In today’s episode, we discuss the tricky concept of non-institutionalised cooperation and its relationship with EU public procurement law. For this purpose, we consider the recent ruling of the CJEU in the case of Stadt Köln. In this case, the CJEU made significant headway in clarifying some aspects of article 12(4) Directive 2014/24/EU for the first time. For dessert, we stick to the theme of cooperation and discuss it in light of its role in academia. TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 – 08:03 Entrée 00:00 – 03:02 Introduction 03:02 – 08:03 Non-institutionalized exemption in EU procurement law 08:04 – 32:29 The main 08:04 – 11:56 Stadt Köln case introduction 11:57 – 32:28 Boiling down to four points (definition of public contract, content of cooperation, type of cooperation, and favoring third parties) 32:28 – 45:37 Dessert 32:28 – 38:04 Importance of cooperation in academia 38:04 – 45:37 Joint vs. singe authored articles