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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/public procurement

Commission examines contracts for Intel computers in France, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden

Brussels, 14/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission to send letters of formal notice to France, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden on the grounds that there is reason to believe that authorities in those countries describe the technical characteristics of the computers they wish to acquire in a discriminatory fashion (for Intel). Earlier this year, it sent similar letters of formal notice to Italy and Germany.

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