In the public procurement area ... markets are not being opened in practice despite the basic legislation being put in place, because firms have not yet accepted that they have a genuine chance of winning contracts, or alternatively, old monopolies have not yet accepted that they may lose contracts. In both cases, they fail to enter bids.
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