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Public procurement legislative package : Local government calls for Council to uphold Parliament's key amendments
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) has urged its national associations of local and regional government to exert pressure on their respective national authorities to support two key amendments adopted by the European Parliament on the public procurement legislative package.
These amendments, and others, are currently being debated by the Conciliation Committee made up of representatives from both the Council and the Parliament.
One issue is award criteria. The parliament's amendment is based on a ECJ ruling (the Helsinki Bus Case - C-513/99) , and would allow for the possibility of greener procurement practices. Local authorities should be allowed to ...
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