La Community infringement procedure against Italy on the subject of public procurement Go on. The European Commission made it known in a note.
While "acknowledging the considerable progress" made by our country "in bringing legislation into line with the EU framework" in this matter, the EU executive maintains that there are still "pending issues" to be resolved. One of the most important concerns "the prohibition for subcontractors to use other subcontractors”, but Brussels also points the finger at the new rules on procedures without tender.
For this, the Commission has sent a new one letter of formal notice to Italy: our country has now of two months to respond to the reliefs; once this term has elapsed, the Community Executive may decide to issue "reasoned opinions".
Stop procedures without a tender
The Commission therefore invites the Italian authorities “to address some remaining and additional issues concerning the transposition of EU rules on public procurement. Some of the new Italian standards, such as the provisions on negotiated procedures without a call for tenders, do not comply with EU public procurement legislation”.
Same procedure against Hungary
A similar procedure, on the same matter, has also been opened against Hungary, where the law allows for a more extensive application of the exceptions for safety reasons and for contracts subsidized through tax breaks.
These exceptions "lead to a wider exclusion of contracts from the obligations set out in EU directives on public procurement - continues the press release - The Commission also believes that the changes made to the Hungarian mining law, which provides for the possibility of awarding mining concessions without transparent tender procedures, are contrary to the principle of transparency and therefore are not in line with the obligations deriving from the directive on concessions".
