Sittings · Document
3.9.2025 A10-0147/1
Amendment 1
Marina Mesure, Leila Chaibi
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
Na. whereas considering the challenges related to European industrial sovereignty and the need to preserve and strengthen European jobs and know-how, public procurement should be used as a major strategic lever to promote the creation of added value within the EU, thereby enhancing industrial resilience and the sustainability of European supply chains;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/2
Amendment 2
Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
Nb. whereas contracting authorities in the EU should be allowed to give preference to bids that include a significant proportion of added value produced within the EU;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/3
Amendment 3
Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
4. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully align the public procurement reform with its strategic objectives aimed at reducing bureaucracy and regulatory burdens, simplification, maintaining high social and environmental standards, guaranteeing ambitious local economic development, promoting access for SMEs and boosting the EU’s competitiveness and security, including by addressing harmful dependencies in respect of certain vital products and services; advises against measures that could compromise any of these principles;
4. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully align the public procurement reform with its strategic objectives aimed at reducing bureaucracy and regulatory burdens, simplification, maintaining high social and environmental standards, guaranteeing ambitious local economic development, promoting access for SMEs and boosting the EU’s competitiveness and security, preventing social dumping and preserving our economic and industrial sovereignty, in order to address harmful dependencies in respect of certain vital products and services; advises against measures that could compromise any of these principles;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/4
Amendment 4
Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
6a. Notes that international competition is putting pressure on numerous industrial sectors in Europe through overcapacity and price dumping, and therefore expects that, in addition to promoting green and social initiatives, lead markets should also be anchored in public tenders in order to strengthen Europe’s strategic independence in key sectors, giving priority to European bidders within these sectors;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/5
Amendment 5
Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
11. Urges the Commission, in the light of the economic slowdown and rising public debt, to carefully assess any legal changes that could further constrain the purchasing power of contracting authorities and limit available vendors, as such constraints could ultimately undermine citizens’ access to high-quality public services and infrastructure; underlines that due consideration must be given to the need for clear rules regarding the treatment of products and economic operators from non-EU countries; cautions, however, against the use of procurement for protectionist purposes; underlines, in this context, that European preference should be compliant with the EU’s WTO commitments;
11. Urges the Commission to withdraw the EU from the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement to ensure that future EU legislation and financial programmes allow exclusive preference to be given to EU-based undertakings;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/6
Amendment 6
Hanna Gedin, Per Clausen, Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure, Jonas Sjöstedt
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
14. Notes that, in the context of procuring goods and services and in accordance with the constitutional structures of the Member States – particularly the protection of regional and local self-government under Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union – local authorities have the discretion to determine how to fulfil their procurement needs; recalls that they may choose to supply goods in house, cooperate with other public entities, or engage with the market through procurement procedures; believes that the freedom and autonomy of public authorities should be safeguarded and respected;
14. Notes that, in the context of procuring goods and services and in accordance with the constitutional structures of the Member States – particularly the protection of regional and local self-government under Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union – local authorities have the discretion to determine how to fulfil their procurement needs; recalls that they may choose to supply goods in house, cooperate with other public entities, or engage with the market through procurement procedures; believes that the freedom and autonomy of public authorities must be safeguarded and respected;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/7
Amendment 7
Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
36. Highlights the need to train contracting authorities, including giving an explanation of the rules and adequate clarification of the use of non-price criteria, including the legal basis for the MEAT criteria and the need to ensure the application of Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU to offer legal certainty to contracting authorities so that they feel more confident using them, while maintaining adequate oversight and data access options; encourages the Commission to further strengthen the professionalisation and training of procurement officials and suggests that the Commission increase funding for further training of contracting authorities to effectively implement the EU public procurement framework;
36. Highlights the need to train contracting authorities, including giving an explanation of the rules and adequate clarification of the use of non-price criteria, including the legal basis for the MEAT criteria and the need to ensure the application of Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU to offer legal certainty to contracting authorities so that they feel more confident using them, while maintaining adequate oversight and data access options; encourages the Commission to further strengthen the professionalisation and training of procurement officials and suggests that the Commission increase funding for further training of contracting authorities to effectively implement the EU public procurement framework; calls for training programmes for contracting authorities to include modules on verifying compliance with occupational health and safety obligations, and on the procedures for checking employers’ mandatory training certificates, to be required of tenderers and subcontractors at the selection and contract performance stages;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/8
Amendment 8
Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
39. Calls for a revision of the exclusion criteria in procurement processes, enabling them to better address specific sectoral risks related to fraud, corruption and criminal infiltration; stresses that different sectors require separate tailored exclusion criteria, reflecting their specific vulnerabilities; firmly believes that contracting authorities should be empowered to adapt procurement procedures to combat and address criminal activities; highlights that in order to promote greater efficiency and simplification, the provisions relating to grounds for exclusion should be streamlined through an exhaustive list and a clear distinction between mandatory grounds for exclusion, intended to protect the public interest, and optional grounds for exclusion, intended to protect the interests of the contracting authorities or entities; adds that any economic operator that breaches its obligations under applicable labour and environmental laws pursuant to Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU should effectively be excluded from the public procurement process in question;
39. Calls for a revision of the exclusion criteria in procurement processes, enabling them to better address specific sectoral risks related to fraud, corruption and criminal infiltration; stresses that different sectors require separate tailored exclusion criteria, reflecting their specific vulnerabilities; firmly believes that contracting authorities should be empowered to adapt procurement procedures to combat and address criminal activities; highlights that in order to promote greater efficiency and simplification, the provisions relating to grounds for exclusion should be streamlined through an exhaustive list and a clear distinction between mandatory grounds for exclusion, intended to protect the public interest, and optional grounds for exclusion, intended to protect the interests of the contracting authorities or entities; adds that any economic operator that breaches its obligations under applicable labour and environmental laws pursuant to Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU should effectively be excluded from the public procurement process in question; calls for the mandatory exclusion of economic operators that have been convicted of non-compliance with rules regarding working conditions and occupational health and safety, including where the infringement is committed by a subcontractor within the execution chain, in line with the principle of proportionality;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/9
Amendment 9
Hanna Gedin, Per Clausen, Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure, Jonas Sjöstedt
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
39a. Considers that contracting authorities must be allowed the autonomy to exclude bids based on security risks or out of respect for fundamental human rights and international law;
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3.9.2025 A10-0147/10
Amendment 10
Hanna Gedin, Per Clausen, Leila Chaibi, Marina Mesure, Jonas Sjöstedt
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0147/2025
Piotr Müller
Public procurement
(2024/2103(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
54. Recalls that the conditions set out in ILO Convention No 94 on Labour Clauses should be respected, and considers that countries that do not comply with them should not be able to access EU public procurement processes;
54. Emphasises that the conditions set out in ILO Convention No 94 on Labour Clauses should be respected, and considers that countries that do not comply with them should not be able to access EU public procurement processes;
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