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The preventive role of the judiciary in protecting the financial interest of the European Union.
A comparative analysis for improved performance
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7. APPLICATION OF BANS AND EXCLUSIONS FROM PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES .......... 44 7.1. Existing databases of legal persons banned from public procurement processes................ 44 7.2. International implications ...................................................................................................... 46 7.3. Compliance with the presumption of innocence................................................................... 47 III. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................... 48 8. CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................... 48 9. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................... 49 9.1. Recommendations for policy at European level .................................................................... 49 9.2. Recommendations for policy at national level ...................................................................... 52 ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................................... 54 Annex 1 .................................................................................................................................................. 54 The list of the main criminal offence with impact over the EU budget and the possible application of a ban or exclusion of legal persons from public procurement process in Greece, Italy, Lithuania and Romania ...................................................................................................................................... 54 Annex 2 .................................................................................................................................................. 64 Mandatory and facultative grounds for exclusion from public procurement according to Directive 2014/24/EU (article 57, footnotes omitted)...................................................................................... 64