ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT
September 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has launched an inquiry to identify obstacles that could impede the development of electronic public procurement, following this year's adoption of a directive legalising the practice across Europe. Brussels is concerned that IT, linguistic, regulatory and other barriers could prevent local authorities and their suppliers from making full use of Internet-based procurement. As a result, the Commission has issued a questionnaire for businesses providing services to councils on the difficulties they face or perceive in ...
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