Administrative Contracts in the European Union Law

The administrative contracts of procurement and concessions involving substantial funds, one of the main sources that feed the ongoing process of economic and social development of Member States. The article analyzes developments in European legislation on public contracts and concessions, purpose and action directions of these regulations. The article points out the role of EU regulations in the field of public contracts. It stresses that freedom of exchange and application of competition rules of the common law can not be sufficient to ensure a genuine internal market for public contracts in the European Union. To these must be added the harmonization of procedures in Member States through EU directives regulating: to choose the form of adjudication, advertising, conditions for participation of undertakings, conditions for awarding contracts, ways of contesting the proceedings.