MADRID, May 24 (Reuters) - Spanish state-owned train
operator Renfe RENFE.UL will remove a clause in a contract for
30 high speed trains which favours manufacturers operating in
Spain following a court ruling against the clause, the public
works ministry said on Tuesday.
The auction for the contract, worth up to 2.64 billion euros
($2.95 billion), will have to be restarted after the court
ruling on Friday.
"Renfe will remove this point and give a new time frame for
the presentation of offers," junior transport minister Julio
Gomez-Pomar told journalists.
Renfe officials will meet on Thursday to rewrite the
contract and set the new date, a source at the operator said.
Canadian train maker Bombardier BBDb.TO appealed against
the clause in April, saying it discriminated against non-Spanish
manufacturers.
Other finalists included Germany's Siemens SIEGn.DE ,
France's Alstom ALSO.PA as well as Spain's CAF CAF.MC and
Talgo TLGO.MC .
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