The Government has said in a statement this afternoon that “reference is made to the press release issued by the European Commission today regarding ‘public procurement’ on the alleged failure of the Government to transpose Directive 2007/66/EC regarding improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts.”

“This Directive aims to provide a tenderer who disagrees with a decision taken in connection with any public contract for the purchase of supplies, services or works with access to fair and effective remedies. The majority of the provisions of this Directive have already been transposed into national legislation and actually entered into force in 2010.”

The Government concluded that it “disagrees with the Commission on the need to amend certain parts of Maltese law and its position is being transmitted to the Commission formally.”

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