Edited by Willem Janssen, Utrecht University and University of Groningen, the Netherlands, François Lichère, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France and Kirsi-Maria Magga, Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Finland

• ContentsThe reform of Directive 2014/24/EU: A call for a full and nota marginal reform 1Willem Janssen, François Lichère, and Kirsi-Maria MaggaPART I  REFLECTING ON THE SCOPE OF THE DIRECTIVE2 Expanding the scope of EU public procurement law:Realigning the Classic Directive with its internal market logicwhile improving its fit with strategic procurement? 12Albert Sanchez-Graells3 Fine-tuning the definition of “contracting authority” forincreased precision and clarity 26Miguel Assis Raimundo4 Reforming the rules on public–public cooperation: Towardslegal certainty for Article 12 of Directive 2014/24/EU? 39Willem JanssenPART II  IMPROVING AND FOSTERING COMPETITION5 Cooperation between economic operators in tendering 54Kirsi-Maria Magga and Kris Wauters6 Strengthening exclusion grounds in EU public procurementfor greater fairness and transparency 69Dacian C. Dragos7 Simplification by introducing smarter submitting andsupplementing rules 84Martin Burgi and Caroline Schulte Oestrich8 Framework agreements: How to deal with the CJEU forcedcontractualization 103Mario E. Comba9 Digitalisation and competition: Proposals for upcomingpublic procurement reform 118Gabriella M. Racca10 (Choice of) award procedures: Past, present and future 134Steven Van Garsse11 Of many sticks and one mutant carrot: The new externaldimension of EU public contracts 150Roberto CarantaPART III  THE INSTRUMENTAL USE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT12 Environment and public procurement: Proposals for aligningEU law with the European Green Deal 170Penelope Giosa13 Public procurement as a stronger leverage for social justice 186Nicolas Gabayet14 Access for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprisesand subcontracting 203François Lichère and Cédric Bernard15 Innovation and public procurement: The need for the law tomatch the policy demands 217Pedro Cerqueira Gomes16 Reforming procurement for crisis: Proposals for simplified,collaborative and equity responses 233Annamaria La ChimiaPART IV  EXPANDING THE RULES ON CONTRACTPERFORMANCE17 Modification of directives and contract modifications: Article72 of Directive 2014/24/EU revisited 253Piotr Bogdanowicz18 To terminate or not to terminate 266Ezgi Uysal

Edited by Willem Janssen, Utrecht University and University of Groningen, the Netherlands, François Lichère, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France and Kirsi-Maria Magga, Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Finland

• ContentsThe reform of Directive 2014/24/EU: A call for a full and nota marginal reform 1Willem Janssen, François Lichère, and Kirsi-Maria MaggaPART I  REFLECTING ON THE SCOPE OF THE DIRECTIVE2 Expanding the scope of EU public procurement law:Realigning the Classic Directive with its internal market logicwhile improving its fit with strategic procurement? 12Albert Sanchez-Graells3 Fine-tuning the definition of “contracting authority” forincreased precision and clarity 26Miguel Assis Raimundo4 Reforming the rules on public–public cooperation: Towardslegal certainty for Article 12 of Directive 2014/24/EU? 39Willem JanssenPART II  IMPROVING AND FOSTERING COMPETITION5 Cooperation between economic operators in tendering 54Kirsi-Maria Magga and Kris Wauters6 Strengthening exclusion grounds in EU public procurementfor greater fairness and transparency 69Dacian C. Dragos7 Simplification by introducing smarter submitting andsupplementing rules 84Martin Burgi and Caroline Schulte Oestrich8 Framework agreements: How to deal with the CJEU forcedcontractualization 103Mario E. Comba9 Digitalisation and competition: Proposals for upcomingpublic procurement reform 118Gabriella M. Racca10 (Choice of) award procedures: Past, present and future 134Steven Van Garsse11 Of many sticks and one mutant carrot: The new externaldimension of EU public contracts 150Roberto CarantaPART III  THE INSTRUMENTAL USE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT12 Environment and public procurement: Proposals for aligningEU law with the European Green Deal 170Penelope Giosa13 Public procurement as a stronger leverage for social justice 186Nicolas Gabayet14 Access for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprisesand subcontracting 203François Lichère and Cédric Bernard15 Innovation and public procurement: The need for the law tomatch the policy demands 217Pedro Cerqueira Gomes16 Reforming procurement for crisis: Proposals for simplified,collaborative and equity responses 233Annamaria La ChimiaPART IV  EXPANDING THE RULES ON CONTRACTPERFORMANCE17 Modification of directives and contract modifications: Article72 of Directive 2014/24/EU revisited 253Piotr Bogdanowicz18 To terminate or not to terminate 266Ezgi Uysal