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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

As these common “green procurement” strategies are adopted by governments around the world, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model law on public procurement , last revised in 2011, could be updated to facilitate implementation. Both the European Union ( Directive 2014/24/EU , Art.

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Adapting to a Changing World, not without Difficulties: Kolin (C-652/22) -- Guest post by Prof Roberto Caranta

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This Op-Ed is based on the assumption that public procurement law is not and cannot be insulated from these changes – veritable seismic shifts – and from recent policy and normative actions taken by EU institutions. The Council also called ‘for resuming discussions on the EU’s international procurement instrument’ (see here ).

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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

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A couple of caveats here though: I'm a lot less comfortable discussing state aid than I am public procurement since my expertise is in the latter. As it happens, as far as I know, the preferred bidder is going to use the shed for manufacturing the trains. As for the third, it seems trickier and the harder to nail down concisely.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

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It was announced yesterday that the Portuguese train company (CP) chose a consortium headed by Alstom as the preferred bidder for its first major train procurement contract in many decades. The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria. First, it breaches art 34 TFEU.

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Scottish Procurement Vlog – September 2024

Scottish Government Procurement

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot Follow us online: Single speaker transcript, Nick Ford: Hi everyone. The guidance focuses on the use of AI for bidders. Welcome to my second vlog of 2024.

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Will the ECJ mandate protectionism in procurement) -- comments on AG Collins' Kolin Opinion (C-652/22)

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In the Opinion in Kolin Inşaat Turizm Sanayi ve Ticaret ( C-652/22, EU:C:2024:212 , hereafter ‘Kolin’), Advocate General Collins has argued that only economic operators established in countries party to international agreements on public contracts that bind the EU may rely on the provisions of Directive 2014/25/EU.

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Do electric ferries dream of batteries?

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Not for the first time the current Portuguese government has expressed significant displeasure at public procurement laws and their enforcement, seeing them as a straightjacket it would be great to get rid of.

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