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The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that including social criteria – such as the promotion of collective bargaining – in public procurement procedures is compatible with Article 67 of the EU Public Procurement Directive, which concerns the most economically advantageous tender. The court also stated that working conditions are an integral part of the performance of a public contract, meaning that contracting authorities may award contracts based on more favourable working conditions than those set out in sectoral collective agreements. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Read on: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fd85j82c4.r.eu-central-1.awstrack.me\u002FL0\u002Fhttps:%2F%2Fcrm.etui.org%2Fcivicrm%2Fmailing%2Furl%3Fu=90832%26qid=5043131\u002F1\u002F0107019d71bd7091-1b3f4370-d5b2-4f42-9c75-9c8ad8600047-000000\u002FAp4j7qgxzFx2O6dsk2uReTVAOVo=254\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in English…\u003C\u002Fa> Read on: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fd85j82c4.r.eu-central-1.awstrack.me\u002FL0\u002Fhttps:%2F%2Fcrm.etui.org%2Fcivicrm%2Fmailing%2Furl%3Fu=90833%26qid=5043131\u002F1\u002F0107019d71bd7091-1b3f4370-d5b2-4f42-9c75-9c8ad8600047-000000\u002F_KpGsQ1k5ofmmuNntkbF7sGQrg4=254\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in English (2)…\u003C\u002Fa> Read on: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fd85j82c4.r.eu-central-1.awstrack.me\u002FL0\u002Fhttps:%2F%2Fcrm.etui.org%2Fcivicrm%2Fmailing%2Furl%3Fu=90834%26qid=5043131\u002F1\u002F0107019d71bd7091-1b3f4370-d5b2-4f42-9c75-9c8ad8600047-000000\u002FhVb9wW00-P-wXiQFPC5P361CDOQ=254\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in English (3)…\u003C\u002Fa> Read on: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fd85j82c4.r.eu-central-1.awstrack.me\u002FL0\u002Fhttps:%2F%2Fcrm.etui.org%2Fcivicrm%2Fmailing%2Furl%3Fu=90835%26qid=5043131\u002F1\u002F0107019d71bd7091-1b3f4370-d5b2-4f42-9c75-9c8ad8600047-000000\u002Fyc1yoByt_UZS2mcM2TEhegU0f90=254\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in English (4)…\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>More information:  \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002Fnewsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002Fnewsletters\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":42,"link":43},"Contact us",{"title":42,"url":44,"description":42,"rel":45,"type":46,"id":47},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[49],{"id":50,"slug":51,"name":52},5,"collective-agreements","Collective Agreements",[54],{"id":55,"slug":56,"name":57},1,"news","News",{"id":59,"first_name":60,"last_name":61,"email":62,"image":63,"function":64,"external":65},2,"Gunjan","Pandya","gunjanpandya@wageindicator.org","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FGunjan-Pandya-ED_PhPZSyI.width-400.jpg","IT Specialist and Global Webmaster",false,[67],{"id":59,"first_name":60,"last_name":61,"email":62,"image":63,"function":64,"external":65},[],[],"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. 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