Les principes des contrats publics en Europe / Principles of public contracts in Europe - 1re édition 2022

Fruit d’une recherche internationale, cet ouvrage propose de manière novatrice une étude approfondie et comparée des principes encadrant le droit des contrats publics en Europe.
En associant des études conceptuelles et une typologie des principes avec près de vingt chapitres nationaux, l’ouvrage offre un panorama inédit de la diversité des principes intervenant dans les contrats publics. Par une étude combinée des principes issus du droit de l’Union (égalité, non-discrimination, transparence) et de principes reconnus dans les droits nationaux, cette étude internationale comporte de nombreuses sources d’informations et de comparaisons en droit des contrats publics.

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In most EU Member States, but also at the international level, reference to principles has become an essential feature of the legal framework surrounding the award and performance of public contracts. A great diversity and heterogeneity shapes these principles. Together with the EU core principles of public procurement (equality, nondiscrimination, transparency), a wide range of principles is also recognized at national level, including principles of a contractual nature, principles related to administrative law, principles focusing on the competitive requirements, but also principles worded in a general way, dealing with social and environmental objectives.

This in-depth and bilingual (English / Français) international study, based on a five years research, contains a clear overview and an exhaustive inquiry of such diversity of use of principles. Based on a common methodology, this volume combines sources of international law, EU law (directives on public procurement and ECJ’S case law) as well as several national laws (Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania Slovenia, Spain, UK).

By grasping these sources underlying the implementation of principles, this volume is a groundbreaking contribution for understanding legal pluralism in the field of public contracts.

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Authors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction – Why we need a broad understanding of principles applicable to public contracts: the many shades of principles in public procurement

Part 1. Conceptual and theoretical framework – Cadre conceptuel et théorique
Chapter 1. The polysemous notion of principle
Chapter 2. Classification of public contracts in the context of national laws
Chapter 3. Are the Principles of European contract law relevant for public contracts?
Chapter 4. Principles of Public Contracts in the United States of America
Chapter 5. International soft law principles on public acquisition contracts
Chapter 6. Le recours aux principes dans les contrats publics : origines, fonctions, esquisse de typologie

Part 2. National and international reports – Rapports nationaux et internationaux
Chapter 1. Principles applying to procurement contracts entered into by EU institutions
Chapter 2. Belgium
Chapter 3. Croatia
Chapter 4. Czech Republic
Chapter 5. Denmark
Chapter 6. France
Chapter 7. Germany
Chapter 8. Greece
Chapter 9. Italy
Chapter 10. Luxembourg
Chapter 11. Netherlands
Chapter 12. Poland
Chapter 13. Portugal
Chapter 14. Romania
Chapter 15. Slovenia
Chapter 16. Spain
Chapter 17. United Kingdom

Part 3. Cross study of the principles – Analyse des principes

Title 1. Core principles of public procurement: diversity in the implementation of Telaustria requirements
Chapter 1. The diversity of implementation of the principles of equality and non-discrimination, Martin Morales
Chapter 2. La transparence, un principe aux multiples facettes

Title 2. Structural principles of public contracts
Chapter 1. Le principe de “good value for money”
Chapter 2. The integrity principle in the Member States: the heterogeneous promotion of a consensual principle
Chapter 3. Principe de réciprocité

Title 3. Contractual principles and execution of the contracts
Chapter 1. The principles of public-public cooperation
Chapter 2. Principles of joint cross-border public contracts and transnational effects
Chapter 3. Principes régissant le recours à l’arbitrage en matière de contrats publics

Title 4. Social and societal principles
Chapter 1. Principes de l’économie circulaire appliqués aux contrats publics
Chapter 2. Principe de la responsabilité sociétale des entreprises et achat public durable en Europe : limites et ouvertures potentielles