Public Procurement Legislation


Current Directives (Legislative Package)

  • Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (30.04.2004)
    • Corrigendum PDFDanskDeutschελληνικάEnglishEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPortuguêsSuomiSvenska
  • Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (30.04.2004)
    • Corrigendum PDFDanskDeutschελληνικάEnglishEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPortuguêsSuomiSvenska
  • Commission welcomes adoption of modernising legislation (03.02.2004)
  • Commission welcomes conciliation agreement on simplified and modernised legislation (03.12.2003)
  • Agreement on public procurement directives (2.12.2003)
  • Proposal for a directive on the coordination of procedures for the award of public supply contracts, public service contracts and public works contracts (10.05.2000)
  • Proposal for a Directive on coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy and transport sectors (10.05.2000)
  • Commission proposes to simplify and modernise the legal framework (10.05.2000)

Implementation of the current Directives (Legislative package) 

Legal Acts

  • Commission Decision 2008/963/EC of 9 December 2008 amending the Annexes to Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement procedures, as regards their lists of contracting entities and contracting authorities
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  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 of 7 September 2005 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of public procurement procedures pursuant to Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
  • Commission Directive 2005/51/EC of 7 September 2005 amending Annex XX to Directive 2004/17/EC and Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement

Exemption procedures pursuant to Article 30 (Directive 2004/17/EC)

Decisions

  • Décision  2009/546/EC of 8 July 2009 exempting exploration for and exploitation of oil and gas in the Netherlands from the application of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document number C(2009) 5381) (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
    PDFDeutschEnglishFrançaisNederlands
  • Décision  2009/47/CE of 22 December 2008 establishing that Article 30(1) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors is not applicable to the production of electricity in the Czech Republic (notified under document number C(2008) 8569) (Only the Czech text is authentic)
    PDFČeštinaDeutschEnglishFrançais
  • Décision  2009/46/CE of 19 December 2008 exempting certain services in the postal sector in Sweden from the application of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document number C(2008) 8409) (Only the Swedish text is authentic)
    PDFDeutschEnglishFrançaisSvenska
  • Decision 2008/741/EC of 11 September 2008 establishing that Article 30(1) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors is not applicable to the production and wholesale of electricity in Poland (notified under document number C(2008) 4805) (Only the Polish text is authentic)
    PDFBulgarianČeštinaDanskDeutschEesti keelελληνικάEnglishEspañolFrançaisItalianoLatviešu valodaLietuviµ kalbaMagyarMaltiNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsRomanianSlovenčinaSlovenščinaSuomiSvenska
  • Decision 2008/585/EC of 7 July 2008 exempting the production of electricity in Austria from the application of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document number C(2008) 3382) (Only the German text is authentic)
    PDFBulgarianČeštinaDanskDeutschEesti keelελληνικάEnglishEspañolFrançaisItalianoLatviešu valodaLietuviµ kalbaMagyarMaltiNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsRomanianSlovenčinaSlovenščinaSuomiSvenska
  • Decision  2008/383/EC of 30 April 2008 exempting express and courier services in Italy from the application of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document number C(2008) 1642). PDFDeutschEnglishFrançaisItaliano
  • Decision 2007/706/EC exempting the production and sale of electricity in Sweden from the application of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document number C(2007) 5197) (29.10.2007) (Only the Swedish text is authentic)
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  • Decision 2007/564/CE of 6 August 2007 exempting certain services in the postal sector in Finland, excluding the Åland Islands, from the application of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document number C(2007) 3700)(18.8.2007) (Only the Finnish and the Swedish texts are authentic)
  • Decision 2007/169/EC establishing that Article 30(1) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors applies to certain courier and parcel services in Denmark (16.3.2007) (Only the Danish text is authentic)
  • Decision 2007/141/EC establishing that Article 30(1) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors applies to the supply of electricity and gas in England, Scotland and Wales (26.2.2007)(Only the English text is authentic)
  • Decision 2006/422/EC establishing that Article 30(1) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors applies to the production and sale of electricity in Finland, excluding the Åland Islands (19.6.2006) (Only the Finnish and the Swedish texts are authentic)
  • Decision 2006/211/EC establishing that Article 30(1) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors applies to electricity generation in England, Scotland and Wales (8.3.2006) (Only the English text is authentic)
  • Decision 2005/15/EC on the detailed rules for the application of the procedure provided for in Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (7.1.2005)

Notices

Notices concerning the receipt of requests

  • Exploration for, or extraction of, oil and gas - United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales) (2009/C 255/09)PDF
  • Certain services in the postal sector (parcels) - Austria (2009/C 226/08)PDF
  • Certain financial services in the postal sector - Italy (2009/C 168/08)PDFItaliano
  • Production and sale of electricity - Spain (2009/C 136/12)PDFNederlands
  • Exploration for, or extraction of, oil and gas - the Netherlands (2009/C 53/10)PDF
  • Production of electricity - Czech Republic (2008/C 178/25)PDF
  • Certain services in the postal sector in Sweden (2008/C 166/11)PDF
  • Production and wholesale of electricity - Poland (2008/C 134/14)PDF
  • National and international express courier services - Italy - (2008/C 29/10)PDF
  • Production of electricity - Austria - (2008/C 14/11)PDF
  • Production and sale of electricity - Sweden - (2007/C 159/10)0)PDF
  • Certain services in the postal sector Finland (excluding the Åland Islands) - (2007/C 47/13)PDF
  • Certain courier and parcel services - Denmark - (2006/C 298/07)PDF
  • Supply of electricity and gas - United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales) - (2006/C 270/05)PDF
  • Production and sale of electricity - Finland (excluding the Åland Islands) - (2006/C 59/06)PDF
  • Electricity generation - United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales) - (2005/C 305/05)PDF

Notices on prolongation of deadlines

  • Certain services in the postal sector (parcels) - Austria (2009/C 262/15) PDFDeutschEnglishFrançais
  • Certain financial services in the postal sector - Italy (2009/C 238/09) PDFDeutschEnglishFrançaisItaliano
  • Production and sale of electricity - Spain (2009/C 148/12)PDFDeutsch
  • Exploration for, or extraction of, oil and gas - the Netherlands (2009/C 62/09) PDFDeutschEnglishFrançaisNederlands
  • Production of electricity - Czech Republic (2008/C 250/12) PDFČeštinaDeutschEnglishFrançais
  • Certain services in the postal sector - Sweden (2008/C 196/11) PDFDeutschEnglishFrançaisSvenska
  • Production and wholesale of electricity - Poland (2008/C 189/09) (2008/C 189/09)PDFDeutschEnglishFrançaisPolski
  • National and international express courier services - Italy - (2008/C 40/09)PDF
  • Production of electricity - Austria - (2008/C 35/12)PDF
  • Production and sale of electricity - Sweden - (2007/C 202/05)PDF
  • Certain services in the postal sector Finland (excluding the Åland Islands) - (2007/C 74/07)PDF
  • Certain courier and parcel services - Denmark - (2006/C 332/06)PDF
  • Supply of electricity and gas - United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales) - (2006/C 287/10)PDF
  • Production and sale of electricity - Finland (excluding the Åland Islands) - (2006/C 72/05)PDF
  • Electricity generation - United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales) - (2005/C 325/02)PDF

Notices concerning the withdrawal of requests

Notices concerning the applicability of Article 30(1), in the absence of any decision within the period laid down

 

Previous Directives

  • Directive 98/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 amending Directive 93/38/EEC coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors
  • European Parliament and Council Directive 97/52/EC of 13 October 1997 amending Directives 92/50/EEC, 93/36/EEC and 93/37/EEC concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts, public supply contracts and public works contracts respectively
  • Council Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts
  • Council Directive 93/37/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts
  • Council Directive 93/38/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors
  • Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts

Consolidated Texts

  • Council Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts
  • Council Directive 93/37/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts
  • Council Directive 93/38/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors
  • Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts

Directives on remedies

  • Directive 2007/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC with regard to improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts (to be implemented by Member States into national law before 20 December 2009)
  • Council Directive 92/13/EEC of 25 February 1992 coordinating the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of Community rules on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors
  • Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts

Standard Forms Directive and CPV regulations

  • New Commission Regulation to be published early next year.
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2151/2003 of 16 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
  • Commission Directive 2001/78/EC of 13 September 2001 on the use of standard forms in the publication of public contract notices

Last update: 05-11-2009