Europe perseveres with UK action
3 April 2012
The European Commission has referred the UK to the European Court of Justice over the alleged infringement of its public procurement rules, writes Cathy Hayward.
The EC disagrees with the UK’s interpretation of the rules, which require public-sector contracts to be awarded under open and competitive conditions, in three cases. It started infringement procedures last August.
The first case concerns a Home Office decision not to consider tenders for a radio communications contract that failed to reach a European technical...