PUBLIC PROCUREMENT – SOCIAL
November 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLEURELECTRIC has welcomed the latest European Commission guidelines that encourage public utilities, as well as local and national public authorities, to use EU public procurement procedures to promote worthy - in this case social - policy goals.The publication of advice follows a similar move by Brussels in the summer regarding the purchase by so-called public entities of environmentally friendly goods and services.As before, the Commission has shied away from forcing utilities currently covered by public procurement legislation to inject concerns ...
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