Standard 3 : Compliance of public procurement legislation with competition rules

Legal framework prevents any distortions or restrictions of competition and prohibit any attempt to prevent economic operators from being able to tender.

Summary

The legislation is mostly in line with international standards regarding the obligation of the contracting authority/entity to use competitive procedures. However, there are discrepancies in relation to unjustified exceptions to the application of the open public procurement.

ALB BIH KOS MNE MKD AVG
Use of competitive procedure
3
3
3
3
3
3
No unjustified exceptions
3
2
2
2
2
2.2
Principles of competition
3
2
3
2
2
2.4
No unjustified exceptions in defence
3
3
3
3
3
3

Current state of play

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Use of competitive procedure No unjustified exceptions Principles of competition No unjustified exceptions in defence