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The first rules on public procurement were adopted in the thirties of the twentieth century. They had a role to protect the local economy. Procurement of goods and services consisted of unilateral requisitioning food any military supplies for the armed forces. After world war II, depending on the chosen political system, one state maintained prewar rules on public procurement, while others gathered around the idea of creating a European Union (hereinafter: EU), public procurement rules regulate the right of the EU. Public procurements represent the process of procurement of goods, services and works by contracting authorities. The main characteristics of public procurement are to provide customers what they need, when they need and at the best value for money. Public procurement has a significant share in the GDP of each country in the total public expenditure, as well as its effective implementation for each country an important issue. The paper set out the essential elements of the institute of public procurement in the period of creation, development to the present role and importance of the concept of the institution of public procurement, and individual examples of interpreting the provisions of the institute od public procurement through the case-law of the European Union (hereinafter: ECJ). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]