8 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2011/2048(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the EU on 23 December 2010,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and especially at article 26 (integration of persons with disabilities),
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a properly functioning procurement market is of essential importance with a view to fostering the single market, stimulating competition and innovation, promoting a high level of environmental and climate protection and social inclusion, and achieving optimal value for citizens, businesses and taxpayers; social considerations can be combined with green considerations in an integrated approach to sustainability in public procurement,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks for clarification of the scope of the directives; recalls that the main purpose of public procurement is the purchase of goods, works and services by public authorities to accommodate the needs of their citizens in general and in particular citizens with disabilities; points out that there must be a direct benefit for the contracting authority in order for a procedure to qualify as public procurement;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that, in order to develop the full potential of public procurement, the criterion of the lowest price should be removed, and that in principle there should be only one option for the award of contracts: the mobest economically advantageous tender – includingvalue tender in terms of economic, social and environmental benefits – taking into account the entire life-cycle costs of the relevant goods, services or works – should be chosen;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that increased awareness of the environmental and climatesocial impact of products and activities means that the possibility for public authorities to favour local suppliers should be considered, and the extent to which internal market rules allow this examined;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – introductory part
Paragraph 12 – introductory part
12. Emphasises that any extension of the EU procurement rules into the ‘what to buy’ area would represent a significant change to the current regime which should be carefully assessed; doubts that this would contribute to simplifying and streamlining, but fears rather that it would lead to more complicated rules with many exemptions which would be difficult to administer in practice; with the exception of the field of the use of public procurement to foster the accessibility of goods and services for consumers of all ages and abilities (the US experience shows that the mandatory use of section 508 has proven very effective at driven the procurement of accessible ITC equipment and developing the market);
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point a (new)
Paragraph 12 – point a (new)
(a) Believes that it is necessary to investigate the possibility of increasing the thresholds, so the threshold values reach a level that makes cross-border competition economically attractive to suppliers, and justifies the time and resources that public authorities spend on procurement;