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Public services / Procurement

The future of our public services (Services of general interest) is at the heart of the European public debate. CEMR promotes high quality local and regional public services, but opposes EU compulsory tendering rules that override local democratic decisions.

As local and regional governments are amongst Europe's largest purchasers, CEMR also backs workable EU procurement rules that give flexibility to choose the most cost-effective supplier, enabling environmental aspects to be considered.

		29/04/2010 CEMR and LGA pleased to see European Parliament reject 5% penalty for late payments The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and one of its British member associations, the Local Government Association (LGA), were pleased to see a 5% penalty for late payments rejected by Members of European Parliament during a vote on late payments and public procurement on 28 April ...

		19/03/2010 Public procurement: draft report in line with CEMR position The need for a “better coordination among European Commission services”, as defended by CEMR, was taken into account by rapporteur Heide Rühle in her draft report on new developments in public procurement ...

		27/01/2010 Public procurement rules: "Put the focus back on value for money" Public procurement rules have become such a complex matter that public authorities increase their focus on legal certainty and limitation of legal threat – rather than procedures that maximize ‘value for money' ...

		05/11/2009 CEMR to the European Parliament: "The proposal on late payment is unfair!" The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) presented its view on the European Commission's proposal on combating late payment to the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on 4 November 2009 ...

		01/10/2009 The crisis from the ground up: CEMR releases first results Financial crisis, economic crisis, credit crisis: how does the crisis impact Europe's local and regional authorities? The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) discloses first results of its study conducted among its member associations ...

		27/03/2009 UN Habitat – promoting worldwide guidelines for strengthening local authorities, and access to basic services Next week, the Governing Council of UN Habitat – representing 58 national governments - meets in Nairobi, and is due to adopt a new set of Guidelines on access to basic services ...

		09/01/2009 EcoProcura 2009 : a conference on sustainable public procurement: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - and Reykjavik City Council are organising the EcoProcura 2009 conference: Climate Neutral through Procurement, from 25 to 27 March 2009, in Reykjavik ...

		19/06/2008 How to conciliate Europe and local public services? (AFCCRE seminar) Which European framework for local public services? This will be the main question of the seminar organised by the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE), on 11 July 2008, in Paris ...

		20/02/2008 Commission communication on public-private partnerships: "There is nothing new!" The European Commission adopted a Communication on institutionalised public-private partnerships (IPPPs), on 18 February. “This – long awaited – Communication does not really provide any new information ...

		29/11/2007 Local and regional government still contest the Commission's views on public services We are still very unhappy with the Commission's approach to local and regional public services. That is the view of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), in response to the recent communication on Services ...

		27/10/2006 PPPs and concessions: “The Parliament sends mixed signals to local and regional government!” Some sensible proposals, some bad mistakes of principle, and some bright spots for further discussions. That is the reaction of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions to the European Parliament's resolution voted on 26 October 2006 on public-private partnerships (PPPs) and concessions ...

		04/10/2006 CEMR gives cautious welcome to Parliament resolution on public services Generally a step forward, but in places a little self-contradictory; that is the conclusion reached by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) on the report on services of general interest (SIGs or public services), adopted last week by the European Parliament ...

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