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The Notion of Public Concession as a component of Public Private Partnerships
I. Introduction One of the most important ingredients for the applicability of the Public Sector Directive is the existence of a public contract. What determines the nature of a public contract is not the legal regime that governs its terms and conditions and the relations between the parties. The crucial characteristic of a public contract for the purpose of the Public Sector Directive is the makeup of the parties to that contract. More specifically,