This week in EU trade: continued focus on the US subsidy scheme, Ukraine duty suspensions, the IPI rollout and Vietnamese pharmaceutical marketing authorisations. By Rob Francis and Iana Dreyer.
Public procurement
OPINION: International Procurement Instrument – the end of the waiting game
As the new EU International Procurement Instrument sails through approval in Council, European Parliament rapporteur on the file Daniel Caspary explains how he sees the new legislation.
Week in Brussels: Strategic Compass, Procurement, CBAM, deforestation
There is fairly little to report back on in matters trade policy in this week of massive high-level meetings in Brussels: a NATO summit, G7 meeting, Council and US president Joe Biden attending all these. There is simply no appetite in the EU – mainly Germany – to further restrict …
IPI: MEPs concede in clause that would have diminished foreign influence in capitals
In a few weeks or months the European Union will have a new regulation in place that aims at fostering ‘reciprocity’ in public procurement markets. French minister for trade Franck Riester, who led trilogue talks on behalf of the French presidency of the Council, announced triumphantly that, with the political …
EU’s reciprocity in public procurement instrument in final stages of completion
The European Union might very soon have its long-awaited ‘international procurement instrument’ as trilogue negotiations appear to be closing in.
International procurement: trilogue negotiators aim for end-of-March conclusion
Trilogue negotiations on the long-awaited international procurement instrument are “advancing very well”, a French presidency source recently assured Borderlex. But whether France’s ambition to get the piece of legislation finalised by the end of March – i.e. in four weeks’ time – can be met still remains to be seen. …
UK braced for trade dispute with EU over wind turbine procurement
The European Commission is considering taking legal action against the United Kingdom over local content requirements in a flagship green energy contract scheme. Although no decision has yet been taken by the Commission, the EU executive has long been known to be unhappy about a programme which it sees as …
Procurement reciprocity legislation seen as ripe for conclusion in coming months
The Council and the European Parliament are confident that the new regulation on an International Procurement Instrument can be wrapped up politically in the coming months, with some people close to the file even hoping there could be a breakthrough in ‘trilogue’ as early as March – although the few …
MEPs adopt International Procurement Instrument position
Members of the European Parliament adopted its second report on the EU’s planned International Procurement Instrument by a very solid majority of 590 in favour. The vote gives a mandate to the legislature to begin talks with the Council – i.e. the member states – and the European Commission to …
IPI: MEPs take hard line on exceptions, except for poor countries
The trade committee of the European Parliament adopted its new position on the International Procurement Instrument. The piece of legislation is part of EU efforts to foster ‘reciprocity’ in market access for its firms in international public procurement markets. MEPs consider that there shall be no exceptions to excluding or …
