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ARTICLE · 03 JUNE 2010

European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010

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These regulations were signed into law on 25 March 2010 and are expressed to apply to decisions taken after that date.

IrelandLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
Eoin Cunneen
Eoin Cunneen
Niamh Hackett
Niamh Hackett

1. Introduction

These regulations were signed into law on 25 March 2010 and are expressed to apply to decisions taken after that date. The regulations are to implement the changes made by Directive 2007/66/EC to the Remedies Directive 86/665/EEC and set out a number of remedies and review procedures available to eligible persons in relation to the procurement procedures of public sector bodies.

The Regulations seek to encourage increased cross-border tendering within the EU by seeking to enhance tenderers' certainty of rights and by providing a more robust review procedures for tenderers. They also seek to improve the effectiveness of review procedures at a pre-contract stage.

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