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Panel debatePublic Procurement

15th November 2012 SME ASSEMBLY

Riccardo ViaggiSecretary General

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European Builders Confederation

Established in 1990

22 members & partners

2 million construction SMEs

Exclusively crafts and SMEs

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The Construction Sector

99,9% of enterprises in the EU

construction sector are SMEs

92% MICRO-ENTERPRISES

SMEs produce 80% of thesectors turnover

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The Challenges for SMEs in PP

Size of tenders

Negotiated procedures

Disproportionate technical & financial requirements

Administrative burdens

Conditions of subcontracting

Payment delays

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1. TRUE COMPETITION / LEVEL-PLAYING FIELD

- Division of contracts into lots / Apply or explain

- No to excessive flexibility and negotiation

- Exclusion of abnormally low tenders

- Knowledge and training in public authorities

2. ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION

- Apply only once principle for submission of documents

- Self-certification

- Limit disproportionate technical/financial requirements

3. FAIR AND TIMELY PAYMENTS

- Direct payment of subcontractors- Diminish the pressure on subcontracting companies

- True application oflate payments directive including for public works

What SMEs need now

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The Voice of Construction Crafts and SMEs in Europe

Riccardo ViaggiSecretary General EBC

secretariat@eubuilders.org

www.eubuilders.org

Find our position and replies onwww.eubuilders.org