Integrating Social and Environmental Dimensions in Public Procurement: One Small Step for the Internal Market, One Giant Leap for the EU?
32 Pages Posted: 14 Nov 2014
Date Written: October 24, 2014
Abstract
This working paper provides a legal analysis of the inclusion of social and environmental clauses in the modernisation of the EU's public procurement directives. It focuses in particular on Directive 2014/24/EU and evaluates the measures and provisions dealing with the obligation to comply with social, environmental and labour laws. It concludes that the co-legislators have managed to give contracting authorities and member states a lever to introduce more ethics in economic relations.
Keywords: EU law; EU Directive; social dimension; environment; law reform
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Van den Abeele, Eric, Integrating Social and Environmental Dimensions in Public Procurement: One Small Step for the Internal Market, One Giant Leap for the EU? (October 24, 2014). ETUI Working Paper 2014.08, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2523891 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2523891
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