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E-procurement in the Member States of the European Union This paper aims to systemise data of e-procurement with regard to the legal rules in the Member States of the Eumpean Union, eSpecially in the Czech Republic. The objective of this thesis is to provide a comparison of the situation in public procurement across and within the Member States. In the EU, there were adopted new Procurement Directives, 2004/ l 7/EC and 2004/18/EC, in April 2004. Member States were required to implement the new legal framework by 31 January 2006, but slippages were not excluded. Early adoption of the new e-procurement provisions is essential to avoid barriers to and distortion of competition. The Directives provide a coherent framework for conducting procurement electronically in an Open, transparent and non-discriminatory way, establish rules for tendering electronically and fix the conditions for modern purchasing techniques based on electronic means of communication. The implementation of Directives' provisions on a dynamic purchasing system and e-auctions is optional. However, most of the Member States have introduced these procurement procedures. If not all Member States implemented electronic procedures, the differences between them could cause problems. Such a situation is not favourable for the deveIOpment of the... |