27 Amendments of Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN related to 2017/2278(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the voluntary instrument of Green Public Procurement (GPP),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas public procurement is a strategic tool used to achieve the EU’s goals of green and socially inclusive growth;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, when it comes to the transposition of EU rules on public procurement and concessions, the full transposition and implementation of EU law is essential to make it easier and cheaper for small and medium-sized enterprises to bid for public contracts, in full respect of the EU’s principles of transparency and competition;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas according to 2016 data, it appears thatthe Commission communication from 2016, only four Member States relyied on digital technologies for all major steps in public procurement, such as e-notification, e- access to tender documents, e-submission, e-evaluation, e-award, e-ordering, e- invoicing and e-payment;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas according to the European Semester thematic fact sheet on public procurement of November 2017, the number of tender procedures with only one bid increased from 14 % to 29 % for the period 2006--2016, and whereas, according to the Commission communication, ‘SMEs win only 45 % of the value of public contracts above EU thresholds, clearly below their weight in the economy’;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas public procurement can provide an important demand-side stimulus to the uptake and production of low- and zero-emission vehicles and hence contribute to reducing overall transport emissions;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes, almost four years after the extensive revision of the Union public procurement legislative framework was concluded, the set of non-legislative measures proposed by the Commission and hopeexpects that this will create impetus for better implementation;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is disappointed by the pace at which many Member States have transposed the 2014 directives in the area of public procurement, and by the many delays, and regrets the fact that the Commission had to initiate the infringement procedure for a small number of Member Statessome Member States when it comes to enforcing the acquis on the single market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs, which are supposed to lead to a deeper and fairer internal market with a strengthened industrial base;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned about the delays that have occurred in the transposition of the 2014 directives in some Member States, and calls on the Member States to avoid measures that increase the amount of bureaucracy in order to guarantee a fair single public procurement market;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the current Union legislation, more than ever, allows for public procurement to be used as a strategic instrument to promote policy goals, and encourages the Member States to get the most that they can out of it; recalls that at regional and local level as well, public procurement is an important tool to respond to regional and local strategies, which are environmentally and socially sustainable;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the extensive use of innovative procurement to implement green and socially inclusive growth;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to use public procurement strategically in order to promote an innovative, sustainable, circular and socially responsible economy, as well as innovation,which promotes SME growth and competition; underlines that this requires Member States to signal such policies at the highest level and support, to this end, procurers and practitioners in the public administration;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the fact that many Member States have made provisions for accepting the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) and encourages its systematic application; highlights the importance of green criteria in MEAT;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. While acknowledging that in some cases the low price reflects innovative solutions and efficient management, is concerned about the excessive use of the lowest price as athe main award criterion without commensurate reflection of other criteria in a number of Member States and therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse the reason behind this situation;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines that, when applying LCC, public purchasers should take into account the costs of resource use, maintenance and disposal, which are not reflected in the purchase price, especially as there is an enormous potential for savings over the life-cycle of a good, work or service by savings on the use of energy, water and fuel, on maintenance and replacement as well as on disposal costs, among other things;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. NoteHighlights that innovative, socio- economic and environmental considerations are legitimateimportant award criteria in public procurement, but that contracting authorities can also pursue green, sustainable, innovative or social goals through well- thought-out specifications and by allowing variant offers; recalls the possibility of using quality criteria as the award criteria, e.g. in promoting locally produced food;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that public procurement policies have an important role in fostering the procurement of agricultural products and foodstuffs from local producers, and calls on the Commission to propose measures to support short food supply chains and to assess their impact on the rural economy;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes the importance of financing in green transport infrastructure projects, e.g. infrastructure for alternative fuels, and cross-border cooperation between Member States; stresses that the award criteria for obtaining EU financing needs to include an obligation to demonstrate how the proposed project will contribute to achieving climate targets;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for revision of the Clean Vehicles Directive (amending Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles) and the inclusion of binding procurement targets for 2025 and 2030, which will increase the market uptake of low- and zero-emission vehicles and contribute to the Union’s drive towards low-emission mobility;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for more Member States to use the advantages of central purchasing and aggregation of public purchasing, and notes that Central Purchasing Bodies canould and should speed up dissemination of expertise, of best practices and of innovation;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Expresses concern over unfair competition within public procurement procedures as a result of state interference with third country competitors, in particular, but not limited, to the market for electric vehicles and batteries; considers that a linkage between trade defence instruments and public procurement practices is necessary;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes with regret a decrease in the intensity of competition in public procurement in the Union in recent years, and urges thparticularly those Member States recordingwith a high percentage of notices with only one bidder to address the problem by improving access to public procurement tenders;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the Member States to increase joint procurement procedures, including cross-border, as facilitated by the revised EU rules, and askscalls on the Commission to provide technicalin-depth support in this field;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that SMEs are still facing difficulties in accessing public procurement, and calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of the measures provided by the 2014 directives and to come forward with new solutions if necessaryas soon as review procedures reveal the necessity of doing so;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to support SMEs’ participation in tenders, for example by mandatory division into lotprocurement markets, also beyond their national frontiers, for example by mandatory division into lots, placing a limit on the turnover required to participate in a tender procedure, a reduction in documentation requirements or the involvement of SMEs in prior market consultations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop advisory services and training for SMEs to ensure their better participation in tendering processes;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to analyse in particular the impediments to cross- border public procurement resulting from language, legal or any other barriers, and to propose solutions or intervene in order to guarantee functional cross-border procurement;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Highlights the importance of transparency and the non-discriminatory nature of public procurement procedures; recalls the importance of having proper appeal procedures in place and the importance of having access to guidance on how to launch an appeal;