4 Amendments of Dan JØRGENSEN related to 2011/0438(COD)
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Contracting authorities that wish to purchase works, supplies or services with specific environmental, social, animal welfare or other characteristics should be able to refer to particular labels, such as the European Eco-label, (multi-)national eco- labels or any other label provided that the requirements for the label are linked to the subject-matter of the contract, such as the description of the product and its presentation, including packaging requirements. It is furthermore essential that these requirements are drawn up and adopted on the basis of objectively verifiable criteria, using a procedure in which stakeholders, such as government bodies, consumers, manufacturers, distributors and environmental organisations, can participate, and that the label is accessible and available to all interested parties.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Many economic operators, and not least SMEs, find that a major obstacle to their participation in public procurement consists in administrative burdens deriving from the need to produce a substantial number of certificates or other documents related to exclusion and selection criteria. Limiting such requirements, for example through self-declarations, including declarations concerning compliance with rules and standards in the areas of health and public safety, social protection labour standards and animal welfare, can result in considerable simplification for the benefit of both contracting authorities and economic operators. The tenderer to which it has been decided to award the contract should, however, be required to provide the relevant evidence and contracting authorities should not conclude contracts with tenderers unable to do so. Further simplification can be achieved through standardised documents such as the European Procurement Passport, which should be recognized by all contracting authorities and widely promoted among economic operators, in particular SMEs, for whom they can substantially lessen the administrative burden.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Public contracts should not be awarded to economic operators that have participated in a criminal organisation or have been found guilty of corruption, fraud to the detriment of the Union's financial interests or money laundering. Non- payment of taxes or social security contributions should also be sanctioned by mandatory exclusion at the level of the Union. Furthermore, contracting authorities should be given the possibility to exclude candidates or tenderers for violations of environmental or, social or animal welfare obligations, including rules on accessibility for disabled persons or other forms of grave professional misconduct, such as violations of competition rules or of intellectual property rights.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 40 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) in terms of performance or functional requirements, including social, environmental and animal welfare characteristics, provided that the parameters are sufficiently precise to allow tenderers to determine the subject-matter of the contract and to allow contracting authorities to award the contract;