3 Amendments of Keith TAYLOR related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. is aware of the fact that, within negotiations of free trade agreements, many of the EU’s trading partners regard the inclusion of a procurement chapter as highly problematic; calls on the Commission not to insist on the inclusion of a procurement chapter in FTAs if that goes against the wish of FTA negotiation partners, or if other trade policy goals of the EU in such negotiations could be endangered;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. takes note of the difficulties of Canada and India to engage in the opening of their procurement markets at sub-federal level due to constitutional restraints of their federal political systems; calls on the Commission to respect such constraints and to abstain from pressing trade partners into changes of their constitutional prerogatives; commends Article 4 of the Lisbon Treaty, which elevates the principle of local and regional self-government to the status of European primary law, and urges that local and regional self-government principles in the constitution of trade partners are reciprocally respected;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. takes note of the fact that a mere 1%- 2% of the value of procurement contracts within the EU Member States is awarded across national borders, with the percentage of contracts awarded to bidders from outside the EU being a very small part of this fraction, calling in doubt the de facto openness of the EU procurement market; nevertheless, considers that the European market cannot, on a unilateral basis, be open to third- country operators and calls for the Commission to establish an effective tool to introduce greater reciprocity vis-à-vis States which do not provide equivalent access to European operators.