Tomorrow, 28 September 2017, we will launch a debate on legal remedies available under Polish and other EU member states' public procurement laws. The meeting will be attended by public procurement officials, experts and practitioners and a representative of the European Commission. Our status report on legal remedies in EU countries will serve as a point of departure for the ensuing debate.

The report was prepared in furtherance of the primary objectives of the Association which is to popularize legal standards prevailing in the EU in the scope of public procurement and concession contracts, and to propagate knowledge of public procurement and concession contracts regulations in Poland and abroad, and to conduct research, enquiries to prepare and analyses on these issues.

In the opinion of the report’s authors, an effective system of legal remedies in public procurement cases ought to complement public procurement and concession contracts award regulations.  In the absence of a robust system, genuine opening of domestic markets to competition on the EU market could prove impossible. 

The report’s authors hope that the report will serve to support the analytical process currently conducted at the Polish and EU level, especially in the context of the Polish appellate system.
The report was prepared on the basis of answers to questions asked in a survey sent by Association members to law firms from 27 EU member states.  The questions asked involved a wide range of issues, including the system of appeal procedures in the given member state, specific legal solutions and the practical application of available legal remedies.