Alexander Koch 
German Public Procurement – Between Tradition and Europeanization 

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Law – Public Law / Administrative Law, grade: 9 out of 10 – excellent, Leiden University (Faculty of Law), course: Introduction to the Law of European Public Procurement, language: English, abstract: There is rarely one legal sphere which has changed so much because of European legislation in Germany during the last fifteen years than the German public Procurement. That is why I will provide an overview of the development of German public procurement. Firstly, the need to regulate the public procurement will be explained briefly (B.). Secondly, I will describe the original framework of German public procurement (C.). After having a view on the reforms which took place in Germany since 1993 (D.), I will move over to the future developments (E). Finally, I will give a summarizing conclusion about the development of the German public procurement (F.).