Conference program

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN EU - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES

Zagreb, April 23, 2024, Hotel Sheraton

8:30 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Introductory notes
 
  • Maja Kuhar, State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedures, President
  • Hrvoje Bujanović, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

Morning session: Recent developments in EU Public Procurement

9:30 - 10:00
Christopher Bovis, University of Hull, UK, Professor

Reflections on 10 years of Public procurement directives and Court of Auditors Report

10:00 - 10:30
Roberto Caranta, University of Turin, Italy, Professor

Sustainable Public Procurement: Sailing into Uncharted Waters:

  • recent developments in sustainable procurement
  • new sectorial legislation and practical challenges in procurement procedures
  • possible effects on review bodies
10:30 - 11:00
Marko Turudić, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Associate Professor

Is EU closing public procurement market for third countries?

  • Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 on International Procurement Instrument
  • Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market
  • Relevant pending cases in front of ECJ
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 11:50
Salvatore D'Acunto, European Commission, DG GROW, Head of Unit

Latest initiatives of EC in public procurement system and enforcement

11:50 - 12:45
Panel discussion: Main challenges for next 10 years of Public Procurement - looking into the future

Moderator: Maja Kuhar, President of the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedures

  • Javier Palmero Zurdo, European Commission, DG GROW, Deputy Head of Unit
  • Christopher Bovis, Professor
  • Roberto Caranta, Professor
  • Marko Turudić, Associate Professor
  • Zoran Turuk, Sector for Public Procurement, IT and Tehnical Affairs, Head of Sector, Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Croatia
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch

Afternoon session: Future perspectives in legal protection and control system in public procurement

14:00- 14:40
Bakos Balázs, Public Procurement Authority, Hungary, Head of Department for Control of Contracts

Contract amendments and contract control system in Hungary

14:40 - 15:00
Petr Jedlička, Office for the Protection of Competition, Czech Republic, Head of Department

Contract amendments and contract control system in Czech Republic

15:00 - 15:20
Natacha Otte Widgren, Deputy Head of Procurement Supervision Unit, Competition Authority, Sweden

Anna Görgård, Legal Counsel, Legal and Litigation Unit, Competition Authority, Sweden

Contract amendment and contract system in Sweden

15:20 - 15:55
Panel discussion: control of contract amendments - neglected part of review in Public Procurement

Moderator: Maja Kuhar, President of the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedures

  • Marko Turudić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law
  • Bakos Balázs, Public Procurement Authority, Hungary
  • Anna Görgård, Competition Authority, Sweden
  • Zuzana Krajčovičová​, Office for Public Procurement, Slovakia
15:55 - 16:00
Conclusions of the conference