OPINION (2024/2103(INI))
On public procurement
INTA-AD-771917
Committee on International Trade · Rapporteur: Daniel Caspary
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This committee opinion on public procurement calls for enforcing existing tools, ambitious international negotiations, and updating EU procurement rules to support competitiveness and resilience.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on International Trade proposes an opinion that emphasizes enforcing existing tools, ambitious negotiations, and updating internal rules to balance openness and strategic autonomy.¶¶¶
Key points
- Calls for enforcing existing tools like the International Procurement Instrument and for a more ambitious approach to international negotiations.¶
- Urges bilateral trade agreements to include comprehensive public procurement chapters and intensified WTO efforts to extend the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) to major global players.
- Calls for maintaining technology neutrality in green procurement and preserving environmental, social and labour requirements in line with EU law.¶
- Asks for simplifying procurement procedures, updating thresholds, and reducing red tape to make EU procurement more accessible, especially for SMEs.
- Recommends creating digital databases for pre-qualified SMEs and dividing large contracts into smaller lots to ensure inclusive and fair access.
- Stresses the need to balance openness and strategic autonomy, remaining open to fair foreign bidders while protecting against unfair practices.¶