This article analyzes the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the access of third countries to the EU public procurement system, with a focus on the specific implications for Romania. The article highlights Regulation (EU) no. 2022/1031, which aims to improve conditions for EU companies competing for public contracts abroad, while stipulating reciprocal access for non-EU entities. The article looks at recent CJEU ...

In 1997, Salvatore Attardo formulated the perlocutionary cooperative principle, which supposes „to cooperate in whatever goals the speaker may have in initiating a conversational exchange, including any non-linguistic, practical goal”. The paper essentially seeks to follow the way in which this principle finds its expression in the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, by highlighting the pragmatic mechanisms used by the Cou...

The analysis of the interaction between the European Union legal order and World Trade Organisation (‘WTO’) law would not be complete without a critical assessment of how the European judges and the special groups and the WTO Appellate Body contribute to the articulation between the two legal systems. Can WTO agreements and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body (‘DSB’) be invoked before the CJEU? After highlightin...