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

The European Parliament adopted the recommendation for second reading by Mr Werner LANGEN (PPE, D). Since Parliament's concerns had been taken into account by the Commission in its amended proposal of 20 November 1996, Parliament approved the common position. It presented only five amendments aimed at specifically exempting private businesses from certain obligations with regard to providing information and statistics. It took the view that additional obligations for the private sector should be rejected since the GATT agreement on government procurement is only binding on public contracting bodies. �