3 Amendments of Franck PROUST related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. calls for the States Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) to conclude the reform of that agreement as rapidly as possible to encourage greater fairness and transparency at international level by combating corruption more effectively while respecting the multi-functional nature of procurement policies; calls on those States to keep their reservations – be they territorial or sector-specific – within reasonable bounds when ratifying the future agreement; calls on non-member countries, especially those with which the EU does not have, or is not negotiating, a free trade agreement, to participate in the current revision process and afterwards to ratify the future agreement;
Amendment 10 #
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; calls on the Commission to apply additional criteria of that kind when negotiating free trade agreements with non-GPA countries, taking into account the level of development of the other parties concerned when selecting and defining those criteria; 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 31 #
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 toolinstrument on the one hand to introduce greater reciprocity vis-à-vis States – members of the GPA or otherwise – which do not provide equivalent access to European operators and, secondly, to guarantee fair competition and a level playing field worldwide.