Horizon Scanner: Energy Planning Infrastructure And Construction May 2026 - Public Procurement

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REVIEW OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGIME

The European Committee of the Regions adopted its evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives in the context of the revision of the Public Procurement Directives. The European Commission is scheduled to have an orientation debate on 3 June 2026 and to announce the Public Procurement Act on 3 July 2026.

AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION

In a Portuguese procurement challenge in C-266/25 and C-267/25, in response to preliminary questions on the Remedies Directive, Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona opined that the Directive:

• prevents national legislation pursuant to which, where it is merely demonstrated that a contract is financed or co-financed by European funds, a national court must provisionally lift the automatic suspensive effect of an application for review of the decision awarding a public contract;