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The European Court of Justice establishes a new criterion that limits administrative appeals against negotiated procedures without prior publication

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:50:10 +0000

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The General Court of the European Union, through its judgment dated February 21, 2024, has established a groundbreaking doctrine according to which the decision to use the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a tender notice is considered a preparatory act

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The Catalan Competition Authority updates guide for detecting collusion in public procurement

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:51:02 +0000

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The update is a crucial step for market transparency in public procurement and addresses strategies to identify collusion

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Regulated procurement | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2024

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:09:13 +0000

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New procurement regime to go live | Provider Selection Regime comes into force | April 2024 marks the next milestone in NHS net zero supplier roadmap | What procurement questions should contracting parties have in mind when anticipating the expiry of UK PFI contracts?

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The CNMC publishes the criteria for determining the prohibition to contract for distortion of competition

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:11:20 +0100

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The CNMC will take charge of determining the scope and duration of prohibitions on contracting with public sector entities, when sanctioning infringements for distortion of competition, following the criteria set in the Communication 1/2023

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Drought in Spain leads to the introduction of water measures and modifications

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:00:34 +0100

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The measures introduced open the door to more options in the use of existing water, which can also be exploited by renewable energy projects

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Spain publishes first call for access to its electricity regulatory sandbox

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:55:50 +0100

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Applications may be submitted until 1 August 202

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The second call for applications for the H2 Pioneers Programme is now open in Spain

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:28:25 +0100

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The deadline for submitting applications of the programme of inecntives for H2 projects is the end of July

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The Public Sector Contracts Law finally welcomes the possibility to revise the price of public sector contracts without exceptions

Wed, 31 May 2023 09:16:31 +0100

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Such revision will only be applicable to a part of the price of the contract, and shall require that the specifications foresee it and include the calculation formula

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New Aragonese Decree-Law undertakes an important transposition of regulations not transposed by the State in energy matters and creates the so-called "local consumption"

Mon, 08 May 2023 10:43:54 +0100

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The new regulation covers direct lines, self-consumption, energy communities, closed distribution grids, administrative milestones, etc

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Approval of the Royal Decree regulating the procedure for the creation and authorisation of closed electricity distribution networks

Wed, 03 May 2023 12:00:33 +0100

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The regulation addresses the need to promote the competitiveness of industrial areas by reducing electricity costs

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Good news for contractors in Spain: favourable change in relation to the requirements for reclaiming debts from the public authorities

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:46:10 +0100

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Important questions regarding the calculation of interest for late payment associated with the payment of invoices arising from public contracts resolved

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NRRP: an investment in the future

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:58:39 +0000

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The European Union has responded to the pandemic crisis with the Next Generation EU (NGEU), a programme of unprecedented scope and ambition that envisages investments and reforms to accelerate the ecological and digital transition, improve the training of workers and achieve greater gender, territorial and generational equity.

Italy is the first beneficiary, in term of funds received, of the two main instruments of the NGEU

the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF);
the Recovery Assistance Package for Cohesion and European Territories (REACT-EU).

The RRF Facility requires Member States to present a package of investments and reforms: the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).

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UK government maps post-Brexit shake up of public procurement

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:16:19 +0000

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With the UK no longer bound to comply with EU procurement rules from 2021, a green paper and policy note set out wide-ranging changes to how public bodies tender contracts

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Is the electric vehicle charging infrastructure sector ready for project finance?

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 16:35:13 +0100

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With fleet operators looking to decarbonise, the "Charging as-a-Service" market is becoming increasingly attractive to project finance lenders who are able to address the model's 'bankability' issues.

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Utility procurement | Government guidance on contract variation and procurement during crisis

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:33:19 +0000

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New law approved on procurement in excluded sectors and modification of some aspects of the Law on Public Sector Contracts

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:27:56 +0000

The Government has just approved by Royal Decree-Law 3/2020, of 4 February, the partial transposition of the European Directives relating to procurement in the traditionally known as "excluded sectors" (water, energy, transport and postal services) and to the awarding of concession contracts. Some aspects of the Public Sector Contracts Law were also modified.