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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement

Telles.eu

The Portuguese government is planning to introduce mandatory green public procurement criteria in the near future. This would be incorrect since Art 18(1) para 2 of Directive 2014/24/EU would be applicable here as well for the contracts covered.

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The principle of competition is dead. Long live the principle of competition (Free webinar)

How to Crack a Nut

Dagne Sabockis, ‘ The Principle of Competition in the Context of Green Public Procurement – the Case of Green Award Criteria ’ (2023) 18(4) EPPPL 237-243 (£/€). Trygve Harlem Losnedahl, ‘The General Principle of Competition is Dead’ (2023) 2 PPLR 85-98 (£/€).

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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (III - food procurement)

Telles.eu

This is a textbook example of artificially narrowing down competition as established by Article 18(1) of the Directive 2014/24/EU. This is a protectionist measure of the type I have been warning about for ten years how sustainability was going to be weaponised as a protectionist move. The second is more puzzling. What is a growing season?

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From Data to Action: Learn How Latin American and Caribbean Governments Are Pursuing Better Governance

Inter-American Development Bank

Since the two institutions teamed up to launch the first study for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014, the series has been downloaded more than half a million times from the websites of the two organizations. This fourth edition celebrates more than 10 years of the successful partnership between the IDB and the OCDE.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

Here, I will touch upon some the issues highlighted by recent developments in EU law and policy, and in relation to contemporary debates around the salient grand challenges encapsulated in the need for procurement to support the ‘twin transition’ to green and digital. Arrowsmith, Sue, The Law of Public and Utilities Procurement.