A clear majority of contributions favour an initiative at Community level to clarify or define the obligations of the contracting bodies regarding the conditions requiring a call for competition between operators potentially interested in an institutionalised project. Some contributions even stress the urgency of an EC initiative in this area. A majority of those contributors favouring a Community initiative would prefer the Commission - at least as a first step - to provide guidelines or other forms of clarification on the application of existing public procurement rules to the establishment of IPPPs. Other contributors in favour of a Community initiative argue that EC legislation would be the appropriate response to perceived difficulties in this area. Conversely, a large number of contributions contest the need for any Community initiative in the area of IPPPs.