Discretion in EU Public Procurement Law

Sanja Bogojevic is Fellow and Associate Professor of Law, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. Xavier Groussot is Professor of EU Law, Law Faculty, Lund University. Jörgen Hettne is an Associate Professor of EU Law Department of Business Law, School of Economics and Management, Lund University.

PART I
INTRODUCTION
1. The ‘Age of Discretion’: Understanding the Scope and Limits of Discretion in EU Public Procurement Law
Sanja Bogojevic, Xavier Groussot and Jörgen Hettne

PART II
DISCRETION IN EU INTERNAL MARKET LAWS
2. EU Law on Public Procurement: Internal Market Law Made Better
Stephen Weatherill
3. The Drivers and Boundaries of Discretion in the Award of Public Contracts
Christopher H Bovis
4. Some Reflections on the ‘Artificial Narrowing of Competition’ as a Check on Executive Discretion in Public Procurement
Albert Sanchez-Graells
5. The Obligation of Transparency in EU Public Procurement Law
Angelica Ericsson and Xavier Groussot

PART III
DISCRETION IN PURSUING STRATEGIC GOALS UNDER THE EU PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGIME
6. Contracting Authorities and Strategic Goals of Public Procurement – A Relationship Defined by Discretion?
Marta Andhov
7. Public Procurement and European Standards: Fair Competition or Limits to Discretion?
Jörgen Hettne
8. Mapping Public Procurement and Environmental Law Intersections in Discretionary Space
Sanja Bogojevic

PART IV
DISCRETION IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGIMES BEYOND THE EU
9. Discretion, Divergence, Paradox: Public and Private Supply Chain Standards on Human Rights
Claire Methven O’Brien and Olga Martin-Ortega
10. EU and US Discretion in Public Procurement Law: The Role of Eco-Labels and Life-Cycle Costing
Jason J Czarnezki
11. Regulating Procurement by European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs) and the Exemption for International Organisations
Ohad Graber-Soudry

PART V
LOOKING AHEAD
12. Looking Ahead: A ‘New Age’ of Proportionality?
Sanja Bogojevic, Xavier Groussot and Jörgen Hettne