Translation of "translation of contrat portant attribution " (French → English) :

On 22 December 1975, the Commission concluded with the American company World Translation Center Inc (WTC) a first contract concerning the installation and development of an (English-French) machine translation software system called Systran (SYStem TRANSlation), created by that company in 1968.

4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 210 concerning detailed rules on the further definition and scope of public and concession contracts, on applicable nomenclature by reference to the “Common Procurement Vocabulary”, on mixed contracts, on economic operators, as well as on framework contracts and specific contracts based thereon, covering the maximum duration of framework contracts and the award of and methods for implementing specific contracts based on framework contracts concluded with a single economic operator or with several economic operators, respectively’.

On 22 December 1975, the Commission concluded with the American company World Translation Center Inc (‘WTC’) an initial contract for the installation and development of machine translation software (English-French) called ‘Systran’ (SYStem TRANslation), created by that company in 1968.

Today the European Commission closed an investigation into Malta's possible breach of EU public procurement rules for a contract that was awarded for the extension and maintenance of a power plant station in Delimara.

We are both here today because there is a distinct separation of responsibilities between us, Tom and I, on the tendering, awarding, and managing of contracts to carry out the restoration of the parliamentary buildings.

[20] Proposal for a Directive on the award of concession contracts (COM 2011) 897 final and Directive 2004/17/EC coordinating the procurement procedures ofentities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sector and Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts.

In cases of contracts below the thresholds for application of Concessions Directive or Public Procurement Directives a selection and award procedure is nonetheless required to meet the Treaty requirements of non-discrimination and equal treatment that imply an obligation of transparency.

They must comply either with the Community public procurement directives in cases where the contract awarding the SGEI falls within their scope or with the general principles of the Treaty, notably as regards transparency, non-discrimination and competition, in cases where the procedures for awarding the SGEI are not covered by those directives.

In two further cases involving Germany, the Commission, under Article 228 of the Treaty, is asking the national authorities to apply decisions already taken by the Court over the illegal award of contracts for waste water collection in Bockhorn and for waste disposal in Braunschweig (both also in Lower Saxony).

In addition, for the award of contracts falling within the scope of Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts [20], technical specifications must comply with certain rules and there is an obligation to publish the relevant contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.