%A Lottini, Micaela %D 2008 %T The new interpretative Communication on IPPPs: Has the Issue really been “interpreted”? %! The new interpretative Communication on IPPPs: Has the Issue really been “interpreted”? %X 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 %U https://doi.org/10.21552/EPPPL/2008/2/29 %0 Journal Article %R 10.21552/EPPPL/2008/2/29 %J European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review %V 3 %N 2