Objective
This annual conference will provide practitioners with an update on the latest developments in
European public procurement legislation, which is undergoing a period of change following
wide-ranging public consultations in late 2010 and early 2011.
Key topics
- Recent case law from the Court of Justice of the EU
- The Green Paper on modernisation
- How to expand the use of e-procurement in the EU
- Defence procurement: key issues after the expiry of the deadline for the implementation of the Directive
- Services concessions in light of the Commission’s legislative initiative
- In-house procurement, Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) and Article 106 (2) TFEU
Who should attend?
Lawyers dealing with public contracts, civil servants dealing with public contracts at national
and local level, industry‘s representatives involved in tendering processes
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EU and ERA patrons
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Young lawyers and other groups
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Registration
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discount
10 % before 10.09.2011
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or comparable institutions;
Employees of the Federal government and of the Cantons of Switzerland
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, City of Trier).