Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-30-Speech-1-084"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public markets2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030630.10.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-30-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Hans Karlsson2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-02-27--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-02-13--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (2000-08-01--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (2000-08-01--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is important for there to be good, clear rules when it comes to public procurement. It is public funds – taxpayers’ money – that is being used, and procurement must therefore, of course, be carried out in such a way that taxpayers get the best possible value for their money. It is also important that the quality should be good. All this could be summarised in the words ‘high-quality goods and services at the right prices’. Now, this is not all that simple because it is not only the price that is decisive. It is important that whoever produces the goods or services should do so under fair conditions. It is also important that they should do so in a way that is environmentally correct. Current laws, regulations and collective agreements concerning social protection and health, both at national and Community levels, must be applied when goods and services are purchased. The working environment must be good and the salary conditions fair but, at the same time, this decision must not create rules that interfere with labour law as applied in the Member State concerned. I have tabled amendments on the same lines as those tabled by, for example, Bill Miller, who addresses this issue. It is also important for the procuring authority or administration to be able to cancel a contract if it no longer needs the goods or services in question. A new municipal or national government may want to conduct a policy that does not require as much in terms of purchases as that of the previous political leadership. The decision we are now to take must not restrict democracy or people’s ability to change direction following general elections. Public procurement is about making provision for the needs people want to see fulfilled by the society about which they have made decisions in political elections. An exaggerated ambition to look after the interests of the market must not take precedence over the needs of people."@en1

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