| 1 | Guarantees and indemnities This practice note examines legal and drafting issues relating to guarantees and indemnities where the obligations of a third party are guaranteed and/or indemnified. This practice note considers the legal distinctions between primary obligations (indemnities, performance guarantees, performance bonds) and secondary obligations (guarantees). It provides an overview of relevant contractual issues relating to guarantees and indemnities (the statute of frauds, capacity) as well as legal issues (undue influence, duress, role of directors). It also provides links to our more detailed content on performance bonds, payment guarantees, comfort letters and our standard form guarantees and indemnities. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Commission v Netherlands (C-368/10): Environmental and fair ... The case of Commission v Netherlands (Case C-368/10) deals with an action before the Court of Justice of the European Union by the European Commission against the Netherlands for breach of obligations under Directive 2004/18 on the co-ordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (Consolidated Public Sector Directive). The case is of interest as it clarifies (further) in what way and to what extent it is possible to use environmental and fair trade considerations, including labels, which denote compliance with certain minimum standards in this regard, in the award of regulated contracts. More generally, the case confirms that compliance with the principles of equality of treatment, non-discrimination and transparency involves an obligation for clarity and precision. This article is part of the PLC Public Procurement multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 3 | Public procurement in Brazil Brazil's growing infrastructure needs significant investment and investors must understand Brazil's public procurement framework. This article examines the legal framework for public procurement in Brazil, particularly the general public procurement rules, specific rules for concessions, PPPs, World Cup and Olympic Games projects and court supervision. This article is part of the PLC Public Procurement multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 4 | Public procurement in Brazil: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in Brazil. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it examines entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 5 | Public procurement in Canada: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in Canada. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it examines entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 6 | Public procurement in China: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in the China. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it examines entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 7 | Public procurement in Czech Republic: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in the Czech Republic. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, recent trends, use of the four EU procurement procedures, review procedures, remedies, transparency, contracts outside the scope of the Consolidated Public Service Directive and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 8 | Public procurement in France: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in France. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, recent trends, use of the four EU procurement procedures, review procedures, remedies, transparency, contracts outside the scope of the Consolidated Public Service Directive and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 9 | Public procurement in Germany: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in Germany. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, recent trends, use of the four EU procurement procedures, review procedures, remedies, transparency, contracts outside the scope of the Consolidated Public Service Directive and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 10 | Public procurement in Italy: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in Italy. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, recent trends, use of the four EU procurement procedures, review procedures, remedies, transparency, contracts outside the scope of the Consolidated Public Service Directive and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 11 | Public procurement in South Africa: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in South Africa. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it examines entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 12 | Public procurement in Switzerland: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in Switzerland. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it examines entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 13 | Public procurement in The Netherlands: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in The Netherlands. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, recent trends, use of the four EU procurement procedures, review procedures, remedies, transparency, contracts outside the scope of the Consolidated Public Service Directive and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 14 | Public procurement in UK (England and Wales): overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in UK (England and Wales). The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, recent trends, use of the four EU procurement procedures, review procedures, remedies, transparency, contracts outside the scope of Consolidated Public Service Directive and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 15 | Public procurement in Ukraine: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in Ukraine. The Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it covers entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 16 | Public procurement in the United States: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in the United States. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it examines entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 17 | Remedies for Breach of UK Procurement Rules: All Change? This article discusses the problems associated with the old remedies regime and examines the key aspects of the new remedies system, including the introduction of new limitation provisions. Consideration is also given to how much more effective the new remedies system really is. This article is part of the PLC Public Procurement multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Mar-2013 |
| 18 | Public procurement in Poland: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in Poland. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, recent trends, use of the four EU procurement procedures, review procedures, remedies, transparency, contracts outside the scope of Consolidated Public Service Directive and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Dec-2012 |
| 19 | Public procurement EU country Q&A tool This tool enables subscribers to search the Country Q&A for EU member states in the PLC Public Procurement multi-jurisdictional guide by question and jurisdiction. Simply select the questions and the jurisdictions that you are interested in and click the "submit" button. Please note that the law stated dates for each jurisdiction covered may not be the same. To check the law stated dates for each jurisdiction, please visit the individual article. To compare answers across non-EU jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. | Articles | 01-Oct-2012 |
| 20 | Public procurement country Q&A tool This tool enables subscribers to search the Country Q&A in the PLC Public Procurement multi-jurisdictional guide by question and jurisdiction. Simply select the questions and the jurisdictions that you are interested in and click the "submit" button. Please note that the law stated dates for each jurisdiction covered may not be the same. To check the law stated dates for each jurisdiction, please visit the individual article. To compare answers across EU jurisdictions visit the EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. | Articles | 01-Oct-2012 |
| 21 | Public procurement in the European Union: overview A Q&A guide to public procurement law in the European Union. The country-specific Q&A gives a high level overview of applicable legislation, scope of rules, procurement procedures and enforcement, recent trends and proposals for reform. In particular, it examines entities and contracts covered, concessions, privatisations and PPPs, contract award criteria, alternative bids, and changes to an existing contract. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions visit the Public Procurement Country Q&A tool and EU Public Procurement Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to public procurement. For a full list of jurisdictional Public Procurement Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/publicprocurement-mjg. | Articles | 01-Sep-2012 |
| 22 | Cross-border supplies of services: changing the established ... From 1 January 2010 until 2015, a series of changes to the European value added tax (VAT) system will come into effect to implement what is commonly referred to as the VAT package. The VAT package comprises a number of initiatives including changes to the place of supply of services, a new procedure for VAT refunds from a different member state and enhanced administrative co-operation between member states. This chapter compares the pre- and post-2010 rules dealing with the place of supply of services. | Articles | 01-Mar-2009 |
| 23 | Public procurement in the EU: understanding the complexities While public procurement is of significant value to the European economy, the law governing it is often judged inaccessible, formalistic and rigid. This article explains the current legal framework, the remedies available to suppliers if the rules are breached and the modernisation directives that will replace the current regime. | Articles | 04-Jun-2003 |
| 24 | PFI contracts | Legal update: archive | 30-Oct-2002 |
| 25 | State aid: ensuring a level playing field in the EU A detailed explanation of how the EC state aid system works and in particular, how to challenge an illegal subsidy paid to a competitor and how to ensure your grants have been properly notified. | Articles | 01-Feb-1998 |
| 26 | Privatisations: Golden shares and European law In the light of a recent European Commission communication, we examine whether golden shares still have a role as a way for governments in Europe to exercise control over newly-privatised industries. | Articles | 01-Dec-1997 |
| 27 | The EU public procurement regime: A suppliers' charter Contractors and suppliers now have rights to pursue public authorities where they believe that contracts are not being advertised or awarded on an open and fair basis. This article argues that the potential threat of court action is a useful weapon for supplier. | Articles | 01-Nov-1997 |
| 28 | Withholding tax requirement on interest on corporate debt ... This table sets out a summary of the key information concerning the withholding tax requirement on interest on corporate debt and the key exemptions for each of the nine jurisdictions covered in the Country Q&A section of the Tax on corporate lending and bond issues section. This table is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to tax. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/taxontransactions-mjg. Please note that the law stated dates for each jurisdiction covered may not be the same as this project is currently being updated. To check the law stated dates for each jurisdiction, please visit the individual article. | Articles | -- |
| 29 | Withholding tax requirements on dividends or other ... This table sets out a summary of the key information concerning the withholding tax requirements on dividends or other distributions, and exemptions/reliefs available on a share disposal for each of the jurisdictions covered in the Country Q&A section of Tax on corporate transactions. This table is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to tax. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/taxontransactions-mjg. Please note that the law stated dates for each jurisdiction covered may not be the same as this project is currently being updated. To check the law stated dates for each jurisdiction, please visit the individual article. | Articles | -- |