30/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the start of next week, the European Commission will adopt a communication on defence procurement. This interpretive notice will set out the substantive rules of Article 296 of the European Treaty which Member States can invoke to derogate the competition rules contained in European public procurement directives. Without calling Article 296 in question, the Commission wishes to clarify the distinction between the purchase of armaments which could jeopardise...