First published in 1998, Public Procurement in the European Community has been considered as the most-important non-tariff barrier for the completion of the common market and its liberalisation reflects the attempts of law and policy makers to enhance competitiveness in the public sector and achieve uniform patterns of industrial efficiency.

1. Introduction. 2. The Intellectual and the Policy Approaches to the Regulation of Public Procurement. 3. The Evolution of European Public Procurement Law. 4. The Mechanism of Integration of the European Public Markets. 5. Enforcement of and Compliance with Public Procurement Law: A Critique of the System. 6. An Impact Assessment of the European Public Procurement Law and Policy. 7. Policy Choices and the Regulation Public Procurement in the Common Market.