Transparency in EU Procurements

Edited by Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Finland, Roberto Caranta, Full Professor of Administrative Law, Law Department, University of Turin, Italy and Albert Sanchez-Graells, Professor of Economic Law, School of Law, University of Bristol, UK

• Contents:1. Transparency in EU Procurements: An Introduction. Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Roberto Caranta and Albert Sanchez-Graells 2. Many faces of transparency in public procurement Kirsi-Maria Halonen3. Transparency and competition in public procurement: A comparative view on their difficult balanceAlbert Sanchez-Graells4. Procurement transparency as a gateway for procurement remediesRoberto Caranta5. Transparency in Procurement by the EU InstitutionsAlbert Sanchez-Graells6. Transparency and access to information in public procurement procedures in DenmarkCarina Risvig Hamer7. Transparency in Public Procurement - experiences from FinlandPilvi Takala and Suvituulia Taponen8. Disclosure rules within public procurement procedures and during contract implementation in FranceTiphaine Blay9. Disclosure rules within public procurement procedures and during contract period - German country reportMartin Burgi and Marinus Pöhlmann 10. Disclosure of public procurement documents in Italy: a major effort in the fight against corruption, but still to be completedMario E. Comba11. Disclosure rules applicable to public procurement procedures and during contract period. The case of PolandPiotr Bogdanowicz12. Transparency in Public Procurement in Romania: Formal Compliance, Obscure Hidden AgendasBogdana Neamtu and Dacian C. Dragos13. Transparency in public procurement in the Spanish legal systemPatricia Valcárcel Fernández14. Disclosure rules within public procurement procedures and during contract period in the United KingdomPaul Henty and Rory AshmoreIndex

'Transparency is a central plank of procurement law and policy, but is not a fishing licence for competitors. This important addition to the literature on procurement offers major contributions to our understanding of these issues in various European jurisdictions. It's a ''must have'' work for everyone interested in procurement law and practice.'--Laurence Gormley, University of Groningen, the Netherlands'An essential book in the exploration of European procurement law. It shows that beyond the rules of transparency imposed by the directives, a wide scope is left to national discretion, particularly as regards publicity after the award of the contract. Although transparency is certainly a general principle of European public procurement law, and a strategic one, its concrete implementation is therefore subject to significant variations. The book renders an important service to future reflections on European procurement law by demonstrating this reality.'--Jean-Bernard Auby, University of Sciences Po, France