President Basescu asks Parliament to reexamine law on public-private partnerships

President Traian Basescu sent the law on public-private partnerships back to Parliament for reexamination, the Presidential Administration reports.

'Given that there is an emergency ordinance in place that transposes into the Romanian legislation the European Union's provisions in this area and that is more comprehensive than the law in question, we believe that the normative act currently with me for promulgation should be reexamined in order to be reworded to reflect without equivocation that the European directives are observed,' reads one of the reasons in the reexamination request.

The request also mentions that under Government Emergency Ordinance 34/2006 concerning the award of public procurement contracts, public works and public services contracts a uniform legal framework in the area was sought to be achieved and to translate into the Romanian legislation Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts.

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