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22. 9. 97 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 287/101 the World Trade Organization, recommends that the European Union concern itself as a priority with the conditions for access by EU firms to public procurement contracts in non-EU countries and stresses that the opening-up of EU markets to foreign firms, including sub-contractors, cannot be to the detriment of social standards