CEPES (Spanish Confederation of Social Economy Enterprises)

The attached document is a response from CEPES (Spanish Confederation of Social Economy Enterprises) to the European Commissions consultation on the evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives, focusing on Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014.

The Spanish Confederation of Social Economy Enterprises (CEPES), representing over 74,600 social economy enterprises and 2.5 million jobs in Spain, responds to the European Commissions call for evidence on the 28th Regime. In line with Social Economy Europe, CEPES stresses that the regime must embrace the full diversity of the EU business ecosystem, including social economy.

CEPES welcomes the revision of EU public procurement rules as this is a strategic lever to advance European objectives; strategic autonomy, competitiveness, green and digital transitions, innovation, territorial cohesion and the European Pillar of Social Rights. Given that procurement accounts for around 14% of EU GDP, the reform will shape market dynamics and investment incentives for years to come.

CEPES (Spanish Confederation of Social Economy Enterprises) is the leading representative organisation for Spanish Social Economy Enterprises. In Spain, the Social Economy plays a significant socio-economic role, encompassing over 74,600 enterprises and entities that generate 10% of the national GDP and provide employment to 2.5 million people (CEPES, 2024).

CEPES encourages the European Commission to establish a permanent European stakeholder platform on administrative simplification, bringing together EU institutions, Member States, Social Economy organisations together with social partners and other representative stakeholders.

The Spanish Confederation of Social Economy Enterprises (CEPES), as the leading representative organisation of the social economy in Spain, welcomes the Commissions proposal for a Regulation establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Unions programmes and activities under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).