Brussels, 08/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The special Court of Auditors report on procedures for the award of contracts for services under the Phare (Eastern and Central Europe) and Tacis (technical assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States) programmes, just published in the Official Journal (C 350), highlights several important procedural shortcomings and inconsistencies in the award of contracts, but the Court also considers that measures taken since that time by the Commission to...