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lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@en⁴
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³ unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³ substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)²³ substitute; PETI (2007-01-31--2007-02-14)²³ member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)²³ member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)²³
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@cs¹ "Hr. formand! Jeg vil gerne ønske Dem tillykke med Deres udnævnelse. Jeg vil ikke tale om SMV'er, for det har mange af mine kolleger allerede gjort, men jeg vil gerne understrege og erklære mig enig i, at dette er et kolossalt vigtigt spørgsmål. Offentlige indkøb tegner sig for 20 % af BNP i udviklingslandene og omkring 15 % af BNP i udviklede lande. Jeg føler, at jeg har et Janus-ansigt i denne sag, for intuitivt går jeg ind for at åbne de offentlige indkøb for konkurrence. Dette burde i teorien reducere de offentlige udgifter og skabe større åbenhed inden for offentlige indkøb og derfor begrænse korruptionen. Dette bør skabe fordele for både de udviklede lande og udviklingslandene, og i udviklingslandene vil det frigøre ressourcer til sundhed og uddannelse. Men hvis man kigger på listen over de lande, der har underskrevet GPA, er der ikke et eneste afrikansk land blandt de 36. Det er klart, at de afrikanske lande og andre mindre udviklede lande føler, at omkostningerne er større end fordelene ved at underskrive denne aftale. Jeg vil spørge Kommissionen, hvordan den planlægger at støtte først og fremmest de afrikanske og ligeledes andre mindre udviklede lande for at give dem mulighed for at konkurrere på det europæiske marked og de andre udviklede markeder på lige fod, og hvilken bistand de kan få til at udvikle deres eget erhvervsliv, således at de kan klare konkurrencen i deres eget land, hvis de accepterer at åbne markedet for offentlige indkøb. Fru Lucas antydede det på en lidt anden måde, men jeg er også bekymret for, hvordan man vil tage hensyn til ikkehandelsrelaterede spørgsmål i GPA og ved anvendelsen af GPA, hvordan man vil tage hensyn til spørgsmål som miljø, menneskerettigheder og arbejdsmarkedsrettigheder. Jeg er enig med fru Lucas i, at der er tale om offentlige midler, og at hvis vi blot får GPA uden betingelser, er der fare for, at arbejdsmarkeds- og miljøstandarderne kan blive presset nedad. På den ene side kan jeg se fordelene ved at åbne de offentlige indkøb, men der findes mange risici, og jeg håber, at Kommissionen vil undersøge disse spørgsmål."@da² "Herr Präsident, ich möchte Ihnen zu Ihrer Wahl gratulieren. Ich möchte nicht zu KMU sprechen, weil dies viele meiner Kolleginnen und Kollegen bereits getan haben, doch ich will betonen und stimme ihnen darin zu, dass dies ein ausgesprochen wichtiges Thema ist. Das öffentliche Beschaffungswesen macht 20 % des BIP in den Entwicklungsländern und etwa 15 % des BIP in den Industriestaaten aus. Ich glaube, hier schlagen zwei Herzen in meiner Brust, denn instinktiv bin ich für die Öffnung des öffentlichen Beschaffungswesens für den Wettbewerb. Theoretisch müssten dadurch die Staatsausgaben sinken sowie die Transparenz bei der öffentlichen Auftragsvergabe zunehmen und damit der Korruption Einhalt geboten werden. Sowohl für die Industriestaaten als auch für die Entwicklungsländer sollte dies Vorteile bringen, und in den Entwicklungsländern würden Mittel für Gesundheit und Bildung freigesetzt. Doch wenn Sie sich die Liste der 36 GPA-Interessenten anschauen, dann findet sich kein einziges afrikanisches Land unter ihnen. Offenkundig sind die afrikanischen Staaten und andere am wenigsten entwickelte Länder der Auffassung, dass die Kosten möglicherweise größer als die Vorteile einer Unterzeichnung dieses Übereinkommens sind. Ich möchte die Kommission fragen, welche Unterstützung sie planen könnte, zum einen für afrikanische und andere LDC-Länder, um diesen zu ermöglichen, auf den europäischen und anderen Märkten der Industrienationen zu fairen Bedingungen im Wettbewerb zu stehen, und zum anderen, wie man diesen unter die Arme greifen könnte, ihre nationale Industrie zu entwickeln, um dem Wettbewerb innerhalb ihres eigenen Landes standzuhalten, falls sie sich an einer Öffnung der öffentlichen Beschaffungsmärkte beteiligen. Zudem mache ich mir Sorgen, und dies hat Frau Lucas schon auf etwas andere Weise angesprochen, wie Fragen außerhalb des Handels oder Fragen wie Umweltschutz, Menschenrechte und Arbeitsrechte im GPA und bei seiner Anwendung berücksichtigt werden. Ich stimme Frau Lucas zu, dass dies öffentliche Gelder sind und dass ein GPA ohne jegliche Bedingungen die Gefahr eines Rückgangs von Arbeits- und Umweltstandards mit sich bringt. Ich kann zwar die Vorteile einer Öffnung des öffentlichen Beschaffungswesens sehen, doch sie birgt auch zahlreiche Gefahren, und ich hoffe, dass die Kommission diese Probleme prüft."@de⁹ "Κύριε Πρόεδρε, θα ήθελα να σας συγχαρώ για τον διορισμό σας. Δεν πρόκειται να μιλήσω για τις ΜΜΕ διότι το έκαναν ήδη πολλοί από τους συναδέλφους μου, αλλά θέλω να τονίσω και να συμφωνήσω μαζί τους ότι το θέμα αυτό είναι εξαιρετικά σημαντικό. Οι δημόσιες συμβάσεις αντιστοιχούν στο 20% του ΑΕγχΠ στις αναπτυσσόμενες χώρες και γύρω στο 15% του ΑΕγχΠ στις αναπτυγμένες χώρες. Αισθάνομαι λίγο διχασμένος ως προς αυτό θέμα, διότι ενστικτωδώς είμαι υπέρ του ανοίγματος των δημόσιων συμβάσεων στον ανταγωνισμό. Αυτό θα πρέπει θεωρητικά να μειώσει τις δημόσιες δαπάνες και να αυξήσει τη διαφάνεια στις δημόσιες συμβάσεις και επομένως να μειώσει τη διαφθορά. Θα επιφέρει οφέλη τόσο στον αναπτυγμένο όσο και στον αναπτυσσόμενο κόσμο και, στον αναπτυσσόμενο κόσμο, θα ελευθερώσει πόρους για την υγεία και την εκπαίδευση. Ωστόσο, αν δει κανείς τον κατάλογο των χωρών που υπέγραψαν τη συμφωνία για τις δημόσιες συμβάσεις, θα διαπιστώσει ότι μεταξύ των 36 χωρών δεν περιλαμβάνεται καμιά αφρικανική χώρα. Είναι σαφές ότι οι αφρικανικές χώρες και άλλες λιγότερο αναπτυγμένες χώρες πιστεύουν ότι οι δαπάνες ενδέχεται να υπερακοντίζουν τα οφέλη της προσχώρησης σε αυτήν τη συμφωνία. Θα ήθελα να ρωτήσω την Επιτροπή τι υποστήριξη προτίθεται να παράσχει, πρώτον, στις αφρικανικές και σε άλλες λιγότερο αναπτυγμένες χώρες ώστε να τις διευκολύνει να ανταγωνίζονται επί ίσοις όροις στην ευρωπαϊκή αγορά και σε άλλες αναπτυγμένες αγορές και ποια βοήθεια μπορεί να δοθεί για να αναπτύξουν τη δική τους βιομηχανία ώστε να μπορούν να αντέξουν τον ανταγωνισμό στο εσωτερικό τους αν συμφωνήσουν στο άνοιγμα των δημόσιων συμβάσεων. Ανησυχώ επίσης, όπως υπέδειξε η κ. Lucas με κάπως διαφορετικό τρόπο, για τα μη εμπορικά θέματα που θα ληφθούν υπόψη στη συμφωνία για τις δημόσιες συμβάσεις και για την εφαρμογή της συμφωνίας, καθώς και για τον τρόπο με τον οποίο θα ληφθούν υπόψη θέματα όπως το περιβάλλον, τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα και τα εργασιακά δικαιώματα. Συμφωνώ με την κ. Lucas ότι πρόκειται για δημόσια χρήματα και ότι υπάρχει ο κίνδυνος, αν συνάψουμε απλώς μια συμφωνία χωρίς όρους, να υποβαθμιστούν τα εργασιακά και περιβαλλοντικά πρότυπα. Από την άλλη πλευρά, διαβλέπω το πλεονέκτημα του ανοίγματος των δημόσιων συμβάσεων, αλλά είναι γεμάτο κινδύνους και ελπίζω ότι η Επιτροπή θα εξετάσει αυτά τα θέματα."@el¹⁰ "Señor Presidente, le felicito por su nombramiento. No voy a hablar de las PYME, porque muchos de mis colegas ya lo han hecho, pero quiero insistir, y en esto concuerdo con ellos, en que se trata de una cuestión de extrema importancia. La contratación pública representa el 20 % del PIB en los países en desarrollo y en torno al 15 % del PIB en los países desarrollados. En esta cuestión me siento un poco como si tuviera dos discursos distintos, porque intuitivamente estoy a favor de abrir a la competencia los mercados de contratación pública. En teoría, eso debería servir para reducir el gasto público y aumentar la transparencia en la contratación pública, frenando así la corrupción. Eso debería resultar beneficioso tanto para el mundo desarrollado como para el mundo en desarrollo y, en este último, se liberarían recursos que podrían destinarse a salud y educación. Pero si uno mira la lista de los 36 signatarios del Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública (ACP), entre ellos no hay ni un solo país africano. Está claro que los países africanos y otros países en desarrollo piensan que los costes son posiblemente mayores que los beneficios derivados de la firma de este acuerdo. Pregunto a la Comisión qué tipo de ayuda podría prever, primero, para los países africanos y otros países menos adelantados, de manera que puedan competir en el mercado europeo y en otros mercados desarrollados en igualdad de condiciones, y qué ayuda podría darles para que desarrollen su propia industria, de manera que puedan hacer frente a la competencia dentro de su propio país si deciden abrir a la competencia sus mercados de contratación pública. A mí también me preocupa, como ha dicho la señora Lucas de una forma algo diferente, cómo se tendrán en cuenta los aspectos no comerciales en el ACP y en la aplicación del mismo; cómo se tendrán en cuenta aspectos como el medio ambiente, los derechos humanos y los derechos de los trabajadores. Estoy de acuerdo con la señora Lucas en que se trata de dinero público y en que, si el ACP no viene acompañado de unas condiciones, existe el peligro de que se rebajen las normas laborales y ambientales. Por otra parte, soy consciente de la ventaja de abrir a la competencia los mercados de contratación pública, pero también veo los peligros, y espero que la Comisión examine estas cuestiones."@es²¹ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@et⁵ "Arvoisa puhemies, onnittelen teitä nimityksestänne. En aio puhua pk-yrityksistä, koska monet kollegoistani ovat jo tehneet niin, mutta haluan korostaa yksimielisesti heidän kanssaan, että kysymys on äärimmäisen tärkeä. Julkisten hankintojen osuus BKT:sta on kehitysmaissa noin 20 prosenttia ja teollisuusmaissa noin 15 prosenttia. Suhtaudun tähän asiaan hieman kaksijakoisesti, sillä intuitiivisesti kannatan julkisten hankintojen avaamista kilpailulle. Sen pitäisi periaatteessa vähentää julkisia menoja ja lisätä julkisten hankintojen avoimuutta ja siten vähentää lahjontaa. Tämän pitäisi hyödyttää sekä teollisuus- että kehitysmaita ja vapauttaa kehitysmaissa voimavaroja terveydenhuoltoon ja koulutukseen. Julkisia hankintoja koskevan sopimuksen allekirjoittajaluettelo kuitenkin paljastaa, ettei näiden 36 maan joukossa ole ainuttakaan Afrikan maata. On selvää, että Afrikan maista ja muista vähiten kehittyneistä maista tuntuu siltä, että menot saattavat ylittää tähän sopimukseen liittymisestä saatavan hyödyn. Kysyisinkin komissiolta, miten se voisi suunnitella tukevansa ensinnäkin Afrikan maita ja muita vähiten kehittyneitä maita, jotta ne voisivat kilpailla tasavertaisesti Euroopan markkinoilla ja muilla kehittyneillä markkinoilla. Entä miten kyseisiä maita voitaisiin auttaa kehittämään omaa teollisuuttaan, jotta ne voivat jatkaa kilpailua omassa maassaan, jos ne sitoutuvat avaamaan julkisia hankintoja koskevat sopimukset? Kuten jäsen Lucas hieman eri sanoin ilmaisi, olen huolissani myös siitä, miten muut kuin kaupankäyntiä koskevat seikat otetaan huomioon julkisia hankintoja koskevassa sopimuksessa ja sen soveltamisessa sekä miten ympäristön, ihmisoikeuksien ja työntekijöiden oikeuksien kaltaiset asiat otetaan huomioon. Olen jäsen Lucasin kanssa samaa mieltä siitä, että kyse on julkisista varoista, ja jos julkisille hankintasopimuksille ei aseteta minkäänlaisia ehtoja, vaarana on työ- ja ympäristönormien voimakas heikentäminen. Toisaalta ymmärrän julkisten hankintojen avaamisesta saatavan hyödyn mutta myös siihen liittyvät lukuisat vaarat, ja toivon komission tutkivan näitä kysymyksiä."@fi⁷ "Monsieur le Président, je voudrais vous féliciter pour votre désignation. Je ne vais pas parler des PME parce que de nombreux collègues l’ont déjà fait, mais je voudrais souligner et convenir avec eux qu’il s’agit d’une question extrêmement importante. Les marchés publics représentent 20 % du PNB des pays en développement et environ 15 % du PNB des pays développés. J’ai un peu le sentiment d’être Janus dans cette question parce que je suis intuitivement pour l’ouverture des marchés publics à la concurrence. Cela devrait permettre en théorie de réduire les coûts du gouvernement, d’accroître la transparence des marchés publics et, partant, de réduire la corruption. Cela devrait entraîner des avantages à la fois pour le monde développé et pour le monde en développement. Dans le monde en développement, cela devrait libérer des ressources pour la santé et l’éducation. Toutefois, si vous parcourez la liste des 36 signataires de l’AMP, vous ne trouverez pas un seul pays africain. Il est clair que les pays africains et les autres PMA ont le sentiment que les coûts de la signature de cet accord dépassent potentiellement ses avantages. Je voudrais demander à la Commission quel soutien elle envisage d’accorder, tout d’abord, aux pays africains et aux autres PMA pour leur permettre d’entrer en concurrence sur le marché européen et les autres marchés développés sur un pied d’égalité, et quelle aide ces pays peuvent recevoir afin de développer leur propre industrie de manière à pouvoir soutenir la concurrence à l’intérieur de leurs propres frontières s’ils signent pour l’ouverture des contrats de marchés publics. Je me demande aussi, comme Mme Lucas l’a indiqué d’une manière légèrement différente, comment les questions non commerciales seront prises en considération dans l’AMP et dans l’application de cet accord, comment des questions comme l’environnement, les droits de l’homme et les droits du travail seront prises en considération. Je conviens avec Mme Lucas qu’il est question d’argent public et qu’il existe un danger que les normes de travail et d’environnement ne soient tirées vers le bas, si nous avons simplement un AMP sans aucune condition. D’une part, je peux voir les avantages de l’ouverture des marchés publics mais, d’autre part, il existe de nombreux dangers et j’espère que la Commission examinera ces questions."@fr⁸ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@hu¹¹ "Signor Presidente, mi congratulo con lei per la sua nomina. Non parlerò delle PMI perché lo hanno già fatto molti dei miei colleghi, ma voglio sottolineare, e concordo con loro, che si tratta di un aspetto estremamente importante. Gli appalti pubblici incidono per il 20 per cento del PIL nei paesi in via di sviluppo e per circa il 15 per cento del PIL nei paesi industrializzati. Su questo tema mi sento un po’ un Giano bifronte, perché istintivamente sono favorevole ad aprire gli appalti pubblici alla concorrenza. In teoria, tale apertura dovrebbe ridurre i costi pubblici e aumentare la trasparenza negli appalti pubblici e quindi eliminare la corruzione. Pertanto, ne deriverebbero benefici sia per il mondo sviluppato che per il mondo in via di sviluppo e, in quest’ultimo, si libererebbero risorse per la sanità e l’istruzione. Tuttavia, se si esamina l’elenco dei contraenti dell’AAP, vediamo che non figura neanche un paese africano fra i 36 aderenti. E’ chiaro che i paesi africani e altri paesi scarsamente sviluppati ritengono che i costi superino potenzialmente i benefici della firma di questo accordo. Vorrei chiedere alla Commissione quale sostegno potrebbe prevedere di offrire, in primo luogo, ai paesi africani e ad altri paesi scarsamente sviluppati per consentire loro di competere nel mercato europeo e negli altri mercati sviluppati su una base di parità e come si potrebbe aiutarli a sviluppare la loro industria in modo che possano sostenere la concorrenza nei rispettivi paesi qualora sottoscrivessero l’apertura dei contratti degli appalti pubblici. Mi chiedo anche, come ha già fatto in modo lievemente diverso l’onorevole Lucas, come saranno prese in considerazione le questioni non commerciali nell’AAP e nella sua applicazione e in che modo si terrà conto di questioni come l’ambiente, i diritti umani e i diritti dei lavoratori. Concordo con l’onorevole Lucas che si tratta di denaro pubblico e che esiste il pericolo, se adottiamo l’AAP senza condizioni, che gli in termini di manodopera e di ambiente possano peggiorare. Da un lato mi rendo conto del vantaggio dell’apertura degli appalti pubblici, ma, trattandosi di un passo irto di pericoli, spero che la Commissione esaminerà a fondo tali questioni."@it¹² "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@lt¹⁴ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@lv¹³ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@mt¹⁵ "Mijnheer de Voorzitter, ik wil u graag met uw benoeming feliciteren. Ik zal het nu niet over de KMO’s hebben, aangezien veel van mijn collega’s daar al nader op zijn ingegaan. Ik sluit mij er echter wel bij aan dat dit een zeer belangrijke kwestie is die niet genoeg benadrukt kan worden. Overheidsopdrachten vertegenwoordigen ongeveer 20 procent van het bbp in ontwikkelingslanden en circa 15 procent van het bbp in ontwikkelde landen. Ik voel enige tweeslachtigheid bij dit onderwerp omdat ik er gevoelsmatig voorstander van ben om overheidsopdrachten op basis van eerlijke concurrentieoverwegingen te gunnen. In theorie leidt dit tot lagere kosten voor de overheid en een grotere transparantie bij overheidsaanbestedingen, waardoor de corruptie geëlimineerd kan worden. Dat zou voordelen met zich mee moeten brengen voor zowel de ontwikkelingslanden als de geïndustrialiseerde wereld, waardoor in die eerstgenoemde wereld meer middelen beschikbaar komen voor gezondheid en onderwijs. Als er echter gekeken wordt naar de lijst met 36 landen die de GPA ondertekend hebben, blijkt dat daar geen enkel Afrikaans land bij zit. Het is duidelijk dat de Afrikaanse landen en andere minst ontwikkelde landen van mening zijn dat de baten die het ondertekenen van deze overeenkomst oplevert, niet opwegen tegen de kosten. Ik zou graag van de Commissie willen weten welke ondersteunende maatregelen zij in petto heeft om, in de eerste plaats, de Afrikaanse en andere minst ontwikkelde landen in staat te stellen om op de Europese en andere ontwikkelde markten op gelijkwaardige voet te kunnen concurreren. In de tweede plaats ben ik benieuwd welke steun er aan die landen verleend kan worden bij het zodanig ontwikkelen van hun eigen industrie dat zij de mededinging in hun land in stand kunnen houden als zij de aanbesteding van de eigen overheidsopdrachten openstellen. Ik maak mij ook zorgen – en dat sluit aan bij wat mevrouw Lucas op een iets andere manier heeft geformuleerd – over de vraag hoe er in de GPA en de toepassing ervan rekening wordt gehouden met kwesties die niets met de handel te maken hebben. Ik denk daarbij aan het milieu, de mensenrechten en de rechten van werknemers. Ik ben het met mevrouw Lucas eens dat het om overheidsgeld gaat en dat het risico bestaat dat de arbo- en milieunormen erop achteruit gaan als er een GPA zonder duidelijk voorschriften en voorwaarden komt. Enerzijds zie ik dus de voordelen van het openstellen van de aanbestedingen van overheidsopdrachten, maar anderzijds zijn hier nog vele risico’s aan verbonden en ik hoop dat de Commissie deze aan een nader onderzoek zal onderwerpen."@nl³ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@pl¹⁶ "Senhor Presidente, gostaria de o felicitar pela sua nomeação. Não vou falar de PME porque muitos dos meus colegas já o fizeram, todavia gostaria de salientar e referir como eles que esta é uma questão que se reveste de enorme importância. Os contratos públicos são responsáveis por 20% do PIB nos países em desenvolvimento e cerca de 15% do PIB nos países desenvolvidos. Sinto-me um pouco como se tivesse duas caras nesta questão, porque intuitivamente sou a favor da abertura dos mercados de contratos públicos à concorrência. Isso reduziria, em teoria, os custos governamentais e aumentaria a transparência na contratação pública, o que levaria à redução da corrupção. Representaria benefícios quer para o mundo desenvolvido, quer para o mundo em desenvolvimento, e, no mundo em desenvolvimento, libertaria recursos para a saúde e educação. Contudo, se olharmos para a lista daqueles que assinaram o ADP, não há um único país africano entre os 36. É óbvio que os países africanos e outros países menos avançados consideram que os custos excedem potencialmente os benefícios de participar no presente acordo. Gostaria de perguntar à Comissão que apoio prevê dar, em primeiro lugar, aos países africanos e PMA, que lhes permita competir no mercado europeu e noutros mercados desenvolvidos em pé de igualdade, e ainda, que ajuda poderão receber estes países para desenvolverem a sua própria indústria de maneira a poderem sustentar a concorrência dentro do seu próprio país, no caso de concordarem com a abertura dos mercados de contratos públicos. Também me inquieta, como referiu a senhora deputada Lucas de uma maneira ligeiramente diferente, a forma como as questões não comerciais serão tidas em conta no ACP e na aplicação do ACP, ou seja, a forma como questões como o ambiente, direitos humanos e direitos laborais serão tidas em conta. Concordo com a senhora deputada Lucas no seguinte: trata-se de dinheiro público e existe o perigo, se simplesmente tivermos um ACP sem quaisquer condições, de as normas laborais e ambientais serem descuradas. Por um lado, posso entender a vantagem da abertura à concorrência dos mercados de contratos públicos, mas este passo está pejado de perigos e espero que a Comissão analise estas questões."@pt¹⁷ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@ro¹⁸ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@sk¹⁹ "Mr President, I should like to congratulate you on your appointment. I am not going to speak about SMEs because many of my colleagues have already done so, but I want to emphasise and agree with them that this is an extremely important issue. Government procurement accounts for 20% of GDP in developing countries and around 15% of GDP in developed countries. I feel a little bit Janus-faced on this issue, because intuitively I am in favour of opening up public procurement to competition. It should in theory reduce government costs and increase transparency in government procurement and therefore cut out corruption. That should bring benefits both to the developed and the developing world and, in the developing world, would free up resources for health and education. However, if you look at the list of those who have signed up for GPA, there is not a single African country among the 36. It is clear that the African countries and other LDCs feel that the costs potentially outweigh the benefits of signing up to this agreement. I would ask the Commission what support could it plan to give, firstly, African and other LDC countries to enable them to compete in the European market and the other developed markets on a fair footing and what assistance can they be given to develop their own industry so that they can sustain competition inside their own country if they sign up for opening of the government procurement contracts. I also worry, as Mrs Lucas has indicated in a slightly different way, how non-trade issues will be taken into account in GPA and the application of GPA, how issues like the environment, human rights and labour rights will be taken into account. I agree with Mrs Lucas that this is public money and that there is a danger, if we simply have GPA without any conditions, that labour and environmental standards could be driven down. On the one hand I can see the advantage of opening up public procurement, but it is fraught with dangers and I hope the Commission will examine these issues."@sl²⁰ "Herr talman! Jag vill lyckönska er till utnämningen. Jag tänker inte tala om de små och medelstora företagen, eftersom många av mina kolleger redan har gjort detta, men jag vill understryka och instämma i att detta är en synnerligen viktig fråga. Offentlig upphandling utgör 20 procent av BNP i utvecklingsländerna och ungefär 15 procent av BNP i industriländerna. Jag känner mig något kluven i denna fråga, eftersom jag spontant är positiv till att konkurrensutsätta den offentliga upphandlingen. Detta bör teoretiskt sett innebära minskade offentliga utgifter, ökad insyn i offentlig upphandling och därmed minskad korruption. Detta bör gynna såväl industriländerna som utvecklingsländerna, och i utvecklingsländerna skulle resurser frigöras för hälso- och sjukvård samt utbildning. Men i förteckningen över de 36 länder som har undertecknat GPA finns det inte ett enda afrikanskt land. De afrikanska länderna och de övriga minst utvecklade länderna anser uppenbarligen att det kostar mer än det smakar att underteckna avtalet. Jag vill fråga kommissionen vilket stöd den kan tänka sig att ge till i första hand de afrikanska länderna och övriga minst utvecklade länder för att underlätta för dem att konkurrera på lika villkor på den europeiska marknaden och övriga industrimarknader. Jag undrar också vilket stöd länderna kan räkna med, om de går med på att de offentliga upphandlingarna öppnas, för att utveckla sin egen industri och därmed bibehålla konkurrenskraften i sitt eget land. Liksom Caroline Lucas, som uttryckt det något annorlunda, är också jag bekymrad över hur frågor som inte har samband med handel kommer att beaktas i GPA och i tillämpningen av GPA och vilken hänsyn som kommer att tas till dels miljöfrågor, dels frågor om de mänskliga rättigheterna och arbetstagarnas rättigheter. Jag håller med Caroline Lucas om att det handlar om offentliga medel och att det finns en risk att arbetsnormerna och miljönormerna urholkas om vi enbart inför GPA och låter bli att ställa några villkor. Jag kan i och för sig inse fördelen med att öppna den offentliga upphandlingen, men många faror lurar, och det är min förhoppning att kommissionen kommer att utreda dessa frågor."@sv²²
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