Research Catalog

Title

The EC public procurement rules : a critical analysis / José M. Fernández Martín.

Author

Fernández Martin, José Maria.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Description

xxxi, 321 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• In recent years and on the basis of its alleged economic importance, the EC has undertaken an ambitious legal programme in the field of public procurement. However, despite the substantial modifications of domestic regulatory frameworks which have resulted, the adopted measures have proven largely ineffective. They have not achieved their main objective, which was to ensure European-wide competition in domestic public procurement.
• This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the Community public procurement legal policy and the reasons for its failure. The adequacy and convenience of the adopted supranational regulation is critically assessed in the light of the subsidiary principle. In view of the conclusions reached, alternative policies are proposed.
• The book goes beyond a mere legal analysis of the issues involved. Economic, legal and political aspects which affect supranational regulation of public procurement are brought together in the discussion following a contextual approach.

Alternative Title

European Community public procurement rules

Subjects

• Government purchasing > Law and legislation > European Economic Community countries
• Public contracts > European Economic Community countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and index.

Contents

1. The Evolution of European Community Policy on Public Procurement -- 2. Public Procurement in Context: The Political, Economic and Social Dimensions of Public Procurement in the EC (I) -- 3. Public Procurement in Context: The Political, Economic and Social Dimensions of Public Procurement in the EC (II) -- 4. The Ineffectiveness of the Rules (I): The Implementation Level -- 5. The Ineffectiveness of the Rules (II): The Application Level -- 6. The Enforcement Level (I): The Commission's Centralized Enforcement of Public Procurement Rules -- 7. The Enforcement Level (II): The Community System and the Effective Judicial Protection of Individual Community Rights -- 8. The Enforcement Level (III): The Public Sector Remedies Directive -- 9. The Enforcement Level (IV): The Implementation of the Remedies Directive in France and Spain -- 10. The Enforcement Level (V): The Implementation of the Remedies Directive in the United Kingdom and Germany.

ISBN

0198260172 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

95046835

OCLC

ocm33405223

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries