Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-21-Speech-4-015"

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dcterms:Date	"2007-06-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070621.4.4-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-21-Speech-4-0162
lpv:speaker	lp:Heide Rühle2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2007-02-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to thank the rapporteur. After all, he is responsible for our being able to approve a directive on first reading, a directive that seeks to improve legal certainty in the area of public procurement. This will benefit local authorities and private contractors alike. We hope that it will benefit small companies in particular, as they cannot afford big legal departments. We particularly welcome the fact that the rapporteur insisted from the outset that the directive should be strictly limited to EU directives, with no extended scope. In order to allow all bidders to examine the contract award, a standstill period of at least 10 days has been included. I should say that I too would have preferred a longer period, but my priority was reaching a compromise in the first reading so as to increase legal certainty. Member States do have the option, however, to extend the period if they so wish. Contracts that are concluded illegally during the standstill period shall be declared ineffective unless there are overriding reasons relating to a non-economic public interest. Ineffectiveness will be determined by an independent court. This was another of our priorities, and we fully supported the rapporteur on this point. The public contracting body's duty of information has been clearly defined in order to increase transparency in public procurement and to reduce the risk of illegal practices and corruption. On balance, we have found a good and viable compromise that will improve legislation in Europe. Our group will therefore be supporting the report in its entirety."@en1

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