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JUS350 - EU and EEA International Public and Utilities Contract Law (30 ECTS-credits)

Course Coordinator: Professor dr. juris Kai Krüger

Language of Instruction: English

Content and Objectives:
A thorough understanding of EU and EEA related law on public and utilities contracts and the award of such contracts within the energy sector ( off shore oil and gas production).
Understanding of the legal regime of oil and gas production activities with emphasis on issues relevant to rules and principles in connection with the award of contracts

Mandatory activities:
Mandatory attendance to lecturers the first two weeks. Absence will only be accepted as an exception, after written application with justification.

Literature:
Recommended reading:
- Treaty provisions relevant to public procurement.
- EC Directives on public procurement and licence awards.
- Selected EC Court of Justice cases within the procurement area (folder)
- Selected papers in faculty's recommendation, articles, anthologies etc in the English language, prepared in the form of «readers» and revised before each course term.
- General approach to public procurement

Introductory:
- Kai Krüger: Public Contracts in a EU, EEA and GPA Perspective. Three Lectures (Det juridiske fakultets UiB skriftserie No 71 (1997)
- Kai Krüger: «Norsk kjøpsrett?» 4th ed. 1999. Chap. 26 «International Sales under present Norwegian Law» (Prints for book to appear April 1999) (§26.9.)

Extensive analysis:
- S. Arrowsmith: The law of Public and Utilities Procurement (1003 p 1996)
- A guide to the Procurement Cases of the Court of Justice (1992)
- A. Geddes: Public Procurement. A practical guide to UK Regulations and Associated Community Rules (1993)
- J.. M. Fernandez-Martin: The EC Public Procurement Rules
- P-A. Trepte: Public Procurement in the EC (1993).

Recommended:
- Select articles in students' own choice through previous volumes of Public Procurement Law Review, EU Public Contract Law commentaries, events etc. (More extensive and specific reading recommendation to be issued during course.)

Assessment/Examination Format:

Home exam and final oral examination.

Material allowed for use under EC and EEA Procurement law regular exam (see infra)
- Separate folder with selected EC/EEA texts.
- Collection of ECCJ Judgements in the field of procurement.
- Other material on faculty recommendation.

For course schedule see: Course schedule autumn 2007
Information: preparatory work, suggested reading
Recent home exam topics

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