EC Public Procurement: Case Law and Regulation

Christopher Bovis is Professor of Law at the Lancashire Law School and Jean Monnet Chair in European and Business Law. He is also Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London. He has been Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, Visiting Professor of Trade and Commerce at the Queens University of Belfast, and Visiting Professor of European Law at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He was Deputy Director of the Institute of European Public Law at the University of Hull from 1994 to 1998. He specializes in European and business law, anti-trust law, and international trade law with particular emphasis on public procurement. He serves on the editorial board of numerous prestigious legal journals such as Company Lawyer, Amicus Curiae and International Corporate Law.

• PART I: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ; Introduction ; 1. Public Procurement in the Common Market Context ; 2. The Judicial Nature of Public Procurement ; 3. The Evolution of Public Procurement Regulation ; PART II: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATION ; 4. The New Public Procurement Regime ; 5. The Applicability of the Public Sector Rules ; 6. The Applicability of the Utilities Rules ; PART III: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ; 7. Public Contracts and Contracting Authorities ; 8. Selection and Qualification ; 9. Award Procedure and Criteria ; PART IV: ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE AT NATIONAL LEVEL ; 10. Public Procurement and Public-Private Partnerships ; 11. Enforcement and Compliance ; CONCLUSIONS

This hefty book positions public procurement within the context of the common market, as a discipline within European economic and legal integration. It looks at issues of enforcement and compliance and the role of the European Court of Justice. There is an overview of enforcement and compliance of the rules at a national level, including an analysis of the private finance initiative and public private partnerships.