Administrative Law / Droit administratif
2009
Portugal
Various pieces of legislation were adopted in Portugal during the course of 2009, with special reference to the field of Public Law, including Decree-Law No. 34/2009, of February 6, which introduced in Portugal the public procurement exceptional measures. The said Decree-Law established accelerated tendering procedures and increased the relevant thresholds with respect to the limitations regarding the awarding of public contracts by means of direct agreements, though without introducing relevant mechanisms capable of safeguarding some of the most important principles and provisions set forth in the Treaty of Rome. Therefore, this statute may propitiate a lack of transparency and competition unacceptable within the current European public procurement framework.
