BRUSSELS PROCUREMENT MOVE
February 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORNA LEGAL action just begun by the European Commission against France over that country's public procurement code seems likely to bolster the determination of the UK government in its attempts to steer the Planning and Compulsory Purchase (PCP) Bill through Parliament. Brussels claims the French practice of allowing authorities to award mixed private and public amenity contracts (for parks, footpaths and cycle-tracks etc) to developers "without being advertised and without competition" breaks European Union law. Commission officials declined to ...
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