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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 99-08-09
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Spokesman's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi du Porte-Parole 09/08/1999b
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Entraves commerciales : procédures d'infraction
[02] Public contracts: infringement procedures against Germany, France,
United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Austria and Spain
[01] Entraves commerciales : procédures d'infraction
La Commission européenne a décidé de saisir la Cour de Justice européenne à
l'encontre de l'Espagne et de l'Italie dont les législations nationales
interdisent la commercialisation du chocolat contenant des matières grasses
autres que le beurre de cacao, et à l'encontre de la France au sujet
d'obstacles à la commercialisation de denrées alimentaires enrichies. La
Commission a aussi décidé d'envoyer deux avis motivés (seconde étape des
procédures en infraction au sens de l'article 226 du Traité) à l'Autriche
pour des restrictions en matière de produits vitaminés et à la Grèce en
matière de réglementation technique et d'étiquetage d'emballages de
carreaux en céramique. En l'absence d'une réponse satisfaisante dans un
délai de 2 mois après réception de l'avis motivé, la Commission peut
décider de porter l'affaire devant la Cour de Justice européenne.
[02] Public contracts: infringement procedures against Germany, France,
United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Austria and Spain
The European Commission has decided to send eleven reasoned opinions for
violation of the European Union (EU) rules stipulating that public
contracts must be published and put up for tender. Four reasoned opinions
(second stage in infringement proceedings under Article 226 of the Treaty)
have been sent to France, Greece, Germany and Austria for failure to notify
the measures necessary to implement the Directive 97/52/EC adapting the
previous Directives for the award of public service contracts, public
supply contracts and public works contracts to the Government Procurement
Agreement (GPA) signed at Marrakech in 1994. The other reasoned opinions
concern: in Germany, a negotiated procedure for a contract with the
hospital of the University of Würzburg; in the United Kingdom, the
publication of a White Paper ("Setting New Standards: a strategy for
Government Procurement") which could lead public purchasers to commit
infringements against the public procurement rules; in Italy, the award
without a public tender procedure of a contract by SACE of banking services
and by the municipality of Ravenna of a service contract for the Museum in
Classe; in Greece, the use of a restricted procedure for the award of a
supply contract by the Ministry for Development; in Austria the
construction and the financing of a by-pass in the City of Linz without
applying prior public procurement procedure; in Spain, works for an
experimental penitentiary centre in Segovia without a public tender. In the
absence of a satisfactory response within two months of receipt by the
Member State concerned, the Commission may decide to refer the cases to the
European European Court of Justice.
MIDDAY EXPRESS
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