9 Amendments of Biljana BORZAN related to 2021/2185(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that competition policy is vital to strengthening and ultimately completing the single market in that it provides a fair and level playing field for all market participants - with special attention to micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) -, prevents the distortion of competition, enables the growth of innovative businesses and guarantees a high level of consumer protection and choicelower prices, better quality and more choice between suppliers and products;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that competition rules and sustainability policies work together and welcomes the Commission's approach according to which state aid, antitrust enforcement as well as merger control must contribute to the green transition and to the European Green Deal objectives;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that services represent the largest economic activity in the EU in terms of gross added value and that the single market for services lags well behind the single market for goods; highlights the need to address the remaining obstacleunjustified barriers to the development of the single market for services, including through the enforcement of competition rules;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to come forth with adequate measures to eliminate Territorial Supply Constraints (TSCs) in view of a fully functioning single market, as TSCs are clearly hampering the development of the single market and its potential benefit to consumers; repeats that TSCs can materialise through different practices such as: refusing to supply, threatening to stop supplying a particular distributor, limiting the quantities available for sale, unexplained differentiation of product ranges and prices between EU Member States or limiting language options for the product packaging;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that ensuring the efficient regulation of digital markets constitutes a core responsibility of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO); highlights, in this context, the adoption of IMCO’s report on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and notes that ex ante regulatory intervention aims to address the gaps in ex post competition law enforcement; highlights that competition policy rules are also tools for reaching a high level consumer protection, therefore consumer rights must be preserved and if possible strengthened both online and offline;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that data is a source of considerable economic power and leverage and therefore beside the competition law enforcement, fair tax treatment between undertakings is also essential for keeping the integrity of the internal market;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the EU economy and the risks and opportunities it poses to the internal market; welcomnotes the Commission’s decision to prolong the temporary framework for State aid until 30 June 2022, but highlights that these measures should remain in place until gross domestic product and employment return to pre-pandemic levels;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)