00:14:16 Fireflies.ai Notetaker Gokce Kalayci: Gokce Kalayci invited Fireflies.ai here to record & take notes. By continuing, you agree to https://fireflies.ai/privacy Type: '/ff pause' - pause recording '/ff leave' - to stop recording View Realtime notes here: https://app.fireflies.ai/live/01M40ZHJCECQG0N0CX19SC5NHB?ref=live_chat 00:15:12 Ewa Kostrzynska: Good afternoon from Poland, Warsaw 00:15:39 Cristina Silva: Good afternoon from Portugal! 00:15:49 Evangelia Vlachou: Good afternoon from Greece, Athens 00:15:54 Dragos Palade: Good afternoon from Romania. Really interested about the discussions. 00:15:57 Stylianos Tsevas: Good afternoon from Athens, Greece! 00:16:03 Marcin Czerwiński: Good afternoon from Poland, Poznań :) 00:16:04 Emilio Franco: Goodmorning from Canada! 00:16:17 Silvia Mestres: Good afternoon from Barcelona! 00:16:20 Vjekoslav Mijić Vjekoslav Mijić: Hello from Croatia! 00:16:22 Spyrangelos Georgatos Garcia: Good afternoon from Greece, Piraeus. 00:16:23 Erdem Bafra: Good afternoon from Türkiye-Ankara. 00:16:25 Annacatia ZAMMARANO: Good afternoon from Italy 00:16:27 Ioana Costin: Good afternoon. I hear with a lot of echo. 00:16:36 Samira Mkaimel: Good morning from USA 00:16:45 RENATA RAINHO: Good morning from Brazil! 00:16:47 Cleopatra Negoi Lupsa: Good afternoon from Romania, Bucharest! 00:17:01 Manaila Diana: Good afternoon from Romania 00:17:06 aline fritz: Good afternoon from Germany 00:17:21 Claudio Costanzi: Good morning you all from Turin, Italy 00:17:29 Kristian Iversen: Greetings from Denmark 00:17:37 Neele Dr. Schauer: Greetings from Germany 00:17:42 Emma McEvoy: Good afternoon from Dublin, Ireland. 00:17:55 Susie Smith: Greetings from the UK 00:18:11 Inba Thumbiran Inba Thumbiran: Hello from Pretoria, South Africa. 00:18:23 Rajbinder Kaur: Good morning / afternoon from United Kingdom 00:18:30 Ivana Šimić: Greetings from Croatia! 00:18:48 Ewa Ropka: Good afternoon from Poland, Kraków 00:18:59 elena demichelis: Good afternoon you all, from Turin (Italy)! 00:19:00 Kremena Tsacheva Stancheva: Good afternoon from Bulgaria! 00:19:02 Claudia Buonsante: Good afternoon from Italy 00:19:07 Katariina Huikko: Good afternoon from Turku, Finland 00:19:09 Charlotte Trelde: Good afternoon from Landskrona, Sweden 00:19:15 Neele Dr. Schauer: Reacted to "Good afternoon from Germany" with 👍 00:19:23 Dejan Andjelkovic: Good afternoon from Belgrade, Serbia. 00:19:25 Martina Bosnjak: Good afternoon from Croatia! 00:19:32 Anand Kumar Srivastava: Greetings from World Bank, Washington DC. 00:20:08 Annika Tiitola: Good afternoon from Helsinki, Finland. Happy to link on LinkedIn! 00:20:28 Maja Štefok: Good afternoon from Zagreb, Croatia! 00:20:53 Niloo Aliabadi: Good morning from Canada! 00:20:55 Nurilign Gurmessa: Good afternoon from Hong Kong 00:21:03 Uldis Kaknens: Good afternoon from Riga, Latvia! 00:21:51 Martin Trybus: Good afternoon from Birmingham (England, not Alabama). 00:22:19 Xinyue Xue: Reacted to "Good afternoon from Birmingham (England, not Alabama)." with ❤️ 00:23:13 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Welcome! The program page with extensive program information (and, by later today, the program recording) is available through www.publicprocurementinternational.com. 00:24:28 Helena Štimac: Good afternoon from Zagreb, Croatia! 00:24:29 Robert Anderson: Lots of useful material on the program page! 00:25:16 Stuart Kerr: Reacted to "Welcome! The program page with extensive program information (and, by later today, the program recording) is available through www.publicprocurementinternational.com." with 👍 00:25:50 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: The EU reforms are already touching other major international reforms. Information on how the ongoing EU reforms are affecting the ongoing reform of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement Law is included on publicprocurementinternational.com -- just look for "UNCITRAL" in the left-hand column. An UNCITRAL working group on reforming the model procurement law will meet in New York on February 1-5, 2027. 00:26:14 Emma McEvoy: Reacted to "The EU reforms are already touching other major international reforms. Information on how the ongoing EU reforms are affecting the ongoing reform of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement Law is included on publicprocurementinternational.com -- just look for "UNCITRAL" in the left-hand column. An UNCITRAL working group on reforming the model procurement law will meet in New York on February 1-5, 2027." with 👍 00:27:21 Robert Anderson: No doubt, they will also (eventually) have implications for the further evolution of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. 00:27:33 Bernhard Scherzer: Reacted to "The EU reforms are already touching other major international reforms. Information on how the ongoing EU reforms are affecting the ongoing reform of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement Law is included on publicprocurementinternational.com -- just look for "UNCITRAL" in the left-hand column. An UNCITRAL working group on reforming the model procurement law will meet in New York on February 1-5, 2027." with 👍 00:27:37 Niloo Aliabadi: Reacted to "No doubt, they will also (eventually) have implications for the further evolution of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement." with 👍 00:27:46 Qingyuan Xie: Reacted to "No doubt, they will also (eventually) have implications for the further evolution of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement." with 👍 00:28:02 Albert Sanchez-Graells: While we discuss the digital-first approach in the EUPPA, I think there is a gaping hole in its complete silence on AI. I have sketched three proposals to bridge that gap and would be interested in comments and reactions: AI's absence from the proposed EU Public Procurement Act -- suggested improvements — How to Crack a Nut 00:28:05 Evangelia Vlachou: Reacted to "Welcome! The program page with extensive program information (and, by later today, the program recording) is available through www.publicprocurementinternational.com." with 👍 00:28:10 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "No doubt, they will also (eventually) have implications for the further evolution of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement." with 👍 00:28:24 Marko Turudić: Reacted to "While we discuss the digital-first approach in the EUPPA, I think there is a gaping hole in its complete silence on AI. I have sketched three proposals to bridge that gap and would be interested in comments and reactions: AI's absence from the proposed EU Public Procurement Act -- suggested improvements — How to Crack a Nut" with 👏 00:28:25 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "The EU reforms are already touching other major international reforms. Information on how the ongoing EU reforms are affecting the ongoing reform of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement Law is included on publicprocurementinternational.com -- just look for "UNCITRAL" in the left-hand column. An UNCITRAL working group on reforming the model procurement law will meet in New York on February 1-5, 2027." with 👍 00:28:28 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Rob Anderson is exactly right. On publicprocurementinternational.com there's an article on how the Trump administration's trade war with Canada has, ironically, strengthened the GPA. 00:29:03 Emma McEvoy: Reacted to "While we discuss the digital-first approach in the EUPPA, I think there is a gaping hole in its complete silence on AI. I have sketched three proposals to bridge that gap and would be interested in comments and reactions: AI's absence from the proposed EU Public Procurement Act -- suggested improvements — How to Crack a Nut" with 👏 00:29:15 Emma McEvoy: Reacted to "No doubt, they will also (eventually) have implications for the further evolution of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement." with 👍 00:29:18 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "Rob Anderson is exactly right. On publicprocurementinternational.com there's an article on how the Trump administration's trade war with Canada has, ironically, strengthened the GPA." with 👍 00:29:33 Emma McEvoy: Reacted to "Rob Anderson is exactly right. On publicprocurementinternational.com there's an article on how the Trump administration's trade war with Canada has, ironically, strengthened the GPA." with 👍 00:29:48 Xinyue Xue: Reacted to "While we discuss the digital-first approach in the EUPPA, I think there is a gaping hole in its complete silence on AI. I have sketched three proposals to bridge that gap and would be interested in comments and reactions: AI's absence from the proposed EU Public Procurement Act -- suggested improvements — How to Crack a Nut" with 👏 00:29:49 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Albert Sanchez-Graells' excellent essay on the new regulation (see above) is linked at the program page, as well. 00:30:34 Evangelia Vlachou: Reacted to "While we discuss the digital-first approach in the EUPPA, I think there is a gaping hole in its complete silence on AI. I have sketched three proposals to bridge that gap and would be interested in comments and reactions: AI's absence from the proposed EU Public Procurement Act -- suggested improvements — How to Crack a Nut" with 👍 00:30:42 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "Albert Sanchez-Graells' excellent essay on the new regulation (see above) is linked at the program page, as well." with 🙏 00:30:54 Angelica Ericsson: Would the ecosystem be open to procurements under the thresholds? 00:31:31 Niloo Aliabadi: Reacted to "Would the ecosystem be open to procurements under the thresholds?" with 👍 00:33:26 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Please put questions in the chat -- sorry, but we may not have time to get to raised hands, because of the hundreds of participants. Many thanks for your patience. 00:34:23 Erdem Bafra: will foreign operators able to register and will there be a chance to ingrate the system with the foreign platforms especially for the sake of evaluating the tenders of foreign operators, integrity and crime fighting. 00:34:54 Kristian Iversen: Will the slides and/or the recorded webinar be available somewhere after the presentation? 00:34:56 Cochințu Ionița: Romania has achieved to transpose all the legal provisions of the directives into its national electronic platform. It includes the procedures unde the threshold. Could it be possible to chose such a platform already made and make IT interoperabile at the EU level? Do you have an interoperability strategy? 00:35:01 Martina Bosnjak: What is the legal status of an automated finding — is that finding sufficient for the contracting authority to justify a decision to exclude, or must it also conduct its own additional analysis — and who bears the responsibility for an incorrect finding by the tool? 00:35:21 Emilio Franco: So In the EU, tax delinquency renders someone ineligible for gov procurement? 00:35:25 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "will foreign operators able to register and will there be a chance to ingrate the system with the foreign platforms especially for the sake of evaluating the tenders of foreign operators, integrity and crime fighting." with 👍 00:35:48 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Recordings, slides and materials will be available on the program page (recordings take a few hours to process and post). 00:35:53 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "What is the legal status of an automated finding — is that finding sufficient for the contracting authority to justify a decision to exclude, or must it also conduct its own additional analysis — and who bears the responsibility for an incorrect finding by the tool?" with 👍 00:36:51 Erdem Bafra: What could be the role of artificial intelligence within this system? 00:37:15 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "What could be the role of artificial intelligence within this system?" with 👍 00:39:09 Niloo Aliabadi: What other factors are captured in the digital business credential tool beyond tax compliance? In particular, does it contain data on a supplier’s ownership structure, country of incorporation, or other information that could be used to establish supplier origin? 00:40:49 Svetlana Cvorovic: Reacted to "Will the slides and/or the recorded webinar be available somewhere after the presentation?" with 👍 00:41:30 Evangelia Vlachou: Reacted to "Recordings, slides and materials will be available on the program page (recordings take a few hours to process and post)." with 👍 00:43:03 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Isabel and Tunde's report (linked on the program page) emphasizes this issue -- governance. This will be an important lesson for eprocurement reforms to the UNCITRAL model law (see above) and to the American Bar Association (ABA) Model Procurement Code, ongoing in the United States. 00:43:26 Natali3 Rocco: From procurement practitioner's point of view, it is crucial to review the CPV to better reflect commercial categories 00:44:21 Svetlana Cvorovic: Reacted to "Recordings, slides and materials will be available on the program page (recordings take a few hours to process and post)." with 👍 00:45:04 Fady Barakat: Hi. What about the Complaints system and data collection and if it is well considered and integrated within? 00:45:14 Erdem Bafra: One of the most fundamental problems with the e-form application is related to the authenticity of the documents. Does the regulation provide for a clear sanction for situations that are contrary to the truth? 00:45:18 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Information on the ABA Model Procurement Code reform is available through www.modelprocurementcode.com, 00:45:27 Niloo Aliabadi: Reacted to "One of the most fundamental problems with the e-form application is related to the authenticity of the documents. Does the regulation provide for a clear sanction for situations that are contrary to the truth?" with 👍 00:46:06 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: We are likely to address sanctions and exclusions under the proposed regulation in a future webinar. 00:50:26 Martin Trybus: Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive. 00:50:51 Laurence Lalliot: Reacted to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." with 👍 00:50:57 Martin Trybus: Reacted to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." with 👍 00:51:46 Ewa Ropka: Is this Interoperability Network intended to be an information hub that collects data on EU contracts and provides an API for existing platforms in the Member States with a view to standardising data, or will the Interoperability Network be a separate system that carries out specific functions independently? (which would then force platforms from Member States to overhaul their own functionalities) – in short, will the integration concern the integration of functionalities or the exchange of specific structured data? Is the scope of information to be transmitted to the Interoperability Network known, particularly regarding the contract preparation or execution stages? For example, will this include information extending to subcontractors and sub-subcontractors? 00:51:57 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Gian Luigi, our next panelist, wrote a paper concerning the compulsory floor weight for quality (foreseen by the current draft of the Regulation), per a similar provision adopted by the World Bank: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6120926 00:52:16 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Replying to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." That's a good guess, Martin. I can get behind that -- plus perhaps a very short Regulation to empower the Commission to develop (and fund!) the digital ecosystem? 00:52:50 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "Is this Interoperability Network intended to be an information hub that collects data on EU contracts and provides an API for existing platforms in the Member States with a view to standardising data, or will the Interoperability Network be a separate system that carries out specific functions independently? (which would then force platforms from Member States to overhaul their own functionalities) – in short, will the integration concern the integration of functionalities or the exchange of specific structured data? Is the scope of information to be transmitted to the Interoperability Network known, particularly regarding the contract preparation or execution stages? For example, will this include information extending to subcontractors and sub-subcontractors?" with 👍 00:52:58 Laurence Lalliot: Reacted to "Is this Interoperability Network intended to be an information hub that collects data on EU contracts and provides an API for existing platforms in the Member States with a view to standardising data, or will the Interoperability Network be a separate system that carries out specific functions independently? (which would then force platforms from Member States to overhaul their own functionalities) – in short, will the integration concern the integration of functionalities or the exchange of specific structured data? Is the scope of information to be transmitted to the Interoperability Network known, particularly regarding the contract preparation or execution stages? For example, will this include information extending to subcontractors and sub-subcontractors?" with 👍 00:53:04 Marko Turudić: Replying to "Always keeping in mi..." Member State opposition seems to be eroding - one country at a time 00:53:06 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." with 👍 00:53:07 Erdem Bafra: More concrete and comprehensive regulations regarding the contract are envisioned. For example, in terms of the price difference mechanism. An inflation criterion is also included in the draft. Is it also aimed to expand practices such as arbitration in resolving disputes? 00:53:14 Marko Turudić: Reacted to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." with 👍 00:53:31 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Replying to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." Do we have a current list of opponents? 00:53:31 Marko Turudić: Reacted to "That's a good guess, Martin. I can get behind that -- plus perhaps a very short Regulation to empower the Commission to develop (and fund!) the digital ecosystem?" with 👍 00:53:57 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: The UNCITRAL working group will be addressing the possibility of ADR, especially in contract administration disputes. 00:54:01 Marko Turudić: Replying to "Always keeping in mi..." can try to dig it up later, the initial 17 fell to 13-14 now 00:54:04 Martin Trybus: Reacted to "That's a good guess, Martin. I can get behind that -- plus perhaps a very short Regulation to empower the Commission to develop (and fund!) the digital ecosystem?" with 👍 00:54:44 Martin Trybus: Replying to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." 13 is still too many, and some of the others might hide behind the 17 or 13. 00:54:44 Erdem Bafra: Can we say that public procurement is evolving towards more flexible and faster methods? Doesn't this situation pose a risk, especially in terms of the principle of ensuring competition? 00:55:17 Marko Turudić: Reacted to "13 is still too many, and some of the others might hide behind the 17 or 13." with 👍 00:55:30 Marko Turudić: Replying to "Always keeping in mi..." I’m an optimist Martin!! 00:55:34 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "can try to dig it up later, the initial 17 fell to 13-14 now" with 🙏 00:55:44 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "13 is still too many, and some of the others might hide behind the 17 or 13." with 👍 00:55:46 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "I’m an optimist Martin!!" with 😂 00:55:49 Bernhard Scherzer: Reacted to "can try to dig it up later, the initial 17 fell to 13-14 now" with 👍 00:55:52 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Yes -- probably the most striking parallels here are between the simplified procedures in the EU proposed regulation and the UK Public Procurement Act 2023. Links on the program page. 00:56:21 Marko Turudić: Replying to "Always keeping in mi..." but EU preference is DOA unless the Commission goes crazy with delegated acts 00:56:34 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "Yes -- probably the most striking parallels here are between the simplified procedures in the EU proposed regulation and the UK Public Procurement Act 2023. Links on the program page." with 👍 00:56:44 Martin Trybus: Reacted to "I’m an optimist Martin!!" with 👍 00:57:56 Martin Trybus: Replying to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." A Regulation would be a revolution, the Commission impressed me with this move, no more timidity, and there was this thing called national procedural autonomy (once). 00:57:59 Erdem Bafra: If regulations regarding public procurement are designed as bylaws, will this also necessitate a statute regarding rules for contract management? Will this issue be specifically addressed in terms of the key performance indicator? 00:58:22 Martin Trybus: Replying to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." So I still have to digest this... 00:58:30 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "but EU preference is DOA unless the Commission goes crazy with delegated acts" with 👍 00:58:53 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "A Regulation would be a revolution, the Commission impressed me with this move, no more timidity, and there was this thing called national procedural autonomy (once)." with 👍 01:00:36 Roberto Caranta: one big question is what regulatory space will be left to the MSs 01:00:46 Roberto Caranta: the risk is much ado about nothing 01:00:47 Laurence Lalliot: Reacted to "the risk is much ado about nothing" with 👍 01:02:54 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: For the community, understanding the regulation's new competitive methods - open (a new very different approach), dynamic and innovation procedures -- is very important. 01:04:21 Ewa Kostrzynska: for me is not enugh for good quality procedures and best solution for stakeholders 01:04:59 Rajbinder Kaur: Really interesting point. Greater flexibility on paper only delivers value if contracting authorities have the capability and confidence to use it. Otherwise, perceived legal and challenge risk can drive authorities back towards familiar, more prescriptive processes regardless of what the legislation permits. 01:05:05 Tünde Tátrai: Reacted to "I’m an optimist Martin!!" with 👍 01:05:48 Roberto Caranta: Indeed, the training & support component is central to success 01:06:09 Niloo Aliabadi: Reacted to "Really interesting point. Greater flexibility on paper only delivers value if contracting authorities have the capability and confidence to use it. Otherwise, perceived legal and challenge risk can drive authorities back towards familiar, more prescriptive processes regardless of what the legislation permits." with 👍 01:06:14 Erdem Bafra: I believe it would be beneficial to further concretize the definition of substantial commercial activity here, within the context of Regulation (EU) 2022/1031. Would such a draft have an inflationary effect in the short term? 01:07:17 Konstantinos Tzanetopoulos: Flexibility vs auditors from Financial Courts checking the procedures they only know ; 5-0 . 01:07:19 Rajbinder Kaur: The comparison with the UK is particularly interesting. The Procurement Act 2023 gives contracting authorities greater procedural discretion, but that makes capability, governance and professional judgement even more important. Flexibility transfers more responsibility to the decision-maker; it doesn’t remove procurement risk. 01:07:39 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: A note: US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, and the other parts of the FAR, are undergoing a "Revolutionary FAR Overhaul" per the Trump administration. The FAR Part numbers will remain stable, but section numbers will shift. That reform is in the notice-and-comment stage. 01:07:59 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "Indeed, the training & support component is central to success" with 👍 01:08:01 Martina Šelejová: Reacted to "The comparison with the UK is particularly interesting. The Procurement Act 2023 gives contracting authorities greater procedural discretion, but that makes capability, governance and professional judgement even more important. Flexibility transfers more responsibility to the decision-maker; it doesn’t remove procurement risk." with 👍 01:08:06 Konstantinos Tzanetopoulos: or 0-5 to be correct. 01:08:17 Albert Sanchez-Graells: Reacted to "the risk is much ado about nothing" with 👍 01:08:24 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "Indeed, the training & support component is central to success" with 👍 01:08:50 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "The comparison with the UK is particularly interesting. The Procurement Act 2023 gives contracting authorities greater procedural discretion, but that makes capability, governance and professional judgement even more important. Flexibility transfers more responsibility to the decision-maker; it doesn’t remove procurement risk." with 👍 01:10:18 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Apologies -- we will need to go overtime to address our final topic. Please be sure to include open questions in the chat and I will circulate those to the panelists, for posting responses on the program page. 01:12:37 Sharon Brown: notuce for US procurement Regarding the size standards as a matter of public policy or the Administrative procedures Act requires substantive rule making to publish notice fior review by the interested parties . SBA MAY NOT FINALIZE WITHOUT PUBLIC REVIEW. please lead people to federal register 91 FR 53741 and 91 FR 54096 the comment period is extended to Nov 20th 01:14:36 Xinyue Xue: Reacted to "notuce for US procurement Regarding the size standards as a matter of public policy or the Administrative procedures Act requires substantive rule making to publish notice fior review by the interested parties . SBA MAY NOT FINALIZE WITHOUT PUBLIC REVIEW. please lead people to federal register 91 FR 53741 and 91 FR 54096 the comment period is extended to Nov 20th" with 👍 01:15:37 Erdem Bafra: Can we assume that this regulation will give impetus to free trade agreements with the EU? 01:16:55 Xinyue Xue: Replying to "notuce for US procur..." Good shout-out on SBA small business size standards. I think it is highly relevant to the trade perspective in pp. Here are my initial thoughts on it, happy to discuss it with anyone who’s interested:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/small-business-usa-preference-some-thoughts-sbas-proposed-xinyue-xue-pqhte 01:17:07 Roberto Caranta: I'd say so #Erden 01:17:19 Tünde Tátrai: Reacted to "I'd say so #Erden" with 👍 01:17:23 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "I'd say so #Erden" with 👍 01:17:24 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: The University of Buenos Aires will be hosting a conference that, in part, addresses Erdem Bafra's question on November 2 -- more specifically, whether the recent EU-Mercosur agreement will need to be updated per the proposed EU regulation. 01:17:44 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "Can we assume that this regulation will give impetus to free trade agreements with the EU?" with 👍 01:17:51 Gabriella Racca: Reacted to "The University of Buenos Aires will be hosting a conference that, in part, addresses Erdem Bafra's question on November 2 -- more specifically, whether the recent EU-Mercosur agreement will need to be updated per the proposed EU regulation." with 👍 01:17:53 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "The University of Buenos Aires will be hosting a conference that, in part, addresses Erdem Bafra's question on November 2 -- more specifically, whether the recent EU-Mercosur agreement will need to be updated per the proposed EU regulation." with 👍 01:17:53 Niloo Aliabadi: Reacted to "The University of Buenos Aires will be hosting a conference that, in part, addresses Erdem Bafra's question on November 2 -- more specifically, whether the recent EU-Mercosur agreement will need to be updated per the proposed EU regulation." with 👍 01:18:44 Erdem Bafra: Will the digital system be able to capture a snapshot of the organic links between companies and any antitrust violations? 01:18:50 Tünde Tátrai: Reacted to "The University of Buenos Aires will be hosting a conference that, in part, addresses Erdem Bafra's question on November 2 -- more specifically, whether the recent EU-Mercosur agreement will need to be updated per the proposed EU regulation." with 👍 01:20:40 Christopher Yukins / GW Law: Resources on the question of foreign ownership, control or influence are included on the program page. 01:20:57 Robert Anderson: Reacted to "Resources on the question of foreign ownership, control or influence are included on the program page." with 👍 01:21:06 Bernhard Scherzer: Reacted to "Resources on the question of foreign ownership, control or influence are included on the program page." with 👍 01:22:39 Niloo Aliabadi: Reacted to "Resources on the question of foreign ownership, control or influence are included on the program page." with 👍 01:26:24 Fady Barakat: Should not there be a practical guide with graphs and flow charts that can be taught and be considered in the e-proc system? 01:26:57 Martin Trybus: There will be a lot of work for us. 01:27:08 Laurence Lalliot: Reacted to "There will be a lot of work for us." with 👏 01:27:10 Martina Šelejová: Reacted to "There will be a lot of work for us." with 👍 01:27:11 Åsa Edman: Will crossborder tenderers place their bids in structure format (standardized) or will there only be a communication protocol standard for cross-border tendering? 01:27:13 Tünde Tátrai: Reacted to "Will crossborder tenderers place their bids in structure format (standardized) or will there only be a communication protocol standard for cross-border tendering?" with 👍 01:27:21 Gordon Mensah: Reacted to "Always keeping in mind that the Regulation faces considerable opposition and might never be passed. My guess: a Regulation only on 'European preference/fourth countries (Kolin)' and all the all the rest in a new Directive." with 👍 01:27:23 Tünde Tátrai: Reacted to "There will be a lot of work for us." with 👍 01:27:32 Gordon Mensah: Reacted to "The UNCITRAL working group will be addressing the possibility of ADR, especially in contract administration disputes." with 👍 01:27:43 Ewa Kostrzynska: !`m agree with Martin:) 01:27:54 Tünde Tátrai: Reacted to "!`m agree with Martin:)" with 👍 01:28:03 Xinyue Xue: Reacted to "There will be a lot of work for us." with 👍 01:28:06 Marko Turudić: Reacted to "There will be a lot of work for us." with 👍 01:28:37 Erdem Bafra: Thank you very much for the aswers and presentations. 01:29:10 Gordon Mensah: Reacted to "Recordings, slides and materials will be available on the program page (recordings take a few hours to process and post)." with 👍 01:30:35 Gordon Mensah: Reacted to "Good afternoon from Birmingham (England, not Alabama)." with ❤️ 01:30:43 Gordon Mensah: Reacted to "Greetings from World Bank, Washington DC." with ❤️ 01:31:14 Robert Moldén: Thanks for great presentations indeed! 01:31:22 Roberto Caranta: great point Isabel! 01:31:27 Martina Šelejová: Reacted to "great point Isabel!" with 👏 01:31:33 aline fritz: Thank you for the presentations! 01:31:40 Tünde Tátrai: Reacted to "great point Isabel!" with 👍 01:31:43 Martina Šelejová: Definitely agree Isabel 01:31:54 Petra Ferk: Thank you all! 01:31:58 Åsa Edman: Good points on professionalization, Izabel. 01:32:09 Ewa Kostrzynska: Thank you so much for very fruitful meeting, it was very important for all of us:) involving in public procurement:) 01:32:26 Marcello Sanguineti: Many thanks! 01:32:27 fuguo cao: Thank you all 01:32:31 Soala Warmate: Thank you for the presentation. It was very insightful 01:32:31 Sarah Schoenmaekers: well done!