Poland: new regulations over public procurement should also help combat social dumping

In October 19th an important amendment of PPL came into force, which aims to counteract problems encountered in the public procurement process in Poland, such as competition among companies based solely on price, social dumping, and the lack of possibility to revalue already concluded contracts. Observers comment that this reform, which implements the recent reform of European regulations, could encourage those tendering to employ people on classic work contracts rather than resorting en masse to civil law contracts.
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The primary regulation on public procurement in Poland is the Public Procurement Law of 29 January 2004 (PPL) together with other executive acts. This Act specifies the rules for awarding contracts through public procurement procedures, rights and obligations of the parties participating in such procedures as well as the rules for procedures of awarding public contracts, measures of legal protection, control of awarding public contracts and respective authorities within the scope of public cont

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