Public works contracts cover the execution of general building and civil engineering works in conformity with the requirements specified by the public purchaser. The Act contains a standstill obligation on the basis of which, within a time frame of 15 days between the notification of the award decision and the contract conclusion with the chosen tenderer, a suspending procedure of extreme urgency before the Council of State or a summary procedure before the civil courts can be introduced. Belgian public procurement legislation previously made a distinction between the procedures of aanbesteding/adjudication (award to lowest regular tender) and offerteaanvraag/appel d’offres (award to the regular and most advantageous tender, according to the criteria mentioned in the contracting documents). The best thing is to set down in a new contract that it is an extension to or amendment of a previous contract. The second exception concerns certain types of situations in which contracting authorities together seek to ensure the performance of their public tasks, according to the conditions stipulated in article 31 of the Act of 17 June 2016 and the case law of the Court of Justice.

2.2        Which types of contracts are covered? Log in, Steven Rix, Head of Legal, European Operations - GlaxoSmithKline, and unlock access to three FREE PDF downloads per month, COVID-19 impacts level and payment of antitrust fines | Netherlands, Provisional rental discounts in times of COVID-19 | Netherlands, Extension of approval and filing deadlines for financial data of Luxembourg companies, COVID-19: fast-forwarding competition law, Spreading fast: Dutch and Belgian Covid-19 State-Aid approved, Commission adopts banking package in response to COVID-19 pandemic. White-collar employees earning more than this may have a trial period of up to 12 months. If not, what are the underlying principles governing these issues? Under Belgian employment law, employees have an unimpeded right to strike. It is also possible to award the contract on the basis of both economic and quality criteria, which may include environmental or social value considerations if these have a sufficient link with the subject of the tender.

annulment proceedings before the Council of State or damage claim before civil courts). The main principles can be summarised as follows: 3.3        What are the rules on excluding/short-listing tenderers?

5.6        What remedies are available after contract signature? 5.8        What are the leading examples of cases in which remedies measures have been obtained? 5.1        Does the legislation provide for remedies and if so what is the general outline of this? In this case, the suspension or annulment actions are brought before the civil courts. If the specifications do not mention the use of variant bids, stating that the contract will be awarded to the most advantageous tender, a tenderer may propose a variant bid on its own initiative, which contains alternative solutions for one or more aspects of the specifications. 1.4        Are there other areas of national law, such as government transparency rules, that are relevant to public procurement?

3.7        What are the rules on debriefing unsuccessful bidders?