Public procurement is a fundamental element for the development and consolidation of the single market at EU level. Each year, Member States allocate substantial financial resources to acquire goods, works, and services by establishing the most economically advantageous tenders. The acquisition of goods, works and services must be performed by reason of objective procedures along with the principles of equal treatment, non-discriminatio...

This paper explores the EU’s role in, and contribution to the various reform processes concerning the international system of investor-state dispute settlement. Starting from an analysis of the current powers of the EU in the field of foreign direct investment, the article approaches the grounds for criticism raised at EU level in respect of the existing ISDS framework. It subsequently discusses the various efforts of the EU to transform ISDS,...

The article analyzes the way in which the Romanian courts apply, in judicial practice, the revision procedure provided by art. 21 of the Administrative Litigation Law no. 554/2004. This special revision procedure can be used when a final judgment is given in breach of a provision of European Union law (‚EU law’) or a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (‚CJEU’). The analysis is based on several relevant decisions of the High...