In adopting the report by Luciano VECCHI (PES, F), the Committee has
rejected the main points of the common position. The committee also calls
for invitations to tender and the award of contracts to be open on equal
terms to natural and legal persons in the Member States, the recipient
country and other developing countries. In exceptional cases, this right
could be extended to other third countries. It also argues that, where the
quality of bids is the same, applicants from the recipient country and from
developing countries in the same region should be given preferential
treatment in the award of the contracts.