PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND CONCESSIONS Latest three-way talks show convergence on in-house concept

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The Council seems to have gone into the three-way talks, on 6 May, on the public procurement and concessions directives with a more open attitude. The institutions did not see totally eye to eye on the subjects addressed - cooperation between public entities, fight against social dumping and sub-contracting - but "the meeting showed a greater involvement the Council than in the past," said a source.Based on guidance agreed in Coreper (Committee of Permanent Representatives) the previous week, the Irish Presidency showed more flexibility on Parliament's position on cooperation between public entities and between an affiliated undertaking and a public entity, introduced for the first time in EU legislation.