Voorkom dat het EU Herstelfonds (723,8 miljard euro) naar buitenlandse bedrijven met oneerlijke staatssteun gaat

The Recovery and Resilience Facility supports Member States impacted by the COVID-19-pandemic and makes up €723.8 billion in loans and grants. The plans so far submitted are largely based on public expenditure and follow standard European public procurement procedures, open to companies from inside and outside the EU.

Meanwhile, EU companies face unfair competition by foreign state-aided companies that distort the EU procurement market, which the legislative proposal on distortive foreign subsidies aims to address. Furthermore, the IPI which will soon be negotiated aims to address the lack of reciprocity on procurement markets and EU's strategic interests can be at risk when tenders in strategic sectors are won by foreign state-owned enterprises.

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  Does the Commission perceive it as a risk that foreign state-owned or state-aided enterprises could access a significant portion of the RRF through unfair competition and if so, will the Commission take measures?

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  Will the Commission take the new legislative proposals on public procurement into account regarding the payment of the RFF funds?

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  Does the Commission deem it necessary to adopt interim measures before the Foreign Subsidies instrument enters into force?

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  Liesje Schreinemacher (1983) was van 10 januari 2022 tot 2 juli 2024 minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking in het kabinet-Rutte IV. Van 4 december 2023 tot 15 april 2024 werd zij vervangen wegens zwangerschap en bevalling. Zij was daarvoor van 2 juli 2019 tot 10 januari 2022 lid van het Europees Parlement. Namens de VVD maakte zij deel uit van de fractie Renew Europe. Mevrouw Schreinemacher was onder meer politiek assistent van minister Hennis en was advocaat, gespecialiseerd op het gebied van bouw- en aanbestedingsrecht. Zij had zitting in de commissies internationale handel en juridische zaken van het Europees Parlement.