Lot 2: Legal analysis services, including compliance assessment of national transposing measures in the justice and consumers policy areas.

The purpose of the framework contract under lot 2 is consequently to provide services, which assist DG JUST in achieving the legal and policy objectives; it covers studies:

• In connection with the assessment of the compliance of the Member states legislative and administrative measures with the Union legislation in the policy areas of Justice and Consumers (see section 2.2.1). This includes the national measures transposing Directives, any national measure adopted in connection with Regulations in the policy areas of justice and consumers.

• In connection with the analysis of the application and interpretation by the national courts, of the European Union legislation in the policy areas of justice and consumers.

• In connection with the measures adopted in order to ensure application of the European Union legislation by the national administration, as well as national Ombudsmen and out-of-court resolution bodies in the policy areas of justice and consumers.

• In connection with any national administrative or legal measure adopted in the policy areas of justice and consumers and overlapping or complementing European Union law.

• In connection with any legal research of national legal frameworks applicable in specific areas of justice and consumers.