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Public procurement could be next TTIP deal breaker
As EU-US negotiators prepare for a new round of transatlantic trade talks in New York next week, officials fear TTIP might run into a new brick wall: Public procurement.
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Working Meeting with NGO Representatives
On September 19th, 2013 was a meeting of Public Procurement Office management and NGO representatives from Balkan countries (Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro).
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Representatives of the coalition "Toward Efficient Public Procurement Mechanisms in the EU (potential) Candidate Countries" were on a study tour
Within this project "Towards effective mechanisms of public procurement in the (potential) candidate countries for EU membership" study tour to Slovakia was organized from 16.-20.09.2013.
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Public procurement: "The goal is to make better use of public money"
Public procurement makes up 19% of the EU's annual gross domestic product, but how do we guarantee best value for money? The Parliament is currently working on new rules to ensure a more effective and transparent use of public money when public authorities pay for goods or services. The internal market committee will vote on the plans on 5 September.
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Changes in Public Procurement Act: small subcontractors to be paid directly by the state
Small companies that are subcontractors of state procurement contracts will be able to receive their money directly from the state. This is one of the amendments to the Public Procurement Act (PPA), which was adopted recently by the Council of Ministers.
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Public procurement process to be made tenderer for SMEs
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are going to be given a leg up in the public tendering process, in a bid by the government to facilitate the procedure.
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Romania should return EU 700 million euros due to violations in public procurement
Romania is obligated to return almost 700 million euros to the European Union due to errors in the distribution of funds received from the European Commission.
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No public funding for tax cheats in the EU
Members of EU Parliament ask no EU funding or state assistance to go to firms that breach EU tax standards, and any firm bidding for a public procurement contract to be required to disclose details of any tax-related penalties or convictions.
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EU about to improve crisis vaccination procurement
Citizens to be safer if bird flu strikes Europe. Europeans will be better protected against cross border disease.
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