9 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a well-functioning procurement market is of essential importance in order to foster the Single Market, stimulate innovation, promote a high level of environmental and climate protection as well as social inclusion throughout the EU and to achieve optimal value for public authorities, citizens, business and tax payers,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Appeals toUrges the European Commission to present a thoroughgoing legislative initiative on public procurement which will bring moreensuring flexibility, transparency and legal certainty to the sector and thus avoid frequent reforms in the future, which is the main reason for high costs and administrative burdens for participants, which significantly and disproportionately narrow SME access to public contracts;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the majority of public contracts are granted to companies from the same Member states and calls on the establishment of a truly EU wide public procurement market;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take effective measures to improve SMEs access to public procurement tenders, draws the attention on the fact that simplification of procedures is key to reach that aim;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. BelievesHighlights the key role that public procurement can be usedmust play as a driver of innovation andin particular in the field of energy efficiency and; supports therefore the steps taken towards ensuring that these areas are taken into account by public authorities in their contract-awarding criteria, and stresses the importance of dialogue and mutual understanding between the public and R&D sectors;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recogniszes that the up-front cost of energy-efficient products or services may come into conflict with current public procurement rules concerning the use of the ‘lowest price’ criterion in the award of contracts, but considers that simplified rules couldshall be introduced to allow contracting authorities to measure costs in relation to the energy- saving potential of a given product or service; recommends to replace the ‘lowest price’ principle, which can hinder innovative solutions, by the ‘economically most advantageous’ principle, recommends in this regard to take quality aspects and the entire life cycle cost of services, goods or works into account;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that future EU public procurement legislation should reinforce existing provisions which require thate mandatory use of energy-efficiency criteria be applied when deciding on the award of a public contract without hampering the free competition rules; insist that such an approach canwill stimulate innovation and diversification of the offer on the market; stresses that use of public procurement policy to support other key EU policies such as climate change, energy efficiency or innovation should be preceded by proper impact assessments to avoid overregulation of the sector.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the use of eProcurement, which will play a positive role in reducing cost and increasing accessibility of procurement procedures, calls therefore on any legislative proposals to expand and simplify the use of e-Procurement to be integrated into the planned review of the main Public Procurement Directives, underlines the importance of open standards and technology neutrality to ensure interoperability of different systems and avoid vendor lock-in; calls on the Commission to assure real interoperability between the different platforms for e-Procurement already in place in Member States;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Draws the attention on the fact that the specific issue of safeguarding equal treatment and fair competition on public procurement markets in the EU and in third countries needs more political attention, especially with a view to current problems regarding access to public sector markets in third countries, slow progress in negotiations on the revision of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and the obvious reluctance of many third countries to join the GPA;