Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-01-Speech-4-034"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070201.4.4-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-02-01-Speech-4-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Papastamkos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-01-18--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, provisional agreement has already been reached on the revised text of the Public Procurement Agreement and is expected to be reached on the final agreement. I respect the need for negotiations to be carried out in secret, but do you not think, Commissioner, that you have been late informing the European Parliament about the priorities, demands and offers of the Union during the renegotiation of this important agreement? I think that the Union's basic negotiating principle should be reciprocity and the achievement of a balanced result between the trading partners. The balanced result should not be at the level of theoretical commitments between the trading partners on behalf of the other partners. It must be evaluated at the level of the real facility to make full use of the volume of invitations to tender subject to cross-border competition. Has the Commission prepared studies on the real access of European undertakings to the market of the other states from the application of the agreement so far? The USA, Canada, South Korea and Japan – the parties to the agreement – have already safeguarded preferential access for small- and medium-sized enterprises to the public procurement market. Paradoxically, however, the Union has not. I believe the European Union should demand an exemption within the framework of the application of the Public Procurement Agreement for small and medium-sized enterprises. This demand is reasonable, especially as our partners have already acted. Small- and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the European economy and an important source of development and employment, as both Mr Varela, the author, and Mr Audy have emphasised. They contribute to economic and social cohesion. We have an obligation to take initiatives that will safeguard their dynamic role."@en1

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