Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the government is finishing work on regulations that would favor Polish companies in public procurement.
– We are finishing work on the act, according to which we will be able to squeeze out of European regulations as possible to favor Polish enterprises in public procurement – said Tusk.
Tusk on new regulations for Polish entrepreneurs
He added that in the construction of these regulations, the government will benefit, among others from the verdict of European tribunals, which de facto open the path to treat European standards in the public procurement process as one of the requirements.
– if a country from a country like China, India Whether Türkiye He will start the tender, having an advantage in advance, having less loads resulting from other regulations, the Polish entrepreneur in the competition with them will have additional points and will not stand in a lost position – assured Tusk.
He added that the government will also look for ways and procedures so that Polish entrepreneurs can also compete in tenders with European companies. – We have been attached to this idea so that Polish companies bloom in competition with other companies – explained the prime minister Donald Tusk.
CJEU judgments
Judgment CJUE from 2024, PKP PLK – a railway infrastructure manager, has already applied the access to the EU Public Procurement Market market, excluding some of foreign entities from the tender for the modernization of the Białystok -Ałk railway line worth PLN 6 billion.
Contractors based outside the EU, the European Economic Area and entities from countries that are not covered by the Government Orders under the WTO were excluded, i.e. from Turkey and China. No protests were received during the procedure.
The CJEU in its judgment of October 22, 2024 on access to the EU Public Procurement of Foreign Subject market ruled that the access of entities from third countries, which are not signatories of contracts and agreements in the area of application of European provisions in the field of public procurement, to public procurement procedures in the European Union are not guaranteed and entities can be limited to the EU public procurement market
Source of the main photo: PAP/Albert Zawada