4 Amendments of Tamás DEUTSCH related to 2009/2175(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that although local and regional authorities are amongst Europe's largest purchasers and therefore play an essential role in implementing public procurement rules, there is a general lack of legal expertise, appropriate training and guidelines on procurement within sub- national authorities; calls on the Member States to set up training courses on public procurement rules (including specific aspects, such as social, environmental, diversity and equality criteria) and to encourage the use of ICTs to improve the understanding of those rules and the administrative capabilities of local and regional authorities; in this context, raises the possibility of establishing public procurement groupings at regional level based on the cooperation of local and regional authorities, which would significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public procurement through contacts and mutual exchanges of experience and information;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that although local and regional authorities are amongst Europe's largest purchasers and therefore play an essential role in implementing public procurement rules, there is a general lack of legal expertise, appropriate training and guidelines on procurement within sub- national authorities; calls on the Member States to set up training courses on public procurement rules (including specific aspects, such as social, environmental, diversity and equality criteria) and to encourage the use of ICTs to improve the understanding of those rules and the administrative capabilities of local and regional authorities; furthermore, recalls that efforts to uncover and reduce corruption at regional and local authority level must continue through the introduction of training, the provision of information and publicity;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Court of Auditors indicated in its Annual Report on the financial year 2008 that failure to comply with EU procurement rules is one of the two most common reasons for refusing EU financing from the Structural Funds; highlights, in this context, that irregularities are often caused by improper transposition and the more stringent rules applied by Member States; in this regard, also recommends that during negotiations for EU enlargement, candidate countries guarantee the compatibility of their public procurement laws with EU legislation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to revise, in cooperation with regional and local authorities, the various sets of rules applicable to public procurement for the various actions and programmes implemented under the Structural Funds in order to unify those rules and simplify the whole legal framework for public procurement, with a view to reducing the risk of errors and increasing efficiency in the use of Structural Funds;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Underlines the need to encourage SMEs to participate in the field of public procurement carried out by local and regional authorities, in accordance with the EU’s general objectives in support of SMEs. Increased involvement of SMEs can be assured through the proper provision of information, consultancy and training courses, practical assistance and a proper regulatory environment;