Bien que les services de la Commission ne disposent pas encore de statistiques precises pour les 12 en la matiere on estime que les marches publics - qui, il faut le souligner, concernent tres souvent les pouvoirs publics decenrtalises, regionaux, locaux, municipaux, ce qui complique le travail de nos statisticiens - representent en valeur jusqu'a 9% du PIB de la Communaute.
] Although the Commission has no precise statistics for the Twelve, it is estimated that public contracts - which, it should be stressed, are very frequently awarded by decentralized, regional, local and municipal authorities, making the statisticians' work more complicated - account for up to 9% of the GDP of the Community.