REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE DAY 2

First, a warm welcome and some practical information from the founder of Nohrcon and Nordic Public Procurement Forum, Jesper Nøhr Kjærsig. Afterwards, our brilliant moderator, Susie Smith, will give you an introduction to today’s program.

RECENT CASE LAW OF THE EU COURT OF JUSTICE (SESSION 1)

These sessions will give an overview and critique of the key case law of the last year. Topics covered will include:

– Exemptions from the Directives based on security considerations

– Exclusion of economic operators: practical application and issues relating to Member States’ powers

– Framework agreements: maximum values (again!)

– Disclosure of confidential information

– Width of contracting authorities’ discretion in applying award criteria

– Requirements to subcontract

– Transparency in selection criteria

– Use of hyperlinks in tenders

– Contracting authority mistakes in the tender documents

– Use of supplier lists

– Remedies: standing to bring proceedings; scope of remedies; and time limits for bringing proceedings

Sue Arrowsmith, Professor Emerita, University of Nottingham (UK)

COFFEE BREAK

THE EU FOREIGN SUBSIDIES REGULATION: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

Charlotte Brunlid, Special Counsel, DLA Piper Law Firm (SE)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFEE BREAK

RECENT CASE LAW OF THE EU COURT OF JUSTICE (SESSION 2 )

Sue Arrowsmith, Professor Emerita, University of Nottingham (UK)

LUNCH

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF EU PROCUREMENT LAW: A CRITIQUE

This session will introduce some of the arguments to be presented in the author’s forthcoming book, co-authored with Professor Luke Butler. This book, The Fundamentals of EU Procurement Law: Towards Coherent Foundations, is targeted for publication in 2024 by Cambridge University Press. In it the authors identify and explore several key related themes which they argue contribute to difficulties in developing the EU procurement rules and applying them in practice and make some proposals to place the regime on a sounder conceptual footing for the future.

Sue Arrowsmith, Professor Emerita, University of Nottingham (UK)

QUICK AFTER-LUNCH COFFEE BREAK

BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF eFORMS AND THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DATA SPACE

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFEE BREAK

“DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS” – A WAY TO INCORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY?

Carina Risvig Hamer, Professor, Faculty of Law Research Center, University of Copenhagen (DK)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

CASE: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY SPENDS AROUND 90% OF THEIR BUDGET WITHIN PROCUREMENT – WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM?

The presentation with focus on the specificities of ESA’s procurement framework. ESA as an international organization, is not subject to the provisions of the EU Procurement Directives, to the national procurement framework of its Member States, or to the Agreement on Government Procurement of the World Trade Organisation. As such, ESA has put in place a specific procurement framework, based on the principle that all member States participate in an equitable manner, having regard to their financial contribution, in implementing the European space programme and in the associated development of space technology. Another specificity of ESA’s procurement framework is the three-tier review system to address claims by economic operators: a first claim for reconsideration of the decision by the Agency, a second claim to the Industrial Ombudsman, and a final claim for review by the Agency’s Procurement Review Board.

Ioana Costin, Legal Officer, The European Space Agency (ESA)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFEE BREAK

A LOOK INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL: WHERE ARE WE NOW – AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?

Dr. Florian Wolf, Lawyer, Blomstein (DE)

END OF CONFERENCE DAY 2. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!