The modernisation of public procurement - COD
The IMCO Committee has considered the Commission's proposals for a modernisation of the EU public procurement rules (rapporteur: Marc Tarabella, S&D). This included the revision of Directive 2004/18/EC ("Classic Directive") on procurement by public authorities, and of Directive 2004/17/EC on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors ("Utilities Directive"), as well as a new instrument for the award of concessions contracts.
This was complemented by the adoption of a Directive on electronic invoices in public procurement(e-invoincing), and an international procurement instrument (IPI)on access to/from third country procurement markets, conducted jointly by IMCO and INTA. Public procurement is the process used by government institutions, public sector organisations and certain undertakings in the utilities sectors to buy supplies, services and public works. Such expenditure is a significant/influential component of the economy. The reform aimed to make the existing rules more flexible and easier to apply, to enable a greater strategic use of public purchasing power (to achieve green, social and innovation-related objectives) and to increase the use of new procurement techniques and tools such as joint buying and e-procurement. The basic challenges had already been debated in 2 IMCO own-INI reports (rap.: H. Rühle, Greens), adopted in plenary in 2010 and 2011 in response to the EC Green paper consultation.
Consolidated texts of the agreement
Four-column document
Timetable
Working Document
Official documents Classic Directive
- Draft Report Classic Directive EN (PDF - 293 KB)
- Draft Report Classic Directive FR (PDF - 279 KB)
- Draft Report Classic Directive DE (PDF - 333 KB)
- Amendments - Classic Directive - Vol I - cross language (PDF - 557 KB)
- Amendments - Classic - Vol II - cross language (PDF - 322 KB)
- Amendments - Classic - Vol III - cross language (PDF - 390 KB)
- Amendments - Classic - Vol IV - cross language (PDF - 330 KB)
- Amendments - Classic - Vol V - cross language (PDF - 340 KB)
- Amendments - Classic Directive - Vol I - EN (PDF - 1 MB)
- Amendments - Classic Directive - Vol II - EN (PDF - 725 KB)
- Amendments - Classic Directive - Vol III - EN (PDF - 373 KB)
- Amendments - Classic Directive - Vol IV - EN (PDF - 313 KB)
- Amendments - Classic Directive - Vol V - EN (PDF - 779 KB)
Official documents Utilities Directive
- Draft Report Utilities Directive EN (PDF - 231 KB)
- Draft Report Utilities Directive FR (PDF - 243 KB)
- Draft Report Utilities Directive DE (PDF - 251 KB)
- Amendments - Utilities Directive - Vol I (PDF - 676 KB)
- Amendments - Utilities Directive - Vol II (PDF - 571 KB)
- Amendments - Utilities Directive - Vol III (PDF - 574 KB)
E-procurement conference - challenges and opportunities
- Programme (PDF - 844 KB)
- Conference practical information (PDF - 42 KB)
- Vosgelis eprocurement - by Regis Courroy (PDF - 765 KB)
- Opening SME Opportunities through eProcurement - by Scott Bell (PDF - 428 KB)
- eTendering in Germany on federal level - by Vergabe (PDF - 837 KB)
- Estonia's experience in e-procurement - by Agris Peedu (PDF - 505 KB)
- e-procurement landscape in the EU - by Gabriella Cattaneo (PDF - 227 KB)
- e-procurement implementation in a utility company - by Milos Olejnik (PDF - 936 KB)
- e-Procurement Golden book of Good Practice - by Floris Ampe (PDF - 346 KB)
- e-Procurement experience in Korea - by Ho In Kang (PDF - 928 KB)
- e-Procurement - by Robert Hunja (PDF - 1 MB)
- BMS presentation - by Franck Roze (PDF - 799 KB)
Presentation of e-procurement platforms to commissioner Barnier and EP members
Public hearing on Modernising EU Public Procurement rules
- Programme (PDF - 32 KB)
- Poster (PDF - 836 KB)
- Presentation by David De Roy (PDF - 267 KB)
- Presentation by Ph.D. Albano - Consip S.p.A. (PDF - 534 KB)
- Janet Meissner Pritchard - ClientEarth (PDF - 160 KB)
- Position paper by ETUC (PDF - 468 KB)
- Presentation by Jakob Scharff - Danish Chamber of Commerce (PDF - 155 KB)
- Position Paper by ClientEarth (PDF - 58 KB)
- Position paper by CEMR (PDF - 142 KB)
- Speech by Angelika Poth-Mögele - CEMR (PDF - 178 KB)
- Presentation by Christophe Veys - IWT (PDF - 960 KB)
- Presentation by ANCP - Government of Portugal (PDF - 12 MB)
- Notice to Members (PDF - 56 KB)
European Commission documents
- Presentation on International Procurement Instrument (PDF - 293 KB)
- Strategy communication on electronic public procurement (PDF - 61 KB)
- Presentation of the Impact assessment (PDF - 118 KB)
- Proposal by the European Commission (PDF - 735 KB)
- Impact assessment (PDF - 1 MB)
- Impact assessment - Summary (PDF - 43 KB)