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Public procurement on the move to ecological transition

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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09 December 2021, 17:00 - 19:30 UTC +01:00

Public procurement on the move to ecological transition

We are delighted to announce that the 7th CMS Public Procurement Forum will take place in Paris on Thursday, 9 December 2021 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CET on the topic “Public procurement on the move to ecological transition”.

During this event, the programme will cover green public procurement and sustainable mobility (with a focus on alternative fuels infrastructure, and more specifically on hydrogen and electric vehicle recharging points).

Our speakers will include representatives of France Hydrogène and Meridiam and CMS lawyers from several European jurisdictions.

The conference will be held in English and will be free of charge.

Participants are most welcome to attend physically. We would be thrilled to meet you in person. Necessary measures to prevent COVID-19 will be in place.  

However, it will also be possible to participate remotely.

CMS Public Procurement Team


COVID-19 Measures

Your “sanitary pass” will be checked upon arrival at the CMS Paris office.
What we call “sanitary pass” in France corresponds to the “digital green certificate” or “European Covid-19 certificate” offered by the European Commission in March 2021.

In France, it includes the presentation of one of the following three documents:
◆    A vaccination certificate against COVID-19 (digital - via the TousAntiCovid application - or paper).
◆    A negative PCR test or antigenic test less than 72 hours old.
◆    A certificate of reinstatement. Also acceptable is the result of a positive RT-PCR or antigenic test attesting to the recovery of COVID-19, at least 15 days old and less than 6 months old.  

For those of you arriving from outside France and in particular the EU, please find further useful information at this link


Agenda

17:00 pm - 17:15 pmWelcome note
Bernt Elsner and Anne-Laure Villedieu
17:15 pm - 17:25 pmIntroduction
Jean Sirinelli
17:25 pm - 18:00 pm

Green public procurement

◆    Environmental requirements in the performance of procurement contracts
◆    Ecological transition in award criteria
What environmental issues may contracting authorities or entities take into account to award a public procurement contract? Should public buyers take negative externalities into account?
How should tenderers build up their tenders?
What remedies could be used by tenderers to challenge procurement procedures in the event that environmental award criteria turn out to infringe public procurement laws? 
◆    Q&A

Discussion between 4 CMS panelists
Kawthar Ben Khelil, Ruth Bittner, Stian Hultin Oddbjørnsen and Varinia Radu

18:00 pm - 19:05 pmSustainable mobility: alternative fuels infrastructure

◆    Outlook and challenges of the hydrogen sector in France 
Philippe Boucly, France Hydrogène
◆    Electric vehicle recharging points, hydrogen: insight from a transformational infrastructure investor
Julien Touati, Meridiam
◆    First experiments of hydrogen mobility and legal framework of recharging points for electric vehicles
Dalia Majumder-Russell and Aurore-Emmanuelle Rubio
◆    Which procurement model is most adequate?
Christian Scherer and François Tenailleau
◆    Open data and charging points for electric vehicles 
Gerd Leutner and Florentin Sanson
◆    Q&A
Please click here to register for online or in person attendance. Should you have any question regarding this event, please contact us.

Speakers

Portrait ofBernt Elsner
Bernt Elsner
Partner
Vienna
Portrait ofKawthar Ben Khelil
Kawthar Ben Khelil
Counsel
Paris
Portrait ofFrancois Tenailleau
François Tenailleau
Partner
Paris
Portrait of
Philippe Boucly
France Hydrogène
Portrait of
Julien Touati
Meridiam
Ruth Bittner
Stian Hultin Oddbjørnsen
Portrait ofVarinia Radu
Varinia Radu
Partner
Bucharest
Portrait ofChristian Scherer
Dr. Christian Scherer
Partner
Cologne
Portrait ofDalia Majumder-Russell
Dalia Majumder-Russell
Partner
London
Portrait ofRubio Aurore_x600
Aurore-Emmanuelle Rubio
Counsel
Paris
Portrait ofGerd Leutner
Dr. Gerd Leutner
Partner
Berlin
Portrait ofFlorentin Sanson
Florentin Sanson
Partner
Paris
Portrait ofAnne-Laure Villedieu
Anne-Laure Villedieu
Partner
Paris
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