Considerations on COM(2006)748 - Repeal of Council Directive 71/304/EEC concerning the abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services in respect of public works contracts and on the award of public works contracts to contractors acting through agencies or branches

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dossier COM(2006)748 - Repeal of Council Directive 71/304/EEC concerning the abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services in respect of ...
document COM(2006)748 EN
date May 23, 2007
 
table>(1)In its Communication to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on updating and simplifying the Community acquis, the Commission announced, inter alia, its intention to scrutinise the acquis so as to establish whether it could be simplified, for instance through the repeal of acts that had become obsolete.
(2)As a result of the adoption of various acts of a legislative nature in the public procurement sector, most recently Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (2), and Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (3), and also in the light of developments involving the case-law of the European Court of Justice, notably its judgment of 25 July 1991 in Case C-76/90 Säger (4), it has been possible to achieve a level of protection equal to or greater than that offered under Directive 71/304/EEC (5).

(3)In order to simplify the Community acquis while at the same time not prejudicing the rights of economic operators, Directive 71/304/EEC should therefore be repealed,