Public procurement: services, supply and public work contracts (amend. Directives 92/50/EEC, 93/36/EEC, 93/37/EEC)

The rapporteur, Mr Langen (EPP, A), said that the 11 amendments tabled by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs were aimed at preventing distortion of competition. Commissioner Monti declared that the Commission could accept Amendments Nos 2, 7, 10 and 11 to 13. However, the Commission would reject Amendments Nos 1, 3, 5 and 8, mainly because these concerned the field of application of the GATT in respect of public tendering procedures, while the amended Community directives only involved intra-Community relationships. Mr Monti also declared that he was opposed to Amendments Nos 4, 6, 9, 16, 17 and 18, which related to technical dialogue, since the latter could only be admitted under the strictest of conditions, in order to avoid any restriction to competition. Finally, as regards Amendments Nos 14 and 15 relating to deadlines for payment, these went beyond the intended purpose of the Directives in that they concerned the terms and conditions for implementing the public tendering procedures.