Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Committee on International Trade

DRAFT PROGRAMME
Joint Public Hearing
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on International Trade

TTIP: Public Procurement challenges and opportunities for the EU and the US
20 April 2016 from 09h00 to 11h00
European Parliament, Brussels
Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) building, Room 3C050

09h00 - 09h10

Mrs Vicky Ford, IMCO Chairman (5 min)

Mr Bernd Lange, INTA Chairman (5 min)

09h10 - 09h30

Opening remarks

Panel 1: Increasing
procurement markets

access

to

respective

public

What obstacles do European companies, in particular SMEs, face in winning public

contracts in the US, and what are those that American companies face in the EU
How to obtain a reciprocal and non-discriminatory access to public procurement
markets both at central and sub-central levels in the EU and US

Speakers:
Mr Philippe Citron, Director General, The European Rail Industry
(UNIFE) (7 min)
Mrs Jing Shen, The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association
(SEA Europe) (7 min)
Mr Daniele Basso, The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
(7 min)
B-1047 Brussels - Tel. +32 2 28 44550 - Fax 0032 2 28 31272

09h30 - 09h55

Q&A session

09h55 - 10h15

Panel 2: Ensuring non-discriminatory and transparent

procurement procedures

How to maximise transparency for EU and US firms in tendering for public contracts
How to ensure that procedures which public entities apply when they procure are nondiscriminatory

Speakers:
Dr Kamala Dawar, Lecturer: International Commercial Law, Sussex
University School of Law (7 Min)
Professor Christopher R. Yukins, The George Washington University
Law School (7 min)
Mrs Sietske de Groot, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) (7 min)
10h15 - 10h40

Q&A session

10h40 - 11h00

Closing remarks

Mr Rupert Schlegelmilch, Director, DG TRADE, Directorate B Services

and Investment, Intellectual Property and Public Procurement (10 min)
Mrs Dita Charanzov, IMCO Rapporteur on TTIP (5 min)
Mr Bernd Lange, INTA Chairman (5 min)
Mrs Vicky Ford, IMCO Chairman (5 min)
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