Brussels, 10/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - In its first reading under the codecision procedure on 16 January the European Parliament will be discussing the reports by Stefano Zappala (Forza Italia) on the Commission's two new draft directives on public procurement aiming to simplify and update the existing legislation. The vote was very tight in Committee stage (see EUROPE of 20 October, p.11) with a split between those who favour raising the thresholds that determine whether a public...