Brussels, 17/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided that markets awarded by its services of a value of less than 500,000 euro will no longer need the prior opinion of the Advisory Committee on Procurements and Contracts (CCAM). To date, the threshold was set at 46,000 euro. For the Commission, it is a question of "placing the responsibility on the authorizing officers", i.e. the officials who decide on the awarding of contracts, and who will thus have to assume alone...