In total the Commission received 195 replies to the list of questions set out in the PPP Green Paper. Governments or individual ministries from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, 15 other public authorities from these Member States, 111 associations with private and/or public entities as their members, 38 enterprises and 13 individuals contributed in writing to the consultation. No contribution - either from State authorities or from private entities - was received from Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Luxemburg, Malta or Slovenia. The strong representation of contributions from Germany, France, UK, Austria and Italy is notable. A large number of European associations contributed to the significant overall participation of stakeholders in this consultation.
Both the European Economic and Social Committee4 and the Committee of the Regions5 adopted opinions on the PPP Green Paper. The European Parliament has not yet given an opinion on the PPP Green Paper.
The Commission also received 3 300 standard letters or short notes from individuals, mostly of German origin. These letters expressed concern about any move to liberalise the provision of water.
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4 Opinion on the Green Paper on public-private partnerships and Community law on public contracts and concessions, Brussels, 27-28 October 2004, CESE 1440/2004.
5 Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 17 November 2004 on the Green Paper on public-private partnerships and Community law on public contracts and concessions (COM(2004) 327 final), ECOS-037.