7. Within five working days following the day on which Member States are notified of the Commission's decision, the intervention agency concerned shall inform all tenderers of the decision taken by registered letter, by telex, by fax or against written acknowledgment.

7. Within five working days following the day on which Member States are notified of the Commission's decision, the intervention agency concerned shall inform all tenderers of the decision taken by registered letter, by telex, by fax or against written acknowledgment.

11. Recommends the Commission to propose an EU-wide Energy Management Programme applicable to all public authorities of the Member States and all EU Institutions and agencies and in this context calls on the Commission to explore appropriate technology fields where large-scale procurement initiatives could result in major efficiency gains; furthermore calls on all EU institutions to make sure that the current revision of Community public procurement legislation will enable environmental considerations to be taken fully into account, and in this context insists on being fully involved in the development of the interpretative document on Community public procurement legislation and the possibilities for taking account of environmental consid ...[+++]erations in public procurement currently under preparation by the Commission;

- small groups, too, can participate in the tendering by the due date;

24. Considers - with reference to Article 6(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights, pursuant to which every person must be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law (presumption of innocence) - that there is no need to carry out a study if its purpose is purely to ascertain whether people should also be excluded from public tender procedures who are suspected of involvement in organized crime but have not yet been convicted thereof; observes that until a person has been found guilty in accordance with the law, any penalties or measures resembling penalties (such as exclusion from public tender procedures, refusal of subsidies, refusal to grant State licences) must be purely of a temporary character and that the persons ...[+++]concerned must have a claim to compensation if they are imposed without justification;

3. Invites the Council to define more closely what it means by the exclusion of criminal organizations or their members from participation in tender procedures conducted by Member States and by the Community and from receiving subsidies or governmental licenses; expects detailed clarifications on the concept of excluding also those tenderers who, without having been convicted of misconduct, are under investigation or prosecution at the time of the tendering procedure; demands that the Commission puts forward appropriate legislative proposals;