4 Amendments of Claude GRUFFAT related to 2012/0060(COD)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In accordance with Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union, the Union is to define and pursue common policies and actions, and improve cooperation in all fields in international relations in order, inter alia, to encourage the integration of all countries into the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade, to ensure sustainable development and to foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries, with the primary aim of eradicating poverty.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of improvingaddressing serious and recurrent impairment to the access of Union economic operators to the public procurement and concessions markets of certain third countries protected by restrictive and discriminatory procurement measures or practices and of preserving equal conditions of competitionand of preserving equal conditions of competition, also with respect for environmental, social and labour standards, within the internal market require to refer to the non- preferential rules of origin established in the EU customs legislation, so that contracting authorities and contracting entities know whether goods and services are covered by the international commitments of the Union.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) When assessing whether restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices exist in a third country, the Commission should examine to what degree laws on public procurement and concessions of the country concerned ensure transparency in line with international standards in the field of public procurement and preclude any discrimination against Union goods, services and economic operators. In addition, it should examine to what degree individual contracting authorities or contracting entities maintain or adopt discriminatory practices against Union goods, services and economic operators. In doing so, the Commission should assess and seek information from the country concerned regarding the extent to which such practices may be legitimate in accordance with the country’s public policy objectives and development goals.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Third country economic operators are not always bound by the equivalent environmental, social or labour standards as those applicable to EU economic operators creating an uneven level- playing field in the Union’s public procurement market. Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU foresee a certain number of provisions for Member States and contracting authorities to ensure compliance with obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law at both national and Union level, as well as with obligations stemming from international conventions that may result in the exclusion of certain bidders. However, the application of those rules might prove insufficient to address possible distortions. The instruments foreseen under this Regulation should therefore aim at fostering the application of EU public procurement rules in this area;.