4 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 36 #
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 all through to consumption in view of the statistics on wastages associated to upstream activities;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the ‘lowest price’ award criterion should only be used if it can be justified on the grounds that environmental requirements are irrelevant to this specific case or that strict environmental conditions have been imposed in the technical specifications; that innovations and long term investments in sustainable alternatives are always reserved a quota of 30 %;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes in particular the need to clarify that it is possible to impose environmental and animal protection conditions which are stricter than the common EU rules to reflect, complement and reinforce various private and voluntary business strategies already ongoing towards sustainable developments and sustainable innovative solutions;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that in all public procurement processes the principle of social inclusion need to taken into account. Calls on the Commission to direct Member States to use competitive tendering only in the case of services for which genuine services and natural market supply and demand exist because competitive tendering for services for which there is no genuine and natural markets gives rise to unnecessary costs, administrative burdens and may threaten the quality of services and third sector's ability to provide services.