6 Amendments of Barbara WEILER related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the Commission’s responsibility for monitoring the correct transposition of European directives in the Member States;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the strategic value of public procurement, including with regard to social criteria; calls on the Commission to consider relaxing the principle of ‘linkage with the subject of the contract’; draws attention to the enormous potential of public procurement to contribute towards the attainment of the EU 2020 objectives; cites as examples, in this connection, the advancement of women and support for fair trade;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes the view that in connection with SSGIs it should be possible for contracting authorities to reserve specific contracts for non-profit organisations which specialise in providing social services;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to examine what impact a rise in the thresholds would have against the background of the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA);
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of clear and readily comprehensible manuals both for contracting authorities and for tenderers; is critical of the fact that the documents ‘Buying green! A handbook on environmental public procurement’ and ‘Buying Social: A Guide to Taking Account of Social Considerations in Public Procurement’, published in 2005 and 2010 respectively, are not sufficiently practicable in this respect;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Observes that only 1.4% of contracts are awarded to undertakings from another Member State; stresses that a professionalisation and better training of those who award contracts and tenderers would help to bolster EU-wide competition and exploit more fully the advantages of an internal market for public contracts;