The PPP Green Paper covered a range of subjects related to PPPs and Community law on public contracts and concessions. The responses from stakeholders participating in the consultation suggest that only a few of these subjects require follow-up initiatives at EC level. These include, in particular:
• the award of concessions (questions 4 to 6 of the Green Paper - chapter 3 of this Communication) and
• the establishment of undertakings held jointly by both a public and a private partner in order to perform public services (Institutionalised PPPs - IPPPs) (questions 18 and 19 of the Green Paper - chapter 4 of this Communication).
On both issues clear majorities of stakeholders asked for EC initiatives providing more legal certainty. Separate sections of this Communication present the appropriate follow-up measures.