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EU proposes Public Procurement Act with a European preference framework

The European Commission proposed a Public Procurement Act, COM(2026) 590, replacing the three 2014 directives with one regulation. Public buyers may apply European preference and minimum-origin requirements; mandatory sectoral preference is left to sector-specific acts. Defence stays outside.

Verified AI-drafted European Commission, COM(2026) 590 final, 9 September 2026

What it does not test. Whether Parliament and Council adopt the proposal, or whether any contract or supplier is actually affected. The Act binds Member State contracting authorities and does not reach procurement by Union bodies, which runs under the Financial Regulation.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Only a Commission proposal, not yet adopted; no contract or supplier affected, and it does not bind Union bodies. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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