Klassificering av koncessionskontrakt inom offentlig upphandling
(2014) JURM02 20142Department of Law
- Abstract
- This thesis deals with examining the characteristics of a concession contract and under which circumstances a contract should be classified as a concession contract. It also deals with investigating applicable rules for the award of concession contracts and when they are applicable.
Characteristic for a concession contract is that the consideration consists either solely in the right to exploit the subject of the contract or in that right together with payment. Furthermore the contract shall involve the transfer of a risk to the supplier. Based on cases from the CJEU the thesis deals with investigating what kind of risk that must be transferred and how the risk assessment should be carried out. Due to the concessions directive the same... (More) - This thesis deals with examining the characteristics of a concession contract and under which circumstances a contract should be classified as a concession contract. It also deals with investigating applicable rules for the award of concession contracts and when they are applicable.
Characteristic for a concession contract is that the consideration consists either solely in the right to exploit the subject of the contract or in that right together with payment. Furthermore the contract shall involve the transfer of a risk to the supplier. Based on cases from the CJEU the thesis deals with investigating what kind of risk that must be transferred and how the risk assessment should be carried out. Due to the concessions directive the same questions are dealt with according to this new regulation and also how the scope of the concessions directive relates to the new directive on public procurement. The thesis further compares the classification of a concession contract with the principles that are applied when classifying mixed contracts.
The conclusion is that the difference between the definition of a concession contract according to the classic directive and the concessions directive is that from the latter it is clear from the definition that a concession contract includes the transfer of an operational risk in exploiting the subject of the contract. It is further noted that the risk assessment is based on different criteria under the concessions directive compared to the case law. The assessment is not based on the size of the transferred risk but rather on whether the part of the transferred risk is exposed to the vagaries of the market and whether the potential estimated losses for the supplier are merely nominal or negligible. It is also noted that the principles used when classifying mixed contracts has been introduced in articles in the concessions directive dealing with the scope of the concessions directive in relation to the procurement directive. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Uppsatsen utreder vad som kännetecknar ett koncessionskontrakt och under vilka förutsättningar ett kontrakt ska klassificeras som ett koncessionskontrakt. Vidare utreds vilka regler som är tillämpliga vid tilldelning av koncessionskontrakt och när de är tillämpliga.
Kännetecknande för ett koncessionskontrakt är att ersättningsformen består av en nyttjanderätt eller av dels en sådan rätt, dels betalning. Vidare kännetecknas koncessionskontrakt av att en risk överförs till leverantören. I uppsatsen behandlas EU-domstolens praxis om vilken typ av risk som avses och hur riskbedömningen ska göras. Samma frågor behandlas även utifrån koncessionsdirektivet och hur koncessionsdirektivets tillämpningsområde förhåller sig till det nya... (More) - Uppsatsen utreder vad som kännetecknar ett koncessionskontrakt och under vilka förutsättningar ett kontrakt ska klassificeras som ett koncessionskontrakt. Vidare utreds vilka regler som är tillämpliga vid tilldelning av koncessionskontrakt och när de är tillämpliga.
Kännetecknande för ett koncessionskontrakt är att ersättningsformen består av en nyttjanderätt eller av dels en sådan rätt, dels betalning. Vidare kännetecknas koncessionskontrakt av att en risk överförs till leverantören. I uppsatsen behandlas EU-domstolens praxis om vilken typ av risk som avses och hur riskbedömningen ska göras. Samma frågor behandlas även utifrån koncessionsdirektivet och hur koncessionsdirektivets tillämpningsområde förhåller sig till det nya upphandlingsdirektivet. I uppsatsen jämförs klassificering av koncessionskontrakt med de principer som används vid klassificering av blandade kontrakt.
Slutsatsen är att skillnaden mellan definitionen av ett koncessionskontrakt enligt det klassiska direktivet och koncessionsdirektivet är att av det senare framgår det redan av definitionen att ett koncessionskontrakt innefattar att en verksamhetsrisk överförs till leverantören. Det kan också konstateras att riskbedömningen sker utifrån andra grunder enligt koncessionsdirektivet jämfört med EU-domstolens praxis. Det är inte längre en viss del av risken som ska överföras utan istället utgår bedömningen bland annat från huruvida den del av risken som överförts omfattas av verklig exponering för marknadens nycker och huruvida de eventuella uppskattade förlusterna endast är nominella eller försumbara. Det kan också konstateras att de principer som används vid klassificering av blandade kontrakt har införts i koncessionsdirektivets regler om hur tillämpningsområdet för direktivet förhåller sig till upphandlingsdirektivet. (Less)
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- author
- Bergman, Hannah LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Classification of concession contracts in public procurement
- course
- JURM02 20142
- year
- 2014
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Concession contracts, Concessions, Public Procurement, Direktiv 2014/23, Koncessionskontrakt, Koncessioner, Offentlig Upphandling, Förmögenhetsrätt, Directive 2014/23
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4924968
- date added to LUP
- 2015-04-14 14:21:13
- date last changed
- 2015-04-14 14:21:13
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Characteristic for a concession contract is that the consideration consists either solely in the right to exploit the subject of the contract or in that right together with payment. Furthermore the contract shall involve the transfer of a risk to the supplier. Based on cases from the CJEU the thesis deals with investigating what kind of risk that must be transferred and how the risk assessment should be carried out. Due to the concessions directive the same questions are dealt with according to this new regulation and also how the scope of the concessions directive relates to the new directive on public procurement. The thesis further compares the classification of a concession contract with the principles that are applied when classifying mixed contracts.
The conclusion is that the difference between the definition of a concession contract according to the classic directive and the concessions directive is that from the latter it is clear from the definition that a concession contract includes the transfer of an operational risk in exploiting the subject of the contract. It is further noted that the risk assessment is based on different criteria under the concessions directive compared to the case law. The assessment is not based on the size of the transferred risk but rather on whether the part of the transferred risk is exposed to the vagaries of the market and whether the potential estimated losses for the supplier are merely nominal or negligible. It is also noted that the principles used when classifying mixed contracts has been introduced in articles in the concessions directive dealing with the scope of the concessions directive in relation to the procurement directive.}},
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