12 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view, given that public investment is being progressively decentralised, with two thirds being carried out by sub-national governments, that local and regional contracting authorities should be given the leading role in the review of EU public procurement rules, a process which should give them increased autonomy and flexibility to procure what they consider appropriate for their needs;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ObservesTakes the view that the objective of the further development of EU procurement law must be to make procurement procedures simultaneously simpler, cheaper and more SME- and investment- friendly; observes, therefore, that, although important, the needs of cost reduction, legal certainty and simplification in public procurement rules must be carefully weighed against the impact of any changes on local and regional authorities, as well as on SMEs, an impact that should be clearly identified and assessed from the outset;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that cutting the cost of procedures entails reducing the strict formalisation of European procurement law in favour of greater efficiency and economy (best value for money), and more room for manoeuvre for public contracting authorities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the public procurement regime is highly complex, in particular for small local authorities and SMEs, and consequently calls on the Commission to examine to what extent simplified procurement rules might be applied for small public contracting authorities;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission to simplify the procedural framework as a whole by avoiding exceptions and derogations to be applied by contracting authorities and to clarify the uncertainties expressed by the latter on awardsTakes the view that further increasing the level of detail of European public procurement rules would make the regime more complex, more ineffective and more confusing, and consequently asks the Commission to simplify the procedural framework as a whole by avoiding exceptions and derogations to be applied by contracting authorities; takes the view, however, that the provisions of EU competition and procurement law as clarified by the Court of Justice provide an adequate framework for the award of public contracts at the level below the EU thresholds of the directives. values and that further provisions not or not fully covered by the procurement directives should be rejected;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the threshold values in the field of service and supply contracts in particular should be raised as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that public contracting authorities make insufficient use of the competitive dialogue and dynamic purchasing systems because of the complexity involved, and consequently calls on the Commission to examine to what extent these types of procedure could be made more pragmatic and to what extent the dialogue procedure could be used not only for particularly complex contracts but also for regular procurement procedures;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Takes the view that the existing procurement directives make adequate provision for the possibility of setting ecological and social criteria at the award stage and there is no need for a recast;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Is in favour of the general introduction of the accelerated procedure, since the possibility of a shorter deadline helps to speed up the procurement procedure and make the process as a whole more flexible.
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to reassess the appropriate level of thresholds for supply and services contracts and if necessary raise them; proposes that the Commission simultaneously investigate whether a system can be introduced to take account of Member States’ GDP in calculating thresholds, so that a specific threshold can be calculated for each Member State and in this way distortions of competition due to the existence of a uniform threshold for the whole EU can be prevented;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Advocates, when European public procurement law is revised, clear and simple rules with a reduction in the level of detail and at the same time making procurement procedures simpler, less cumbersome, cheaper, more open to SMEs and more conducive to investment, and considers there to be a need, therefore, for greater reliance upon the general principles of transparency, equal treatment and non- discrimination;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that electronic award of contracts, in particular, opens up new avenues for modernising administration in the field of public contracts and leads to greater transparency, reduces costs and saves time for tenderers and awarding authorities;