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CEMR "baffled" by Court of Justice ruling on public procurement case
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) expresses serious concern at the recent European Court of Justice's ruling in the Coname v. Comune di Cingia de' Botti case (C-231/03).
CEMR believes this decision damages the right of municipalities to decide what is the best way for them to deliver public services to their citizens. In particular, it undermines long-standing 'intercommunal" arrangements, under which groupings of local authorities join together to deliver local services across their joint area.
The Court held that even though ...
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