Reform of EU public procurement law : intergovermental or supranational policy-making?
Journal: BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London)
Year: 2019

In 2014 three new procurement directives were adopted at European level, replacing the previous generation of directives from 2004. These directives regulate how approximately €2 trillion of public and semi-public money is spent in the member states, aiming to ensure the free movement of goods and services and competition in the award of public contracts. Environmental and social provisions figure prominently in the 2014 directives, including a number of new rules which must be implemented at na