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European Court of Auditors publishes report on public procurement

Telles.eu

As several objectives of the 2014 reform remain unattained, we conclude that, the entry into force of the 2014 directives has had no demonstrable effect. (…) Also, as publication rates remain low, transparency, a key safeguard against the risk of fraud and corruption, is negatively affected. Its deadline was 18 April 2019.

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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement

Telles.eu

The wording for mandatory eco criteria is problematic since instead of adopting the exact same wording of Art 18(1) para 2 of Directive 2014/24/EU it comes up with a slightly different expression to convey what should be the same message. The second issue with the draft is to be found with the 'duly justified' exception.

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Some reflections on the Commission's communication on the Public Procurement Data Space

Telles.eu

For example, the Communication recognises that 80% of contracts are below-thresholds and as such no real procurement data is captured about them beyond the approach taken by individual member States in using TED for the notices or doing so via national portals. Wouldn't it be great if all that data was captured in a single place?

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

How to Crack a Nut

According to the Court of Justice, Article 43 of Directive 2014/25/EU ‘reflects’ the EU’s international commitments to give equal participation rights to economic operators hailing from third countries benefiting from international commitments signed by the EU (paragraph 43, referring to Recital 27 of the Directive). 58 and 59).

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Both the European Union ( Directive 2014/24/EU , Art. One solution would be to bring Article 10 into line with Article 43 of EU Directive 2014/24/EU , to ensure that eco-labels: (a) concern only “criteria which are linked to the subject-matter of the contract and are appropriate to define characteristics.

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How to Prevent Debt from Hurting Economic Growth

Inter-American Development Bank

That adds up to the 18-percentage point increase between 2014 and 2019. This means that there is a tipping point, or threshold, at which higher debt levels become detrimental to growth. The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example.

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Pakistani Energy Sector Parties Challenge Arbitration Awards in the English High Court on the Grounds of ‘Serious Irregularity’

Kluwer Arbitration

Serious Irregularity The leading authority on Section 68 challenges is RAV Bahamas Ltd and another v Therapy Beach Club Inc [2021] UKPC 8 , which prescribes that intervention should be limited to ‘extreme’ cases and that the test of serious irregularity imposes a ‘high threshold’.