Sigma Publications: Public Procurement

Public Procurement

Central Public Procurement Structures and Capacity in Member States of the European Union (Sigma Paper No. 40, 2007)

Centralised and Decentralised Public Procurement (Sigma Paper No. 29, 2000)

Commission Interpretative Communication on Concessions under Community Law (EC, 29 May 2000); FrenchGerman

A Comparison of the EC Procurement Directives and the UNCITRAL Model Law (Sigma Paper No. 28, 2000)

Financial Management and Control of Public Agencies (Sigma Paper No. 32, 2001)

Green Paper on Public-Private Partnership and Community Law on Public Contracts and Concessions (EC, 30 April 2004); FrenchGerman

Guide to the Community Rules on Public Procurement of Services (EC, 21 June 2004); FrenchGerman

Guide to the Community Rules on Public Supply Contracts (EC, 21 June 2004); FrenchGerman

Guide to the Community Rules on Public Works Contracts (EC, 21 June 2004); French

Interpretative Communication of the Commission on the Community Law Applicable to Public Procurement and the Possibilities for Integrating Environmental Considerations into Public Procurement (EC, 28 November 2001); FrenchGerman

Interpretative Communication of the Commission on the Community Law Applicable to Public Procurement and the Possibilities for Integrating Social Considerations into Public Procurement (EC, 28 November 2001); FrenchGerman

Practical Guide on Remedies (EC, 21 June 2004); FrenchGerman

Public Procurement in the European Union: EU Legislation, Key EC Documents and National Laws  (Sigma, 2008)

Public Procurement in EU Member States: The Regulation of Contract Below the EU Thresholds and in Areas not Covered by the Detailed Rules of the EU Directives (Sigma Paper No. 45, 2010)

Public Procurement Manual (ILO/Sigma, 1996)

Public Procurement Review and Remedies Systems in the European Union (Sigma Paper No. 41, 2007)

Public Procurement Review Procedures (Sigma Paper No. 30, 2000)

Report on the Functioning of Public Procurement Markets in the EU (EC, 3 February 2004)

Sigma Policy Brief No. 3: Public Procurement (1998)


A wider selection of publications can be found in our website library or by country, or you may go to the Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development (Gov) homepage.

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