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The new interpretative Communication on IPPPs: Has the Issue really been “interpreted”?
I. Introduction The European Commission has recently issued an “interpretative Communication on the application of EC law on Public Procurement and Concessions to Institutionalised Public-Private Partnerships (IPPP)”.1 The purpose of the Communication is to illustrate how public authorities (hereafter PAs) can set up, jointly with a private partner, an entity (mixed-company) to which they may award a public contract, without infringing the relevant EC