Brussels, 21/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - European Union public procurement rules prohibit national legislation which authorises the conclusion between public entities, without an invitation to tender, of cooperation contracts which do not implement a common public task and are capable of creating a privileged position for a possible private service provider. This was the ruling delivered on 19 December by the European Court of Justice in Case C-159/11 in which the Italian appeals court asked...