Accession to the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement: journal article Opportunities and Challenges for India Mukesh Rawat, KD Raju European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 2, Page 158 - 171 In the contemporary era, public procurement has become a central pillar of the international economy. The WTO’s Agreement on Public Procurement (GPA) has emerged as a vital tool for harmonising and integrating the global public procurement market. Presently, India is an observer to the GPA, which is a preliminary first step in acceding to the agreement. This article provides an analysis of the regulatory mechanism of public procurement in India. It aims to underline the potential opportunities and legal challenges in the accession to the public procurement agreement. It argues that India should align its procurement policy on the principles of GPA, and accession to it should be a part of its trade policy. Keywords: public procurement; trade law; WTO; Agreement on Government Procurement and Public Policy; India
The Impact of the EU Data Protection Rules on the GPA journal article Zbigniew Raczkiewicz, Antoine Malherme European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 14 (2019), Issue 3, Page 156 - 173 The new rules introduced in the European Union by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have a tremendous impact on all aspects of our lives, including public procurements. They apply not only to the domestic public procurements but also to the ones covered by international agreements, like the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). It is therefore interesting to analyse what impact the European Union data protection rules have on the application of GPA provisions, in particular if the former do not restrict the latter.
Estimated Value vs Final Contract Value in Works Public Procurement – What Causes the Discrepancy? Marko Turudić, Melko Dragojević