11 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2017/2278(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas public procurement is a strategic tool used to reach the EU’s goals of green and socially inclusive growth;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to propose compulsory green public procurement procedures; considers that goods as services, reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other sustainable and resource-efficient products and solutions are to be preferred in all public procurement, and if they are not preferred, the ‘comply or explain’ principle should apply;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the extensive use of innovative procurement to implement green and socially inclusive growth;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to use public procurement strategically in order to promote a sustainable, circular, ethical and socially responsible economy, as well as innovation, SME growth and competition; underlines that this requires Member States to signal such policies at the highest level and support, to this end, procurers and practitioners in the public administration; is of the opinion that in this regard awareness-raising and information of all actors involved is necessary;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to use public procurement strategically in order to promote a sustainable, circular, ethical and socially responsible economy, as well as innovation, SME growth and competition; underlines that this requires Member States to signal such policies at the highest level and support, to this end, procurers and practitioners in the public administration;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on regional and local authorities to establish a procurement strategy which defines how the procurement plans of the authority, within a timeframe of the upcoming five years, will support the strategic goal of green and socially inclusive growth; calls upon Union institutions, Member States and central and local government authorities to ensure that contracting authorities have a comprehensive procurement strategy in place and it is carried out at the level of each procurement entity; as part of this process public hearings and consultations with the end users of products and services should be arranged;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on Member States to ensure that public procurement practices are in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and that persons with disabilities are consulted on all procurement processes and decisions that impact them or are done to procure services for them; calls on Member States to ensure that the judicial remedy of persons with disabilities is guaranteed in public procurement processes that directly impact them;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the provision of services of general interest, such as, services for children, the elderly and disabled persons are without exceptions excluded from public procurement processes which use only the lowest price as an award criterion;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that innovative, socio- economic, ethical and environmental considerations are legitimate and essential award criteria in public procurement, butand that contracting authorities canshould also pursue green, innovative or social goals through well- thought-out specifications and by allowing variant offers;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that innovative, socio- economic, ethical and environmental considerations are legitimate award criteria in public procurement, but that contracting authorities can also pursue green, innovative or social goals through well- thought-out specifications and by allowing variant offers;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to develop and adopt into use common Life Cycle indicators relating to the life cycle of a product or works or the provision of a service, measuring all aspects relating to environmental protection, working conditions, labour rights, equality, social inclusion, human rights, impacts on adjacent communities, and ethical trade; calls on the adoption of these indicators to guide choices made in the production or other non-use phases of the life cycle of the product, even if such characteristics are not apparent in the physical characteristics or functional qualities of the resulting product or service;