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2009
20.11.2009 Commission calls on Greece to review urban planning contracts and to comply with Court ruling on medical devices (IP/09/1751)
  Commission refers Spain to Court of Justice over modification of contracts after award (IP/09/1752)
  Commission refers Germany to Court of Justice over waste disposal service contracts awarded by city of Rostock (IP/09/1753)
  Commission closes infringement procedure against France concerning direct award of concessions to public bodies, as provided for under the 'Sapin Law' (IP/09/1758)
  Commission closes infringement case against Slovakia after the cancellation of a service contract awarded by the Slovak Ministry of Infrastructure (IP/09/1759)
29.10.2009 Access to utilities procurement markets of non-EU countries
  Public procurement: Commission requests the Netherlands to review contract for supply and management of coffee machines in Noord-Holland (IP/09/1618)
08.10.2009 Commission requests United Kingdom to review contracts for the provision of housing services awarded by Glasgow Housing Association without competitive tender (IP/09/1458)
  Commission closes infringement case against Germany concerning public-public cooperation for IT contracts in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia (IP/09/1462)
  Commission closes infringement case against Germany concerning public-public cooperation for waste treatment in Rhineland-Palatinate (IP/09/1465)
  Commission requests Spain to comply with Court judgment on review period between contract award and conclusion (IP/09/1466)
  The Commission refers Spain to the Court of Justice concerning the joint ventures set up by the publicly owned company IVVSA (IP/09/1469)
  Commission requests Slovakia to review legal services contracts for motorway construction projects (IP/09/1470)
  Commission requests the Netherlands to review contract for land development in Eindhoven awarded without competitive tender (IP/09/1478)
25.08.2009 Defence Procurement: New Directive on defence and security procurement enters into force (IP/09/1250)
25.06.2009 Public procurement: Commission sends formal request to United Kingdom over award of contract for development of land in city of York (IP/09/1000)
Public contracts: the Commission decides to take Greece to the European Court (IP/09/999)
14.05.2009 Commission refers Ireland to Court over public supply contract for animal identification tags (IP/09/763)
Commission sends formal request to Lithuania concerning contract for modernisation of railway radio communication system (IP/09/764)
Commission requests Italy to comply with Court judgment on helicopter supply contracts (IP/09/765)
Commission sends formal request to Slovakia concerning award of electronic toll collection service by National Motorway Company (IP/09/768)
2008
19.12.2008 Commission recognises need for accelerated procurement procedure
15.12.2008 Updated lists of Contracting Authorities give better access to public contracts for businesses (IP/08/1971)
23.10.2008 Commission assesses the use of electronic procurement in Europe (IP/08/1577)
25.06.2008 "Think Small First": A Small Business Act for Europe (IP/08/1003)

The Commission publishes a compendium of best practices facilitating acces by SMEs to public procurement contracts (Memo/08/435)
05.06.2008 Commission closes infringement case against Germany concerning an urban development project in Flensburg (IP/08/867)
  Infringement proceedings against Austria concerning award of planning services in G?sing (IP/08/868)
  Infringement proceedings against Spain concerning award of contracts for the supply of helicopters (IP/08/869)
18.02.2008 Commission issues guidance on setting up Institutionalised Public-Private Partnerships  (IP/08/252)
2007
28.11.2007 New classification system to provide EU businesses with easier access to public contracts (IP/07/1787)
20.11.2007 Frequently asked questions concerning the application of public procurement rules to social services of general interest
15.11.2007 Commission welcomes adoption of Directive improving rights of rejected bidders (IP/07/1700)
21.06.2007 Commission welcomes European Parliament agreement on Directive improving rights of rejected bidders (IP/07/861)
2006
07.12.2006 New Commission guidelines on defence contracts (IP/06/1703)
24.07.2006 Commission issues guidance on how to award low-value contracts fairly (IP/06/1053)
11.05.2006 Commission aims to improve rights of rejected bidders to challenge decisions (IP/06/601)
07.03.2006 Commission consults on updated classification system for public contracts (IP/06/272)

Consultation

17.01.2006 Communication - COM(2005)626 - all linguistic versions
  Explanatory notes
2005
06.12.2005 Public procurement: new Commission initiatives on more open and efficient defence procurement (IP/05/1534)
17.11.2005 Commission proposes clarification of EU rules on public-private partnerships (IP/05/1440)
  Speech of C. McCreevy: "Public-Private Partnerships ? Options to ensure effective competition"
13.10.2005 New Standard forms for the publication of procurement notices
15.07.2005 Infringement procedures against Germany, Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and France
  Commission provides assistance on implementation of new ?e-procurement? rules
12.05.2005 Green Paper on Public Private Partnership: Report on public consultation
27.04.2005 Commission takes further action on Greek legislation excluding certain companies from public contracts
19.04.2005 Defence Procurement - Public consultation - Contributions
22.03.2005 Commission acts on Greek legislation excluding certain companies from public contracts
16.03.2005 Commission acts to enforce EU law in Spain, UK, Portugal and Italy
  Four further Commission decisions on public procurement infringement cases in Germany and Italy
19.01.2005 The Commission has issued an actionplan for electronic public procurement
14.01.2005 Commission acts to enforce EU law in Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Austria, Portugal and Finland
13.01.2005 Implemention of the new directives (Legislative package) - Legal acts

Last update: 20-11-2009