Translation of "contrats avec les fournisseurs " (French → English) :

If there are three or less providers in the market for the services to be contracted, all providers in the market must be included in the competition.

(a) amending subsection 125(7) of the Income Tax Act to include a provision under which a business would not be defined as a " personal services business" if there were a clear " supplier-client" service contract in effect rather than an " employee-employer" contract, regardless of the number of workers employed by the supplier; (b) to amend the Income Tax Act to define a " supplier-client" service contract as one that (i) describes a specific deliverable that the supplier is to provide to the client and stipulates that under no circumstances do the parties intend to establish an employer-employee relationship, (ii) stipulates that neither ...[+++]party may have access to benefits provided by the other's human resources unit, including employee benefits, promotions, training, and career planning;

· Hospitals may provide the services themselves; or hospitals may contract with not-for-profit or for-profit home care service providers, or hospitals may contract with third party agencies who in turn sub-contract with home care service providers.

(4) It is essential to the smooth operation of the internal market for consumers to be able to negotiate and conclude contracts with a supplier established in other Member States, regardless of whether the supplier is also established in the Member State in which the consumer resides.

It is essential to the smooth operation of the internal market for consumers to be able to negotiate and conclude contracts with a supplier established in other Member States, regardless of whether the supplier is also established in the Member State in which the consumer resides.

I'm thinking of the government's contracting policy, where a list of suppliers of a particular service are to be identified and where contracts are let from that list of suppliers.