New publication of Sara Valaguzza and Annamaria La Chimia
Sara Valaguzza and Annamaria La Chimia’s article “A new approach to implementing the 2014 public procurement Directives in Italy: ANAC's soft law regulatory powers amidst uncertainty and need for clarity” published in the Public Procurement Law Review (PPLR), n. 4/2016, pp. 165-186. The article examines the reforms in Italy to modernise the public procurement market and implement the EU law framework of 2014, particularly the soft law regulatory powers that have been conferred on the National Anticorruption Authority (ANAC). Assesses the problems these measures are designed to address and the likelihood that the new ANAC powers will be effective, focusing on the controversies related to the definition of a “body governed by public law”.