Infringement proceedings against Greece and Spain
The Commission has sent Greece a reasoned opinion
(the second stage of infringement proceedings under the EC Treaty)
for failure to comply with the judgment of the ECJ in May 1996 in
which the ECJ condemned Greece's failure to implement the 1992
Directive on the award of public service contracts. The Directive
should have been implemented by 1 July 1993.
If Greece does not respond satisfactorily within
two months of receiving the reasoned opinion, the Commission may
decide to bring the matter before the ECJ with the request that it
impose penalties.
The Commission has also sent a reasoned opinion to
Spain for its failure to implement the 1993 Directive on the award
of public contracts in the water, energy, transport and
telecommunications sectors. The implementation deadline was 1 July
1994, but Spain was granted an extension until 1 January
1997.