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New Remedies Directive which gives aggrieved bidders greater rights to challenge award decisions

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 16 2008

On 15 November, the European Commission adopted the Commission’s proposal for a new directive to amend the existing public procurement Remedies Directives

Commission considers Welsh public sector network scheme does not constitute state aid

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 12 2007

The Commission has decided that the procurement of a high bandwidth network service by the Welsh Assembly Government for public sector organisations in Wales does not constitute state aid within the meaning of Article 87 (1) of the EC Treaty and so has not raised any objections to implementation of the project

Commission considers Prague municipal wireless network project does not constitute state aid

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Czech Republic, European Union
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  • July 12 2007

The Commission has approved, under EC Treaty state aid rules, an initiative by the city of Prague to create a municipal wireless network for electronic communications

Commission approves aid to Newquay Cornwall Airport in the UK

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 31 2007

The Commission adopted today a decision approving under State aid rules a number of measures providing for the public financing of infrastructure developments at Newquay Cornwall Airport in the South West of England

Commission concludes that French state guarantee for Finnish nuclear power plant operator TVO does not constitute aid

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Finland, France
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  • October 31 2007

The Commission has closed an in-depth investigation under EC Treaty state aid rules, concluding that a guarantee of the French Government insuring a loan granted to the Finnish electricity producer TVO does not constitute state aid

Opening of a formal investigation procedure into possible overcompensation of Deutsche Bahn AG by the German federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg for public service contracts

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • October 31 2007

The procedure concerns a public service contract concluded between Deutsche Bahn and the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg for the period 2002-2012

Practical experience of the new standard terms and conditions for IT public procurement in Finland

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Finland
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  • August 31 2008

Eight months after the Finnish government issued new standard terms and conditions for IT procurements, we look at how popular these terms and conditions are

Commission announces that accelerated procurement procedures can be justified by urgency

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union
  • -
  • February 26 2009

On 19 December 2008, the European Commission announced that it considers that, in light of the current economic situation, use of the accelerated procurement procedure is justified by urgency

Recent developments in procurement law - framework agreements: can they be set aside?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 16 2009

There are many hurdles that a dissatisfied bidder faces if it wants to challenge the procurement decision of a contracting authority in relation to the award of a public contract

English High Court adopts broad interpretation of warranties favouring aggrieved customer in IT project dispute

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 11 2010

In a dispute over the implementation of a gas and electricity billing system, the English High Court, in GB Gas v Accenture, has held that a fundamental breach of warranty can be constituted by a series of individual breaches, and the consequences of each individual breach aggregated, to determine whether there is a serious adverse effect on the claimant's business