Upphandlingsrätt

Sverige har en lång tradition i fråga om standardavtal inom byggsektorn. Standardavtalen inom byggsektorn är gemensamt förhandlade av branschens aktörer. För att underlätta användningen och tillämpningen finns nu denna samlingsvolym utgåva 3 som innehåller de mest använda dokumenten, med tillhörande kontraktsformulär: AB 04, ABT 06, ABK 09, ABM 07, AB-U 07, ABT-U 07, ABS 18 - nyhet, Hantverkarformulär 17 - nyhet.

Denna skrift omfattar plan- och bygglagen, PBL, plan- och byggförordningen, PBF, BBR 31 (BFS 2024:14) och Boverkets byggregler, nio föreskrifter (BFS) i dess lydelse den 1 januari 2026. Den innehåller även en läsanvisning. Såväl PBL som PBF har under 2025 varit föremål för en omfattande översyn. I PBL har bestämmelserna om bygglov helt förändrats. Enligt övergångsbestämmelserna gäller de nya bestämmelserna i PBL och PBF för ärenden som påbörjats efter den 1 december 2025. Även Boverkets byggregler var föremål för en omfattande översyn under 2025. I de nya föreskrifterna har de allmänna råden utgått. Enligt övergångsreglerna kan en byggherre välja att antingen tillämpa de tidigare bestämmelserna i BBR eller de nya föreskrifterna fram till den 1 juli 2026. Härefter gäller enbart de nya byggreglerna.

Säkerhetsskydd vid upphandling och annan exponering vänder sig till säkerhetsskyddsspecialister, inköpare, upphandlare och andra personalgrupper som arbetar i säkerhetskänslig verksamhet.

I boken ges beskrivningar och förslag till lösningar på frågeställningar som uppstår när skyddsvärden som rör Sveriges säkerhet ska exponeras för externa parter. Boken berör frågor om vad som är Sveriges säkerhet, hur en särskild säkerhetsskyddsbedömning och lämplighetsprövning ska göras samt hur verksamhetsutövare ska resonera när krav på säkerhetsskydd ska vägas mot upphandlingsrättsliga principer.

Boken ger en extensiv beskrivning av regler för utkontraktering, alltifrån offentlighets- och sekretessfrågor till praktiska frågor inom processen för att teckna säkerhetsskyddsavtal. Författaren bidrar också med tips och egna synpunkter på tolkningsproblem som uppkommer inom de olika lagstiftningarna.

Sedan första upplagan Säkerhetsskydd vid upphandling gavs ut 2021 har flera förändringar i säkerhetsskyddsregelverket trätt i kraft. I denna andra upplaga redogörs för samtliga ändringar som genomförts samt även den praxis som har bildats på området.

ABT 06 är avsedd att användas vid upphandling och avtal avseende entreprenader som ska utföras som totalentreprenad.

Temat för denna bok är markexploatering, det vill säga uppförande av bebyggelse och anläggningar för att på bästa sätt förnya och förbättra användningen av markområden. Exploateringsverksamheten omfattar en mängd aktiviteter och involverar många aktörer inom såväl privat som offentlig sektor. Verksamheten omgärdas också av ett komplext lagstiftningssystem för planering och tillstånd av byggprojekt, utbyggnad och finansiering av infrastruktur som vägar, va-ledningar, ledningar för energisystem m.m., samt expropriativ lagstiftning för att mark ska kunna förvärvas för angelägna samhällsbyggnadsprojekt.

Boken beskriver dessa aktiviteter, aktörer och lagregler samt hur de samordnas och kombineras i olika situationer.

”Kommentarer till AB 04, ABT 06 och ABK 09” är en utökad nyutgåva av den tidigare utgivna ”Kommentarer till AB 04 och ABT 06” och innehåller kommentarer till BKK:s AB 04 och ABT 06. Vidare innehåller boken kommentarer till BKK:s allmänna bestämmelser för konsultuppdrag, ABK 09, samt kommentarer till Teknikföretagens NKF och NKL 07. Boken förklarar och lär ut den praktiska tillämpningen av de sagda reglerna på ett enkelt sätt. Här citeras paragraf- och kommentartexter till AB, ABT och ABK i direkt anslutning till författarens kommentarer.

Allmänna Bestämmelser för upphandling och avtal avseende entreprenader. Utarbetade av Föreningen Byggandets Kontraktskommitté - BKK. Ersätter AB 92.

Totalentreprenaden är en entreprenadform där parternas riskfördelning, funktionsansvar och övriga juridiska frågeställningar ofta ställs på sin spets. På detta område pågår dessutom en snabb och intressant utveckling. I "Totalentreprenader och ABT 06" kommenteras och tolkas de olika bestämmelserna i ABT 06 samtidigt som det tecknas en allmän bakgrund till varför regelverket ser ut som det gör.

Att förklara hur ett försäkringsskydd ser ut och vad som står i olika försäkringsvillkor är normalt ingen lätt uppgift. Boken behandlar flera grundläggande försäkringsfrågor, däribland vilka risker entreprenadförsäkringen täcker, vad entreprenörens försäkringsplikt innebär, vilka rättigheter beställaren har i egenskap av medförsäkrad i entreprenadförsäkringen, på vilket sätt entreprenadförsäkringen kan utformas för att bli maximalt ändamålsenlig och samspelet mellan entreprenadförsäkringen och entreprenadavtalen.

Den här boken är den fjärde upplagan av lagkommentaren som behandlar LOU. Den omfattar de bestämmelser som Sverige på grund av EU-medlemskapet ska införa till svensk rätt. Så har gjorts i Lag (2016:1145) om offentlig upphandling som implementerar Direktiv 2014/24/EU, som avser den klassiska sektorn. Lagändringarna är mer omfattande än tidigare ändringar av LOU. Lagen har kompletterats med ett par extra kapitel, dels beroende på nya rättsfall som tillkommit och att de elektroniska inslagen i upphandlingarna har ökat. Många domar som avkunnats av EU-domstolen och svenska högre domstolar behandlas i kommentaren, som behandlar bestämmelser som gäller för staten, kommuner, regionerna samt bolag som är anknutna till dessa enheter. För att en lagkommentar ska tjäna som ett praktiskt hjälpmedel har kommentaren försetts med olika upphandlingsexempel samt inköpstekniska aspekter. Dessa har utarbetats mot bakgrund av faktiska fall och med tanke på att vi har fått nya lagar dvs. lag (2016:1147) om upphandling av koncessioner, lag (2016:1146) om upphandling inom försörjningssektorerna. Eftersom lagkommentaren vänder sig till praktiskt verksamma jurister, upphandlare, politiker samt studenter har de teoretiska delarna varvats med beskrivningar från rättstillämpningen. Lagkommentaren ger många exempel på hur LOU ska tolkas och blir därför bredare än en omedelbar tolkning av regelsystemet i lagen. Jan-Erik Falk är jur.kand. och var tidigare huvudlärare i offentlig upphandling hos Silf Competence AB. Han bevakade, som Silfs delegat i European Public Procurement Group (EPPG), utvecklingen av de nya upphandlingsdirektiven från 1996 tills de antogs 2004. Jan-Erik Falk har skrivit en lång rad artiklar om offentlig upphandling och är författare och medförfattare till flera böcker på området. Han är dessutom verksam som föredragshållare och rådgivare till upphandlande myndigheter, privata företag, advokatbyråer m.fl. både i Sverige och utomlands.

”ÄTA-arbeten och ekonomisk reglering enligt AB 04 och ABT 06” innehåller en närmare beskrivning av regelverket kring ÄTA-arbeten enligt AB 04 och ABT 06 med koppling till AMA-systemet. ÄTA-arbeten står för Ändrings-, Tilläggs- och Avgående arbeten. Här behandlas frågor angående omfattningen av kontraktsarbetena, formkrav för kostnadsreglering, rättighet/skyldighet att utföra ÄTA-arbeten med mera. Boken innehåller även en mer detaljerad beskrivning av den ekonomiska reglering som följer av ÄTA-arbeten, tidsfrister samt närliggande entreprenadrättsliga frågor. ”ÄTA-arbeten och ekonomisk reglering enligt AB 04 och ABT 06” är huvudsakligen skriven för jurister verksamma inom entreprenadrätt, t.ex. advokater, bolagsjurister och domare, men vänder sig även till övriga verksamma inom bygg-, anläggnings- och installationsbranschen, till exempel kalkylatorer, entreprenadchefer och företagsledare.

Denna tredje utgåva av Byggvägledning 9 Fukt är uppdaterad med hänsyn till ändringarna i avsnitt 6 Hygien, hälsa och miljö i BBR 21 (BFS 2014:3) som gäller från den 1 juli 2014 och som efter en övergångsperiod ska tillämpas fullt ut från den 1 juli 2015. BBR 22 (BFS 2015:3) innehåller inga ändringar som påverkar denna byggvägledning. I denna utgåva har vägledningarna uppdaterats och kompletterats med hänsyn till att BBR:s föreskrifter och råd i avsnitt 6:5 Fukt har reviderats. Det som särskilt behandlas är dels olika typer av fuktsäkerhetsprojektering och dels BBR:s acceptans av fuktskador som inte påverkar hygien och hälsa.

Detta är en kommentar till det grundläggande standardkontraktet för byggnads-, anläggnings- och installationsentreprenader (AB 04) på den svenska marknaden. Kontraktet är framtaget av Föreningen Byggandets Kontraktskommitté (BKK). Boken behandlar standardkontraktets bestämmelser i ett förmögenhetsrättsligt perspektiv.

Framställningen är praktiskt inriktad och vänder sig till alla som kommer i kontakt med entreprenadavtal som införlivat AB 04. Den första upplagan av kommentaren gavs ut 2017. Fjärde upplagan är grundligt omarbetad och i flera hänseenden utvidgad.

Avtalsuppföljning vid offentlig upphandling ger läsaren en god insyn och vägledning i de frågor som uppstår under avtalstiden, efteratt upphandlingsförfarandet har avslutats och avtal ingåtts. Boken belyser hur myndigheter kan skapa förutsättningar för en god leverans, göra kostnadsbesparingar och utveckla verksamheten, förbättra konkurrensen i kommande upphandlingar samt minska risken för eko­nomisk brottslighet. Avtalsuppföljning används i vid bemärkelse och innefattar bland annat avtalsparternas ömsesidiga förpliktelser, löpande uppföljning och hantering av avtalsbrott, ändring av avtal, hantering av risken för jäv, korruption och otillåten påverkan samt rättsliga processer som kan uppstå under avtalstiden. Boken är rikt illustrerad med konkreta exempel på uppföljning av krav på leverantörer, krav på det som upphandlas och särskilda villkor för fullgörande av kontrakt. Vidare innehåller boken både omfattande referenser till, och ett flertal återgivna och kommenterade rättsfall, i syfte att återge domstolarnas syn på bland annat avtalsbrott, hävning, skadestånd, ogiltigförklaring av avtal och upphandlingsskadeavgift.Avtalsuppföljning vid offentlig upphandling är framtagen för ut­bildning på högskolenivå men riktar sig också till personer i operativ verksamhet hos upphandlande myndigheter och leverantörer samt till yrkesverksamma som arbetar med granskning, revision och upphandlingsrättsliga processer.

ABK 09 omfattar allmänna bestämmelser för konsultuppdrag inom arkitekt- och ingenjörsverksamhet. ABK 09 kan användas inom alla teknikområden, från inledande skeden på idéstadiet till avslutande detaljprojektering under utförandeskedet. Bestämmelserna är utarbetade och antagna av branschorganisationen Byggandets Kontraktskommitté. Ersätter ABK 96.

Environmental justice recognizes that environmental benefits and burdens should be distributed fairly, and that the people making policy decisions should incorporate the views of those most often harmed: people of color, Indigenous populations, low-income communities, and those who are underserved and disenfranchised for other reasons such as age, gender, or disability. It encompasses not only traditional environmental issues like clean air and clean water, but also social issues such as employment, nutrition, and access to health care. Although environmental justice is a relatively recent concept, it has become a focus of governmental environmental policy, UN actions, and the activities of many nongovernmental environmental organizations. Its development tracks our growing understanding of racism and wealth disparity in the US and elsewhere, and of our understanding of inequality between the Global North and the Global South. In the era of climate change, climate justice is a particular focus.In an engaging and approachable way, Environmental Justice: A Very Short Introduction defines the concept, identifies specific environmental justice populations, examines root causes, including racism, capitalism, and colonialism, and traces the history of the environmental justice movement and governmental responses to it. It concludes with suggestions for achieving this elusive goal.

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An On-the-Job Construction Administration Resource for Architects

Co-written by an architect and an attorney, this is the ideal desktop guide for architects, engineers, and other design professionals in need of expert advice on navigating the construction process and anticipating, avoiding, and managing liability risks. This invaluable construction administration resource leads you, step-by-step, through a typical project--from contract to closeout.

Construction Administration for Architects provides tested techniques for proactively minimizing potential construction problems, and responding strategically when unforeseen events occur. Covering private and public sector work, this comprehensive handbook contains essential information for emerging professionals as well as in-depth strategies for experienced industry veterans. Useful tips, checklists, and real-world examples are included throughout the book.

Construction Administration for Architects covers:

Agreements and contractsConstruction document details, such as specifications, drawing notes, project scope, credits, and cost estimatesRequests for proposal, bidding, and construction contract negotiationField testing, inspection, and certification of workDocuments management, including requests for substitution, requests for information, submittals, and applications for paymentProblems and disputes, such as poor workmanship, hidden conditions, and change order requestsContract closeout details, including schedule claims, retainage, and liensPost-construction warranty work and records retentionManaging and limiting liability risk

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A COMPLETE, FULL-COLOR GUIDE TO THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE

Updated to reflect the International Code Council 2012 International Building Code, this time-saving resource makes it easy to understand and apply complex IBC requirements and achieve compliance. More than 600 full-color illustrations help to clarify the application and intent of many code provisions, with an emphasis on the structural and fire- and life-safety provisions. The 2012 International Building Code Handbook provides the information you need to get construction jobs done right, on time, and up to the requirements of the 2012 IBC.

Achieve Full Compliance with the 2012 IBC:

Scope and AdministrationDefinitionsUse and Occupancy ClassificationSpecial Detailed Requirements Based on Use and OccupancyGeneral Building Heights and AreasTypes of ConstructionFire and Smoke Protection FeaturesInterior FinishesFire Protection SystemsMeans of EgressAccessibilityInterior EnvironmentExterior WallsRoof Assemblies and Rooftop StructuresStructural Loads and DesignSpecial Inspections and TestsSoils and FoundationsConcreteAluminumMasonrySteelWoodGlass and GlazingGypsum Board and PlasterPlasticPlumbing Fixture CountElevators and Conveying SystemsSpecial ConstructionEncroachments in the Public Right-of-WaySafeguards During ConstructionExisting StructuresReferenced Standards

Marine mammal conservation remains a hot-button international environmental issue, but progress towards addressing key conservation and management issues within existing governance structures-most notably the International Whaling Commission-has stalled. Cameron Jefferies offers a fresh look at the future of international marine mammal management in a way that advances the ongoing dialog surrounding UNCLOS implementation and effective living marine resource management, while employing the comprehensive rational decision-making model as a theoretical framework. Marine Mammal Conservation and the Law of the Sea lays out and critiques the marine mammal regulatory landscape. It introduces the rational conservation model, and details the modern threats to marine mammals, including climate change, by-catch, environmental pollution, ship strikes. Next, it discusses options for reform under UNCLOS and existing treaties, and finally introduces a new holistic treaty regime based on the rational conversation model, based in part on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. This book will appeal to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers across public international law, international relations, political science, and environmental policy in the academic, governmental, IO, and NGO spheres.

A unified theory of conservation that addresses the broad problem of conservation, the principles that inform conservation choices, and the application of those principles to the management of the natural world.The conservation of natural resources, like that of any other asset, involves trade-offs. Yet, in a world faced with the harsh realities of climate change, crafting the right environmental policies is an increasingly urgent task. In Conservation, Charles Perrings and Ann Kinzig bring together new research in economics and biodiversity to investigate conservation decisions and the theory behind them.Perrings and Kinzig apply the concept of conservation broadly to examine how the principles of conservation apply to the management of the natural world. They demonstrate that the same basic principles serve as the foundation of all rational conservation decisions, from managing financial assets to safeguarding at-risk ecosystems. Whether someone is deciding to hold or dispose of a stock or whether to exploit or preserve a natural resource, they are better off choosing to conserve a resource when its value to them, if conserved, is greater than its value when converted. The book also considers the context of such conservation decisions. Just as national tax rules influence choices about financial investments, environmental regulations within countries, and environmental agreements between countries, impact the decisions regarding natural resources. Building on their basic theory of conservation, Perrings and Kinzig address key issues in the field of environmental economics, including the valuation of ecosystem services and environmental assets; the limits on the substitutability of produced and natural capital; and the challenges posed by the often weak markets for ecosystem services oriented toward the public good. They also address the problem of scale: while decisions might be easier to make at the local level, many conservation policies need to apply at either the national or international level to succeed. Written by experts from both social and hard sciences, this book presents a unified theory of conservation and provides a model for a more effective way to approach the vitally important issue.

A unified theory of conservation that addresses the broad problem of conservation, the principles that inform conservation choices, and the application of those principles to the management of the natural world.The conservation of natural resources, like that of any other asset, involves trade-offs. Yet, in a world faced with the harsh realities of climate change, crafting the right environmental policies is an increasingly urgent task. In Conservation, Charles Perrings and Ann Kinzig bring together new research in economics and biodiversity to investigate conservation decisions and the theory behind them.Perrings and Kinzig apply the concept of conservation broadly to examine how the principles of conservation apply to the management of the natural world. They demonstrate that the same basic principles serve as the foundation of all rational conservation decisions, from managing financial assets to safeguarding at-risk ecosystems. Whether someone is deciding to hold or dispose of a stock or whether to exploit or preserve a natural resource, they are better off choosing to conserve a resource when its value to them, if conserved, is greater than its value when converted. The book also considers the context of such conservation decisions. Just as national tax rules influence choices about financial investments, environmental regulations within countries, and environmental agreements between countries, impact the decisions regarding natural resources. Building on their basic theory of conservation, Perrings and Kinzig address key issues in the field of environmental economics, including the valuation of ecosystem services and environmental assets; the limits on the substitutability of produced and natural capital; and the challenges posed by the often weak markets for ecosystem services oriented toward the public good. They also address the problem of scale: while decisions might be easier to make at the local level, many conservation policies need to apply at either the national or international level to succeed. Written by experts from both social and hard sciences, this book presents a unified theory of conservation and provides a model for a more effective way to approach the vitally important issue.

Water is essential-not only for life, but to modern economies across the globe, acting as an input for energy, agriculture, manufacturing, and most importantly, human consumption. Its use, however, requires major investments and innovations and while technological advancements have worked to provide solutions to challenges in many local settings, the demand for water continues to increase. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Water Resources Management and Policy is comprised of 110 scholarly articles and provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the current state of the field. The Encyclopedia explores concepts, global conditions, policy instruments and implementation, as well as special topics (such as river restoration, emerging issues, and sanitation) and works to offer a roadmap for future directions towards water use, accessibility, and equity.This volume is organized into nineteen sections: Introduction: Eight Organizing Concepts; Economic Perspectives; Political Perspectives; Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives; Legal Perspectives; Governance, Institutional, and Planning Perspectives; Water and Climate Change Adaptation; Water Development Paths; Advances in Technologies for Water Supply Augmentation, Conservation, and Management; Water Resources Systems Analysis Tools; Economic Analysis of Water Infrastructure Investments and Policy Interventions; Stormwater Management; Groundwater Management; Water Pricing and Tariffs; Regulation; Understanding Water Use: Behavioral Approaches; Planning for Improved WASH Services; Condominial Sewer Systems; and Emerging Issues, Future Challenges.

The law of torts is concerned with what we owe to one another in the way of obligations not to interfere with, or impair, each other's urgent interests as we go about our lives in civil society. The most influential contemporary account of tort law treats tort liability rules as shadow prices. Their role is not to vindicate claimants' own rights and interests, but to induce us to injure one another only when it is economically efficient to do so. The chief competitors to the economic view take tort law's importance to lie primarily in the duties of repair that it imposes on wrongdoers, or in the powers of recourse that it confers on the victims of tortious wrongs. This book argues that tort law's primary obligations address a domain of basic justice and that its rhetoric of reasonableness implies a distinctive morality of mutual right and responsibility. Modern tort law is preoccupied with, and responds to, the special moral significance of harm. That special significance sometimes justifies standards of precaution more stringent than those prescribed by efficiency. This book also examines the regulatory and administrative institutions with which the common law of torts cooperates and competes, treating these as part of a continuum of institutions that instantiate the primary role pursued by modern tort law - that is, to protect our physical integrity and other essential interests from impairment and interference by others, and to do so terms that all those affected might accept as justifiable.

Scientists have long been searching for a unified field theory--one answer to all of the questions about the physical universe. In this book, Rhett Larson takes a similar approach to social policy questions. What if we could find a unified social policy theory--the answer to every question from how to prevent war to how to promote gender equality? Most of our most serious global challenges are complex, multi-faceted "wicked problems." But perhaps the first step in solving wicked problems as seemingly distinct as racism and disease epidemics is the same: reform our laws, policies, and priorities to achieve global water security. Global water security means reasonable access for all people to water of acceptable quantity and quality with acceptable costs and risks. Just as the essential element to all life is water, so water is the essential element to solving life's challenges. Virtually every major social challenge--including gender inequality, racial discrimination, terrorism, space exploration, global disease epidemics, mass migrations, and climate change--has a significant and underappreciated water component. Each chapter of this book takes up one of these wicked problems, illustrates the role water plays in that problem, and proposes reforms to address the water aspect of that problem, with the aim of achieving global water security. The goal of this this book is to convince the reader that the answer, or at least one part of the answer, to our most serious problems is the oft-repeated catchphrase: "Just add water."

Extraterritorial jurisdiction stands at the juncture of international law and animal law and promises to open a path to understanding and resolving the global problems that challenge the core of animal law. As corporations have relocated and the animal industry (agriculture, medical research, entertainment, etc.) has dispersed its production facilities across the territories of multiple states, regulatory gaps and fears of a race to the bottom have become a pressing issue of global policy.This book provides enough background to allow readers to understand why extraterritorial jurisdiction must respond to these developments, counters objections that readers might raise, and describes how to improve animal law in tandem. The heart of the work is a fully-fledged catalogue of options for extraterritorial jurisdiction, which states can employ to strengthen their animal laws. The book offers top-down perspectives drawn from general international law and trade law, and complements them by a bottom-up up view from the perspective of animal law. The approach connects the law of jurisdiction to substantive law and opens up deeper questions about moral directionality, state and corporate duties owed animals, and the comparative advantages of constitutional, criminal, and administrative animal law. To ensure that extraterritorial animal law does not become complicit in oppressing ethnic and cultural minorities, the book offers critical interdisciplinary perspectives, informed by posthumanist and postcolonialist discourse. Readers will further learn when and how extraterritorial jurisdiction violates international law, and the consequences of exercising it illegally under international law. This work answers questions about how and why extraterritorial jurisdiction can overcome the steepest hurdles for animal law and help move us toward a just global interspecies community. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

Recent years have witnessed exciting developments in international negotiations, litigation, and scholarship about climate change, but doctrinal research in the field remains in its infancy. In particular, little is known about how fast states are required to limit and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.The first part of the book identifies the relevant obligations through an analysis of treaties, custom, and other sources of international law. Beyond express quantified commitments contained for instance in nationally determined contributions, the book sheds light on the existence of general obligations of due diligence. While these general obligations are difficult to interpret, they are often more demanding.The second part explores how these general obligations can be applied objectively, for instance by a court, in concrete cases. Instead of an improbable judicial assessment of a state's requisite level of mitigation action, the book shows the possibility of assessing a state's conduct based on the measures that general mitigation obligations entail. These measures relate to corollary duties of cooperation, vigilance, and consistency.This book presents a first comprehensive doctrinal study of states' obligations on climate change mitigation. It shows that such obligations arise not only from climate treaties, but also from customary international law, unilateral declarations, and, possibly, human rights treaties. It also explores the interactions between these multiple obligations.

Capacity remuneration mechanisms (or simply capacity mechanisms) have become a fact of life in member states' energy markets and are one of the hottest topics in the wider European regulatory debate. Concerned about the security of electricity supply, national governments are implementing subsidy schemes to encourage investment in conventional power generation capacity, alongside already heavily subsidized renewable energy sources. With the increasingly connected European electricity markets, the introduction of a capacity mechanism in one country not only tends to distort its national market but may also have unforeseeable consequences for neighbouring electricity markets. As these mechanisms are adopted by member states with limited supra-national coordination as well as consideration for the cross-border impact, they tend to cause serious market distortions and put the future of the European internal electricity market at risk.This second edition will take stock of how capacity mechanisms have actually worked so far and consider the consequences they have for the European internal electricity market. It will include a detailed overview of national capacity mechanisms, their implications for the EU internal market, and will outline the nature of market failures which are likely to occur in the European electricity markets. This edition is intended to serve as a point of reference for regulators and policy-makers on how to design optimal capacity mechanisms in Europe. It will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in energy market design, regulation, and competition issues.

'Corruption' in public procurement typically involves procurement decisions taken in favour of preferred bidders in exchange for improper compensation (the acceptance of bribes, for example), while supplier collusion refers to a type of cartel activity, in which firms rig their bids in a tendering process. Although these practices are distinct, they frequently occur together in the public procurement context, reinforcing one another. Combatting Corruption and Collusion in Public Procurement: A Challenge for Governments Worldwide examines the causes of corruption and collusion in the public procurement sphere, its resulting harm, and how states can best try to combat these practices.This book provides a legal, economic, and practical analysis of issues concerning corruption and supplier collusion in public procurement, both generally and in seven diverse and representative jurisdictions: the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Hungary and Poland, Ukraine, and Canada. It encompasses a discussion of both 'generic' cross-jurisdictional issues and specific proposals for individual jurisdictions. It offers practical guidance on building robust regimes for combatting corruption and collusion in public procurement and how to bolster and improve them when they are faltering. The book stresses the need for a multi-faceted and joined-up approach to the problems, emphasizing the importance both of enhanced investment in the effective enforcement of anti-corruption and cartel laws and of increasing the resilience of public procurement systems to corruption and collusion through a range of measures. The relevance of the topic to the social and economic well-being of citizens and the survival of democratic governance is highlighted throughout the book.Pioneering and comprehensive, Combatting Corruption and Collusion in Public Procurement provides a pathbreaking analysis of a range of global issues, making it an essential read for scholars, lawyers, government officials and representatives of international and non-governmental organizations around the world.

Joint Venture Disputes in the Energy and Natural Resource Sectors provides the most comprehensive review of judgments and arbitral awards in these sectors to date. It presents a comprehensive assessment of model joint venture contracts, examining their impact on customary industry practice and case law. Based on a comprehensive industry review of almost 400 cases, the book discusses close to 200 court cases and 50 arbitral awards from around the world - many of which have been previously unpublished - presenting a detailed examination of the issues typically arising in joint venture disputes, trends forming in this area of international energy law, and lessons that can be distilled for future practice.Given the breadth and depth of its analysis, this volume will be a valuable resource for those involved in negotiating, drafting, managing, and advising on energy and natural resource joint ventures. By identifying the key risk areas in such joint ventures, it will also serve as a critical point of reference for advocates, judges and arbitrators who deal with energy and natural resource disputes.