Procurement procedures water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (amend. Directive 93/38/EEC)

The ESC commented only on the proposed changes to the existing Directives, deliberately avoiding any analysis of the Directives themselves. It was aware that the Directives were shortly to be the subject of a four-year review and it would give its Opinion then in the light of lessons learned from the application of the Directives and on the basis of prior consultation. The reviews should take into due consideration the social aspects involved in the application of these Directives. The ESC wanted to take this opportunity to stress the importance to the functioning of the single market of the urgent transposition into national law in all Member States of the Public Procurement Directives.