Activities of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2011/2048(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Modernisation of public procurement (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates that environmental considerations should be included in all public procurement contracts; stresses that the Public Procurement Directive should be amended to make it clearer that it is both desirable and possible for public operators to impose environmental conditions in the technical specifications and take account of environmental impact in the award criteria when awarding contracts; .
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Prefers to encourage and facilitate sustainable procurement by public operators rather than setting mandatory quotas for it in smaller-scale contracts; considers, however, that mandatory quotas should apply to larger-scale contracts; still considers that the greatest obstacle to more environmentally friendly public procurement is not so much lack of willingness as unclear and inflexible legislation;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Maintains that the directive should be amended to make it clearer that it is both possible and desirable to take account of the environmental impact of the subject of the contract throughout its entire life cycle, including the whole production process and its conditions; seeks amendments to the directive, from a public health angle, to expressly state that it does not prevent any country from complying with ILO Convention No 94;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that a change in procurement practices should seek to simplify procurement rules and thus facilitate socially innovative public procurement; stresses that the Public Procurement Directive should be amended to make it clearer that it is both desirable and possible for public operators to impose conditions and take account both of social criteria and of good quality employment when awarding contracts;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for an explicit statement in the directive that it does not prevent any country from complying with ILO Convention No 94, stresses that the effective functioning of public procurement requires clear and unambiguous EU rules precisely defining the framework of Member States’ legislation and implementation, in particular in relation to international agreements that Member States have ratified;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that it may be hard to calculate the climate footprint of a product or service, e.g. in the case of food; considers that it should be expressly permitted to require that the transport of food to the purchaser must not give rise to more than a certain number of grams of CO2 emissions, as it can be assumed that transport accounts for a significant proportion of the item’s CO2 emissions and there are no internationally recognised climate standards for the food in question; considers that the requirement of using taxpayers’ money effectively, together with other requirements and rules which guide public procurement, will deter elected representatives from imposing such conditions when there is no justification for doing so.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not use the opportunity to clarify the divergent views on public procurement in relation to the posting of workers and calls on the Commission to amend the Directive so that it specifically does not prevent any country from meeting the demands of ILO Convention 94;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that the Public Procurement Directive should make it clear that it is both desirable and possible for public operators to impose conditions and take account of both environmental and social criteria when awarding contracts;