Works Contracts: What’s in a name?

Stephanie Rickard comments on a recent decision on the definition of public works contracts ‘Pizzarotti confirms the EU approach to interpretation – it is necessary to look at the nature of a transaction rather than its classification to determine whether or not the procurement rules apply.’The recent opinion issued in Impresa Pizzarotti v Comune di …
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Legislation: The new classic public procurement directive – a curate’s egg?

Helen Randall assesses the efficacy and objectives of Directive 2014/24 ‘Many of the changes in the directive have been implemented with the laudable (but, in the author’s personal view, somewhat naive) objective of encouraging SME participation in government tenders.’The new European public procurement directive (Directive 2014/24) has been billed as bringing more speed, flexibility and …
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