Albert Sanchez-Graells

University of Bristol - School of Law

Reader in Economic Law

Wills Memorial Building

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Bristol, BS8 1RJ

United Kingdom

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1.

Public Procurement and Competition: Some Challenges Arising from Recent Developments in EU Public Procurement Law

Bovis, C. (ed.) Research Handbook on European Public Procurement, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, distortions of competition, bid rigging, oversight, reform

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Towards a European Tort Law? Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules: Harmonising Tort Law Through the Back Door?

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Towards a European Tort Law? Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules: Harmonising Tort Law Through the Back Door?

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Nov 2007
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
Downloads 763 (29,044)
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Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Law Enforcement, EC Competition Law, Damages Actions, Harmonisation

Damages for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules: Harmonising Tort Law Through the Back Door?

InDret, Vol. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2010
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
Downloads 211 (134,863)
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Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Law Enforcement, EC Competition Law, Damages Actions, Harmonisation

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Public Procurement: A 2014 Updated Overview of EU and National Case Law

Forthcoming 2nd edn at e-Competitions (2014) (1st edn: e-Competitions: National Competition Laws Bulletin, No. 40647, December 8, 2011).
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, competition law, state aid, bid rigging, comparative review

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Public Procurement and State Aid: Reopening the Debate?

Public Procurement Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Apr 2012
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, state aid, modernization

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The Difficult Balance between Transparency and Competition in Public Procurement: Some Recent Trends in the Case Law of the European Courts and a Look at the New Directives

University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 13-11
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Nov 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, transparency, confidentiality, good administration, duty to provide reasons, collusion, bid rigging, competition, oversight, administrative discretion, litigation

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Rejection of Abnormally Low and Non-Compliant Tenders in EU Public Procurement: A Comparative View on Selected Jurisdictions

European Procurement Law Series, Vol 6, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Apr 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, award criteria, abnormally low tender, non-compliant tender, rejection, discretion, good administration, proportionality, non discrimination, competition, EU law, comparative law

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Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND THE EU COMPETITION RULES, Hart Publishing, 2011
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 13 May 2010 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, competition law, antitrust, economic effects, legal reform

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Competition Law and Public Procurement

Forthcoming in J Galloway (ed), Intersections of Antitrust: Policy and Regulations (Oxford, OUP, 2019).
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, competition, bid rigging, buying power, undertaking, FENIN doctrine.

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Prevention and Deterrence of Bid Rigging: A Look from the New EU Directive on Public Procurement

Published in G Racca & C Yukins (eds), Integrity and Efficiency in Sustainable Public Contracts (Brussles, Bruylant, 2014).
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 May 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, collusion, bid rigging, division into lots, suspension, debarment

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Soft Law and the Private Enforcement of the EU Competition Rules

International Conference on the Private Enforcement of Competition Law, University of Valladolid School of Law, Spain, October 14-15, 2010
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2010
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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soft law, private enforcement, competition law, decentralization, judicial independence, administrative guidance, legal certainty

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Impact of Public Procurement Aggregation on Competition: Risks, Rationale and Justification for the Rules in Directive 2014/24

University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 14-35
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Dec 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
University of Bristol - School of Law and University of Bergen, Faculty of Law
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Public procurement, competition, centralisation, aggregation, central purchasing bodies, economies of scale, professionalization, services of general economic interest, state aid, modernisation, Directive 2014/24

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Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules, 2nd Edition

(Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2015) [ISBN: 9781849466127]
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Feb 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, competition, directive 2014/24, EU economic law, law and economics

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Distortions of Competition Generated by the Public (Power) Buyer: A Perceived Gap in EC Competition Law and Proposals to Bridge It

University of Oxford, Center for Competition Law and Policy, CCLP (L). 23
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 24 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2010
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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competition, public procurement, monopsony, buyer power, undertaking, economic activity, State action doctrine, more economic approach

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The EU’s Accession to the ECHR and Due Process Rights in EU Competition Law Matters: Nothing New Under the Sun?

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 27 May 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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competition law, due process, Art 6(1) ECHR, independent and impartial tribunal established by law, EU accession to ECHR, CJEU, enforcement architecture, quasi-criminal offences

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Exclusion, Qualitative Selection and Short-listing in the New Public Sector Procurement Directive 2014/24

in F Lichere, R Caranta and S Treumer (ed) Novelties in the 2014 Directive on Public Procurement, vol. 6 European Procurement Law Series, (Copenhagen, Djøf Publishing, 2014)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, reform, exclusion, qualitative selection, short-listing, economic operators, candidates, tenderers, tenders, solutions, selection criteria, exclusion grounds, competition, transparency

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Discovery, Confidentiality and Disclosure of Evidence Under the Private Enforcement of EU Antitrust Rules

Instituto de Empresa Business School Working Paper No. WPED06-05
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Dec 2006
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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legal procedure, confidentiality, evidence, private enforcement, competition law

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Competition Law Against Public Restraints in the Public Procurement Field: Importing Competition Considerations into the EU Public Procurement Directives

Public Procurement: Global Revolution IV - Conference, University of Nottingham, April 19-20, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Feb 2010
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
Downloads 397 (68,480)
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public procurement, public buyer, restraints and distortions of competition, competition principle, functional approach

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'If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It'? EU Requirements of Administrative Oversight and Judicial Protection for Public Contracts

To be published in S Torricelli & F Folliot Lalliot (eds), Administrative oversight and judicial protection for public contracts (Larcier, 2017) Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Aug 2016
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public Procurement, Enforcement, Remedies, Remedies Directive, 2014 Public Procurement Package, Judicial Review, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Effective Judicial Protection, Good Administration

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Exclusion of Economic Operators from Public Procurement Procedures. A Comparative View on Selected Jurisdictions

M Burgi & M Trybus (eds), Qualification, Exclusion and Selection in EU Procurements, vol. 7 European Procurement Law Series (Copenhagen, DJØF, 2016) Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2016
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, economic operators, exclusion, mandatory grounds, discretionary grounds, exclusion procedure, prohibitions to contract, suspension, debarment

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More Competition-Oriented Public Procurement to Foster Social Welfare

TOWARDS NEW HORIZONS IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, KV Thai, ed., Boca Raton, FL, PrAcademics Press, 2010
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2010
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, public buyer, restraints and distortions of competition, competition principle, functional approach

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Enforcement of State Aid Rules for Services of General Economic Interest before Public Procurement Review Bodies and Courts

(2014) Competition Law Review 10(1), "Competition and State Aid Litigation – The Effect of Procedures on Substance," CLaSF/University of Luxembourg Conference, 19-20 September 2013
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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State aid, public procurement, competition, enforcement, reform, services of general economic interest, review procedures, remedies, courts, tribunals, Altmark, Almunia package

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Economic Analysis of Law, or Economically-Informed Legal Research

Forthcoming in Dawn Watkins and Mandy Burton (eds), Research Methods in Law, 2nd edn (Routledge, 2017)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2016
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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economic analysis of law, law and economics, economically-informed legal research, legal methodology

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Collaborative Cross-Border Procurement in the EU: Future or Utopia?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 13 May 2016
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Collaborative procurement, joint procurement, cross-border procurement, centralised procurement, central purchasing bodies, EU law, international public law, Directive 2014/24, Article 37, Article 38, Article 39, conflicts of laws, trans-EU public law

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Competition and State Aid Implications of the Spezzino Judgment (C-113/13): The Scope for Inconsistency in Assessing Support for Public Services Voluntary Organisations

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, competition, social services, voluntary sector, non-profit organisations, budgetary efficiency, economic analysis

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Are the Procurement Rules a Barrier for Cross-Border Trade within the European Market? A View on Proposals to Lower that Barrier and Spur Growth

Public Procurement Days -- Modernization, Innovation and Growth, Copenhagen February 9-12, 2012
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Jan 2012
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, internal market, economic growth, red tape, simplification

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Bringing the ‘Market Economy Agent’ Principle to Full Power

European Competition Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2012
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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State aid, ‘private investor’ test, ‘market economy agent’ principle, public powers, substantive appraisal, public market intervention, undistorted competition

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Competitive Neutrality in Public Procurement and Competition Policy: An Ongoing Challenge Analised in View of the Proposed New Directive

5th International Public Procurement Conference, August 2012
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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competitive neutrality, public procurement, modernisation, simplification, red tape, competition principle, value for money

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The Continuing Relevance of the General Principles of EU Public Procurement Law after the Adoption of the 2014 Concessions Directive

University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 15-12
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 23 Mar 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, general principles, concessions, scope of application, modernisation, consistency, contracts not covered, Comune di Ancona, CJEU.

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What Need and Logic for a New Directive on Concessions, Particularly Regarding the Issue of Their Economic Balance?

European Public Private Partnerships Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Jul 2012
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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concessions, public procurement, proposed directive, European Commission

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Truly Competitive Public Procurement as a Europe 2020 Lever: What Role for the Principle of Competition in Moderating Horizontal Policies?

UACES 45th Annual Conference, Bilbao, Spain, September 2015
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Aug 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, competition, growth, Europe 2020, general principles, interpretation

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Revisiting the Concept of Undertaking from a Public Procurement Law Perspective – A Discussion on EasyPay and Finance Engineering

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Nov 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells and Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
University of Bristol - School of Law and University of Bergen, Faculty of Law
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public procurement, competition, undertaking, central purchasing bodies, economic activity, EasyPay, FENIN, Selex, Compass-Datenbank

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Public Procurement: A 2015 Updated Overview of EU and National Case Law

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Jun 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, competition law, bid rigging, comparative review

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'Human Rights' Protection for Corporate Antitrust Defendants: Are We Not Going Overboard?

University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 14-04
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Feb 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells and Francisco Marcos
University of Bristol - School of Law and IE Law School
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due process, procedural fairness, good administration, corporate human rights, human rights, competition law, antitrust law, enforcement, effectiveness

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Competition and the Public Buyer Towards a More Competition-Oriented Procurement: The Principle of Competition Embedded in EC Public Procurement Directives

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Sep 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, public buyer, restraints and distortions of competition, competition principle, functional approach

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Regulatory Substitution between Labour and Public Procurement Law: The EU's Shifting Approach to Enforcing Labour Standards in Public Contracts

Reprinted from European Public Law, 24, 2, (2018), 229-254, with permission of Kluwer Law International
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Labour Standards, Public Procurement, Public Contracts, Regulatory Substitution, EU Law

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Digging Itself Out of the Hole? A Critical Assessment of the European Commission's Attempt to Revitalise State Aid Enforcement after the Crisis

Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 May 2015 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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State aid, enforcement, State Aid Modernisation, SAM, State aid control 2.0, economic crisis, institutional design

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Competition Infringements and Procurement Blacklisting

Forthcoming, Competition Law Journal.
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 14 Dec 2016
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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competition law, infringement, public procurement, debarment, exclusion, blacklisting, policy reform

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The Implementation of Directive 2014/24/EU in the UK

To be published in S Treumer & M Comba (eds), Implementation of Directive 2014/24, vol. 8 European Procurement Law Series (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2017
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, transposition, Directive 2014/24/EU, Public Contracts Regulations 2015, gold-plating, copy-out

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An EU Competition Law Primer for Public Procurement Students

An EU Competition Law Primer for Public Procurement Students, 2015
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, competition law, bid rigging, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of a dominant position, State aid.

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When are Universities Bound by EU Public Procurement Rules as Buyers and Providers? - English Universities as a Case Study

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2016
Andrea K. Gideon and Albert Sanchez-Graells
The Liverpool Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, State aid, higher education, universities, teaching, research, funding, governance, England, HEFCE, BIS

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The Commission’s Modernization Agenda for Procurement and SGEI

FINANCING SGEIS: STATE AID REFORM AND MODERNISATION, E. Szyszczak & J. van de Gronden, eds., TMC Asser Press/Springer Series Legal Issues of Services of General Interest, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2012
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, SGEI, Almunia Package, Altmark conditions, State aid

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The Protection of Involuntary Creditors by Spanish Insolvency Law (Los Acreedores Involuntarios en el Concurso) (Spanish)

CRÉDITOS, GARANTÍAS Y CONCURSO, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Mar 2010
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Involuntary Creditors, Insolvency, Bankruptcy, Creditor Privilege

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Public Procurement Below Thresholds in Spain

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, below thresholds, Spain

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A Duty to ‘Save’ Seemingly Non-Compliant Tenders for Public Contracts? - Comments on Art 72 of the 2017 Portuguese Code of Public Contracts

(2018) 2 Revista de Direito Administrativo 59-68
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, tenders, clarifications, corrections, documentation supplementation, clerical errors, non-compliant tenders, discretion, competition, equal treatment

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You Can’t Be Serious: Critical Reflections on the Liability Threshold for Damages Claims for Breach of EU Public Procurement Law After the EFTA Court’s Fosen-Linjen Opinion

Nordic Journal of European Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 25 May 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public Procurement, Liability, Damages, State Liability, Sufficiently Serious Breach, Simple Breach, Causation, Effectiveness, Private Enforcement, Public Enforcement

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Public Procurement and ‘Core’ Human Rights: A Sketch of the EU Legal Framework

O Martin-Ortega & C M O’Brien (eds), Public Procurement and Human Rights: Risks, Dilemmas and Opportunities for the State as a Buyer (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, human rights, EU law, Directive 2014/24/EU, effectiveness, procurement function

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Decentralisation, Regulatory Burden and Economic Development in Spain

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Dec 2006
Francisco Marcos, Juan Santaló and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School, Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Regulation, Regulatory Burden, Decentralisation, Self-governing Communities, Regions, Federalism, Economic Development

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A Deformed Principle of Competition? – The Subjective Drafting of Article 18(1) of Directive 2014/24

Forthcoming in GS Olykke & A Sanchez-Graells (eds), Reformation or Deformation of the EU Public Procurement Rules in 2014 (Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016).
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Aug 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, Directive 2014/24, general principles, principle of competition, intention, subjective element, interpretation, objectification, legal certainty, good administration, CJEU

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An Ever-Changing Scope? The Expansive Boundaries of EU Public Procurement Rules, Extraterritoriality and the Court of Justice

Presented at Research Workshop "Extraterritoriality of EU Law & Human Rights after Lisbon: Scope and Boundaries", held at the Sussex European Institute – 13 & 14 July 2017
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Jul 2017
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public Procurement, Trade, Extraterritoriality, Jurisdiction, Court of Justice, Challenges, Remedies

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Examining Brexit Through the GPA's Lens: What Next for UK Public Procurement Reform?

Public Contract Law Journal, 2017, 47(1), 1-33
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Nov 2017
Pedro Telles and Albert Sanchez-Graells
Swansea University Hillary Clinton School of Law and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Brexit, Public Procurement, Government Procurement Agreement, GPA, US, UK, EU, Regulatory Reform, International Trade, Free Trade Agreements, Liberalisation, Convergence, Technical Cooperation

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New Rules for Health Care Procurement in the UK. A Critical Assessment from the Perspective of EU Economic Law

(2014) 23 Public Procurement Law Review Forthcoming, University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 14-03
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 04 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Health care, public procurement, competition, EU law, NHS Procurement Patient Choice and Competition Regulations 2013, UK, public sector reform

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Transparency in Procurement by the EU Institutions

in K-M Halonen, R Caranta & A Sanchez-Graells (eds), Disclosure Rules within Public Procurement Procedures and During Contract Period, vol 9 EPL Series (Edward Elgar), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, transparency, access to documents, commercial interests, business secrets, confidentiality, regulation 1049/2001, 2014 Public Procurement Package

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Against the Grain? - Member State Interests and EU Procurement Law

M Varju (ed), Between Compliance and Particularism: Member State Interests and European Union Law (Springer, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, national interest, regulatory space, internal market, regulatory reform

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A Missing Step in the Modernisation Stairway of EU Competition Law – Any Role for Block Exemption Regulations in the Realm of Regulation 1/2003?

Fourteenth CLaSF Workshop: Reforming EC Competition Law, City University, London, September 10, 2009, Competition Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2010
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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EC competition law, modernisation, block exemption regulations, more economic approach

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Need and Function for Independent Directors - Difficulties for Their Transplant to Spanish Listed Corporations (In Spanish)

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 14 Jun 2009
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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independent directors, corporate governance, Spanish Unified Code of Good Governance

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Assessing Public Administration’s Intention in EU Economic Law: Chasing Ghosts or Dressing Windows?

Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Aug 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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EU economic law, intention, subjective element, interpretation, objectification, legal certainty, good administration

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Is Joint Cross-Border Public Procurement Legally Feasible or Simply Commercially Tolerated? - A Critical Assessment of the BBG-SKI JCBPP Feasibility Study

Forthcoming, European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review (2017)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Apr 2017
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Joint procurement, collaborative procurement, public procurement, centralised purchasing bodies, joint entities, legal framework, choice of law, conflict of laws

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Award Criteria and Award-Related Challenges Under Spanish Public Procurement Law

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, award criteria, weightings, challenges, bid protest, abnormally low offers, Spain

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A Critical Appraisal of the Spanish National Competition Commission's Guide on Public Procurement and Competition (Una Visión Crítica de la 'Guía Sobre Contratación Pública y Competencia' Publicada por la CNC) (in Spanish)

Gaceta Jurídica de la Unión Europea y de la Competencia, No. 21, 2011
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, antitrust, effective competition, legal reform

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Competition and State Aid Implications of ‘Public’ Minimum Wage Clauses in EU Public Procurement after the RegioPost Judgment

Forthcoming, A Sanchez-Graells (ed), Smart Public Procurement and Labour Standards—Pushing the Discussion after RegioPost (Bloomsbury-Hart)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Apr 2017
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, contract performance, contract compliance, performance clauses, minimum wage, living wage, labour standard, competition, State aid, Rüffert, RegioPost, Bundesdruckerei

61.

Collusion and Competition from a State and Market Perspective

‘Public Procurement: Global Revolution VI’ Conference, Law School, University of Nottingham, 24-25 June 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Feb 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, market competition, bid rigging, public restrictions, reform

62.

A Short Note on Methodology: An Eclectic and Heuristic Multi-Disciplinary and Functional Approach to EU Law

Romanian Journal of European Law, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Feb 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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methodology, legal research, creativity and innovation, economic analysis, functional approach

63.

Some Reflections on the 'Artificial Narrowing of Competition' as a Check on Executive Discretion in Public Procurement

To be published in S Bogojević, X Groussot & J Hettne (eds), Discretion in EU Public Procurement Law, IECL Series (Hart, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 29 May 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, executive discretion, competition-based constraints, balancing test, procedural traceability, litigation

64.

Territorial Extension and Case Law of the Court of Justice: Good Administration and Access to Justice in Procurement as a Case Study

Europe and the World: A Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 25 May 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public Procurement, Free Trade Agreements, Extraterritoriality, Territorial Extension, Jurisdiction, Court of Justice, Foreign Law, Challenges, Remedies, Good Administration, Access to Justice

65.

Modernising Social Services in the Single Market: Putting the Market into the Social

Accepted for presentation at the "Fostering Growth: Reinforcing the Internal Market" conference, organised by CEU San Pablo in Madrid, Spain on the 28-29 October 2013.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells and Erika Szyszczak
University of Bristol - School of Law and Leicester Law School
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EU Single Market, Public Procurement, State Aid, Competition, UK Health Care Reform, Social Economy, Services of General Interest, Public Sector Reform

66.

Some Preliminary Views on the Revision of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation

European Competition Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 475-481, 2009
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 31 Aug 2009
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Block Exemption Regulation, Insurance Industry, Review, Modernization, EC Competition Law

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The Importance of Assessing the Economic Impact of the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Some Exploratory Thoughts

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Apr 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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case law, Court of Justice of the European Union, economic effects, economic impact, impact assessment, RIA, empirical legal studies

68.

Insurance Activities and Competition: The Antitrust Exemption in the Insurance Sector (Actividad Aseguradora y Competencia: La Exención Antitrust del Sector Asegurador) (Spanish)

Cuadernos de la Fundación MAPFRE, 2011
Number of pages: 126 Posted: 30 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2011
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Insurance, Regulation, Competition Law, Block Exemption Regulation

69.

Qualification, Selection and Exclusion of Economic Operators Under Spanish Public Procurement Law

University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 15-01
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, exclusion, qualification, selection, short-listing, economic operators

70.

Monitor and the Competition and Markets Authority

University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 14-32
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Competition, public procurement, institutional design, enforcement, review, regulation, health care

71.

Tomb Price Discrimination in Cemeteries: Competition in the Market for Corpses?

Instituto de Empresa Business School Working Paper No. WP 07-09
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Sep 2007
Francisco Marcos, Albert Sanchez-Graells and Juan Santaló
IE Law School, University of Bristol - School of Law and Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School
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administrative law and economics, public prices, non-market regulation

72.

Centralisation of Procurement and Supply Chain Management in the English NHS: Some Governance and Compliance Challenges

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Aug 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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NHS, Procurement, Centralisation, Supply Chain, Efficiency, Savings, Service Delivery, Governance

73.

Economic Analysis of Private Copy Remuneration

Number of pages: 145 Posted: 15 Jul 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells and Juan Santaló
University of Bristol - School of Law and Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School
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private copy levies

74.

A Primer on Spanish Competition Law (In Spanish)

Fundamentos de Derecho Empresarial, Vol. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Spain, Competition Law

75.

La Aplicación de la Teoría de Agencia a la Prevención de Conflictos de Interés en la Contratación Pública bajo la Directiva 2014/24 (Application of Agency Theory to the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest in Public Procurement Under Directive 2014/24)

Revista de Economía Industrial, número monográfico sobre Análisis Económico del Derecho, 2015
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Sep 2015
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Public procurement, agency theory, principal, agent, conflict of interest, contratación pública, teoría de agencia, principal, agente, conflicto de interés

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Use of gender differences for pricing, insurance contract premium

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Measuring Regulatory Intensity by the Spanish Regions (1978-2009)

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Measuring Regulatory Intensity by the Spanish Regions (1978-2009)

InDret, Vol. 4, 2010
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Francisco Marcos, Juan Santaló and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School, Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Regulation, Regulatory Intensity, Decentralisation, Spain, Self-governing Communities, Regions, Federalism

Measuring Regulatory Intensity by the Spanish Regions (1978-2009)

Instituto de Empresa Business School Working Paper No. WP10-07
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Nov 2010
Francisco Marcos, Juan Santaló and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School, Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Regulation, Regulatory Intensity, Decentralisation, Spain, Self-Governing Communities, Regions, Federalism

78.

Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring (Ideas para una Supervisión Efectiva de Abogados en Formación)

Retos de la Abogacía ante la Sociedad Global, 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 May 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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legal education, access to the bar, lawyer to lawyer mentoring

79.

Principles for Benchmarking Potentially Alternative Systems of Private Copy Compensation

IE Working Paper No. WP07-16
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Jul 2011
Francisco Marcos, Albert Sanchez-Graells and Juan Santaló
IE Law School, University of Bristol - School of Law and Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School
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Intellectual Property, Private Copy, Remuneration, Copyright Levies, Economic Principles.

80.

Las Problemáticas Modificaciones Adicionales a la Transformación de Sociedades Mercantiles (The Problematic Charter Amendments Additional to the Transformation of Corporations)

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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corporation transformation, charter amendments, shareholders' rights, creditors' rights

81.

Novedades en Materia de Compra Colaborativa y Adjudicación de Concesiones de Servicios en las Nuevas Directivas de Febrero de 2014 (Novelties Created by the February 2014 Directives for Collaborative Public Procurement and the Award of Service Concessions)

Anuario de Derecho Municipal 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Apr 2014
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public procurement, local entities, reform, Directive 2014/23, Directive 2014/24, centralised public procurement, aggregated public procurement, collaborative public procurement, service concessions

82.

Lights and Shadows in the Modernization of Spanish Merger Review

The Threshold: The Newsletter of the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee (ABA Antitrust Section), Vol. VIII, No. 3, pp. 25-30, Summer 2008
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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Antitrust, Competition Law, Competition Policy, Merger Review

83.

The Legal Protection of Price Quotes in a Market (in Spanish)

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2009
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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price lists, intellectual property, patents, databases, unfair competition

84.

Algunas Reflexiones en Torno a Las Garantías Pignoraticias Sobre Derechos de Emisión de Gases de Efecto Invernadero y Su Ejecución (Some Thoughts Regarding the Use of Greenhouse Gas Emission Rights as Financial Collateral and their Enforcement)

Revista de Derecho Bancario y Bursátil (RDBB), No. 127, July-September 2012, Revista de Derecho Bancario y Bursátil (RDBB), No. 128, October-December 2012
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 20 May 2013
Bruno Martín Baumeister and Albert Sanchez-Graells
Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE and University of Bristol - School of Law
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greenhouse gas emission rights, financial guarantees, pledge, enforcement, liens, financial instruments, Spanish securities law, Spanish registry of emission rights (RENADE)

85.

Reflexiones Críticas en Torno a la Disciplina del Comportamiento de Mercado del Comprador Público (Critical Reflections on Disciplining Public Buyer's Market Behaviour)

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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public buyer, competition law, public procurement law

86.

Distortions of Competition by Contracting Authorities — Bringing Some of the Pieces Together

Presented at the conference ‘Competition law and public procurement – two sides of the same coin’ organised by the Polish Public Procurement Law Association in Warsaw on 12 June 2018
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Jul 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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competition, public procurement, distortion, restriction, principle of competition, artificial narrowing

87.

Transparency and Competition in Public Procurement: A Comparative View on Their Difficult Balance

K-M Halonen, R Caranta & A Sanchez-Graells (eds), Transparency in EU Procurements: Disclosure within Public Procurement and during Contract Execution, Vol. 9 European Procurement Law Series (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Jun 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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transparency, competition, disclosure, pricing, debriefing, commercial interests, trade secrets

88.

Insufficiencies in the Spanish Regulation of Burial Insurance (Insuficiencias en la Regulación de los Seguros de Decesos) (Spanish)

Revista de Derecho Mercantil, Vol. 263, pp. 207-229, January-March 2007
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Jan 2011
Francisco Marcos and Albert Sanchez-Graells
IE Law School and University of Bristol - School of Law
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EU-UK Procurement-Based Trade Relations After Brexit: Some Thoughts

Kainer & R. Repasi (eds.), Trade Relations after Brexit: Impetus for the Negotiation Process (Nomos, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 May 2018
Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Bristol - School of Law
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Brexit, Public Procurement, Government Procurement Agreement, GPA, UK, EU, Regulatory Reform, International Trade, Free Trade Agreements, Liberalisation, Convergence, Technical Cooperation

90.

Brexit and Public Procurement: Transitioning into the Void?

Posted: 20 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2018
Pedro Telles and Albert Sanchez-Graells
Swansea University Hillary Clinton School of Law and University of Bristol - School of Law

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Brexit, Public Procurement, Government Procurement Agreement, GPA, UK, EU, Regulatory Reform, International Trade, Free Trade Agreements, Liberalisation, Convergence, Technical Cooperation

91.

The Interface of EU and National Tort Law: Competition Law

Forthcoming, P Giliker (ed), Research Handbook on EU Tort Law (Edward Elgar, 2017).
Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Okeoghene Odudu and Albert Sanchez-Graells
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law and University of Bristol - School of Law

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Competition law, tort law, EU tort law, damages actions, Directive 2014/104/EU, objective liability, joint liability, several liability, forms of damage, causation, legal presumption, quantification of damages