В първата половина делегат на ЕК (Heide Rühle)
е задала въпрос на комисията, дали правилото компании, нарушаващи
търговските закони на ЕС, да бъдат изключвани от тръжните процедури на
съюза ще бъде приложено и върху Майкрософт!
До края на Май се очаква
официалния отговор на комисията. Твърде вероятно е при положение, че е
обърнато официално внимание на въпроса, отговорът да бъде забрана на
Майкрософт да участва в публичните търгове на ЕС за определен период.
Интересни времена биха настъпили 
Ето и повече по темата:
According to the rules, bidders who
are guilty of serious misconduct and who have been convicted, should be
excluded of procurement procedures. "Obviously this also applies to
Microsoft", Rühle writes. "I am curious to see whether the EU
institutions in the future switch to other products."
The MEP writes: "Microsoft's
behaviour had negative effects on millions of offices in companies and
governments around the world, this fine for flouting the European
competition law represents the highest amount ever imposed in fifty
years of EC Competition law for abuse of dominant position.
Furthermore, this fine follows a previous one of 280.5 million euro
that was imposed in July 2006 essentially for the same reasons."
She then cites the EU's Financial
Regulation: "Public procurement, candidates or tenderers shall be
excluded from participation in procurement procedures if they have been
convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a
judgment which has the force of res judicata or if they have been
guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the
contracting authority can justify."
The Commission will not immediately provide Rühle
with an answer. It may take up to six weeks to respond to such written
question.
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