FIGHTING CORRUPTION BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LEGISLATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

This paper deals with the results of a study of anti-corruption tools provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Korea on public procurement. The author analyzes the legislative requirements for mandatory electronic procurement by the central procurement management body. The impact of digitalization and centralization of pro-curement on reducing corruption risks is described. The possibilities that used in the law enforcement practice of the Republic of Korea to identify signs of a bid-rigging are disclosed. Special attention is paid to the legal responsibility for the bid-rigging in public procurement. The provisions of the Korean legislation on exclusion of suppliers as a means of fighting corruption are evaluated. Legislative prescriptions on the settlement of conflicts of interest in public procure-ment and the duty of a procurement participant to conclude an integrity agreement are reviewed.