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Evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives: external studies

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As part of the evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives (see Register of Commission Documents - SWD(2025)332), the European Commission launched a series of targeted studies from external consultants to support its assessment of the Directives. The studies examine, among other issues, the relevance and EU added value of the Directives, their internal and external coherence, transparency and integrity, cost-benefit and efficiency considerations, and levels of competition in EU public procurement markets. Below is the full list of studies, including their titles, authors, and links for further consultation. Check them out!

 

  1. Altaee (2025). Evaluation of the EU public procurement directives – Study on relevance and EU added value, Altaee written by Samira Bousetta, July 2025 (Evaluation study on relevance and EU added value of the public procurement legislation - Publications Office of the EU)
  2. Caranta, R. (2025). Coherence in the EU public procurement directives. A study into the internal coherence between the objectives, the principles and the provisions in the EU public procurement and concessions directives, University of Turin, 2025 (Coherence in the EU public procurement directives - Publications Office of the EU).
  3. Da Rosa, I., Tátrai, T., Tresó, D. (2025). Evaluation of Transparency and Integrity, 2014 Public Procurement Directives, (Evaluation of transparency and integrity - Publications Office of the EU)
  4. Ecorys (2025), Cost-Benefit Analysis on the Quality and Efficiency of Public Procurement Procedures, Final Report, European Commission: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Ecorys, Publication Office, 2025 (Cost-benefit analysis on the quality and efficiency of public procurement procedures - Publications Office of the EU)
  5. Janssen, W.A. (2025), The coherence of public procurement legislation in the European Union. A Study for the EU Commission into the external coherence between the public procurement directives and other legislative instruments regulating public procurement, Utrecht University & University of Groningen (The coherence of public procurement legislation in the European Union - Publications Office of the EU).
  6. World Bank (2025), European Union: Competition in Public Procurement, World Bank (Study on Competition in the European Union’s Public Procurement Markets (2018-2023)).