11 Amendments of Klaus BUCHNER related to 2014/2233(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the systematic literature review by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs entitled ‘Public-Private Partnerships in developing countries’
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas intergovernmental organisations have also used PPPs to devote aid to least-developed countries through partnerships operating in the field of development and cooperation: the World Bank, regional reconstruction banks, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Health Organisation and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to name but a few, have used PPPs to implement actions; whereas, as regards geographical focus, the USA, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirat the experience with PPPs in developing countries - and other Asian and Latin American countries (led by Chile) have experiein particular least-developed countries - is mixed, since of PPPs; whereas OECD countries (Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain) also have relevant legislation; whereas the UK has the most developed programme in respect of PPPs (with the Private Finance Initiative accounting for around 20 % of public investment); whereas the EU leads the PPP infrastructure market, concentrating more than 45 % of the nominal value of PPPs prove often to be more expensive in the long-term than standard procurement due to higher costs of private sector borrowing when compared to government rates; whereas therefore PPPs often fail to reach the public development goals, because they have to be oriented at short term financial amortisation criteria;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas PPPs are just one of several options for governments to attract private investment capital and should not be regarded as a one-size-fits-all solution for all purposes, especially in developing countries;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas still few diagnostic tools are available to measure the effectiveness of PPPs and to determine when and how PPPs represent a preferable option to conventional contract arrangements in developing and least-developed countries;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas public procurement remains an important tool especially in developing countries to strengthen and diversify their industrial capacities, explaining their reluctance to accede to the GPA; whereas the EU should respect that cost effectiveness is only one among many factors for infrastructure procurement decisions, especially in least developed countries;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to stimulate job creation, competitiveness and productivity inside the EU and in third countries through new endeavours designed to stimulate the activity of economic actors in order to re-launch growth;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettableNotes that while the EU has so far kept its government procurement markets largely open to international competition, many companies competing at EU level operate from protected countries, with such protection taking different forms such as state-owned enterprises, trade barriers in the field of government procurement, services or investment, preference for domestic bidders, restrictions on national treatment and market access, regulatory barriers to the establishment of branches or subsidiaries, and restrictions on access to financing; calls on the Commission and the Council to reconsider the EU policy of open procurement markets by default;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the increasiConsiders PPPs as one option among potential of PPPhers to foster innovative solutions mobilising long-term private finance and domestic resources for development objectives, given that massive investments are required in developing countries in terms of infrastructure, water supply and energy, the majority of which will need to come fromould profit from an involvement of the private sector; believes that PPPs can also generate innovation in technologies and business models, and build mechanisms for holding the private sector accountable;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on EU bodies to encouragethe Commission to develop a code of conduct, on the base of existing OECD Guidelines for multinationals, for EU companies participating in PPPs in third countries, in particular in least- developed countries, in order to enable them to work in accordance with the principle of policy coherence so thatfor development cooperation objectives are taken into considerationand to hold them accountable; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to encourage sustainable investments by prioritising the long term development of domestic economies particularly in least-developed countries and promote projects focused on environmental protection, waste management or the use of renewable energies, for instance;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to work towards gaining substantial market access commitments internationally in the World Trade Organisation and in ongoing bilateral negotiations with third countries in order to redress the asymmetries in the level of openness of EU government procurement markets as compared with those of other trading partneracknowledge the reluctance of WTO members and main trading partners to concede substantial market access commitments which would redress the asymmetries in the level of openness of EU government procurement markets as compared with those of other trading partners, while taking into account the lack of market competiveness of particularly least-developed countries and remaining consistent with its current strategy to grant preferential treatment to such countries;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Given that in order to attract cross- border private-sector funds intofor PPPs, it is paramount to provide sufficient assurances that long-term investment will benefit from a clear, stable and secure environment, good governance and effective dispute settlement; calls on the Commission and the Council to collaborate to ensure that the necessary legal set-up in this area exists and is transparent, effective and cost-efficient (the new EU competence for investment allows synergies between investment and government procurement in a way that adds valuerules, calls on the Commission and the Council to collaborate to this end in the competent international fora and in terms of market access and protection of acquired rights and assets)national finance institutions;