Brussels, 16/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 15 November 2007, following agreement with the European Parliament, the Council formally adopted a draft directive amending Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC to give companies greater powers to lodge appeals against the award of controversial public contracts (see Europe 9451). The directive introduces a time period of at least ten days as a waiting period during which contracts cannot be signed, in order to give bidders unhappy with the...