EUROPEAN JUDGES ORDER FULL DISCLOSURE OF SUCCESSFUL EU INSTITUTION TRANSPORT CONTRACT BIDS
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNSUCCESSFUL fleets bidding for work from the many institutions of the European Union (EU) must be given full information on why they lost a tender for business, to help them make applications in the future, say EU judges.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Court of First Instance has ruled that this includes being told the price of confidential winning bids.
Although the case centred on work for arms of the EU, such as the European Parliament, European Commission, Council of Ministers, the court, and more specialist agencies such as Europol ...
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