# Award of concession contracts

European Parliament procedure 2011/0437(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee EMPL / IMCO / INTA / ITRE / JURI / REGI / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 1,182 committee amendments tabled by 72 Members between 2012-07-19 and 2012-10-23.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns the award of concession contracts. Amendments revise definitions of concessions and contracting authorities, exclusion grounds (corruption, fraud), award and technical-specification criteria, and treatment of products and services from third countries; many add references to social, environmental and labour law, transfers of undertakings, services of general interest, and the discretion of national, regional and local authorities.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heide RÜHLE | Germany | Verts/ALE | 224 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4294.md |
| Françoise CASTEX | France | S&D | 120 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28148.md |
| Hans-Peter MAYER | Germany | PPE | 103 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4275.md |
| Andreas SCHWAB | Germany | PPE | 79 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28223.md |
| Anja WEISGERBER | Germany | PPE | 75 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28227.md |
| Sabine VERHEYEN | Germany | PPE | 70 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96756.md |
| Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN | Germany | PPE | 60 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112788.md |
| Peter SIMON | Germany | S&D | 57 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96836.md |
| Jolanta Emilia HIBNER | Poland | PPE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96753.md |
| Pier Antonio PANZERI | Italy | S&D | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28365.md |
| Mikael GUSTAFSSON | Sweden | GUE/NGL | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109649.md |
| Malcolm HARBOUR | United Kingdom | ECR | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4538.md |
| Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK | Czechia | ECR | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96704.md |
| Thomas HÄNDEL | Germany | GUE/NGL | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96851.md |
| Josef WEIDENHOLZER | Austria | S&D | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111014.md |

## Official source documents

- PE492.772: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-492.772+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE494.715: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-494.715+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE496.494: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-496.494+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE496.564: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-496.564+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE496.581: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-496.581+03+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE496.593: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-496.593+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-0437-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-0437-COD.json

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