Abstract

The principle of the speed of proceedings is realised in the Public Procurement Law already at the state of defining deadlines for filing an appeal and notification of entering. The effectiveness of appellate procedure is also guaranteed by the stand still period required by EU directives. As a juridical authority considering pre-contractual disputes with regard to public procurement, the National Appeal Board sets up a permanent element of the principle of the speed of proceeding with its flexible procedure and in most cases observing the instructional deadline for hearing an appeal. The deadline for hearing an appeal was set by the legislator as one of the shortest in EU Member States and is based on the assumption of an efficient proceeding, based mostly on documents, dedicated to professional economic operators, while resolution of disputes has been entrusted to a specialised, independent body composed of persons having necessary qualifications and professional licences, expertise and life experience, who - mindful of the need to eliminate pre-contractual disputes at the stage prior to concluding a public procurement contract wherever it is possible without prejudicing comprehensive consideration of a case – try to finalise the proceedings at a single session.