Press Release: Public procurement: infringement proceedings against Austria and Germany

The European Commission has decided to send a formal request for information, in the form of a letter of formal notice, to Germany concerning its public contracts for legal database services. The Commission has also decided to send a formal request, in the form of a reasoned opinion, to Austria concerning a contract for works at a hospital in Spittal/Drau, Carinthia. Finally the Commission is closing two cases against Germany concerning the waste disposal in the city of Braunschweig and waste water collection in the municipality of Bockhorn.