Brussels, 19/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - Last week, the European Commission decided to refer Germany to the Court of Justice in two cases, for non-compliance with community legislation on public procurement.
The first case concerns the procedures followed by the town of Braunschweig when it awarded a 30-year contract for waste incineration to a private company. the market was awarded in the framework of a negotiated procedure, without prior notification, instead of an open or restricted...