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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - construction companies]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The UN includes ACS, Ineco, and CAF on its blacklist of companies doing business in the occupied West Bank.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/economy/the-includes-acs-ineco-and-caf-its-blacklist-of-companies-doing-business-in-the-occupied-west-bank_1_5510130.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/44fd0aa9-2fe7-4c4e-934e-c15532bc9fcc_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x3765y1769.jpg" /></p><p>The United Nations (UN) has added Florentino Pérez's ACS and the Spanish public company Ingeniería y Economía del Transporte (INECO) to its updated blacklist of companies with ties and business links to Israeli settlements. Nearly 70 more companies have been added to a blacklist of firms from eleven countries that are "complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights through their business links with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank," according to the ONE.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Agustí Sala]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:26:18 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[A wall divides the Palestinian territory of the West Bank (above) and an Israeli settlement, below.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Florentino Pérez's construction company denies commercial ties with the area, and the public engineering company claims it is withdrawing from its contracts.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Construction companies tainted by corruption: Is it possible to ban them from public tenders?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/economy/construction-companies-tainted-by-corruption-is-it-possible-to-ban-them-from-public-tenders_1_5434093.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/9895d788-1902-43d2-a505-932f4621c431_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Remove from public works those construction companies that have been implicated in corruption, whether through bribery, bid rigging, or other malpractices. Alleged kickbacks surrounding the last two PSOE organizational secretaries, José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, and the former advisor to the former, Koldo García. If Pedro Sánchez takes up the challenge of these proposals—it is expected that this Wednesday, coinciding with the plenary session in the Congress of Deputies, the Spanish president will announce measures to combat corruption—it is necessary to keep in mind that Spain is not starting from scratch regarding the possibility of applying this veto to certain companies when accessing public contracts. Inspired by European directives, it already includes this penalty. In fact, the European Commission is examining its directives and is expected to release its analysis and, therefore, possible modifications in the last quarter of the year. The Spanish government is also seeking to strengthen its capacity to carry out its work ... The Spanish government is also seeking to strengthen its capacity to carry out its work. For example, if a company has been sanctioned for misrepresentation of competition, the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) intervenes. Since 2023, it can set the duration and scope of the ban based on criteria related to competition between companies, and "the aim is to increase security." This is the body responsible for ensuring the defense of competition in the State.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Núria Rius]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 05 Jul 2025 15:00:19 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Cerdán case reopens pressure to keep these companies out of public tenders.]]></subtitle>
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