Competition Law and Collusion in Public Procurement

This book examines infringements of competition law in public procurement settings, evaluating the latest European Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU to examine to what extent its provisions facilitate or deter during specific award procedures.It will be of interest to researchers in the field of competition law, public procurement and EU law.

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Penelope Giosa is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Reading and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is also a qualified lawyer (not currently practising law) in two countries, Greece and Cyprus and the Convenor of the SLS Comparative Law section. Her research interests extend to the fields of Competition Law, Public Contracts and Economic Crime. She also takes a particular interest in State Aid and the role of Food Law in sustainable development and addressing climate change.

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Foreword

Acknowledgements

1. Introductory Chapter

2. The Significance of Bid Rigging, Its Rationale and the Factors Conducive to It through the Lens of Auction Theory

3. The Historical Background of EU Public Procurement Rules and the Role of Competition

4. Procurement Planning under Directive 2014/24/EU: Are Its Provisions Suitable for Preventing the Development of Bid Rigging?

5. Contracting Phase I: Are the Procedures under 2014/24/EU Directive the Most Effective Toolkit for Preventing Bid Rigging?

6. Contracting Phase II: Are the Procurement Techniques under 2014/24/EU Directive the Most Effective Toolkit for Preventing Bid Rigging?

7. Debarment, Self-Cleaning and Leniency: Friends or Foes?

8. Damages Claims for Bid Rigging in the EU

9. Whistle-Blower Programme: An Effective Mechanism to Deter Collusion and Boost the Enforcement of Competition Law in Public Procurement?

10. Concluding Chapter

Bibliography

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Appendix 2

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Index