Activities of Salvatore IACOLINO related to 2011/2048(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on modernisation of public procurement
Amendments (6)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. stresses that in a context of increased international competition, European undertakings stand out through their capacity for innovation, the high technology they develop and the quality of the social and environmental standards they apply; calls for the Commission to encourage the recognition within the GPA of criteria in addition to price in the award of public procurement contracts, in particular as regards the ability to improve safety at work; considers that better rules on public procurement would make for the creation of more high- quality jobs, support for European industrial policy and the promotion of sustainable environmental and social development;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. asks the Commission to secure the inclusion in the GPA of a clause allowing the EU to give preference to European producers, especially SMEs, in the award of certain public procurement contracts along the lines of such clauses already applied by other States Parties to that agreement, but without prejudice to the general principle of a level playing field;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. believes that the rules governing public procurement procedures need to be simplified so as to improve access for SMEs; hopes also that the administrative procedure will be simplified through the use of information technologies, especially in the form of online open tendering procedures;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. considers it essential to have a clear picture of the foreign undertakings operating on European soil, especially when their activities enjoy strong State support from abroad; is concerned about the possible circumvention of internal market rules by foreign undertakings establishing a subsidiary in the EU or acquiring European undertakings; therefore calls for the Commission to set up a body responsible for conducting advance reviews of foreign investments along the lines of the CFIUS in the US;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. considers that the European market cannot, on a unilateral basis, be open to third-country operators and calls for the Commission to establish an effective tool to introduce greaterncourage compliance with the principle of reciprocity vis-à-visby States which do not provide equivalent access to European operators.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. considers that where offences have been committed by the Mafia or other organised criminals, conviction by a judgment having the force of res judicata in one Member State should constitute grounds for excluding the European or non-European firms implicated from open tendering procedures in all EU Member States.