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 decentralises, regionaux, locaux, municipaux ce qui complique le travail de nos statisticiens - representent en valeur jusqu'a 9% du PIB de la Communaute des 10, c'est-a-dire plus de 200 milliards d'Ecus dont un quart concerne la Defense.
Although the Commission is not yet in possession of 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 of Ten, i.e. more than 200 000 million ECU, a quarter of which goes on defence.