4 Amendments of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. calls for the States Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) to conclude the reform of that agreement as rapidly as possible to encourage greater fairness and transparency at international level by combating corruption more effectively while respecting the multi-functional nature of procurement policies; calls also for the GPA accession negotiations with China to be brought to a swift conclusion;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. stresses that in a context of increased international competition, European undertakings stand out through their capacity for innovation, the high technology they develop and the quality of the social and environmental standards they apply; calls for the Commission to encourage the recognition within the GPA of criteria in addition to pricenot just of the price criterion, but of additional criteria intrinsically related to the subject matter in the award of public procurement contracts; considers that better rules on public procurement would make for the creation of more high- quality jobs, support for European industrial policy and the promotion of sustainable environmental and social development;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. asks the Commission to secure the inclusion in the GPA of a clause allowing the EU to give preference to European producers, especially SMEs, in the award of certain public procurement contracts along the lines of such clauses already applied by other States Parties to that agreementpoints out that in the GPA negotiations, the EU has invariably rejected the demands for preference to be given to domestic producers, SMEs included, in the award of certain public procurement contracts; urges the Commission to take a determined stand on this point and to call for all other Parties to the agreement to expunge that approach from their national laws, given that it is discriminatory and incompatible with free world trade;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. considernotes that the European market cannot,is to some extent open on a unilateral basis, be open to third-country operators and calls for the Commission to establishthink about an effective tool to introduce greater reciprocity vis-à- vis States which do not provide equivalent access to European operators, with the proviso that this must not have the end effect of undermining the principle of ‘best value’ in public procurement.