Brussels, 08/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a ruling delivered on 8 April 2008, the European Court of Justice ruled that Italy has infringed EU law by directly ordering helicopters from the company Agusta SpA to equip several Italian civilian and military state bodies without using any bidding procedures. This constant, long-standing practice is said to infringe Council Directive 93/36/EEC on public procurement. The Court rejected all of Italy's arguments, based on the various derogations...