Sittings · Document

DRAFT OPINION (2024/2103(INI)) 2025-04-03

On public procurement

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs · Rapporteur: Kim Van Sparrentak

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AMENDMENTS

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs submits the following to the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible:

Amendment 1

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Commission notice of 18 June 2021 entitled ‘Buying Social – A guide to taking account of social considerations in public procurement – Second edition1a,

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1a OJ C 237, 18.6.2021, p. 1.

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Amendment 2

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, published by the Commission in March 2021,

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Amendment 3

Motion for a resolution

Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the opinion of European Economic and Social Committee of 17 September 2020 entitled ‘Public procurement as a tool to create value and dignity in work in cleaning and facility services’1a, its opinion of 9 June 2021 entitled ‘Towards circular public procurement’1b and its opinion of 23 October 2024 entitled ‘The potential of Public Procurement for Social Economy enterprises’1c,

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1a OJ C 429, 11.12.2020, p. 30.

1b OJ C 341, 24.8.2021, p. 16.

1c OJ C, C/2025/100, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/100/oj.

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Amendment 4

Motion for a resolution

Citation 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the European Parliament study of 24 October 2023 entitled ‘The social impact of public procurement – Can the EU do more?1a

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1a Caimi, V., Sansonetti, S., ‘The Social Impact of Public Procurement – Can the EU do more?’ Publication for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, October 2023.

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Amendment 5

Motion for a resolution

Citation 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the report by the European Labour Authority of May 2024 entitled ‘Evaluating policy responses to prevent undeclared work in public procurement contracts’,

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Amendment 6

Motion for a resolution

Citation 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the La Hulpe Declaration on the Future of the European Pillar of Social Rights of 16 April 2024,

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Amendment 7

Motion for a resolution

Citation 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on a strong social Europe for Just Transitions1a,

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1a OJ C 445, 29.10.2021, p. 75.

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Amendment 8

Motion for a resolution

Citation 14 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2025 on the social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights1a,

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1a Texts adopted, P10_TA(2025)0039.

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Amendment 9

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Ba. whereas, when it comes to accessing public procurement, issues faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are similar to those faced by social economy enterprises and micro enterprises, and therefore relevant responses to SMEs’ issues would also benefit the latter; whereas this is important to take into account as social economy enterprises are a key driver of the social economy; whereas the Commission has reiterated its aim to create a level playing field in which social economy enterprises can compete effectively and fairly, without regulatory discrimination and taking into account their particular needs, and has presented the Social Economy Action Plan;

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Amendment 10

Motion for a resolution

Recital K a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Ka. whereas the La Hulpe Declaration calls for sustainable public procurement, including the promotion of collective bargaining and therefore for evaluating the directives on public procurement and, if needed, for taking further steps;

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Amendment 11

Motion for a resolution

Recital K b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Kb. whereas the European Parliament has urged the Commission, in the context of the forthcoming revision of Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement (the Directive) to further promote collective bargaining, the use of the social clause, and preferential treatment for companies whose workers are covered by collective agreements; whereas it underlined that contracting authorities must exclude from public tenders economic operators that have engaged in criminal activities; whereas it maintained that public procurement should strategically strengthen corporate social responsibility;

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Amendment 12

Motion for a resolution

Recital K c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Kc. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in its judgment in Case C-395/181a, establishes that the requirements in Article 18(2) of the Directive that economic operators must comply, in the performance of public contracts, with obligations relating to environmental, social and labour law, constitute a binding principle, such as the other principles referred to in paragraph 1 of that article, namely equal treatment, non-discrimination, transparency and proportionality;

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1a Judgment of 30 January 2020, Tim SpA — Direzione e coordinamento Vivendi SA v Consip SpA, C-395/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:58.

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Amendment 13

Motion for a resolution

Recital K d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Kd. whereas for end users of social health and care services, continuity of care based on personal relationships with workers is key; whereas the inclusion of social and health services under the light regime of the Public Procurement Directive has had detrimental effects on the continuity and quality of care provided;

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Amendment 14

Motion for a resolution

Recital K e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Ke. whereas the most underdeveloped area in socially responsible public procurement (‘SRPP’) is the use of public procurement to address gender inequalities and promote gender mainstreaming; whereas some contracting authorities at regional or local level have systems in place to monitor contracts and collect statistics that are relevant for SRPP and gender-responsive public procurement, but these are not available or harmonised at national level;

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Amendment 15

Motion for a resolution

Recital K f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Kf. whereas a recent study commissioned by Parliament concludes that the four main difficulties with SRPP implementation are lack of clear guidance about incorrect implementation, difficulties in calculating social effects and life-cycle costing, difficulties in linking social considerations to the subject matter of a contract, and the absence of a generally accepted definition of SRPP;

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Amendment 16

Motion for a resolution

Recital K g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Kg. whereas recently adopted legislative instruments in the area of social policy, such as Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union1a and Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms1b, include provisions on cross-referencing public procurement legislation aiming, respectively, at strengthening the enforcement of the social clause or adding new exclusion grounds; whereas, as regards the posting of workers, the CJEU judgment in the RegioPost case1c has confirmed that contracting authorities may set a higher level of wages than the general standard as a performance condition for a contract, in order to allow posted workers to receive a living wage;

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1a OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2041/oj.

1b OJ L 132, 17.5.2023, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/970/oj.

1c Judgment of 17 November 2015, RegioPost GmbH & Co. KG v Stadt Landau in der Pfalz, C-115/14,ECLI:EU:C:2015:760.

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Amendment 17

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses that European public procurement should remain an essential pillar of the properly functioning internal market and broader economy, and that targeted reform is needed to unlock its true potential; cautions, however, that the increasing tendency to use public procurement as a vehicle for multiple, often conflicting policy objectives risks adding complexity, bureaucracy and procedural burdens, rather than delivering tangible market impact;

1. Stresses that European public procurement remains an essential pillar of the properly functioning internal market and broader economy, and is an essential lever to achieve environmental, climate and social objectives; underlines that an ambitious reform is needed to unlock its true potential; regrets that the use of strategic public procurement has remained limited due to the lack of legal certainty provided for contracting authorities and their consequent fear of litigation and tendency to continue awarding contracts based on the lowest bid, as pointed out in the ECA Special Report;

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Amendment 18

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully align the public procurement reform with its strategic objectives aimed at reducing bureaucracy, simplification and boosting European competitiveness; advises against measures that could compromise any of these principles;

2. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully align the public procurement reform with its strategic objectives in order to ensure an economic shift towards innovation and sustainability, in particular regarding high social standards as enshrined in the European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights, with the overall objective of boosting competitiveness, supporting EU industry and securing strategic autonomy, while aiming at simplification of the overall legislative framework by reducing the complexity of the rules and bureaucracy for both contracting authorities and tenderers, in particular SMEs;

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Amendment 19

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Recognises that, in order to make public procurement more accessible, particularly for SMEs, updated versions of directives must aim at substantially reducing the current 476 articles or 907 pages of law and must continue to be strictly procedural in character, specifying how rather than what to buy;

3. Recognises that public procurement should be more accessible for SMEs and in particular for social economy enterprises; highlights that along with specific rules to achieve this, the revision of the public procurement rules should address the complexity of the current rules and ensure legal certainty for contracting authorities and bidders; stresses that clear and binding rules on social criteria can help contracting authorities in this regard;

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Amendment 20

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Recognises, in this context, that while public procurement can support strategic industries essential to the security of industrial output and economic stability, it must not be misused to artificially sustain failed policies, such as the Green Deal, or to subsidise non-viable products and services that cannot otherwise compete with traditional market alternatives;

5. Firmly believes that public procurement can support strategic industries in Europe essential to the resilience and competitiveness of the EU, while fostering job creation and a just transition towards a circular and climate-neutral economy;

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Amendment 21

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Opposes the preferential treatment given to green technologies in public procurement; stresses that if a technology cannot sustain itself in the market without subsidies, it is a clear indication that it may not be commercially viable; insists that public procurement must remain technology neutral and competition-driven;

6. Calls on the Commission to set clear and simple rules to support the preferential treatment given to socially responsible and otherwise sustainable public procurement; highlights that such rules are essential to support the innovation efforts of the industry and the private sector by boosting demand while safeguarding fair competition; believes that this support should also be used to promote European industrial competitiveness and the creation of quality jobs in the EU and to promote collective bargaining and compliance with EU and national labour rights and laws, including decent working conditions;

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Amendment 22

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Highlights that public contracts continue to be awarded primarily based on the lowest price criterion, restricting procurement authorities from considering additional factors such as innovation and quality-to-price ratio, or environmental and social considerations, which leads to suboptimal long-term outcomes misaligned with citizens’ interests, downward pressure on labour costs, collective bargaining, and subsequently also on working conditions and wages for workers under public contracts; is worried that this situation is detrimental overall to the development of the internal market and to underpinning a competitive and fair social market economy;

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Amendment 23

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Advocates a clearer distinction between contracting authorities and public undertakings, recognising that the latter often engage in business-driven projects;

13. Recognises the need for a clear distinction between contracting authorities and public undertakings; underlines that the freedom and autonomy of public authorities must always be safeguarded and respected; stresses that direct provision of services by public or local authorities, in-house provision of services and public-public partnerships are and must remain available options and not be put under pressure;

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Amendment 24

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Recommends a particular focus on automating certain processes, such as through moving to a transaction-based from an outdated notification-based system, reducing the amount of e-forms and integrating the European single procurement document and eCertis into broader administrative and business systems, especially considering the potential offered by disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence; calls on the Commission to turn Tenders Electronic Daily into a tool that can be used to monitor and report on strategic procurement with common indicators across Member States;

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Amendment 25

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 4 a (new) (after paragraph 17)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Strengthening the social dimension of European public procurement

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Amendment 26

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Welcomes the acknowledgment of the Commission in its communication on the Clean Industrial Deal that the use of social conditionalities in public funding ensures that workers benefit from the support provided to industry, including in promoting collective bargaining; welcomes the Commission’s intention to support labour and social standards to ensure that the transition is fair and equitable for all in the context of the revision of the legislative framework on public procurement;

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Amendment 27

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17b. Highlights that the Letta report called for public procurement legislation to ensure that contracts foster the creation of high-quality jobs, characterised by fair wages and conditions underpinned by collective agreements;

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Amendment 28

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17c. Recalls that the mandatory social clause introduced in the previous revision of the public procurement framework was an important step forward; stresses, nevertheless, that it has not been successful enough in achieving an impact; stresses that a lack of legal clarity for contracting authorities resulted in a widespread fear of litigation and a chilling effect regarding the application of social considerations in the different stages of the procurement process; calls on the Commission to clarify, in line with the CJEU judgment in Case C-395/18, that the requirements in Article 18(2) of the Directive relating to environmental, social and labour law constitute a binding principle, as the other principles referred to in Article 18(1) do, namely equal treatment, non-discrimination, transparency and proportionality; calls on the Commission to ensure that the horizontal social clause is applied across all articles in the Public Procurement Directive; calls, therefore, on the Commission to make it a clear obligation for contracting authorities – including in the contract notice – to ensure the full respect of workers and trade union rights, including the right to collective bargaining, as well as to guarantee quality jobs and good working conditions;

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Amendment 29

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17d. Believes that the revision of the directives on Public Procurement should clarify the notion of the ‘link-to-subject matter’ with regard to the use of sustainability and social criteria, and should prescribe a maximum limit on the weight that contracting authorities are allowed to give to criteria that are not linked to the subject matter, such as supporting social objectives or corporate social responsibility policies; calls on the Commission to make clear that the promotion of collective bargaining and fair working conditions should always be considered a relevant requirement that is linked to the subject matter in order to give more legal certainty to contracting authorities and ensure fair competition;

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Amendment 30

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17e. Believes that the revision of the directives on public procurement should ensure that the mandatory application by economic operators of the terms and conditions of the applicable collective agreements, at national or regional levels, including universally or generally applicable and sectoral collective agreements, is guaranteed, including through the inclusion of these terms and conditions in the contract notice and as obligatory performance conditions and selection criteria for all economic operators, and throughout the subcontracting chain; believes that mandatory rules on applying existing collective agreements would contribute positively to reducing the complexity of the procurement process;

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Amendment 31

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17f. Considers that the revision should ensure that contracting authorities include award criteria to promote collective bargaining, including giving a significant advantage to employers whose workers and subcontractors’ workers are covered by collective agreements;

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Amendment 32

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17g. Highlights that currently, economic operators that promote social inclusion, quality jobs and good working conditions and want to offer high-quality, innovative and creative goods and services by investing in their workforce, are penalised by contracting authorities’ overreliance on the lowest price criterion for awarding contracts given the lack of legal clarity of the current framework and resulting fear of litigation;

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Amendment 33

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17h. Urges the Commission to make the use of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criterion mandatory for the award of contracts and to exclude awards based on price only; emphasises that environmental and social criteria should always be included in this approach to promote sustainability and quality jobs and to encompass societal benefits of public spending;

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Amendment 34

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 i (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17i. Acknowledges that multiple layers of subcontracting dilute accountability, increase risks of labour law violations, put downward pressure on the working conditions of workers down the subcontracting chain and hinders effective enforcement; believes that public procurement rules should promote direct jobs and that companies should have sufficient own staffing to carry out the project to be awarded through public procurement; calls on the Commission, in order to increase transparency and responsibility across the supply chain, to limit subcontracting to a maximum of two levels, to make the disclosure of the details of subcontractors and the share of the contract that the contractor intends to subcontract mandatory, as well as to introduce joint and several liability of the economic operators and subcontractors in cases of breeches of labour law and collective agreements;

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Amendment 35

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 j (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17j. Believes that primary contractors and subcontractors, including their subsidiaries, that engage in unfair competition, commit tax fraud or are in breach of their obligations with regard to applicable environmental, labour and social standards should be excluded from public contracts; calls, therefore, on the Commission to abolish the distinction in Article 57 of the Directive between mandatory and facultative exclusion grounds and to clarify what those exclusion grounds for contracting authorities are; calls for the establishment of a black list of economic operators excluded from procurement markets in order to facilitate enforcement and contribute to safeguarding a level playing field in the internal market;

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Amendment 36

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 k (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17k. Calls on the Commission to put forward a clear methodology for assessing the notion of ‘abnormally low price’ in order to provide contracting authorities with more legal certainty when identifying tenders that are likely to fail to respect minimum social and labour standards;

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Amendment 37

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 l (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17l. Recognises that thousands of people are employed under contracts reserved for workers with disabilities; insists that this practice should continue; recalls that the objective of such reserved contracts is to give the opportunity for people with disabilities to transition towards employment in the open labour market and calls for the improved implementation of reserved contracts that benefit the integration into the labour market of groups in a disadvantaged situation;

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Amendment 38

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 m (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17m. Considers it essential to ensure that large contracts do not only go to large companies; calls on the Commission to include social economy enterprises and micro enterprises in all initiatives that facilitate access to public contracts for SMEs; believes that the new rules should include mandatory division into lots, and limitations to avoid excessive ‘proof -of- past’ requirements as part of the selection criteria;

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Amendment 39

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 n (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17n. Underlines that the inclusion of social and health services under the ‘light regime’ in the application of the EU’s public procurement rules has had a detrimental effect in certain Member States on the quality and continuity of care, and that there have been hardly any cross-border bids, since the provision of these services is very specific to the organisation of the welfare state; calls, therefore, on the Commission to exclude social and health services from the scope of the Directive;

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Amendment 40

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 o (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17o. Stresses that the ‘error-free’ culture and the ‘chilling effect’ resulting from competition logic and dynamics inherent to the current regulatory framework do not allow for creativity, innovation or flexibility, which are principles that are key for labour-intensive sectors such as social service and essential service providers; calls on the Commission to clarify price revision clauses in order to allow for innovation and investment in the workforce, for instance through training or adapting pay if a new collective agreement comes into effect during the duration of a contract;

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Amendment 41

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 p (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17p. Is of the opinion that reserved contracts for certain services are a good practice that supports the social economy and that contracting authorities should be supported and encouraged to make more use of this available option; believes, however, that it is harmful for people in a vulnerable situation to interrupt a care relationship every three years; calls on the Commission to reconsider the three-year limit and the obligation to not have provided these services within the previous three years under Article 77 of the Directive;

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Amendment 42

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 q (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17q. Considers it of high importance to ensure reinforced enforcement, monitoring and sanctions to guarantee that economic operators fully respect their obligations, including in the field of labour; stresses that procuring authorities should have the necessary resources to fulfil their responsibilities; stresses the importance of ensuring full respect for the conditions defined in International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No 94 on Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) as part of the horizontal minimum requirements; believes it necessary to ensure that a failure to respect the relevant conditions should lead to dissuasive sanctions, including the termination of the contract and exclusion from the procurement process, as this will strongly contribute to achieving the objectives of promoting quality jobs and collective bargaining;

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Amendment 43

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 r (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17r. Deplores the fact that the current Public Procurement Directive lacks a gender dimension; calls on the Commission to use the upcoming revision to expand Annex X in order to ensure that ILO Conventions No 100 on Equal Remuneration and No 111 on Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) are included therein, along with the Pay Transparency Directive1a, the Work Life Balance Directive2a and the Women on Boards Directive3a; considers that failing to comply with current legislation should be considered grounds for exclusion;

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1a Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (OJ L 132, 17.5.2023, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/970/oj).

1b Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU (OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1158/oj).

1c Directive (EU) 2022/2381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures (OJ L 315, 7.12.2022, p. 44, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2381/oj).

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Amendment 44

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 s (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17s. Stresses that ensuring that public contracts are awarded to those employers who ensure health and safety at work should be guaranteed and therefore calls for the addition in Annex X of ILO Convention No 155 on Occupational Safety and Health and No 187 on the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health;

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Amendment 45

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18a. Stresses that the revision should clearly identify social goals (e.g. the promotion of quality employment, equality, gender equality and sustainable development) as essential aims of public procurement in line with Articles 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

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ANNEX: ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur for the opinion declares that she received input from the following entities or persons in the preparation of the draft opinion:

Entity and/or person

Pracodawcy RP

Amazon Europe Core SARL

DIGITALEUROPE

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

SAP

The Danish Chamber of Commerce

Veolia Environnement

Confederation of European Security Services

European Federation of Building and Woodworkers

BusinessEurope

European Federation of Public Service Unions

European & International Booksellers Federation

SMEunited aisbl

European Chemical Industry Council

Danish Trade Union Confederation EU Office

European Trade Union Confederation

Deutscher Landkreistag

Conseil des Communes et Régions d’Europe

Petita i Mitjana Empresa de Catalunya

OpenForum Europe

Red Cross EU Office

Bentley Systems

FoodServiceEurope

Danish Industry

Water Europe

Związek Województw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

Medicines for Europe

Polski Komitet Energii Elektrycznej

ProVeg International

Fair Trade Movement

SustainablePublicAffairs

Social Services Europe

European Railway Industry Association

Architects’ Council of Europe

The Sustainable Energy Finance Association

The Open Cloud Coalition

NetApp Ireland Limited

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