The process of the revision of the Public Procurement Directives is accelerating. To help you keep pace, the Public Buyers Community - under the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs - launched a dedicated web page with the latest updates, analysis and background on what’s ahead.

In its judgment of 12 February 2026 in Opera Laboratori Fiorentini SpA (Case C-313/24), the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified how EU restrictive measures against Russia, adopted by the Council of the European Union under Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, as amended, apply in the context of public procurement.

As part of the ongoing review of the Public Procurement Directives, a study has been launched to examine the use of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in public procurement.