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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public sector contracts2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040128.9.3-116"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-28-Speech-3-1172
lpv:speaker	lp:Evelyne Gebhardt2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I agree with Mr Harbour; Captain Zappalà and Captain Berger have indeed ‘steered us into a safe harbour’ after we were forced to pass through what were sometimes very choppy seas during this conciliation process. Let me also say that I am very satisfied with the outcome that we have reached, although – like everyone else – we would obviously have liked to achieve more. Nonetheless, we have achieved a great deal, and as a Social Democrat, I must also make the point that we have also obtained the endorsement of both the Commission and the Council. It is very positive, in my view, that we have managed to establish these criteria – as regards sustainability, environmental and social award criteria, and, for example, the special provisions for people with disabilities – and ultimately managed to secure the approval of the Commission and the Council. I think we can proceed very satisfactorily on this basis. Yes, we would have liked to achieve more in this area, but we have at least established these criteria as a means of exercising control in the contract award procedures. We have thus ensured that it will not always be the cheapest tender that is awarded the contract, but the most favourable. As Mr Zappalà has said very clearly, the most favourable is not necessarily the cheapest, for quality is important as well. We have achieved something more in this context, something I felt was very important and have repeatedly mentioned. By ensuring that the public sector has the option of deciding for itself which criteria, if any, it wishes to apply to the contract award procedure, we have strengthened the hand of local authorities. In this way, a certain measure of freedom has been maintained for the public sector in the regions and at local level, which these authorities need to be able to implement their own economic policies, and I think that this is a positive achievement. I would like to thank Mrs Berger again for her very good work. We have secured a positive outcome and we can vote for it with a clear conscience, even though, as I said, it would have been good to have achieved more."@en1

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