Excepţie de la principiul transparenţei în achiziţiile publice: achiziţiile verticale interne. Aspecte de drept comparat. Saga companiilor municipale în Bucureşti

Laura-Alexandra FARCA

Motto:

"Libertatea înseamnă libertatea de a spune că doi plus doi fac patru. [... ] Alteori fac cinci. Alteori, trei. [... ] Nu-i uşor să devii iar întreg la minte".

George Orwell

ABSTRACT

The article starts with a short analysis on the main conditions for municipalities to set-up entities over they maintain control in order to supply products, services or works under EU public procurement law. Undoubtedly, introducing at EU level the concept of vertical in-house procurement or procurement through out companies set-up by municipalities can offer legal certainty to EU Member States. Although it is a positive development having a regulation at EU level concerning in-house procurement, a close look at various existing arrangements referring to the implementation of these companies in several Member States could...