |
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2.1 General Policy Framework at the National level |
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2.2 Simplified Acquisition Schemes -- Public Purchasing Cards |
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288 | (2) |
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2.3 UK Statutory Regulation: The Local Government Acts |
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2.4 Residual Application of the EU Treaty Principles |
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3 Quantification of Contract Values and thresholds |
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3.2 Band of Lowest Threshold Values |
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3.3 Band of Mid-Threshold Values |
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3.4 Band of high threshold values |
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4 Procedures for Below Threshold and Annex II B Service Contracts |
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4.1 Requests for Oral or Written Quotations and other procedures |
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4.2 Formal Tendering Procedures with Publication |
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297 | (1) |
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4.4 Exceptions -- Awards without Prior Publication |
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298 | (1) |
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5 Assessment of the `cross-border interest' of the contract |
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5.1 Judicial Consideration of `Cross-Border Interest' |
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5.2 The Evidential Threshold for Determining `Cross-Border Interest' |
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301 | (2) |
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6 IT Solutions -- Official and Dedicated Websites |
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6.1 `Contracts Finder' -- The National Contract Portal |
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6.2 National Pre-Qualification Services |
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304 | (1) |
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6.3 Buyer Profile Websites |
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304 | (1) |
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7 Compatibility with EU Law Principles |
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7.1 Advertising: Direct Contact, Passive Publicity and Buying Local |
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9a.1 A Private Law Claim for Breach of Contract |
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9a.2 Implied Contractual Obligations and Below-Threshold Contracts |
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312 | (1) |
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9a.3 Factors Relevant to the Finding of an Implied Contract |
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9a.4 Nature and Standard of the Duty to be Implied |
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9a.5 Requirement to Avoid Mistakes, Ambiguities and Seek Clarification |
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317 | (2) |
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9a.6 An Implied Obligation to Comply with EU Treaty Principles |
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319 | (1) |
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9a.7 Review of Annex II B Services Contracts |
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320 | (3) |
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9a.8 Limits of the Implied Contract: Claim for Judicial Review in Public Law |
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323 | (2) |
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9b.1 Implied Contracts: Tender Costs, Lost Profits and Loss of Chance |
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325 | (1) |
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9b.2 Annex II B Service Contracts |
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326 | (1) |
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9b.2.2 Remedy of ineffectiveness |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 Cross-border Interest and Application of EU Law Principles in the Public Procurement Context at National Level |
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335 | (24) |
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335 | (4) |
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339 | (9) |
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2.1 Legislation and guidelines in the Member States |
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339 | (1) |
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2.2 Case law from national courts and complaints boards |
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340 | (8) |
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3 Application of EU law principles in the public procurement context at national level |
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348 | (8) |
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356 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 `Minor Contracts': Outside the Directives and Outside the Treaties? Comparative analysis on public procurement below the thresholds in Europe |
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359 | (14) |
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359 | (2) |
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2 The definition of contracts excluded from the coverage of EU Directives |
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361 | (8) |
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2.1 Different models for extending the scope of application of the EU Directives to below thresholds contracts |
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2.1a The `extension' model and the problem of `gold plating' |
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362 | (2) |
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2.1b The `non extension' model |
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364 | (1) |
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2.1c The `selective extension' model |
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364 | (1) |
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365 | (4) |
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369 | (4) |
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Chapter 12 The Role of IT solutions in the Award and Execution of Public Procurement below Threshold and List B Services: Overcoming E-Barriers |
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373 | (24) |
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1 The relevance of IT solutions in the future of public procurement |
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373 | (4) |
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2 IT solutions as means to advertise tender notices: a strong enforcement of transparency outside the scope of the Directives |
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377 | (5) |
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3 IT solutions for the qualification phase of the award procedure: evaluation of the tenderers requirements |
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382 | (3) |
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4 IT solutions to award the contract: e-procurement, e-auction, e-catalogues dynamic, purchasing systems, framework agreements, and joint procurement |
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385 | (4) |
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5 IT solutions for the signing of the contract: e-signature |
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389 | (1) |
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6 IT solutions in the execution of the contract: e-ordering, e-invoicing and e-payment |
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390 | (1) |
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7 Towards the standardisation of the entire procurement procedure: PEPPOL |
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391 | (2) |
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393 | (4) |
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Chapter 13 Remedies available for Procurement outside the Directives -- a Comparative Assessment |
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397 | (18) |
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1 Scope of Comparative Assessment |
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397 | (1) |
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2 Options toward the Regime of Procurement outside the Directives |
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398 | (4) |
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2.1 Expansion of the Regime of the Directives |
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398 | (2) |
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2.2 Secondary Procurement -- A National Playground |
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400 | (2) |
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3 The EU Law Requirements on Remedies |
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402 | (1) |
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4 The Approach to Remedies for Secondary Procurement in National Legal Systems |
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403 | (9) |
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5 Which Approach is better? |
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412 | (3) |
Selected EU and national case law |
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415 | (6) |
Index |
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