Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND THE EU COMPETITION RULES, Hart Publishing, 2011

3 Pages Posted: 13 May 2010 Last revised: 27 Jan 2011

Date Written: May 10, 2010

Abstract

Public procurement and competition law are both important fields of EU law and policy, intimately intertwined in the creation of the internal market. Hitherto their close connection has been noted, but not closely examined. This new work is the most comprehensive attempt to date to explain the many ways in which these fields, often considered independent of one another, interact and overlap in the creation of the internal market. In this process of convergence between competition and public procurement law, the need for this joint study is clearly apparent. As such, the book asks whether competition law principles inform or condition public procurement rules, and whether they are adequate to ensure that competition is not distorted in markets where public procurement is particularly significant. The book moves away from the classical focus of public procurement on the activities of private actors, developing instead an analytical framework for the appraisal of the market behaviour of the public buyer from a competition perspective. The analysis is both legal and economic. Proceeding through a careful assessment of the general rules of competition and public procurement, the book constantly tests the efficacy of the rules in competition and public procurement against a standard of the proper functioning of undistorted competition in the market for public procurement.

Keywords: Public procurement, competition law, antitrust, economic effects, legal reform

JEL Classification: K21, K23, K42

Suggested Citation

Sanchez-Graells, Albert, Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules (May 10, 2010). PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND THE EU COMPETITION RULES, Hart Publishing, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1605393

Albert Sanchez-Graells (Contact Author)

University of Bristol Law School ( email )

Law School Wills Memorial Building Queen's Road Br
Bristol, BS8 1RJ
United Kingdom

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