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EU foreign-procurement rules could include ‘price penalty’ as lawmakers near agreement

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 27 Oct 2021 08:15
  • 27 Oct 2021 08:15
Companies bidding for European public contracts could be subject to a "price penalty" rather than banned outright if their home country’s markets are closed, under an EU proposal gaining traction in the European Parliament.

Four political groups in the assembly have thrown their support behind the idea, said Daniel Caspary, wh

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Joanna Sopinska

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Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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