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Financing the green transition

The European Union is committed to becoming the first climate-neutral bloc in the world by 2050. This requires significant investment from both the EU and the national public sector, as well as the private sector. The European Green Deal's Investment Plan - the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - presented today will mobilise public investment and […]

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Commission issues guidance on the participation of third country bidders in the EU procurement market

This summer's guidance is part of a package of Commission initiatives to ensure fair competition, high quality and a level playing field in public procurement markets. It is also the first deliverable of the 10 actions set out in the Communication on EU-China relations and supported by the European Council in its March 2019 conclusions. […]

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European Defence Union : new guidance to help Member States run joint defence procurements

The European Commission has published guidance on cooperative defence procurement to help Member States apply the Defence Procurement Directive (Directive 2009/81/EC) consistently and make use of all the cooperation possibilities it offers. This will facilitate Member States' participation in collaborative defence projects under the future European Defence Fund and its current precursor programmes. Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska, responsible for […]

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Commission refers Austria to the Court for failure to comply with EU rules

The Commission decided to refer Austria to the Court of Justice of the EU regarding a contract concluded by the municipality of Vienna for the construction of a new office building. The Commission considers that by awarding this high value contract directly instead of organising a call for tenders, the municipality breached EU public procurement […]

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