Code of Best Practice drawn up to make public procurement more SME-friendly

An advisory document - the ‘European Code of Best Practices
Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts’
- has been drawn up by the Commission to help Member States and contracting authorities to change their procurement
culture and to make it more SME-friendly. The 'Code' forms a key part of the support measures for SMEs presented by the Commission in the Small Business Act. The Code has been very well received by stakeholders as addressing the main difficulties encountered by SMEs and in offering practical
solutions.