Cracking down on corrupt companies: a critical analysis of the EC's public procurement proposals
Organización : University of Greenwich. Public services international research unit (UK)
Editor : London, PSIRU, 2001
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Public procurement provides the main interface between the public and private sectors and is recognised as a major source of corruption. In recent years, tendering organisations have developed a raft of anti-corruption initiatives including those aimed at deterring private companies from engaging in corruption. Whilst current European Union (EU) public procurement law makes no such provision, the European Commission's proposals for a new public procurement Directive, coordinating public service contracts, public supply contracts and public works, introduces the possibility of excluding companies found guilty of corruption from tendering for public procurement contracts in the EU. The Commission's proposals have proved controversial for reasons economic, legal and political. Drew makes in this article a number of recommendations so that the Commission's anti-corruption measures can have an impact on the behaviour of tendering companies across the EU, and which, as she stated, should be underpinned by an effective information exchange system; should provide for a high level of harmonisation between Member States; and should limit the possibilities for companies to escape being penalised.
- Estrategias de lucha contra la corrupción, Marco jurídico, Sector empresarial, Corrupción, Desarrollo económico y social, Contratación, Sector público
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