New EU rules on public procurement and concession contracts published in the EU Official Journal

Three new public procurement directives are published in today's Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU L 094 of 28.03.2014). These new directives form the new legal basis for EU public procurement and concession contracts legislation (link included):

• Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts
• Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC
• Directive 2014/25(EU of the European Parliament and of the COuncil of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC

The new rules have been formally approved on 15 January 2014 after that an agreement was reached in June 2013. More on the review process which conducted to the adoption of the new rules on the European Commission website.