Press Release: Single Market Act: EU public procurement framework has saved around 20 billions euros

Budgetary constraints mean that efficient public purchasing is moving up the policy agenda in all Member States. In order to ensure the efficient use of public money, reforms to existing rules should create more flexible and user-friendly tools to reduce costs and the duration of contracting procedures. That is why reform of public procurement legislation is one of the 12 priority actions articulated in the Single Market Act, which was adopted in April 2011.

European Commission: Memo/11/455: Modernisation of EU public procurement rules – FAQs http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/455&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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