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Activities of Evelyn REGNER related to 2011/0437(COD)

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Amendments (10)

Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
The Committee on Legal Affairs calls on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2012/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) This Directive is without prejudice to the right of public authorities at all levels to decide whether, how and to what extent they want to perform public functions themselves. Public authorities may perform public interest tasks using their own resources, without being obliged to call on external economic operators.
2012/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) As with other services, local, regional and national authorities have a wide discretion in providing, commissioning and organising services of general interest as closely as possible to the needs of the users; in primary law this is enshrined in Protocol 26 on Services of General Interest, Article 14 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 36 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
2012/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Certain coordination provisions should also be introduced for the award of works and services concessions awarded in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors given that national authorities may influence the behaviour of entities operating in those sectors and taking into account the closed nature of the markets in which they operate, due to the existence of special or exclusive rights granted by the Member States concerning the supply to, provision or operation of networks for providing the services concerned.deleted
2012/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) To ensure a real opening up of the market and a fair balance in the application of concession award rules in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors it is necessary for the entities covered to be identified on a basis other than their legal status. It should be ensured, therefore, that the equal treatment of contracting entities operating in the public sector and those operating in the private sector is not prejudiced. It is also necessary to ensure, in keeping with Article 345 of the Treaty, that the rules governing the system of property ownership in Member States are not prejudiced.deleted
2012/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) A review of so-called prioritary and non-prioritary services (‘A’ and ‘B’ services) by the Commission has shown that it is not justified to restrict the full application of procurement law to a limited group of services. As a result, this Directive should apply to a number of services (such as catering and water distribution services), which both showed a potential for cross-border trade.deleted
2012/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. This Directive shall not apply to the award of service concessions relating to services of general economic interest and services of general interest, such as: (a) water services; (b) waste water services; (c) refuse services; (d) energy services; (e) social services, as defined in the voluntary European quality framework for social services adopted by the Social Protection Committee, in particular in the fields of health and social provision, statutory social insurance, emergency and disaster response services, benefit services and services furnished by trade unions.
2012/09/24
Committee: JURI
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. This Directive shall not apply to service concessions in respect of services of general economic interest, particularly in the field of water supply, sewage disposal, social services, health services and employee association services.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 828 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. Any economic operator shall be excluded from participation in a concession where the contracting authority or contracting entity is aware of a judicial or administrative decision having the force of res judicata establishing that it has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which it is established or with those of the Member State of the contracting authority or entity. or that it has been found guilty of repeated breaches of labour law. Repeated breaches of labour law shall be taken to mean at least five labour court judgments against the economic operator concerned.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 846 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 a (new)
Article 36a Conditions for performance of contracts 1. The contracting authorities or entities shall apply additional social and environmental criteria for the provision of the works and services, which shall be indicated in the notice of the concession. 2. As regards the wages (including bonuses), working hours and other working conditions of the workers involved in performing the concession, the contracting authorities or entities shall lay down requirements which are no less favourable than the conditions which apply in the same area for the same work in the profession or industry concerned on the basis of: (a) a collective wage agreement or the outcome of another recognised negotiating procedure concluded by associations of workers and employers to which a substantial proportion of the workers and employers in the profession or industry concerned belong, or (b) an arbitration ruling (when national law makes provision for this), or (c) national law. If in the area in which the work is to be performed the relevant working conditions are not governed in one of the ways referred to above, the conditions to be granted by the contracting authorities and entities must guarantee the workers involved wages (including bonuses), working hours and other working conditions which are no less favourable than the conditions granted by employers who are in the nearest comparable area or belong to the same profession or industry as the party to the contract and who are in the same circumstances.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO