Translation of "Central purchasing agency " (English → French) :

At the same time, Member States should also be free to designate European public bodies not subject to this Directive, such as the European Defence Agency, as central purchasing bodies, provided that such bodies apply procurement rules compliant with all the provisions of this Directive to those purchases.

At the same time, Member States should also be free to designate European public bodies not subject to this Directive, such as the European Defence Agency, as central purchasing bodies, provided that such bodies apply procurement rules compliant with all the provisions of this Directive to those purchases.

1. Overdraft facilities or any other type of credit facility with the European Central Bank or with the central banks of the Member States (hereinafter referred to as "national central banks") in favour of Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by public law, or public undertakings of Member States shall be prohibited, as shall the purchase directly from them ...[+++]by the European Central Bank or national central banks of debt instruments.

Many Member States have now set up central procurement agencies (purchasing centres). For the sake of legal certainty, such agencies must be treated in every respect as contracting entities.

28. Stresses its concern at the huge recent increase in illicit opium production in Afghanistan which fuels the power and role of warlords in the provinces concerned and threatens to bring the country to a crossroads whereat it could turn into an opium economy unless energetic measures are taken by the Afghan Government, affected countries and the international community; welcomes the conclusions of the Ministerial Conference on the Drug Routes from Central Asia to Europe held in Paris in May 2003, whereby countries affected by drugs originating in Afghanistan were encouraged to adopt national strategies for supply and demand reduction and to set up a si ...[+++]ngle lead agency to coordinate national policies; but again insists on the priority of restoring the irrigation channels, being the only way of enabling agricultural crops to thrive as an alternative to poppy-growing; believes that consideration should be given to the entire opium crop being purchased and destroyed using international donor funds and funds saved as a result of this action from international drug law enforcement agencies;

28. Stresses its concern at the huge recent increase in illicit opium production in Afghanistan which fuels the power and role of warlords in the provinces concerned and risks placing the country at a crossroads whereby it could turn into an opium economy unless energetic measures are taken by the Afghan government, affected countries and the international community; welcomes the conclusions of the Ministerial Conference on the Drug Routes from Central Asia to Europe held in Paris in May 2003, whereby countries affected by drugs originating in Afghanistan were encouraged to adopt national strategies for supply and demand reduction and to set up a si ...[+++]ngle lead agency to coordinate national policies; but again insists on the priority of restoring the irrigation channels, the only way of enabling agricultural crops to thrive as an alternative to poppy-growing; consideration should be given to the entire opium crop being purchased and destroyed using international donor funds and funds saved as a result of this action from international drug law enforcement agencies;