European Parliament 6 June 2000, WRITTEN QUESTION P-1908/00 by Neena Gill (PSE) to the Commission. Joint Research Centre.

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission (28 July 2000) Under Article 8 of Council Directive 93/37/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts (1), the contracting authority must, within 15 days of the date on which the request is received, inform any eliminated candidate or tenderer who so requests of the reasons for