Key Documents

• The Commission publishes a compendium of best practices facilitating acces by SMEs to public procurement contracts

  • Press release (IP/08/1003)
  • Memo/08/435
  • Compendium of Best Practices
  • Citizens' Summary

• Proposal for a Directive on defence and sensitive security procurement (5.12.2007)

  • Press Release
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Proposal for a Directive

• Guidance on setting up Institutionalised Public-Private Partnerships (18.2.2008)

  • Press release
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Communication C(2007) 6661

• Commission interpretative communication on the Community law applicable to contract awards not or not fully subject to the provisions of the Public Procurement Directives  (24.07.2006)

  • Communication
    
  • Press release
  • Frequently asked questions

• Thresholds (13.12.2007)

  • New thresholds enter into force from 1st January 2008. These thresholds are laid down in Regulation (EC) 1422/2007 of 4 December 2007.
    
     
  • The corresponding values of these thresholds in the national currencies other than euros are given in a Communication which can be consulted here:
    
     
  • As corrected by Corrigendum in the Official Journal of the European Union C 310 of 20.12.2007.
    

• Interpretative Communication on the application of Article 296 of the Treaty in the field of defence procurement (7.12.2006)

  • Press Release
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Communication - COM(2006)779

• Political conclusions drawn from the public consultation – the PPP Communication (17.11.2005)

  • Press release
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Communication COM(2005) 569
  • Report on the Public Consultation on the Green Paper on Public-Private Partnerships and Community Law on Public Contracts and Concessions - SEC(2005) 629

• Green Paper on defence procurement (23.9.2004)

  • Press Release
  • Green paper - COM(2004)608

• Buying green: how public authorities can help save the environment and taxpayer’s money (26.08.2004)

  • Buying green! A Handbook on environmental public procurement
  • Press release

• Green Paper on public-private partnerships and Community law on public contracts and concessions (4.5.2004)

  • Press release
  • Green paper - COM(2004)327 

• Communication from the Commission - List of services regarded as excluded from the scope of Directive 93/38/EEC (pursuant to Article 8 thereof) (30.04.2004)
  

• Interpretative communication of the commission on the Community law applicable to public procurement and the possibilities for integrating social considerations into public procurement (15.10.2001)

  • Communication
  • Press release
  • Frequently asked questions

• Commission interpretative communication on the Community law applicable to public procurement and the possibilities for integrating environmental considerations into public procurement (05.07.2001)

  • Communication
  • Press release
  • Frequently asked questions

• Commission confirms EU rules apply to concessions to run public services (04.05.2000)

  • Communication
  • Press release

• Communication from the Commission - List of services regarded as excluded from the scope of Directive 93/38/EEC (pursuant to Article 8 thereof) (03.06.1999)

  • Communication