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The Internal Market Directorate-General coordinates the Commission’s policy on the European Single Market, which aims to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the Union.

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22/07/2006

Community Pharmacies establishment ruled by European ’laws’

The European Commission has decided to launch judicial actions against Italy, Austria and Spain with regard to their national rules relating to the acquisition, setting-up and ownership of pharmacies, contradictory to the EU internal market rules.
Italy - Can distributors of pharmaceuticals acquire pharmacies?
In Italy, the distribution and retail sale of pharmaceutical products are incompatible. In other words, entreprises distributing pharmaceutical products (or having a link with a (...)
20/12/2005

New Commission Communication on Public-Private Partnerships

On 15 November 2005, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Public-Private Partnerships and Community Law on Public Procurement and Concessions.
Although there is no Community definition of the term "public-private partnership" (PPP), it can generally be described as “a variation of privatisation in which elements of a service previously run solely by the public sector are provided through a partnership between the government and one or more private sector (...)