8 Amendments of Raffaele BALDASSARRE related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that public procurement is a key market based instrument which plays a role in fostering sustainable employment and working conditions and can make an important contribution towards meeting the Europe 2020 targets; stresses, furthermore, the important role that public procurement can play in promoting a European social model based on quality jobs, equal opportunities, non- discrimination and social inclusion;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that contracting authorities have an important role in using their purchasing power to procure goods and services with higher ‘societal’ value; calls, accordingly, on contracting authorities to assess the social risks and the impact of their own activities and of the supply chain; calls on the Commission to foster the development of contact points for environmentally responsible public procurement within the individual Member States, with a view to developing socially responsible procurement practices and providing stakeholders with specialised legal advice;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to encourage contracting authorities and relevant agencies at national level to involve socio- economic and voluntary organisations more closely in the initial design of procurement procedures, with a view to ensuring that greater account is taken of societal issues during the process of drawing up tender documents;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of closer cooperation and better communication between all stakeholders, with a view to promoting responsible and socially sustainable cooperation between purchasers and suppliers; calls on the Commission to step up information and communication campaigns on the benefits afforded by socially responsible procurement through the dissemination of good practice across the Member States;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of incluestablishing demanding skills and training requirements infor both contract specificing authorities and individual operators, with a view to ensuring the optimum operations as a long term strategynd harmonious development of the internal market in procurement; stresses however, that these actions must be relevant to the subject matter of the contract, be proportionate, economically advantageous and take into account the total life cost;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that a change in procurement practices should seek to simplify procurement rules and thus facilitate socially innovativsustainable public procurement, with a view to promoting innovation, environment friendliness, action to combat climate change, lower energy consumption and better job opportunities;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the role the EU can play in facilitating the development of successful Public Private Partnerships; points, nonetheless, to the major disparities between Member States in terms of the legal and procedural requirements applying in this area; calls, accordingly, on the Commission to clarify the concept of public-private partnerships, in particular as regards how the parties will bear shared risks and meet their financial obligations;
Amendment 78 #
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 workers1assess actual implementation of Article 1(4) of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers and its impact on access to the EU procurement market by companies from non-EU countries;