Brussels, 11/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a recently published document, the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE) lists nine basic criteria to ensure the level of excellence for public procurement procedures that is vital given their economic weight. Of an annual turnover of some 1,500 bn euros, public procurement accounts for more than 16% of the European Union's Gross Domestic Product.
According to UNICE, the nine basic criteria are: strong, fair...