The scope of this contract is to purchase the following types of publications, in paper and/or electronic format from different countries and different publishers to minimize the administrative overheads and streamline the purchase procedures:

1) Newspapers;

2) Magazines;

3) Databases;

4) Books;

5) Standards.

The publications will be related to various topics such as science, economics, human resources, management, law, etc. They will be largely in English, French and Spanish with some of them in other official EU languages.