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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8885

10 February 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of first instance
President Vesterdorf rejects Capgemini request for suspension of SIS II and VIS contract

Luxembourg, 09/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - By interim order, the President of the EU Court of First Instance Bo Vesterdorf has rejected the request from the Dutch company Capgemini to provisionally suspend the contract between the European Commission and a group of companies led by Steria-France and HP-Belgium - worth 40 million euros - to set up two so-called second generation information systems: the Schengen Information System, SIS II, and the Visa Information System, VIS.

The contract...

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(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: President Vesterdorf rejects Capgemini request for suspension of SIS II and VIS contract
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