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1 Gentry and Abuyuan (2000).
2 European Commission (COM (2004) 327 final).
3 Price Waterhouse Coopers plc. (2004).
4 EurActiv, Lisbon Strategy (2000).
5 European Commission (2001) European transport policy for 2010 . A Euro-regional project focusing on development of transport infrastructure in the EU and changing modes of transport from roads to rail and sea..
6 The European Union is unique among international organizations in having a complex and highly developed system of internal law that has a direct effect within the legal systems of its member states. In contrast to nations such as the United States, European nations subscribe to the principle that international law adopted by a nation overrides national law, and hence it is the case European Union law overrides the national laws of its member states.
7 Articles 43 and 49 of the EC Treaty respectively.
8 European Commission (2004) Green paper on public private partnerships .
9 European Commission (2003) A European initiative for growth .
10 Price Waterhouse Coopers plc. (2004).
11 Official Journal of the European Communities
12 Directorate General
13 The Committee for Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments statistics
14 Price Waterhouse Coopers plc. (2004).
15 European Commission (2001) The challenge of environmental financing . COM (2001) 304 final.
16 Price Waterhouse Coopers plc. (2004).
17 EU (2005) Initiative on Public Private Partnerships and Community Law on Public Procurement and Concessions <http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/publicprocurement/ppp_en.htm>
18 OUT-LAW News, 13/05/2005
19 European Commission (2003) Guidelines for successful Public-Private Partnerships.
20 In Howcroft, A. (2005).
21 European Commission (2003) Guidelines for successful Public -Private Partnerships.
22 PPP Working Group (2002)..
23 Ibid.
24 PPP Working Group (2002).
25 European Commission (2003 ) Guidelines for successful Public-Private Partnerships.
26 Abadie, R. (2004).
27 Ibid, footnote 20.
28 Lewis, E. (2004).
29 Ibid, footnote 25.
30Ibid, footnote 21.
31 Driscoll (2004).