Brussels, 30/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Builders' Confederation, which represents SMEs in the sector, is demanding that the use of public-private partnerships be strictly limited to large-scale public procurement. For other construction sites, the public-private partnership (PPP) procedure is inherently discriminatory because it is too costly and complicated for SMEs, says the EBC in its reaction to the Commission's green paper on PPPs. Construction SMEs support the Commission's...