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bepartofschoolcurricula,onthesamefootingas
readingandwriting.
7.Manyminorityethnicgroupsandtheirfamiliesare
citizensofourMemberStates.Wewillbeabletounderstandthembetterifwelearnabouttheirhis­
toryandculture,andappreciatetheelementsthey
haveincommonwithoursandsoencouragedia­
logue,exchangeandmutualenrichment .
DoneatBrussels,22October1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingDirective71/305/EECconcerning
theco-ordinationofproceduresfortheawardofpublicworkscontracts(*)
(92/C332/20)
On19August1992,theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle100aoftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforIndustry,Commerce,CraftsandServiceswasresponsibleforpreparingthe
Committee'sworkonthesubject.TheEconomicandSocialCommitteedecidedtoappoint
MrKaaristoactasRapporteur-General .
Atits300thPlenarySession(meetingof22October1992),theEconomicandSocialCommittee
adoptedthefollowingOpinionunanimously .
1.Introduction
1.1.ACommonPositionwasadoptedbytheCouncil
on18June1992onaconsolidatedtextoftheCouncil
Directiveconcerningtheco-ordination ofprocedures
fortheawardofpublicworkscontracts.
1.2.TheCommonPosition,whichhasnotyetresult­
edinthefinaladoptionofaconsolidatedtext,reflects
thewishexpressedbytheCommitteeinitsOpinion
CES357/92(2)thatthelistofbodiesgovernedbypublic
lawandsubjecttotheDirectiveshouldbesubjecttoconstantrevisiontoensurethatitpermanentlyreflects
thesituationinMemberStates.
1.3.Article35oftheCommonPositionspecifiesthat
amendmentstothislist—AnnexI—,shallbemade
bytheCommissionafterconsultingtheAdvisoryCom­
mitteeforPublicContracts,andcanthusbeundertaken
withoutrecoursetoformalCouncildecision.
2.GeneralComments
WiththepresentProposaltheCommissionseeksto
extendthesameproceduretoamendmentsofAnnexII
toincorporatefurtherchangesinthenomenclatureused
toclassifyworkscoveredbytheDirective.(»)OJNoC225,1.9.1992,p.11.
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3.2.TheCommitteeisconfidentoftheobjectivity
oftheAdvisoryCommitteeconcerningtheconcrete
decisionsbasedonuniformapplicationofcriteriafor
publicworks—Article30b.l.ofDirective71/305/
EEC.3.SpecificComments
3.1.TheCommitteeendorsesthisobjectiveandshar­
estheCommissionwishtoseeitincludedinthefinally
adoptedtextofaconsolidatedpublicworksDirective.
DoneatBrussels,22October1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveco-ordinatingproceduresfortheawardof
publicsupplycontracts
(92/C332/21)
On29September1992,theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle100aoftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforIndustry,Commerce,CraftsandServiceswasresponsibleforpreparingthe
Committee'sworkonthesubject.TheEconomicandSocialCommitteedecidedtoappoint
MrKaaristoactasRapporteur-General .
Atits300thPlenarySession(meetingof22October1992),theEconomicandSocialCommittee
adoptedthefollowingOpinionunanimously .
1.Introduction 2.GeneralComments
2.1.TheCommitteeregardstheconsolidation of
rulesforsupplycontractsinasimpletextasindispens­
ableifbuyersandsellersshalleverbeabletousethem
asguidelinesfortheirtransactions .
2.2.TheCommitteethereforewelcomesthiscodifi­
cationbutunderlinesthenecessityofafundamental
changeintheattitudesofPublicAdministrations sus­
tainedbyeffortsofinformationandtrainingofCom­
paniesandAdministrations alike.
2.3.TheCommitteenotesthatthreeMemberStates
(Greece,SpainandLuxembourg )havenotyettaken
stepstoapplytheSuppliesDirectiveandthreeother
(Greece,GermanyandLuxembourg )theRemedies
Directive.Itunderlinesthenecessityofsimultaneous
andparallelapplicationoftheProcurementDirectives
inallMemberStates.1.1.Therulesgoverningproceduresfortheawardof
publicsupplycontractshavebeenamendedonseveral
occasions.ThefirstobjectiveofthisproposedDirective
istoconsolidatetheminasimpletext.
1.2.Themainbodyoftheserulesresultfroma
veryearlyattempttoembodytheWhitePaperonthe
InternalMarketinlegaltexts,whereastheDirectives
onpublicworks,onservicesandonpublicutilities
havebeenrefinedsomewhatasaconsequenceofthe
experiencegainedbothintheformulationandappli­
cationofCommunitylaw.
1.3.Aharmonization oftherulesthatarecommon
todirectivesintheseareasthereforeinvolvesacertain
amountofchangeinthecontentoftheearlyrules
concerningsupplycontracts.