Press Release: Public procurement: Commission consults on updated classification system for public contracts

The European Commission on 7 March 2006 launched an online consultation asking public authorities and businesses for their views on an updated version of the 'Common Procurement Vocabulary' (CPV). The CPV is the EU-wide classification system for public procurement contracts. The CPV helps all EU businesses and SMEs to easily identify public procurement contracts offered by any EU public authority, irrespective of the original language of the tender notice. The results of the consultation were to feed into the final version of the updated CPV.