Description:
This seminar will provide you with an update on the legal issues in European public procurement. Legal experts and practitioners will explain in an accessible manner the recent legal developments and recent case law in the field of European public procurement. Specific sessions will be devoted to subcontracting and modification of contracts and to exclusion grounds and self-cleaning provisions. You will receive an insight into the jurisprudence of the General Court. This case law relates to challenges to contract awards by the EU institutions/agencies and is based on procurement under the Financial Regulation and its Rules of Application. The essence of the most recent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the field of procurement and remedies will be presented and interpreted for you.

How will it help you?
At the end of this seminar you should have a good understanding of:
• the current legal developments in procurement at European level
• the recent jurisprudence of the CJEU and its implications in the field of procurement, including remedies
• the recent jurisprudence of the General Court and its implications for the application of the rules

Who will benefit most?
The seminar is intended for those who deal with procurement in the legal profession (lawyers, judges etc.), as public officials from national, and sub-national authorities and other public bodies in EU Member States and candidate countries and in European institutions and agencies.