Op 9 september 2026 is door de Europese Commissie (EC) een ‘Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL’ (COM(2026) 590 final) gepubliceerd:
Het gaat om een Voorstel voor een ‘Public Procurement Act’, in dit geval een EU-verordening en dus geen EU-richtlijn, die de bestaande Richtlijnen 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU en 2014/25/EU herroept en bepaalde EU-verordeningen en EU-richtlijnen wijzigt.
Volgens artikel 1 lid 1 van het Voorstel geldt:
This Regulation establishes rules on public contracts
for works, supplies or services and concessions for works or services procured
by one or more public buyers from one or more economic operators, the value of
which is equal to or greater than the thresholds established in Article 2.
Het gaat dus nog steeds om (de aankoop middels) ‘overheidsopdrachten’, ‘ondernemers’ en ‘aanbestedende diensten’.
Het Voorstel beschrijft in hoofdstuk 5 een ‘Europese voorkeur’ (European preference).
Zie daartoe bijvoorbeeld artikel 70 (Covered economic operators, goods, services or works) van het Voorstel:
1. An
economic operator shall be considered ‘covered’ for the purposes of this
Regulation when it has its origin pursuant to Article 74(1) in:
(a) a
third country that is party to the GPA, provided that the procurement in
question falls within the scope of the Union's commitments under that
agreement, taking into account the applicable Annexes;
(b) a
third country that has concluded a bilateral or multilateral trade agreement
with the Union, under the conditions laid down in that agreement, provided that
the procurement in question falls within the scope of the Union’s public
procurement commitments in that agreement;
(c) a
third country that has concluded with the Union an agreement establishing a
customs union, under the conditions laid down in that agreement, provided that
the procurement in question falls within the scope of the Union’s public
procurement commitments in that agreement.
2. Goods,
services or works shall be considered ‘covered’ for the purposes of this
Regulation when they have their origin pursuant to Article 74(2), (3) and (4)
in:
(a) a
third country that is party to the GPA, provided that the procurement in
question falls within the scope of the Union's commitments under that
agreement, taking into account the applicable Annexes;
(b) a
third country that has concluded a bilateral or multilateral trade agreement
with the Union, under the conditions laid down in that agreement, provided that
the procurement in question falls within the scope of the Union’s public
procurement commitments in that agreement;
(c) a
third country that has concluded with the Union an agreement establishing a
customs union, under the conditions laid down in that agreement, provided that
the procurement in question falls within the scope of the Union’s public
procurement commitments in that agreement.
Inhoudelijk lijkt er (echter) niet veel te veranderen.
Zie namelijk ook artikel 74 (Origin) van het Voorstel en de daarin genoemde Verordeningen (EU):
1. The
origin of economic operators or subcontractors shall be determined in
accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 […].
2. The
origin of goods shall be determined in accordance with Title II, Chapter 2,
Section 1 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 […].
3. The
origin of services shall be determined on the basis of the origin of the
economic operator or subcontractor providing the service.
4. The
overall origin of works shall be determined pursuant to the origin of the
economic operator, or subcontractor, providing it. For the European preference
requirements, buyers may determine separately the origin of the goods used as
part of the works pursuant to paragraph 2.
En ook artikel 73 van het Voorstel (European preference requirements), dat gaat over een toegestane ongelijke behandeling van ondernemers, leveringen, diensten en werken uit derde landen, lijkt bestaand recht. Zie daartoe bijvoorbeeld lid 1 van dat artikel:
Public buyers may:
(a) restrict
participation only to economic operators and subcontractors originating in the
Union and those that are covered, or, in the case of groups of economic
operators, or any other form of joint participation, to groups which are either
composed solely of Union or covered economic operators or to groups where the
majority, but not all members of the group are Union or covered economic
operators;
(b) reject
a tender in the course of a procedure where it is not submitted by Union or
covered economic operators or groups, including their subcontractors, thereof
as referred to in point (a).
De EC gaat, gelet op het bepaalde in artikel 71 lid 1 van het Voorstel, wel up to date helpen en ondersteunen:
The Commission shall establish and make available free
of charge a publicly accessible online tool, which sets out, in a comprehensive
and up-to-date manner, the Union’s public procurement commitments in
international agreements referred to in Article 70.
Hetgeen in/voor de praktijk zeer welkom is.
Lees in onderhavig verband (namelijk) ook:
https://keesvandewater.blogspot.com/2025/07/inschrijvingen-en-wmo-hulpmiddelen-van.html
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