Hungary is hoping that it has found a way around the problem of Directive 2009/81/EC. The government has changed its procurement decree by abolishing the clause about offsets and establishing a ‘Specific Unique Procedure'.....
While Hungary tries to skip around the EU Directive, Bulgaria’s parliament is introducing changes to the Public Procurement Law to transpose its requirements into the law.
The Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) has been awarded SIRIM’s stamp of approval for its countertrade and offset program. SIRIM oversees International Standardisation Organisation certification for Malaysia.
South Africa’s Priority Crime Investigation unit (the Hawks) has opened an investigation into a new $74m arms deal scandal in which an \extraordinarily high multiplier\" was allegedly used by the DTI to credit Agusta Westland Helicopters.
"The European Commission has closed the case against the Czech Republic for breaching EU public procurement rules. The Czech Republic has confirmed that contracting authorities will in future limit the use of the derogation from public procurement procedures for military purchases (Article 346 TFEU) to.....