Brussels, 28/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on Thursday to request formally Germany and Ireland to comply with EU public procurement law.
In Germany, the city of Freiburg awarded a heating contract to a private company, which is partly owned by the municipality, without launching a Europe-wide tender procedure. Germany has acknowledged the breach of Community law, but has claimed that it was an exceptional case of misinterpretation of the Court's case law on...