Company wins £15,000 after Brussels error

Following a decision by the European Ombudsman that the European Commission was guilty of maladministration, a British company, W. Laboratories Limited, has been paid £15,000. The Commission had not given the company sufficient time to prepare its proposal for a design contract.

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