Activities of Kaja KALLAS related to 2015/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (debate)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on Towards a Digital Single Market Act PDF (619 KB) DOC (373 KB)
Amendments (48)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shapedigital technologies bring tremendous opportunities; acknowledges the importance of the digital revolution as a fuel for entrepreneurship, digital transformation of industry, development of new business models, ideas and innovative start-ups and its course; a driver for growth and jobs creation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services, encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of- origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulationConsiders that the review of the Directive 2010/13/EU1should be based on an assessment of the changes in technology, business models but also changing viewing patterns to ensure the regulatory framework meets cultural policy objectives and incentivises investments in cultural content and in platforms disseminating that content; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Asks the Commission to assess the appropriateness of the Country-of-origin principle in the digital era;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Encourages Europe's audiovisual industry to keep on developing attractive and complementary on-line services, so as to enrich the range of European audiovisual content on offer;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)
Paragraph -2 a (new)
-2a. Calls on distributors to publish all available information concerning the technological measures necessary to ensure interoperability of their content;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 b (new)
Paragraph -2 b (new)
-2b. Insists on the need to pursue the Commission’s Work Programme with a view to the adoption of a series of digital- market-related measures to modernise copyright rules, adapting them to the digital era;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasises that, in this environment in which many services are on offer, it is important that the best possible referencing is provided for European services, which are essential to promoting European cultural diversity;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announced reform of the copyright framework, to improve access to digital content, adapt to the changes in users' behaviours, and make it fit for the digital age ; Calls for targeted, evidence- based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content but, stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead but believes the Commission should reduce the complexity of pan-European licensing so that it is accessible to small businesses ; calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and to prevent the tax avoidance practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to support extending the public country-by- country reporting regime on taxes for multinational companies to all sectors;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have onin co-operation with the nuMember and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworkingStates, business and other relevant stakeholders to identify on new forms of employment and required skills sets in digitally-driven economies and to develop recommendations leading to required changes in the Member States' education systems;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee ththe European Commission should develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition and innovation for online platforms and intermediaries to ensure findability of editorially screenedcreased creation and dissemination of cultural content;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls Member States to take necessary actions and to reform training systems in order to improve their efficiency in raising the skills and competences needed in the digital economy to help unemployed people to better anticipate and meet the changing needs of labour markets;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers as a priority the development of a simplified online VAT system to reduce compliance costs for small and innovative companies operating across Europe; Calls in addition on the Commission to facilitate exchange of best practices between tax authorities and stakeholders to develop appropriate solutions for payments of taxes in the sharing economy.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that as job and skito embrace the fulls profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further educationotential of digital technology there is a need for information and communications technology (ICT) skills in the labour market as these skills are essential to operate and function in fully digitised information society; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring specific ICT training courses content up to date and develop skills strategies that are needed for unemployed people, young people in particular, to find a job;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all mediawhile taking into account the differences between the digital and the analogical environment;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of improving clarity and transparency of the copyright regime, in particular with regard to copyright levies;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States, in the context of overall VAT reform, to consider the possibility of making e-books subject to the same rate of VAT as cultural goods;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level ofEuropean framework which fosters competition and plurality of service providers, and underlines that the presence of network effects allows for the creation of semi-monopolisticcan lead to abuses of a dominant positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that internet service providers should the Commission, together with membear greater responsibility for illegal content made available states, should promote due diligence along the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a signifsupply chain, including internet service providers, domain registrars and payment providers, as well exchange of best practices, guidelines and better public ant role in tackling copyright abusesd private sector cooperation to combat illegal content, tackling copyright abuses, and reduce divergences of enforcement across Europe;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure foEncourages the Commission to take on further measures to improve cross-border access to legal content in the digital single market.; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precariousnew forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employment rules do not correspond, calls for assessment of how to modernise employment regulations while ensuring employment flexibility as well as maintaining protection for workers including self-employed persons under employment law;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure compliance with the principles of internet neutrality, which is vital where media convergence is concerned;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that uniform copyright enforcement across Member states is important and therefore calls for a modernised European approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the announced ICT standardisation plan should also aim at enabling multidevice interoperability;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that the primary objective of the Strategy must be the creation of a true digital single market free of barriers and not an occasion to create new ones through new regulation whose absolute necessity would have not been proven;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, improved access to finance for start-ups and SMEs, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture, including business model innovation; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU on the global market if they are effectively interconnected;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance for consumers to be better informed of the use of their data, in particular in the case of free services;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework for the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules, including developing enforcement guidelines to ensure, in particular ,uniform application of the mutual recognition principle in the field of services and fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified;
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 16
16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content,goods and services sold online by in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location; calls on the Commission to investigate the practice of price discrimination and market segmentation and for the Commission to act against unethical, unfair or illegal business practices including on price discrimination where location, language, or nationality are used as factures;
Amendment 581 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Underlines that the end of geo- blocking should go hand in hand with an increase of cross border parcel shipping options at a better price in order to allow effective competition within the single market; stresses, therefore, the need for measures to improve price transparency and enhanced regulatory oversight of parcel delivery;
Amendment 585 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Stresses the need for all consumers within the Union to be treated equally by online merchants selling in one or more Member States, including in access to discounts or other promotions;
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a single regulation on geo-blocking, which would complement the e-commerce directive and give guidance as what is an unfair and illegal practice;
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Believes that the Commission must review not only business to consumers' relations, but also business to business relations that lead to geo-blocking practices, such as selective distribution and market segmentation;
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the need for portability of legally brought digital content, including subscription services, across borders in either downloaded or streaming formats;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Reminds the commitment of Member states to at least reach by 2020 the broadband targets of full deployment of superfast speeds (30 Mbps); calls on the Commission to evaluate if the current broadband targets meet the conditions to the development of a data-driven economy and if investments in Member States are part of a long term and future-proof investment strategy;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of a successful implementation of EFSI in targeting projects with higher-risk profiles to maximise investments in digital infrastructure and better attract private investments for innovative companies; a particular focus should be given to information and support of innovative entrepreneurs, at the different funding stages of development of the company;
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition among services to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition and ensure fair access to the networks;
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulatornet neutrality principle and the end of roaming surcharges, is essential to the functioning of the single market ;
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission, in order to deepen the internal market for telecommunications, to establish a single European telecommunications regulator through a strengthening of the role and decisions of BEREC, in particular in enforcement of EU telecommunication rules, oversight of the single market and crossborder disputes ;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market StrategyDigital Single Market Strategy that should aim at identifying specific and defined problems within specific business areas; Stresses that taking a "one size fits all" approach in light of the diversity of platforms, and the growth potential in particular of B2B platforms, could seriously impede innovation;
Amendment 899 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes that platforms and the sharing economy are based on reputation and trust and subject to consent user reviews and evaluations; believes that it is in the only self-interest for platforms to adopt measures to prevent fraud, scams, sale of illegal tangible and intangible goods and misleading advertising or claims, knowing that a failure to do so will lead consumers to stop using the service; asks the Commission to set up a stakeholder group in charge of promoting best practices in the sector;
Amendment 911 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stress that appropriate intermediary liability protections have underpinned the development of an open internet and are crucial for the protection of fundamental rights in particular freedom of expression;
Amendment 926 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; in addition, requirements should be set for companies to have basic levels of security such as encrypting data and updating software;
Amendment 935 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses the importance of cyber security for critical infrastructures in a globally connected environment, both against private and public threats, and calls on ENISA to play an increasingly important role in the prevention of and defence against cyber-attacks;