Fair Trade in the Framework of Public Procurement

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-63-2020pp237-267
Keywords: human rights, public procurement, Fair Trade, different stages in a public procurement procedure, labels

Abstract

The present study analyzes public procurement as a key tool to promote fairer trade relations and contribute to respect for human rights. Spanish Public Procurement Law of 2017 allows the Fair Trade criteria to be included in the specifications of particular technical requirements, in the contract award criteria and / or in contract performance conditions. However, the scope of public procurement, as an instrument to achieve a trade that respects the principles related to Fair Trade, will depend on the commitment acquired by each contracting entity in its policy of procurement of goods and services.

Received: 06 April 2020
Accepted: 10 May 2020
Published online: 30 September 2020

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Author Biography

Carmen Agoués Mendizabal, University of the Basque Country
PhD in Administrative Law and Full Professor of Administrative Law at the University of the Basque Country since 1989. Teaching in Administrative Law Area in the Law Degree, in the Business Degree and in the Criminology Degree, as well as in the various Postgraduate degrees, and both in the Faculty of Law and in the Faculty of Business Sciences of the University of the Basque Country. She has also been professor of Urban Planning and Spatial Planning. She is part of the permanent professors of the Master’s Degree Programs for Access to the Legal Profession and the Master’s Degree in European Union, both organized by the University of the Basque Country. He has participated in numerous research projects both at the state level and at the European level. She has worked on the following lines of research: urban planning and spatial planning; the legal regime of education; the sanctioning power; the social function of property right; judicial appeals against general administrative provisions; and public sector contracts. She is the author of three monographs and numerous publications in scientific articles. The National Commission has recognized her research with four six-year periods of research for Evaluating Research Activity.
Published
2020-09-30
How to Cite
Agoués Mendizabal, Carmen. 2020. “Fair Trade in the Framework of Public Procurement”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 63 (September), 237-67. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-63-2020pp237-267.
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No. 63 (2020): Business and Human Rights
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