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Hard Law, Hard Choices: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Omnibus Simplifications and the Future of EU Procurement Law – Part 2
This blog post is the second in a two-part series that examines the evolving EU regulatory landscape on corporate sustainability due diligence and its implications for the future of public procurement law. Not only does it consider the recent regulatory simplification wave in the arena of corporate sustainability, but it also examines the relationship between the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and public procurement law. Building on the previous research on the challenges of incorporating corporate sustainability due diligence in public procurement, this two-part series seeks to analyse the identified challenges and to share further reflections considering the Commission’s recent emphasis on European competitiveness and the anticipated revision of public procurement legislation.
Hard Law, Hard Choices: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Omnibus Simplifications and the Future of EU Procurement Law – Part 1
This blog post is the first in a two-part series that examines the evolving EU regulatory landscape on corporate sustainability due diligence and its implications for the future of public procurement law. In particular, it considers the recent shift in emphasis toward regulatory simplification and what this may mean for the future of corporate sustainability. It also sets the stage for a broader discussion on the interplay between the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and public procurement law, particularly in view of the forthcoming revision of the EU public procurement framework. In this context, it needs to be noted that the points of tension between corporate sustainability due diligence and public procurement have been discussed in detail elsewhere.
The Application of Principles of Public Procurement to the Interpretation of National Contract Law – Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona’s Opinion on Case C-82/24 Veolia Water
In this blog post, the author analyses Advocate General (AG) Sánchez-Bordona’s Opinion on Case C-82/24 delivered on 6 February 2025, which concerns Article 2 of Directive 2004/18 (Article 18 of Directive 2014/24) on principles of awarding contracts and its role in the application of provisions of national law to the procurement contract by analogy. In his Opinion, the AG concludes that though principles of procurement do not preclude a clause in a public contract referring to provisions of civil code where the contract remains silent, extending contractual obligations in a way that could not be foreseen by a reasonably well-informed and normally diligent contractor is incompatible with the said principles. In this context, the question referred to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) concerns the intersection of public procurement law and contract law.
Sustainability Clauses in ‘Public’ Contracts
Sustainability Clauses under the Public Sector Directive: Sustainable Performance Contract Clauses A recent publication by our new Post-Doctoral Fellow at PurpLE, Dr. Ezgi Uysal, explores the intersection of contract law, public procurement law, and sustainability....
Thank You, Sven!
After more than three years as a student assistant at the University of Copenhagen, working on various procurement-related projects, Sven Mikulic has successfully graduated from Copenhagen Business School.
Sven joined the University of Copenhagen in 2021 as Associate Professor Marta Andhov’s student assistant. Over the years, he contributed to projects like the Carlsberg-funded PurpLE, the Horizon-funded COCOREADO, and the SAPIENS Network, as well as to the Bestek Podcast. His contributions included conducting research and supporting communication and dissemination activities for these projects.
Welcoming Dr. Ezgi Uysal to the PurpLE Project
We are pleased to welcome from 1st January 2025 Dr. Ezgi Uysal as a Post-Doctoral Fellow on our Purchase Power – Sustainable Public Procurement through Private Law Enforcement (PurpLE) Project.
Ezgi earned her law degree magna cum laude from İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University in Turkey and completed her master’s degree in European and International Business Law at Leiden University, graduating as valedictorian with cum laude. During her studies, she received the Jean Monnet Scholarship, which supports research on EU-related topics.
Recently, Ezgi defended her PhD thesis, “Enforcing Sustainability in Contract Performance under the Public Sector Directive,” at the University of Turin. As a Marie Curie PhD Fellow, her research was part of the SAPIENS Network, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. Her work focuses on public procurement, contract law, and sustainability.