PPP and investment law
The laws that govern PPP and concessions, investment guarantees, dispute settlement and legal terms, with links to the official texts.
Checked on October 23, 2026Information, not legal advice
Germany has no stand-alone PPP law. PPP projects are procured under the general procurement rules in Part 4 of the GWB and under the Concession Award Regulation, both based on EU directives. Germany is an ICSID member and a party to the New York Convention, and it has left the Energy Charter Treaty.
English title: Act against Restraints of Competition, Part 4 (public procurement and concessions)
PPP projects (ÖPP) are awarded as public contracts or concessions under Part 4 of the GWB. Section 97 requires contracts and concessions to be awarded competitively and transparently. The act names the parties Auftraggeber and Unternehmen.
English title: Concession Award Regulation
Implements EU Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts.
We have not yet checked a separate foreign investment or investment screening law for this jurisdiction against an official source, so we do not summarise one here.
Grundgesetz, Art. 14
Property is guaranteed. Expropriation is allowed only for the public good, by or under a law that regulates compensation, and the ordinary courts decide on the amount.
Contracting State
Party
Withdrawn, effective December 20, 2023
In force (1993)
How the law names each party, in the original language. Useful when reading tender documents and contracts.
German law has no statutory term for a proposer. In the market, the party responsible for a project is called the Projektträger.
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