Press Release: Public procurement: Commission consults on how rejected bidders can challenge decisions

The European Commission launched an eight-week Internet consultation on 27 October 2003 on the legal and practical problems businesses and lawyers may encounter when using national review procedures to challenge decisions made by public authorities awarding contracts. The consultation uses three separate on-line questionnaires aimed at different target groups. The aim is to assess what has been achieved so far in the operation of national review procedures and in which areas further progress is still needed, with a view to revision of the Public Procurement Remedies Directives in 2004.

http://europa.eu.int/yourvoice/consultations/index_en.htm http://europa.eu.int/yourvoice/consultations/index_en.htm

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