In today’s episode, we discuss a highly politically charged topic of 3rd country access to the EU market. For this purpose, we consider the current EU legal framework as well as proposed since 2012 International Procurement instrument. Also, we comment on the new European Commission’s white paper on foreign subsidies and especially it’s module 3 with propositions for public procurement. For dessert, we consider the value of research stays abroad, and we discuss what some of the important factors to consider are. TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 – 10:00 Entrée 00:00 – 03:45 Agenda 03:46 – 10:00 Is it a political or a legal question? 10:01 – 39:46 Main course 10:01 – 11:46 Article 85 of the Utilities Directive 11:47 – 14:55 Recital 18 of the Defence Directive 14:56 – 22:00 Article 69 (Directive 2014/24) 22:01 – 29:59 International procurement instrument (IPI) 31:00 – 39:46 Challenges of the proposed white paper approach to foreign subsidies 39:47 – 53:05 Dessert 39:47 – 44:14 Value of the research stay abroad 44:15 – 53:05 What to consider when deciding on where to go for a research stay?