5 Amendments of Biljana BORZAN related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that consumers on the single market are being sold products containing ingredients that differ from one consignment to another even though the brand name and the packaging is the same; calls on the Commission to determine whether this practice has negative repercussions for local producers, especially SMEs, and does it result in discrimination of consumers by placing products of lower quality;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU competition law and authorities need to guarantee a level playing field for businesses and a real choice for consumers in the digital single market; calls on the Commission to pursue a policy of active, effective and acceleratedeffective enforcement of the competition rules, in particular in the online search services and mobile internet sector, in order to remove barriers to innovation and to enable EU consumers to seize all the opportunities that a genuine digital single market can offer; stresses that the Commission should also ensure that the digital economy e.g. platform economy are not being misused to undermine consumers and worker's rights on the single market. This can lead to resistance to developing a fair digital single market;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that ending roaming charges in the EU is not sufficient and that intra-EU calls must be also regulated on the same level as local calls; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for regulating intra-EU calls;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. The emission scandal, which began in the US with Volkswagen, has made it clear that American consumers are better off in case of fraud and abuse of e.g. the competition rules compared to European consumers; Encourages the Commission to look into the possibility of ensuring individual compensation to affected consumers, since this may act as a deterrent to fraud and abuse thereby ensuring a fair Single Market;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the Commission's reflections on the need for more tools to strengthen efforts for fair competition. Refers to the possibility of setting up a travelling unit in the European Commission, which independently of Member States' efforts must be able to investigate suspected breech of competition law and unfair competition.