20.°5. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 127/1 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 22 March 1988 amending Directive 77/62/EEC relating to the coordination of procedures on the award of public supply contracts and repealing certain provisions of Directive 80/767/EEC (88/295/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100A thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), In cooperation with the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas the measures aimed at progressively establishing the internal market during the period up to 31 December 1992 need to be taken; whereas the internal market consists of an area without internal frontiers in which free circulation of goods, persons, services and capital is guaranteed,; Whereas successive European Councils, from Brussels on 29 and 30 March 1985 to London on § and 6 December 1986, have drawn conclusions concerning the internal market; Whereas the White Paper on the completion of the internal market fixes in particular a timetable and an action programme for the opening up of public supply contracts; (1) OJ No C 173, 11. 7. 1986, p. 4, O] No C 161, 19. 6. 1987, p. 10 and OJ No C 303, 13. 11. 1987, p. 3. (2) OJ No C 13, 18. 1. 1988, p. 66. (3) OJ No C 68, 16. 3. 1987, p. 7. Having regard to the report on the application of Directive 77/62/EEC (%), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal and Directive 80/767/EEC (%), submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 December 1984 in reply to the Council resolution of 21 December 1976; Whereas it is necessary to improve and extend the scope of the Directives by increasing the transparency of procedures and practices for the award of public supply contracts, and to make possible stricter enforcement of the prohibition of restrictions on the free movement of goods, which constitutes the basis of these Directives; Whereas it is necessary to amend these Directives in order to incorporate changes to the GATT Agreement on Government Procurement of December 1986; Whereas it is necessary to develop the conditions of effective competition for public supply contracts and the economic, budgetary and industrial benefits which result from it; Whereas it is necessary to that end to define the extent of the exemptions by sector in order to ensure, in view of the divergent interpretations, that the imbalances in the application of the Directives between Member States do not increase; () OJNo L 13,15.1.1977, p. 1. () OJ No L 215, 18. 8.1980, p. 1.