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ARTICLE · 23 FEBRUARY 2010

Public Procurement 2010 - A Practical Insight To Cross-Border Public Procurement

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There are two main pieces of national legislation regulating the award of contracts by the contracting authorities: the Act on Public Contracts (Laki julkisista hankinnoista 348/2007; "APC") and the Act on the Procurement Procedures of Entities Operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Postal Services Sectors (Laki vesi- ja energiahuollon, liikenteen ja postipalvelujen alalla toimivien yksiköiden hankinnoista 349/2007; "Utilities Act") which entered into force on 1 June 2007.

FinlandGovernment, Public Sector
Asko Lindqvist
Asko Lindqvist
Panu Pökkylä
Panu Pökkylä

Previously published by Global Legal Group

Finland

1 Relevant Legislation

1.1 What is the relevant legislation and in outline what does each piece of legislation cover?

There are two main pieces of national legislation regulating the award of contracts by the contracting authorities: the Act on Public Contracts (Laki julkisista hankinnoista 348/2007; "APC") and the Act on the Procurement Procedures of Entities Operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Postal Services Sectors (Laki vesi- ja energiahuollon, liikenteen ja postipalvelujen alalla toimivien yksiköiden hankinnoista 349/2007; "Utilities Act") which entered into force on 1 June 2007.

As in Directives 2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC, the relevant legislation is divided into "general public procurement" covered by the APC and "utilies procurement" covered by the Utilities Act.

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