Abstract
This article argues that the prevention of bid rigging has not been factored into the policy design of the EU Public Procurement Rules in a systematic and consistent way. As it will be shown, the critical junctures of EU Public Procurement Rules did not emerge alongside the anti-cartel legislation in Europe, but entirely independently of the latter. As a result, the current European Public Sector Directive 2014/24/EU is not adequately collusion proof and there is still a long way to go.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 39-51 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | European Procurement and Public Private Partnership Law Review |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Apr 2021 |
Keywords
- bid rigging
- collusion
- competition
- transparency
- EU Procurement Directives