Public Procurement - Demystifying the Applicable EU Rules

Introduction

This webinar is for those wishing to gain a quick yet substantive grasp on EU public procurement rules.

It is particularly timely given the inevitable obscurity on the applicable rules in the field arising in the aftermath of Brexit. The webinar will provide answers to the key practical questions to enable:

• Compliance with the applicable regime and hence avoiding unwarranted means of enforcement including protracted litigation
• More effective use of the relevant rules to maximize access to the benefits, financial and otherwise, attached to public procurement liberalisation

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Introduction to the relevant EU and WTO legislation
• Aims of the EU/WTO procurement regimes
• Practical importance of procurement rules
• Procurement rules and Brexit
• Introduction and high-level analysis of the applicable EU rules in the field of goods and services (including relevant definitions, scope, types of procedure, rights and obligations)
• Consequences from the breach of public procurement rules
• Available forms of redress and remedies

This webinar was recorded on 2nd February 2022