7 Amendments of Marc ANGEL related to 2019/2204(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes some of the positive trends witnessed in the progressive implementation of the Defence Procurement Directive, namely the increasing number of contract notices and contract-award notices issued by Member States, and the increasing proportion of procurement that has been tendered competitively through Tenders Electronic Daily (TED); stresses, however, that a very high volume of procurement expenditure is still incurred outside the directive and an overwhelming percentage of contracts are still awarded nationally;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 3
3. BCalls for a reduction in the use of exemptions and offset requirements in defence acquisitions; believes, in this regard, that the Commission should take a more proactive role in monitoring the necessity and proportionality of exclusions usinvoked by the Member States in their awarding of contracts outside the scope of the Defence Procurement Directive, and should not be mainly reliant on received complaints filed by the industry;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Considers that there is still a strong need to focus on the effective implementation and enforcement of the Defence Procurement Directive, considers that, for that to happen, the Member States should focus on ensuring equal treatment, transparency and competition and that the Commission should focus on implementing common reporting standards and providing the Member States with further guidelines on the application of the provisions laid down in the directive;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Considers that some aspects of the implementation of the Defence Procurement Directive could be improved, such as the Member States’ use of the open procedure as provided for in Directive 2014/24/EC9 and how consistently they apply that directive whenever possible; believes, however, that no revision of the Defence Procurement Directive is needed at this point, since the existing regulatory framework is sufficient if correctly implemented and properly usenforced; __________________ 9 OJ L 094 28.3.2014, p. 65. 9
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 6
6. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to cmontinue monitoringitor the implementation, improve transparency and providinge guidance to the Member States in order to ensure consistent use of the directiveand fully enforce the directive to prevent backsliding of implementation, reduce usage of exemptions and therefore fully achieve its objectives;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to continue its work and thoroughly examine the causes behind the lack of SME participation, and consider creating an updated map of data on relevant SMEs, outlining their industrial and technological capabilities, which can be publicly accessed by prime contractors from other Member States in order to identify SMEs with relevant capabilities needed for a project;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 28
28. CallsWelcomes the launch onf the Member States to boost the EDEM through cooperation on projects under the Permanent Structured Cooperation and the European Defence FundPermanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review of Defence (CARD), the European Defence Fund (EDF) and the revised Capability Development Plan (CDP) which altogether can boost collaborative defence capability planning, development, procurement and operation; calls on the Member States to boost the EDEM through cooperation on projects under PESCO and the EDF; notes in this regard that lessons learnt and best practices stemming so far from the implementation of the Defence Package should be shared among the Member States in order to remedy an uneven level of their implementation;