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When competition meets sustainability: the introduction of sustainable development in public procurement law
[Quand la concurrence rencontre la durabilité : l’introduction du développement durable dans le droit de la commande publique]

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  • Ronan Le Velly

    (UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement)

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Based on a qualitative analysis of practical guides and legal comments on sustainable public procurement, the author studies how the introduction of sustainable development objectives into public procurement law has changed the public markets' competition rules. He shows that since the end of the 1990s, there has been a gradual widening of the scope of acceptable discrimination in calls for tenders and the recognition of new purposes for public procurement. However, this expansion is contained by the fundamental principles of competition stated in the law. The preference for a local purchase remains strictly prohibited, even when it is promoted in the name of sustainable development. Similarly, sourcing and allotment are promoted both as levers for improving sustainability and as means of increasing competition.

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  • Ronan Le Velly, 2022. "When competition meets sustainability: the introduction of sustainable development in public procurement law [Quand la concurrence rencontre la durabilité : l’introduction du développement durable ," Post-Print hal-03647718, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03647718
    DOI: 10.3917/drs1.110.0171
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    Code de la commande publique; Concurrence; Développement durable; Marchés publics; Sourcing;
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