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Public Service Contracts

Volume 960: debated on Thursday 14 December 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether local authorities in the United Kingdom are observing the provisions of EEC directive 77/62/EEC concerning public service contracts; and whether the provisions of the directive are being complied with by comparable local authorities in the other EEC member States.

The evidence available to me indicates that local authorities in the United Kingdom are observing the provisions of EEC directive 77/62. Information about the action taken by local authorities in the other EEC member States to comply with the terms of the directive is not available, thought I am aware that not all member States have yet completed their legislative and administrative arrangements for implementing the directive.