TIRANA, February 5/ATA/ Under the chair of the vice chairwoman Etilda Gjonaj, the Committee for European Affairs held its routine online meeting, on the “Zoom” platform, during which it examined the draft law “On Public Procurement”.
Minister of State for Relations with the Parliament Elisa Spiropali, Adviser to the Prime Minister Elira Kokona and Director of the Public Procurement Agency Reida Kashta were invited to the meeting.
During presentation of this draft law, Minister Spiropali stated that the proposal for changes to this law comes within the framework of the integration process, which specifically aims to align the legislation with two EU directives, as well as within the framework of the commitments made in the bilateral meeting for chapter 5 on “Public procurement”, held in Brussels.
“These changes come to address the issues arising during implementation of the law in practice, mainly related to the organization of the institutional framework, technological development of various aspects of the procurement process, introducing the concept of artificial intelligence and automation process in the system of electronic procurement and the latter’s interaction with new systems”, Minister Spiropali emphasized.
After discussions, the committee members approved the draft law in principle, article by article and in its entirety.
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