PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
September 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union utilities are a significant step closer to being freed of red tape when buying in goods and services, with the approval by the EU Council of Ministers of a liberalisation package on public procurement procedures.Agreement has been a long time coming, with the proposed utilities directive being tabled by the European Commission in 2000. But now, having secured political agreement at the Council, it will soon be forwarded to the European Parliament for its second and final reading.The directive would enable utilities in the water and ...
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