Transparency in Procurement by the EU Institutions

This paper offers a cursory overview of the rules applicable to transparency and disclosure of documents in the context of public procurement of the EU Institutions under the rules of the Financial Regulation, its Rules on Implementation, and the EU FOIA Regulation (Reg 1049/2001). The paper pays particular attention to the protection of commercial interests and business secrets in the context of procurement debriefing. It forms part of a larger comparative law project carried out by the European Procurement Law Group.