A10-0182/2026 – Javi López, Borja Giménez Larraz – § 41 – Am 28

Tabled by Manon Aubry, Pernando Barrena Arza, Lynn Boylan, Younous Omarjee, Marina Mesure, Anthony Smith, Leila Chaibi, Arash Saeidi, Rima Hassan, Damien Carême, Emma Fourreau, Irene Montero, Rudi Kennes

41. Stresses the Removed: significance of the parties’ commitment to maintaining public procurement procedures that are transparent, predictable and consistent with international best practice, as a crucial step towards ensuring legal certainty and fair competition; highlights Added: importance of transparent public procurement procedures; notes the fact that the Agreement extends unprecedented market access for European bidders … on the Mexican market, including those related to public-private partnerships; notes that Removed: the Agreement will entail a significant expansion of procurement opportunities for European companies; encourages further promotion of access for European companies to public procurement markets in all Mexican states; welcomes the fact that the Agreement allows procuring entities to take into account environmental and social considerations throughout the procurement procedure; Added: public procurement is a key tool for domestic economic development and industrial policy; recalls that public procurement represents around 14 % of EU GDP and that the EU is currently revising its framework to strengthen its use in support of strategic sectors, sustainability objectives and local value creation; stresses, therefore, that trade agreements should not restrict the ability of governments to use public procurement to pursue legitimate public policies and prioritise domestic companies and national development objectives;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.395