1) The fourth part of the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC) (German:GWB)
2) Regulation on the award of public contracts (German:VgV)
3) Procurement and Contract Regulations VOL / A, VOB / A and VOF
and in the new regulation for utilities contracts (German:SektVO).

The utilities contracts regulation, the federal government passed on 23/09/2009. The SektVO replaces the applicable rules for utilities VgV and 4 Sections of VOB / A and VOL / A. For the first time, a regulation summarises the procurement rules for public clients of the utilities.

The fourth part of Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC/GWB) contains the general rules for procurement and definitions of terms such as "contracting authority" or "public contract".
The ARC/GWB regulates how review procedures are proceeded in the Procurement Chamber. It also rules complaint procedures against decisions of the Procurement Chamber.
The ARC/GWB refers o the VgV which determines that the procurement and contract regulations have to be applied.
 Act

Amending the law on the modernisation of the Public Procurement Law from 09/07/2009
Federal Law Gazette No. 40 of 15/07/2009
 Law