Edited by Carina Risvig Hamer, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Mario Comba, Professor, University of Turin, Italy

‘An in-depth analysis of a highly topical issue in public procurement law. A valuable book both for its broad comparative coverage and for its theoretical approaches to the main advantages and difficulties of centralised public procurement.’

• Contents:Foreword by Roberto Caranta and Steen Treumer1. IntroductionMario Comba and Carina Risvig Hamer2. EU perspective on CPBs Mario Comba and Carina Risvig Hamer3. CPBs in the European legal space: an unresolved misconceptionMario Comba4. A comparative view of the use of procurement techniques and electronic instruments by central purchasing bodiesRoxana Vornicu and Marta Andhov5. Joint Procurement: An Economics and Management PerspectivesFredo Schotanus6. Public Procurement by Central Purchasing Bodies. Competition and SMEs: toward a more dynamic model?Albert Sanchez Graells7. CPBs and their users - Shared liability, contract management and remediesCarina Risvig Hamer 8. Public purchasing in EU during the COVID-19 pandemicJudy Yueh Ling SongPart II: National chapters 9. Central Purchasing Bodies (and other forms of joint procurement) - Belgium Steven Van Garsse10. Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in Denmark Carina Risvig Hamer11. Central Purchasing Bodies in Finland Kirsi-Maria Halonen12. Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in France Fanette Akoka and François Lichère13. Country Report on Germany Martin Burgi and Christoph Krönke14. Centralised Procurement in the Netherlands: A mixture of procurement autonomy, decentralization& diversified collaborative purchasing W.A. Janssen and M.A.J. Stuijts15. Central Purchasing Bodies in Italy: Reluctance and Challenges Gabriella M. Racca16. Central Purchasing Bodies: the Case of Poland Paweł Nowicki17. Centralisation and Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in Portugal Pedro Cerqueira Gomes18. Central Purchasing Bodies in Romania Roxana Vornicu and Dacian Dragos,19. Central Purchasing Bodies in Spain Patricia Valcárcel Fernández20. Central Purchasing Bodies in Sweden Åsa Edman21. Central Purchasing Bodies in United KingdomLuke Butler, Alice Manzini and Martin Trybus Index

Edited by Carina Risvig Hamer, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Mario Comba, Professor, University of Turin, Italy

‘An in-depth analysis of a highly topical issue in public procurement law. A valuable book both for its broad comparative coverage and for its theoretical approaches to the main advantages and difficulties of centralised public procurement.’

• Contents:Foreword by Roberto Caranta and Steen Treumer1. IntroductionMario Comba and Carina Risvig Hamer2. EU perspective on CPBs Mario Comba and Carina Risvig Hamer3. CPBs in the European legal space: an unresolved misconceptionMario Comba4. A comparative view of the use of procurement techniques and electronic instruments by central purchasing bodiesRoxana Vornicu and Marta Andhov5. Joint Procurement: An Economics and Management PerspectivesFredo Schotanus6. Public Procurement by Central Purchasing Bodies. Competition and SMEs: toward a more dynamic model?Albert Sanchez Graells7. CPBs and their users - Shared liability, contract management and remediesCarina Risvig Hamer 8. Public purchasing in EU during the COVID-19 pandemicJudy Yueh Ling SongPart II: National chapters 9. Central Purchasing Bodies (and other forms of joint procurement) - Belgium Steven Van Garsse10. Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in Denmark Carina Risvig Hamer11. Central Purchasing Bodies in Finland Kirsi-Maria Halonen12. Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in France Fanette Akoka and François Lichère13. Country Report on Germany Martin Burgi and Christoph Krönke14. Centralised Procurement in the Netherlands: A mixture of procurement autonomy, decentralization& diversified collaborative purchasing W.A. Janssen and M.A.J. Stuijts15. Central Purchasing Bodies in Italy: Reluctance and Challenges Gabriella M. Racca16. Central Purchasing Bodies: the Case of Poland Paweł Nowicki17. Centralisation and Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in Portugal Pedro Cerqueira Gomes18. Central Purchasing Bodies in Romania Roxana Vornicu and Dacian Dragos,19. Central Purchasing Bodies in Spain Patricia Valcárcel Fernández20. Central Purchasing Bodies in Sweden Åsa Edman21. Central Purchasing Bodies in United KingdomLuke Butler, Alice Manzini and Martin Trybus Index

Edited by Carina Risvig Hamer, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Mario Comba, Professor, University of Turin, Italy

‘An in-depth analysis of a highly topical issue in public procurement law. A valuable book both for its broad comparative coverage and for its theoretical approaches to the main advantages and difficulties of centralised public procurement.’

• Contents:Foreword by Roberto Caranta and Steen Treumer1. IntroductionMario Comba and Carina Risvig Hamer2. EU perspective on CPBs Mario Comba and Carina Risvig Hamer3. CPBs in the European legal space: an unresolved misconceptionMario Comba4. A comparative view of the use of procurement techniques and electronic instruments by central purchasing bodiesRoxana Vornicu and Marta Andhov5. Joint Procurement: An Economics and Management PerspectivesFredo Schotanus6. Public Procurement by Central Purchasing Bodies. Competition and SMEs: toward a more dynamic model?Albert Sanchez Graells7. CPBs and their users - Shared liability, contract management and remediesCarina Risvig Hamer 8. Public purchasing in EU during the COVID-19 pandemicJudy Yueh Ling SongPart II: National chapters 9. Central Purchasing Bodies (and other forms of joint procurement) - Belgium Steven Van Garsse10. Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in Denmark Carina Risvig Hamer11. Central Purchasing Bodies in Finland Kirsi-Maria Halonen12. Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in France Fanette Akoka and François Lichère13. Country Report on Germany Martin Burgi and Christoph Krönke14. Centralised Procurement in the Netherlands: A mixture of procurement autonomy, decentralization& diversified collaborative purchasing W.A. Janssen and M.A.J. Stuijts15. Central Purchasing Bodies in Italy: Reluctance and Challenges Gabriella M. Racca16. Central Purchasing Bodies: the Case of Poland Paweł Nowicki17. Centralisation and Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) in Portugal Pedro Cerqueira Gomes18. Central Purchasing Bodies in Romania Roxana Vornicu and Dacian Dragos,19. Central Purchasing Bodies in Spain Patricia Valcárcel Fernández20. Central Purchasing Bodies in Sweden Åsa Edman21. Central Purchasing Bodies in United KingdomLuke Butler, Alice Manzini and Martin Trybus Index