In December 2020, 177 fewer competition announcements were published than in the previous month. December's announcements represent a 3% decrease in expected expenditure, with a positive variation over the period, however.
year-on-year, both in terms of number of procedures (+307) and in terms of expected expenditure (+263 M €).
A further 2,393 contracts were reported to the BASE portal than in November 2020. In December 2020, an increase was noted both in the number of contracts (+ 19.9%) and in terms of contracted expenses (+159 M €) .
In year-on-year terms (compared to the same month of the previous year), more than 1 577 contracts (+ 12.3%) and another 485 M € (+ 71.5%) were reported to the BASE portal than in December 2019.