TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial A1 - Burnett, Michael PY - 2013 N2 - The final issue of EPPPL for 2013 concludes a year in which political agreement has been reached on new directives on public procurement and utilities procurement, and, with particular significance for PPP, also on the new Directive on the award of Concession Contracts. Evidence arising from a study carried out for the European Commission showed that 60% of PPP can be classified as concession contracts. This political agreement resulted from a lengthy period of consultat JF - European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review JA - European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review VL - 8 IS - 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.21552/EPPPL/2013/4/179 M3 - doi:10.21552/EPPPL/2013/4/179 ER -