Brussels, 07/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Commission is hoping to provide a boost to competition in the public procurement markets. On 7 December it adopted an interpretative communication on application of Article 296 of the European treaty, invoked by Member States far too often, in its opinion, to provide exemptions for their defence markets from European treaty rules. In parallel to this legal clarification exercise, the Commission is currently carrying out a cost/benefits exercise on...