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"Mr President, these two directives are important when it comes to creating an internal market that operates well. Procurement in the EU accounts for EUR 1.5 billion per year, EUR 40 million of it in Sweden alone. The figures show the importance of clear and simple ground rules.
Small and medium-sized enterprises must be able to compete on equal terms. If the EU is to become the world’s most competitive market by 2010, small and medium-sized companies need to be given a boost and the conditions under which they operate made easier for them. It is important to maintain the threshold values in order to obtain solutions that favour consumers and stimulate competition. In that way, we can increase the number of purchases and create the basic conditions for a European procurement market. It would prevent protectionist behaviour in national markets and – something which is not to be sniffed at – make it easier for politicians to be thrifty with people’s taxes.
Clear rules must also apply to environmental and social considerations. The two directives we are debating today are financial directives. If and when account is to be taken of environmental and social factors, this should happen when the procurement criteria are established. In that way, the rules for those who submit offers will become clear, and they will know what prior conditions apply to procurement. It is the tenderer with the financially most advantageous offer to whom the contract must be awarded.
I also wish to agree completely with what Mrs Thors said about her experience of small countries engaging with the German market. I have the same experience where my own country is concerned. Nonetheless, I also want fully to acknowledge my country’s extreme uncompetitiveness in the construction sphere, something which also leads to our having high housing costs.
Our goal must be to raise the quality and reduce the costs of cross-border procurement by simplifying it and making it more efficient and widespread."@en1
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