New Modernised Public Procurement Rules Will Enter Into Force On 1 January 2017

(Full) transposition of EU procurement package

On 9 December 2016, the Croatian Parliament adopted the eagerly awaited new Public Procurement Act (Zakon o javnoj nabavi; "PPA")¹ which enters into force on 1 January 2017. The PPA implements the new public procurement specific directives (2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU) and brings about a number of significant changes to the Croatian public procurement legal framework.

All public procurement procedures launched as of 1 January 2017 are subject to the new PPA. Given the fact that the newly adopted law has been published in the Official Gazette only on 21 December 2016, both the contracting authorities and bidders have been given an extremely limited period of time in order to prepare for its application in practice.