18 Amendments of Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR related to 2015/2349(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A European agenda for the collaborative economy’ (COM(2016)0356);
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU tourism sector, 90% of which consists of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, generates exports of goods and services within the EU worth roughly EUR 315 000 million and whereas the mobility services arising out of the collaborative economy are directly linked to visitor demand for new products and experiences;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, for passengers and goods, demand for transport services is growing strongly both in terms of quality and of quantity, and whereas reducing mobility is not an option and the new forms of shared mobility should therefore be encouraged, and whereas the ‘shareable cities’ concept should be translated into practice;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the complex nature of the transport sector, which is characterised by multi-level governance still largely compartmentalised by mode of transport, and is subject to heavy regulation, particularly regarding access to the profession and the activities concerned and the development, use, and marketing of transport services;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the legal uncertainty as to the definition of ‘service providers’ in the transport sector prevents the establishment of fair competition, and regrets, that being so, the difficulties experienced by many small businesses in accessing the market and offering new services; calls on the Member States to comply with, and fully implement, the Electronic Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC) and the Services Directive (Directive 2006/123/EC) and maintains that the free movement of service providers and freedom of establishment, as provided for in, respectively, Articles 56 and 49 TFEU are essential in order to bring about the European dimension of services and hence of the internal market;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to assess the full implementation and the related national transpositions, of the Electronic Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC), the Services Directive (Directive 2006/123/EC), and Directive 98/34/EC, for online platforms in the transport sector, in order to ensure that Member States do not approach the legality of online platforms in a plethora of ways and hence to avert unwarranted restrictive unilateral measures;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that online platforms, in this particular case online mobility platforms, are, according to communication COM(2016)0356, information society services, as referred to in Directive 98/48/EC, given that they provide a paid service, at a distance, by electronic means at the individual request of a recipient of services; points out that the existing definition of an intermediary makes it possible to determine the legal basis for developing transport service providers arising out of the development of the collaborative economy, without hampering the emergence of new operators and services;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the anti-competitive practices resulting from inequality in the application of the rules, notably between residents and non-residents, in particular as regards pay and social security systems, which may lead to distortions such as social dumping; calls for those irregularities to be tackled promptly through consistent interpretation, uniform application, and stronger enforcement of the current legislation and through greater cross-border cooperation, without infringing the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 77 #
6. Notes that, in a context of growing urbanisation, transport needs to be increasingly integrated and multi-modal in nature, and that urban nodes have an increasingly central role to play in the organisation of mobility, making it essential to digitalise the transport sector; stresses the growing impact of travel planning apps and the importance for small businesses of being included on the list of available apps;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Warns of the danger that intermediation platforms, with their ‘winner takes all’ ethos, will give rise to monopolies and harm the diversity of the economic fabric, but might give rise to monopolies, notwithstanding what is happening in most parts of the EU business world, in which the many emerging transport service platforms are competing with each other, and also notes that these platforms have brought into play the idea of challenging the existing operators and have led Member States to review the structure of the market;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for efforts to be continued with a view to completing the single European transport area; takes the view that any legislation which imposes new requirements on small businesses should be proportionate and accompanied by the necessary incentives, simple, and clear, reducing obstacles and accompanied by incentives geared to the present day;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that, in view of the lack of investment in infrastructure, all transport operators should contribute; stresses the importance, in road transport, of internalising negative externalities, but recognises that this poses specific problems for small businesses, in particular for those in outlying parts of the EU, which must be taken into account;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for harmonisation of access to regulated occupations and activities in Europe and of the checks on these occupations; and activities so as to enable new operators and services linked to digital platforms to develop in a business- friendly environment; also points to the role of the collaborative economy, and calls on the Member States to assess the need to reduce red tape, and actually to reduce it, in order that incumbent operators may coexist within an environment of healthy competition;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view, in view of the development of collaborative businesseconomy models, that the solution is neither sector- specific regulation nor regulation aimed solely at platforms, and that in future the mobility system needs to be addressed as a whole, given the changing nature of the platforms concerned; calls for the establishment of a modernised regulatory framework that fosters innovation as well as the protection of consumers and their data, and ensures healthy competition;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
14.1 Calls on the Member States to assess the need to bring their national labour law up to date with the digital age, taking into account the features of collaborative economy models and each country’s individual labour laws;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that this objective requires a convergence of models which is based on a clear definition of ‘intermediaries’ and ‘service providers’ , in accordance with current European legislation and Commission communication COM(2016)0356, taking care to ensure that definitions do not overlap, and permits the creation of a framework in which small businesses contribute to the social cost of transport in line with the specific features of the mode(s) of transport in which they operate;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the Member States’ response to the development of collaborative business models has so far been very fragmented, and considers that a coordinated, overall European level approach is indispensable; notes the Commission’s reasonable approach to this ‘new business model’ and eagerly awaits the publication of its guidelines on this topicset out in the recent publication COM(2016)0356;
Amendment 218 #
18. Calls for the establishment of cooperation structures between small transport firms and local authorities with a view to improving the organisation of urban mobility, for instance by setting up innovation task forces to give full effect to the ‘shareable cities’ concept and help local, regional, and national institutions to respond effectively to the emergence of new services and products;