The parliament passed on Thursday a package of public procurement laws, including the framework act on public-private partnership which is designed to boost private investment in infrastructure projects.
The act on public-private partnership will be applicable to all forms of public-private partnerships: contractual partnerships, licence agreements and public contracting relationships.
It obligates all contracting parties to examine the feasibility of public-private partnership for projects above 5.2 million euros.
The opposition disputed the act, saying that it paves the way for an opaque privatisation of public institutions.
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk told deputies in second reading on Tuesday that public-private partnership does not mean privatisation, as the public partner will supervise the projects.
The act also sets up a special unit within the Finance Ministry to monitor the projects and keep the records.
The public procurement act and the act on public procurement in water management, energy and transport meanwhile transpose two EU directives on public contracting.
The member states should have transposed the directives by 1 February this year and Slovenia had already received a second reprimand from the European Commission for the delay.
The new acts include provisions to improve transparency in public procurement procedures and ensure more economical use of funds.
The new act on public procurement in water management, energy and transport takes public contracting in these fields from the general public procurement act and subjects them to specific requirements.
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