Presentation by Aleksandra Melesko on the Case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU, at the SIGMA webinar on public procurement reality and challenges of post COVID, held on 26 January 2021.
Presentation by Zoran Blazevic, Croatia, on the case law of the High Administrative Court in Croatia against the procurement review bodies' decisions, at the SIGMA 2nd webinar on public procurement reality and challenges of post COVID, held on 9 March 2021. This webinar is the follow-up on the 1st webinar which took place on 26 January 2021 (https://www.slideshare.net/SIGMA2013/tag/ipa260121pup).
Presentation by Marc Steiner, Switzerland, on the practice of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court on public procurement, at the SIGMA 2nd webinar on public procurement reality and challenges of post COVID, held on 9 March 2021. This webinar is the follow-up on the 1st webinar which took place on 26 January 2021 (https://www.slideshare.net/SIGMA2013/tag/ipa260121pup).
The Romanian A1 highway (Autostrada A1) is a partially built highway in Romania, planned to connect Bucharest (capital) with the western part of the country, and further with Hungary and Western Europe. The highway it will be approximately 581 km long and will follow the route: Pitesti, Sibiu, Orastie, Deva, Timisoara, Arad, connecting with Hungary's highway M43.
The A1 highway it is part of the Pan-European Corridor IV. It is also the Priority Project 7 of the Trans-European Transport Networks and construction receives 85% funding from the European Union Cohesion Fund.
As of November 2014, the sections in service include a 110-kilometer long highway linking Bucharest with Pitesti, the Sibiu – Deva segment (132 km), the Traian Vuia – Balinț segment (17.1 km), the Timisoara – Arad highway (54 km, in the western part of Romania) and the Pecica – Nădlac segment (28.5 km). The total length of the opened sections is 341 km, with another 91 km under construction.
Currently, construction works are being performed between Deva and Nădlac. Several sections between Lugoj and Deva, comprising a total length of 71.8 km were tendered in 2013, and construction began in 2014, while for two segments (38.9 km) between Nădlac and Arad works have been finished only in 2015. Works are also finished on the remaining segment between Lugoj and Timișoara.
Highway Pitești – Sibiu
The highway section between Pitesti and Sibiu was scheduled to be tendered in the fourth quarter of 2012, but a new feasibility study will first have to be tendered for review. Total construction costs of the 116.6 km section of the highway, that would be crossing the Carpathian Mountains, partly along the Olt Valley, are estimated at 3.25 billion euro and were previously planned to be completed by 2020.
This section has been subject to much controversy during 2013, when the Romanian Government declared the priority highway route for crossing the Carpathian Mountains will be the A3 highway (between Brasov and Comarnic) instead of the A1 highway (between Sibiu and Pitesti).
According to the same plans, the A3 highway is planned to be connected to the A1 highway via another highway between Sibiu and Fagaras, thus creating a nearly complete highway corridor between Bucharest and Sibiu, whereas the section between Sibiu and Pitești is no longer a short-term priority.] It is considered that this is possibly to avoid a competing alternative route to the section of the A3 highway, which will be built via a concession contract.
According to the government announcements in December 2013, this section of the highway is planned to be built however in the following years, between Pitești and Curate de Argeș, as part of a highway extension towards Râmnicu Valcea.
E. rumak, p. sitarek, polish leniency programmeMichal
This paper is devoted to the Polish leniency programme, including the conditions
of obtaining lenient treatment and the applicable procedure. The type, scope
and form of information that must be submitted are commented on as well as
the marker system and summary applications. The intersection of the leniency
scheme with private enforcement of antitrust rules is discussed in detail. Special
attention is devoted to the possible ways in which private antitrust plaintiffs might
access information submitted to the UOKiK by leniency applicants. Thoroughly
analysed are the rules regulating the possibility of obtaining relevant documents
from the UOKiK and from the defendant in the course of civil proceedings as well as the status of the administrative decision in subsequent civil litigation. The paper
covers also the scope of the leniency recipient’s civil liability and touches upon
the possible ways in which it could be limited to enhance the effectiveness of the
leniency scheme. Some suggestions de lege ferenda are also provided concerning
the means of increasing this effectiveness without prejudice to the private parties’
right to compensation.
Date 26 November 2013, The National Assembly of Vietnam course XIII issued Law on Bidding No.43/2013/QH13 (hereinafter called Law on Bidding 2013). Law on Bidding 2013 takes effect from 1 July 2014.
Presentation by Borut Smrdel from Slovenia, at the regional conference organised by SIGMA on Public procurement review bodies, which took place in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 9-10 June 2016.
Presentation by Aleksandra Melesko on the Case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU, at the SIGMA webinar on public procurement reality and challenges of post COVID, held on 26 January 2021.
Presentation by Zoran Blazevic, Croatia, on the case law of the High Administrative Court in Croatia against the procurement review bodies' decisions, at the SIGMA 2nd webinar on public procurement reality and challenges of post COVID, held on 9 March 2021. This webinar is the follow-up on the 1st webinar which took place on 26 January 2021 (https://www.slideshare.net/SIGMA2013/tag/ipa260121pup).
Presentation by Marc Steiner, Switzerland, on the practice of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court on public procurement, at the SIGMA 2nd webinar on public procurement reality and challenges of post COVID, held on 9 March 2021. This webinar is the follow-up on the 1st webinar which took place on 26 January 2021 (https://www.slideshare.net/SIGMA2013/tag/ipa260121pup).
The Romanian A1 highway (Autostrada A1) is a partially built highway in Romania, planned to connect Bucharest (capital) with the western part of the country, and further with Hungary and Western Europe. The highway it will be approximately 581 km long and will follow the route: Pitesti, Sibiu, Orastie, Deva, Timisoara, Arad, connecting with Hungary's highway M43.
The A1 highway it is part of the Pan-European Corridor IV. It is also the Priority Project 7 of the Trans-European Transport Networks and construction receives 85% funding from the European Union Cohesion Fund.
As of November 2014, the sections in service include a 110-kilometer long highway linking Bucharest with Pitesti, the Sibiu – Deva segment (132 km), the Traian Vuia – Balinț segment (17.1 km), the Timisoara – Arad highway (54 km, in the western part of Romania) and the Pecica – Nădlac segment (28.5 km). The total length of the opened sections is 341 km, with another 91 km under construction.
Currently, construction works are being performed between Deva and Nădlac. Several sections between Lugoj and Deva, comprising a total length of 71.8 km were tendered in 2013, and construction began in 2014, while for two segments (38.9 km) between Nădlac and Arad works have been finished only in 2015. Works are also finished on the remaining segment between Lugoj and Timișoara.
Highway Pitești – Sibiu
The highway section between Pitesti and Sibiu was scheduled to be tendered in the fourth quarter of 2012, but a new feasibility study will first have to be tendered for review. Total construction costs of the 116.6 km section of the highway, that would be crossing the Carpathian Mountains, partly along the Olt Valley, are estimated at 3.25 billion euro and were previously planned to be completed by 2020.
This section has been subject to much controversy during 2013, when the Romanian Government declared the priority highway route for crossing the Carpathian Mountains will be the A3 highway (between Brasov and Comarnic) instead of the A1 highway (between Sibiu and Pitesti).
According to the same plans, the A3 highway is planned to be connected to the A1 highway via another highway between Sibiu and Fagaras, thus creating a nearly complete highway corridor between Bucharest and Sibiu, whereas the section between Sibiu and Pitești is no longer a short-term priority.] It is considered that this is possibly to avoid a competing alternative route to the section of the A3 highway, which will be built via a concession contract.
According to the government announcements in December 2013, this section of the highway is planned to be built however in the following years, between Pitești and Curate de Argeș, as part of a highway extension towards Râmnicu Valcea.
E. rumak, p. sitarek, polish leniency programmeMichal
This paper is devoted to the Polish leniency programme, including the conditions
of obtaining lenient treatment and the applicable procedure. The type, scope
and form of information that must be submitted are commented on as well as
the marker system and summary applications. The intersection of the leniency
scheme with private enforcement of antitrust rules is discussed in detail. Special
attention is devoted to the possible ways in which private antitrust plaintiffs might
access information submitted to the UOKiK by leniency applicants. Thoroughly
analysed are the rules regulating the possibility of obtaining relevant documents
from the UOKiK and from the defendant in the course of civil proceedings as well as the status of the administrative decision in subsequent civil litigation. The paper
covers also the scope of the leniency recipient’s civil liability and touches upon
the possible ways in which it could be limited to enhance the effectiveness of the
leniency scheme. Some suggestions de lege ferenda are also provided concerning
the means of increasing this effectiveness without prejudice to the private parties’
right to compensation.
Date 26 November 2013, The National Assembly of Vietnam course XIII issued Law on Bidding No.43/2013/QH13 (hereinafter called Law on Bidding 2013). Law on Bidding 2013 takes effect from 1 July 2014.
Presentation by Borut Smrdel from Slovenia, at the regional conference organised by SIGMA on Public procurement review bodies, which took place in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 9-10 June 2016.
When does competition end? A staged approach to procurement modificationsAlbert Sanchez Graells
Presentation given at the "Contract changes in a European perspective" workshop organised by the Danish Public Procurement Association (Dansk Forening for Udbudsret). It discusses the limitations of the approach implicit in Article 72 of Directive 2014/24/EU and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Slides of the presentation given to the Annual Meeting of the Network of Agencies Procurement Officers on recent case law of the Court of Justice on selected public procurement matters.
Procurement and labour objectives: some thoughts on regulatory substitution a...Albert Sanchez Graells
These are the slides for a presentation at the event Procurement and labour objectives organised by Richard Craven at the University of Leicester on 16 February 2017. They discuss issues of regulatory substitution between labour market and public procurement regulation in the EU.
Intersection between the activities of two regulators – shall prior actions t...Michal
The commented judgment of the Polish Supreme Court concerns Telekomunikacja
Polska S.A. (hereafter, TPSA)1 and the fines imposed upon the incumbent operator
by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (in Polish:
Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów; hereafter, UOKiK) for the abuse of its
dominant position. TPSA is a Polish telecoms provider formally established in 1991.
It is a public company – its shares are traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with the
controlling stake owned by France Télécom2. TPSA is often the subject of competition
law decisions issued not only by the UOKiK President but also by the European
Commission, particularly with respect to dominant position abuse
Can the Right To Be Heard Be Respected without Access to Information about th...Michal
This article analyses Polish competition procedure from the perspective of a) the right
to be heard, and b) the right to receive information about the proceedings. It points out
problems with access to information about competition proceedings which influence the
level of protection of the right to be heard in these proceedings. In order to appraise
this issue, the article embarks upon an examination of the rules governing the right to
be heard in Polish competition enforcement proceedings. It then focuses on the extent
of the competition authority’s obligation to inform undertakings about the actions
addressed to them. The article includes discussion of the rules that circumscribe the
parties’ right of access to evidence in the proceedings. Finally, proposals for changes
in the practice of the competition authority, as well as in the Polish legal framework,
are put forth. The new rules governing competition proceedings before the European
Commission serve as an example for improvements in Polish competition procedures.
Slovak Republic: Grant Thornton Tax Newsletter - September 2016Alex Baulf
1. The New Union Customs Code
2. Amendment of the Act on Administration of Taxes Amendment of the Income Tax Act
3. Prepared amendment of the Act on Value Added Tax
4. Obligatory activation of electronic mailboxes from 1 August 2016
5. Simple Joint-Stock Company, Breakthrough for venture capital in Slovakia
This presentation is the basis for a lunchtime seminar on the interaction between competition, State aid and public procurement rules, and the challenges in designing an effective enforcement mechanism that ensures coordinated substantive assessments.
Presentation given on 14 April 2016 at the "ERA annual public procurement conference 2016", covering issues of procurement centralisation and public registers of public contracts
Newsletter LPA Legal Albania - November - 2018Oltjan Hoxholli
Law 67/2018 For an Amendment to Law No. 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments In The Republic Of Albania"
Adhering into the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
Open tender on the construction of the professional IT school in Tirana new tender on the disposal of pharmaceutical hospital waste (medicines and expired medical materials) for 2018
Law 67/2018 For an Amendment to Law No. 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments In The Republic Of Albania" Law No. 67/2018, issued on 04.10.2018, published in the Official Gazette No. 152, has amendment Article 36 of Law 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments In The Republic Of Albania" by postponing the Deadline for submitting applications to be categorized as "Strategic Investment" until 31 December 2019.Hereby, we recall that the Purpose of Law
55/2015, is to promote and attract strategic
domestic and foreign investments in those sectors that are identified as strategic sectors in the Law i.e. Energy and
mining; Transport, electronic communications infrastructure and urban waste; Tourism (tourist structures); Agriculture (large agricultural farms) and fisheries; Economic zone; Development priority areas; by introducing special favorable, easing or expediting administrative procedures for supporting and providing services to the investors. Under the provisions of the Law 55/2015, the assessment whether the strategic investment is of public interest or not, is based on the a) investment amount; b) period of investment execution; c) invest
Agenda of the regional conference organised by SIGMA on Public procurement review bodies, which took place in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 9-10 June 2016.
CBR: the EU test case for ruling requests
Several EU Member States have decided to start a test case with regard to the ruling policy, in cross-border situations (CBR).
EU Member States have eventually gotten a deal regarding common procedures in tax rulings. It is a test case, officially started on 1 June 2013 and expected to continue until 30 September 2018, that aims to receive requests and questions from taxable persons and companies involved in cross-border transactions.
Presentation by Maria Stylianidou, Hellenic Open University, Greece (ENG) Second SIGMA Regional ENP East Conference on Public Procurement, Kyiv 29-30 May 2018.
When does competition end? A staged approach to procurement modificationsAlbert Sanchez Graells
Presentation given at the "Contract changes in a European perspective" workshop organised by the Danish Public Procurement Association (Dansk Forening for Udbudsret). It discusses the limitations of the approach implicit in Article 72 of Directive 2014/24/EU and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Slides of the presentation given to the Annual Meeting of the Network of Agencies Procurement Officers on recent case law of the Court of Justice on selected public procurement matters.
Procurement and labour objectives: some thoughts on regulatory substitution a...Albert Sanchez Graells
These are the slides for a presentation at the event Procurement and labour objectives organised by Richard Craven at the University of Leicester on 16 February 2017. They discuss issues of regulatory substitution between labour market and public procurement regulation in the EU.
Intersection between the activities of two regulators – shall prior actions t...Michal
The commented judgment of the Polish Supreme Court concerns Telekomunikacja
Polska S.A. (hereafter, TPSA)1 and the fines imposed upon the incumbent operator
by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (in Polish:
Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów; hereafter, UOKiK) for the abuse of its
dominant position. TPSA is a Polish telecoms provider formally established in 1991.
It is a public company – its shares are traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with the
controlling stake owned by France Télécom2. TPSA is often the subject of competition
law decisions issued not only by the UOKiK President but also by the European
Commission, particularly with respect to dominant position abuse
Can the Right To Be Heard Be Respected without Access to Information about th...Michal
This article analyses Polish competition procedure from the perspective of a) the right
to be heard, and b) the right to receive information about the proceedings. It points out
problems with access to information about competition proceedings which influence the
level of protection of the right to be heard in these proceedings. In order to appraise
this issue, the article embarks upon an examination of the rules governing the right to
be heard in Polish competition enforcement proceedings. It then focuses on the extent
of the competition authority’s obligation to inform undertakings about the actions
addressed to them. The article includes discussion of the rules that circumscribe the
parties’ right of access to evidence in the proceedings. Finally, proposals for changes
in the practice of the competition authority, as well as in the Polish legal framework,
are put forth. The new rules governing competition proceedings before the European
Commission serve as an example for improvements in Polish competition procedures.
Slovak Republic: Grant Thornton Tax Newsletter - September 2016Alex Baulf
1. The New Union Customs Code
2. Amendment of the Act on Administration of Taxes Amendment of the Income Tax Act
3. Prepared amendment of the Act on Value Added Tax
4. Obligatory activation of electronic mailboxes from 1 August 2016
5. Simple Joint-Stock Company, Breakthrough for venture capital in Slovakia
This presentation is the basis for a lunchtime seminar on the interaction between competition, State aid and public procurement rules, and the challenges in designing an effective enforcement mechanism that ensures coordinated substantive assessments.
Presentation given on 14 April 2016 at the "ERA annual public procurement conference 2016", covering issues of procurement centralisation and public registers of public contracts
Newsletter LPA Legal Albania - November - 2018Oltjan Hoxholli
Law 67/2018 For an Amendment to Law No. 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments In The Republic Of Albania"
Adhering into the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
Open tender on the construction of the professional IT school in Tirana new tender on the disposal of pharmaceutical hospital waste (medicines and expired medical materials) for 2018
Law 67/2018 For an Amendment to Law No. 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments In The Republic Of Albania" Law No. 67/2018, issued on 04.10.2018, published in the Official Gazette No. 152, has amendment Article 36 of Law 55/2015 "On Strategic Investments In The Republic Of Albania" by postponing the Deadline for submitting applications to be categorized as "Strategic Investment" until 31 December 2019.Hereby, we recall that the Purpose of Law
55/2015, is to promote and attract strategic
domestic and foreign investments in those sectors that are identified as strategic sectors in the Law i.e. Energy and
mining; Transport, electronic communications infrastructure and urban waste; Tourism (tourist structures); Agriculture (large agricultural farms) and fisheries; Economic zone; Development priority areas; by introducing special favorable, easing or expediting administrative procedures for supporting and providing services to the investors. Under the provisions of the Law 55/2015, the assessment whether the strategic investment is of public interest or not, is based on the a) investment amount; b) period of investment execution; c) invest
Agenda of the regional conference organised by SIGMA on Public procurement review bodies, which took place in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 9-10 June 2016.
CBR: the EU test case for ruling requests
Several EU Member States have decided to start a test case with regard to the ruling policy, in cross-border situations (CBR).
EU Member States have eventually gotten a deal regarding common procedures in tax rulings. It is a test case, officially started on 1 June 2013 and expected to continue until 30 September 2018, that aims to receive requests and questions from taxable persons and companies involved in cross-border transactions.
Serbia Presentation, PPO, Svetlana Razic, Serbian Practical Experience in PP ...
Similar to Turkey Presentation, Erkan Ozdemir, PPA, Public procurement legislative experiences, 7th Regional Public Procurement Conference, Vlora, 9-10 Sept 2014_English
Presentation by Maria Stylianidou, Hellenic Open University, Greece (ENG) Second SIGMA Regional ENP East Conference on Public Procurement, Kyiv 29-30 May 2018.
A diverse set of articles for this month.
• firstly, Anja Beriro considers the recent European Court of Justice judgement in an Italian procurement case that includes some very useful guidance on what to consider when looking at Part B contracts, cross-border interest and the application of the 2004 Directive
• Lynne Rathbone looks at the latest developments in the ongoing fiscal devolution debate
• Sarah Hooton examines the impact of recent developments in employment case law on pay and overtime
• we finish off by taking a dip in the pool with Neil Walker and the second instalment in a series of articles focusing on local authorities and land collaboration/joint ventures.
Željka Kordej-De Villa, Diana Kopeva, Žaneta Stasiskiene. Circular Economy and Green Public Procurement – Cases of Bulgaria, Croatia and Lithuania. Circular Economy Congress, Lisbon, July 2018.
Polish Telecom Regulator’s Decisions Regarding Mobile Termination Rates and t...Michal
The article presents key issues relating to the methods of mobile termination rates
calculation by the Polish National Regulatory Agency (NRA): the UKE President. It
analyses the provisions of Polish telecommunications law of 20041 with respect to the
rights and obligations of the UKE President. It invokes specific cases showing how
problematic rates calculation is for mobile operators. The Polkomtel, PTK Centertel,
PTC sp. z o.o. cases clearly show how unclear the calculation process may be in
practice and illustrate how broad the discretionary powers of the UKE President
are in this respect on the grounds of Polish telecommunications law. Highlighted
is also the dispute between the Polish NRA and the European Commission. Even
though the UKE President acts on the grounds of Polish law, its actions have to be
compliant with the European telecoms package and take into utmost account the
recommendations and comments issued by the European Commission.
Presentation given by Ukraine at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Moldova at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Armenia at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Montenegro at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by SIGMA at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
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Presentation given by Montenegro at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Montenegro at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Georgia at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by SIGMA at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by the Republic of Slovenia Ministry of Higher Education at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by ReSPA at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Bosnia and Herzegovina at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Montenegro at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by the Republic of North Macedonia at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Ukraine at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given by Serbia at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Presentation given at Building a sustainable quality management approach - Academies for EaP countries organised by the SIGMA Programme and the GiZ Eastern Partnership Regional Fund. Stage 1: Building for excellence.
Omnichannel management, presentation given by Willem Pieterson. SIGMA Webinar series on service design and delivery in the Western Balkan region in 2023. Topic 3: Omni and Multi-channel service design and delivery.
Electronic services in the healtg system of Montenegro, presentation given by Vladimir Raickovic. SIGMA Webinar series on service design and delivery in the Western Balkan region in 2023. Topic 3: Omni and Multi-channel service design and delivery.
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Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
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Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
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RosUznik
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Uznik Online
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Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
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Turkey Presentation, Erkan Ozdemir, PPA, Public procurement legislative experiences, 7th Regional Public Procurement Conference, Vlora, 9-10 Sept 2014_English
1. THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
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Public Procurement Legislative Experiences in Turkey
7th IPA Regional Public Procurement Conference
9 – 10 September 2014 Vlora, Albania
ERKAN OZDEMIR Public Procurement Specialist
Regulation Department Public Procurement Authority
erkanozdemir@kik.gov.tr
2. Turkey-EU Relations on Public Procurement
TURKEY-EU negotiations for accession to full membership started on 3 October 2005.
The accession negotiations are conducted chapter by chapter and the public procurement is taking place as the 5th chapter among 35 chapters.
Under Public Procurement chapter two screening meetings were held in Brussels on 7 November 2005 and 28 November 2005. Following the screening meetings a screening report was issued by the EU Commission and 3 opening criteria were stated through a letter send by Austria’s presidency (May 2006).
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3. Three opening benchmarks can be summarized as:
1-Tasking an institution for the coordination of legal arangments in the area of public procurement in order to guaranteeing a coherent policy during the pre-accession period.
2-Preparation of a strategy paper which should include the time-schedules and stages with regard to the full compliance of the public procurement legislation and the establishment of the necessary administrative capacity
3-The alignment of the national legislation with the EU acquis in ‘scope, definitions and exceptions’.
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Turkey-EU Relations on Public Procurement
4. Through an amendment to the legislation for the roles and responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance, the MoF has been designated as the coordinator body for the policy issues related to public procurement. Thus the first opening criterion was fulfilled.
First and second draft strategy paper and an action plan has been prepared and submitted to EU Commission for taking its opinion in 2009 and 2010. Strategy paper has not been finalized yet.
In order to enhance alignment with the acquis in terms of scope, exclusions, definitions and thresholds, concrete steps will be taken in the process of alingment.
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Turkey-EU Relations on Public Procurement
5. Historical Background and Reform in Public Procurement
In the last decade, in order to align its public procurement legislation with the EU, Turkey has made extensive and comprehensive reforms and “Public Procurement Law”, (PPL, Law no:4734) and “Public Procurement Contracts Law” (PPCL, Law no:4735) were adopted by the Parliament on 4 January 2002 and both Laws came into effect as of 1 January 2003.
The PPL No: 4734 governs the rules and principles of the new public procurement system, while PPCL No: 4735 establishes the principles and procedures related to making and implementing public procurement contracts.
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6. Historical Background and Reform in Public Procurement (cont.)
In the following period, these two laws (PPL and PPCL) were amended several times in order to increase transparency and competition in public tenders, as well as to reflect new legal initiatives at the EU level.
The most important amendments to the PPL resulted from efforts to implement a number of the key provisions of the EC Directive 2004/18/EC and the introduction of the concepts of framework agreements, dynamic purchasing system, electronic auction, prior information notice, standstill period and electronic notification to Turkish public procurement legislation.
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7. Historical Background and Reform in Public Procurement (cont.)
Since March 2011 many stages of the public procurement process such as preparing the tender documents and contract notices, downloading of tender documents and submission of contract award information has been conducted electronically over the Electronic Public Procurement Platform (EPPP) established by the PPA in September 2010.
EPPP is one of the most important e-government applications with over 46.000 registered economic operators, 28.000 registered contracting authorities and 465.000 registered users is being continuously improved.
At present, for individual contracts awarded through framework agreements, all procurement procedures including the electronic submission and electronic evaluation stages, can be done in 7
8. Historical Background and Reform in Public Procurement (cont.)
Along with this reform in the legal framework, the institutional framework of the public procurement sector has also been changed significantly. A financially and administratively autonomous regulatory body, namely the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) had been established to regulate and monitor the public procurement field.
These new arrangements constituted a major shift in the functionality of the public procurement system of Turkey.
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9. Scope and the Aim of the PPL No: 4734
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At present, the scope of the PPL No: 4734 is as wide as to cover procurements, which amounts to approximately 30 billion € (in year 2013), by all kinds of public entities and public economic enterprises as well as their specified partnerships governed by public law, or under public control or using public funds. PPL aims;
to cover a wide range of public agencies spending public money,
to regulate the public procurement sector through the uniform rules and principles,
to comply with international standards and rules,
to ensure fundamental principles on transparency, competition, equal treatment, accountability and public supervision.
10. Tender procedures
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PROCEDURES
OPEN
PROCEDURE
All suppliers who
respond to a contract
notice may submit
a tender
RESTRICTED
PROCEDURE
Only those suppliers
who have been selected
and invited following a
pre-qualification procedure
may submit tenders
NEGOTIATED
PROCEDURE
1) With publication of a contract notice
2) Without publication of a contract notice
Direct purchasing (art. 22)
Design contest (art. 23)
Special procedure for procurement of consultancy services (art. 48-52)
11. Awarding criteria
The PPL provides two possible award criteria for the selection of the best offer (economically most advantageous tender)
The lowest price only
Price and other factors relating to the subject matter of contract, such as operation and maintenance costs, cost-effectiveness, productivity, quality, and technical merit.
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12. Further Legislative Initiatives (Utilities Sector)
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Today, Turkish legislation on the award of public contracts is, to a large extent, compatible with the EU requirements.
However, there is no specific unified legislation in Turkey coordinating the rules and principles relating to the utilities sector and concessions/PPP’s.
Public utilities contracts are currently partially covered by the PPL.
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Article 47 of the Turkish Constitution provides that concessions may only be granted to the extent regulated by law. Therefore concessions may be granted only if a law is enacted for the grant of such concession.
In Turkey there is no single law that coordinates the rules and principles relating Concessions/PPPs. They are regulated by several sector specific laws.
For example concessions related to construction, maintenance and operation of highway are governed by law No 3465 adopted in 1998 and the construction and renovation of integrated health facilities through the public private partnership (“PPP”) are governed by Law No 6428 adopted in 2013.
Further Legislative Initiatives (Concessions/PPPs)
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Turkey intends to make some new legislative improvements and amendments with regard to utilities, concessions/PPPs that will take place in the forthcoming years, in order to be in full compliance with the EU public procurement system. In this context, the Ministry of Finance, PPA and other related institutions will work closely with EU partners.
Further Legislative Initiatives