Laws & policies / European Union
Public Procurement Regulation (Public Procurement Act)
- Type
- Regulation
- Jurisdiction
- European Union
- Current stage
- proposal
- Impact
- medium
- Last verified change
- Oct 2026
- Next date
- 9 Dec 2026 Feedback period end date.
Commission proposal COM(2026) 590 for a regulation on public contracts and concessions, repealing Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. It strengthens the contribution of procurement to circularity, recycled and refurbished content and waste recovery, and creates a framework for mandatory green procurement requirements for certain product categories.
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Timeline of verified changes
- Oct 2026The Legislative Observatory lists the procedure 2026/0265(COD) at the preparatory phase in Parliament, with the decision on the responsible committee still pending.
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European ParliamentCommittee responsible Rapporteur Appointed Pending final decision on the referral
- 15 Sep 2026A public feedback period on the revision of EU rules on public procurement is open from 15 September 2026 to 9 December 2026.
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receivingFeedbackStatus: OPEN; feedbackStartDate: 2026/09/15 00:40:14; feedbackEndDate: 2026/12/09 23:59:59
- 9 Sep 2026 → proposalThe Commission published its proposal for a regulation on public contracts and concessions (COM(2026) 590), which strengthens the contribution of procurement to circularity, recycled and refurbished content and waste recovery, and creates a framework for mandatory green procurement requirements for certain products.
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It strengthens the contribution of procurement to circularity, recycled and refurbished content, waste recovery and energy efficiency, and creates a framework for mandatory green procurement requirements for certain product categories where divergent application of requirement risks creating market fragmentation.