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Plain-language definitions of every EU Institutions & Bodies term that shows up in government tender work.
The Advisory Committee on Public Contracts is the EU body that advises the European Commission on procurement policy, brings together member state representatives to discuss the application of the directives, and contributes to the preparation of threshold updates, guidance documents, and legislative reform proposals.
Read definitionThe Committee of the Regions is the EU's advisory body representing regional and local authorities, providing opinions on procurement legislation that affects sub-national governments and advocating for procurement rules that reflect the realities of regional and municipal contracting authorities.
Read definitionDG GROW is the European Commission department responsible for EU single market and public procurement policy, drafting the procurement directives, issuing interpretive guidance, and coordinating e-procurement standardisation across EU member states.
Read definitionEU agencies are decentralised bodies of the EU that conduct their own procurement under the EU Financial Regulation, publishing contract notices on TED and applying competition and transparency principles equivalent to those in the public sector directives, with challenges heard by the General Court in Luxembourg.
Read definitionOLAF is the European Union's independent anti-fraud body, responsible for investigating fraud, corruption, and serious irregularities affecting the EU budget, including procurement fraud in EU-funded programmes and in contracts awarded by EU institutions themselves.
Read definitionThe EBRD requires beneficiaries of its financing to procure goods, works, and services under the EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules, which mandate competitive tendering, transparency, and integrity standards broadly consistent with EU directives but tailored to the Bank's operational geography across Europe, Central Asia, and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.
Read definitionThe European Central Bank conducts its own procurement under internal rules derived from the EU Financial Regulation, publishing contract notices on TED and applying principles of transparency, competition, and equal treatment, while remaining outside the scope of the public sector directives that bind member state contracting authorities.
Read definitionThe European Commission is the EU's executive body responsible for proposing and enforcing public procurement legislation, setting the thresholds that trigger EU-wide advertising obligations, and monitoring member state compliance with the procurement directives.
Read definitionThe European Court of Auditors is the EU's independent external auditor, responsible for examining whether EU funds have been received and spent lawfully and in conformity with sound financial management, including scrutiny of procurement procedures used in EU-funded programmes.
Read definitionThe European Court of Justice is the EU's highest court, responsible for interpreting EU procurement directives, ruling on infringement proceedings brought by the Commission against member states, and issuing preliminary rulings that bind national courts on how EU procurement law must be applied.
Read definitionThe European Economic and Social Committee is the EU's consultative body representing organised civil society, including employers, trade unions, and professional associations, and provides advisory opinions on procurement legislation affecting businesses, workers, and consumers across Europe.
Read definitionThe European Investment Bank applies its own procurement guide to projects it finances, requiring beneficiaries to follow competitive tendering procedures broadly aligned with EU directives but governed by EIB-specific rules on transparency, anti-corruption, and international competition.
Read definitionThe European Ombudsman investigates complaints of maladministration by EU institutions and bodies, including poor handling of procurement procedures, lack of transparency in evaluations, and failure to provide adequate reasons for rejection decisions, offering a non-judicial remedy for suppliers dealing with EU-institution contracting authorities.
Read definitionThe European Parliament co-legislates EU procurement directives with the Council of the EU, exercises democratic oversight of the European Commission's enforcement activities, and scrutinises the use of EU funds through its budgetary control committee.
Read definitionThe General Court is the EU's first-instance court for direct actions against EU institutions, handling challenges to procurement decisions and contract awards made by the European Commission, EU agencies, and other EU bodies, with appeals lying to the European Court of Justice.
Read definitionThe Publications Office of the European Union is the official publisher of EU legal acts and the operator of TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), the online portal where contract notices above EU thresholds must be published to satisfy the transparency requirements of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU.
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