PUBLIC PROCUREMENT:SOME RESTRICTIONS FOR ECONOMIC OPERATORS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

The general rules related to the participation of third-countries operators in public procurement procedures in Romania were redefined and are now in line with the European guidelines on public procurement,.

Thus, the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 25/2021, published in the Official Gazette no. 346 of April 5, 2021, redefines the notion of “economic operator”, expressly excluding economic operators from third countries that are not signatories of the agreements cited by the ordinance and whose quality and performance standards are not consistent with the European rules.