Brussels, 11/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the beginning of May the European Commission adopted a draft directive for amending existing European legislation on rejected bidders having the opportunity to appeal after failing to be awarded a contract (directives 89/655/EEC for traditional public procurement contracts and 92/13/ECC for special public procurement contracts). It is proposing to introduce a “standstill period” of at least 10 days before concluding a public contract following...