7 Amendments of Arndt KOHN related to 2012/0060(COD)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In accordance with Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union, the Union is to define and pursue common policies and actions, and improve cooperation in all fields in international relations in order, inter alia, to encourage the integration of all countries into the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade, but respecting environmental, social and product standards in the internal market.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Within the context of the WTO and through its bilateral relations, the Union advocates an ambitious opening of international public procurement and concessions markets of the Union and its trading partners, in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, based on fair trade.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to avoid confusion about the concession of goods, it is necessary to introduce a definition of the term “concession”.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Many third countries are reluctant to open their public procurement and their concessions markets to international competition, or to open those markets further than what they have already done. As a result, Union economic operators face restrictive procurement practices and concessions in many of the trading partner of the Union. Those restrictive procurement practices result in the loss of substantial trading opportunities and therefore a procedure to prevent imbalances in third-country public procurement markets should exist.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the interest of legal certainty for Union and third-country economic operators and consumers, contracting authorities and contracting entities, the international market access commitments undertaken by the Union towards third countries in the field of public procurement and concessions should be reflected in the legal order of the EU, thereby ensuring effective application thereof.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In view of the fact that the access of third country goods and services to the public procurement market of the Union falls within the scope of the common commercial policy, Member States and their contracting authorities and contracting entities should not be able to restrict the access of third country goods or services to their tendering procedures by any other measure than those provided for in this Regulation, if the goods or services comply with the quality and environmental standards imposed on products and services in the internal market.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) It is imperative that contracting authorities and contracting entities have access to a range of high-quality products and services meeting their purchasing requirements at a competitive price. Therefore contracting authorities and contracting entities should be able not to apply price adjustment measures limiting access of non-covered goods and services in case there are no Union and/or covered goods or services available which meet the requirements of the contracting authority or contracting entity to safeguard essential public needs, for example in the fields of health and public safety, or where the application of the measure would lead to a disproportionate increase in the price or costs of the contract.