Prof. Gabriella M. RaccaFull Professor of Administrative Law

University of Torino - Italygabriella.racca@unito.it

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EURIPHI International Roundtable10 March 2020

An opportunity to discuss about the EURIPHI cross-border joint procurementmodel :a trade-off between innovation and transnationality

The experience of the legal experts

The Promises and Perils of Innovation in Cross-Border Procurement

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www.ius-publicum.com

www.public-contracts.net/inhalte/home.asp

www.gwu.edu/

Building networksAdministrative law Collection Director J.B. AUBY Public Contracting and Innovation: Lessons Across Borders

G. M. Racca – C. R. Yukins (eds. by) Bruylant, 2019https://www.larcier.com/fr/joint-public-procurement-and-innovation-2019-9782802763802.html

https://publicprocurementinternational.com/joint-public-procurement-lessons-across-borders/

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https://www.larcier.com/fr/joint-public-procurement-and-innovation-2019-

9782802763802.html

https://publicprocurementinternational.com/joint-public-procurement-lessons-

across-borders

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Rome I : conflict-of-law rules

Transnational administrative procedures EU Dir. PP - Wh. 73

“Specific rules should be established for such form of joint procurement”

CONTRACT EXECUTION

PROCUREMENT AwardAgreement establishing the European purchasing group

Framework agreement

Applicable law on selection and remdies

Applicable law on contract executions

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PRINCIPLESCase-law…

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Promises and Perils …..

central purchasing body (UK)

central purchasing body (IT)

central purchasing body (BG)

central purchasing body

(F)

EU COMMISSION QUOTED HAPPI in October 2017 as a best practice!!!

Partners

Any hospital in Europe

INTERMEDIARY

INTERMEDIARYcentral purchasing body (Lux)

Framework Agreement

in placeuntil 2020

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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE

COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

Making Public Procurement work in and for Europe

Strasbourg, 3.10.2017 COM(2017) 572 final available at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-

content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52017DC0572&from=EN

«In several Member States, encouraging steps have been taken in recentyears to radically reform procurement practices or structures.

[…] In the HAPPI project, innovative solutions for healthy ageinghave been procured jointly by contracting authorities in severalMember States.»

Healthy Ageing Public Procurement of Innovations. http://www.happi-project.eu/

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Feasibility study concerning the actual implementationof a joint cross-border procurement procedure by publicbuyers from different Member States

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as a best practice

The project seeks to establish the conditions for health institutions throughout Europe to collaborate in the purchase of "ageing well" and innovative long-term health products, services and solutions

Study for the EU Commission, April 2017available at https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/22102/

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Source: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/innovation-procurement

R&D --PRE-COMMERCIAL -- PPI

CPB

CPB

CPBCPB

CPB

Agreements/Joint Legal Entity

Applicable law

where has its registeredofficewhere is carrying out itsactivities

Agreement between CPBs

Undetermined period, limited to a certain period of time,Certain types of contracts, one or more individual contractawards

EGTCEuropean Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

Art. 39, Procurement involving contracting authorities from different Member States

DIRECTIVE 2014/24/EU DIFFERENT MODELS

Network of Competence Centres

(CCs) in PCP- PPIin EU Projects

….the challenge of JOINT cross border

Procurement…

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Dissemination…

EURIPHI

Thanks for yourattention!

Prof.ssa Gabriella M. RaccaFull Professor of Administrative Law

University of Torinogabriella.racca@unito.it

SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1571949

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G. M. RACCA – R. CAVALLO PERIN – G. L. ALBANO, The Safeguard of Competition in the ExecutionPhase of Public Procurement: Framework Agreements as Flexible Competitive Tools, Seminar on 'The New Public Law in aGlobal (Dis)order. A Perspective from Italy', Istituto di Ricerche Sulla Pubblica Amministrazione (IRPA) and Jean MonnetCenter of NYU School of Law, available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2180856;

G. M. RACCA, D. CASALINI, Competitive dialogue in Italy, in S. ARROWSMITH - S. TRUMER,Competitive dialogue, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012, 458-490;

G. M. RACCA, The Electronic Award and Execution of Public Procurement, Ius Publicum Network Review,2012, available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2229253;

G. M. RACCA – R. CAVALLO PERIN, Material Amendments of Public Contracts during their Terms: FromViolations of Competitions to Symptoms of Corruption, in European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review,4/2013, 279-293;

G. M. RACCA, G. L. ALBANO, Collaborative Public Procurement and Supply Chain in the EU experience, inC. HARLAND – G. NASSIMBENI - E. SCHNELLER, Strategic Supply Management Sage Publications, Londra, 2013,179-213;

G. M. RACCA, The Risks of Emergencies in Public Procurement, in Journal of Public Finance and PublicChoice, 2013, 105 s.;

G. M. RACCA, Joint Procurement Challenges in the Future Implementation of the New Directives, in F.LICHÈRE – R. CARANTA – S. TREUMER (a cura di) Modernising Public Procurement: the New Directive, DJØFPublishing, Copenhagen, 2104, 225-254 ;

References materials

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References materialsG. M. RACCA – R. CAVALLO PERIN, Material Amendments of Public Contracts

during their Terms: From Violations of Competitions to Symptoms of Corruption, in EuropeanProcurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, 4/2013, 279-293;

G. M. RACCA – C. R. YUKINS (eds), Integrity and Efficiency in SustainablePublic Contracts. Balancing Corruption Concerns in Public Procurement Internationally,Bruylant, Bruxelles, 2014; Prof. Racca’s contributions in this book available athttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1571949

G. M. RACCA, Joint Procurement Challenges in the Future Implementation of theNew Directives, in F. LICHÈRE – R. CARANTA – S. TREUMER (a cura di) Modernising PublicProcurement: the New Directive, DJØF Publishing, Copenhagen, 2104, 225-254

G. M. RACCA - R. CAVALLO PERIN – G. L. ALBANO, Public Contracts andInternational Public Policy Against Corruption, in M. Audit- S. W. Schill (eds. by) TransnationalLaw of Public Contracts Bruylant, 2016, 845 e ss.;

R. CAVALLO PERIN – G.M. RACCA, Administrative Cooperation in the PublicContracts and Service Sectors for the Progress of European Integration, in F. MERLONI, A.PIOGGIA (eds.), European Democratic Institutions and Administrations Cohesion and Innovationin Times of Economic Crisis, Springer, Giappichelli, 2018

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