Activities of Michael THEURER related to 2009/2175(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on new developments in public procurement
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Point 1 a (new)
Point 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that a sound government procurement framework is a precondition for a fair and free competition-oriented market and helps to fight corruption;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Point 2
Point 2
2. Believes that a plurilateral agreement such as the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) is the best tool to ensure a level playing field for European enterprises in regarding market access to public procurement at international level; therefore urges the Commission to continue its efforts to conclude the ambitious GPAclude the negotiations on the provisional text that was agreed upon in 2006 as a revised version of the GPA that entered into force in 1996;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Point 2 a (new)
Point 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that apart from the EFTA countries (Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) no other party to the GPA was able to meet the Commission's requests for coverage in the GPA;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Point 3 a (new)
Point 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the 22 observer states on the GPA committee to speed up the process of acceding to the GPA; specifically urges Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to reconsider opening special negotiations to join the GPA;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Point 4
Point 4
4. Regrets that our international partners have not yet opened up their internal public procurement markets to EU companies in the same way that the EU internal market is open to third-country enterprises; deeply deplores the fact that our major trading partners employ public procurement practices which discriminate against EU suppliers tendering for public contracts in third countries; deplores the fact that some key trading partners (including GPA members) take protectionist measures in the area of public procurement;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Point 4 a (new)
Point 4 a (new)