Comparative surveys on public procurement in Europe

" Public Procurement in Europe "

Written by Italian officials in 2005, this book is a remarkable collection of contributions from 28 PPN participants describing their national public procurement institutions as well as their national legal systems.

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Member States benchmarking

An important aspect of co-operation within the PPN is the creation of a cross-border specialised learning circle. Thanks to new technologies, the network provides an opportunity for benchmarking on the implementation of the EU public procurement rules.

Please find below some example of investigations :

Investigating country Theme Number of answers Closure day

Netherlands		 National public procurement regulations favouring SME's 28 10/11/2005

Hungary		 Publication and dispatch of notices in Europe (PDF File) 20 16/11/2006

Poland		 National regulations concerning possible approval of the public procurement procedure chosen by the contractiong authority 15 04/10/2006