Chairman:

The point the Deputy is making is that it can be very damaging. I have seen some public bodies that were forced to discontinue sourcing goods and services from local suppliers because of that rule. It can be very damaging to local economies. What leeway is there in that regard? Is there a clause there? There could be an environmental reason. In the case of goods, does it make sense to haul them all the way from Germany, France, Poland or elsewhere if somebody locally is producing the same goods? It might come in a few cent a kilo more expensive. Is there leeway in the tendering rules around that?