Activities of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2016/2100(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy
Amendments (7)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that EU transport legislation is often poorly implemented by Member States; believes that proper implementation of existing EU legislation would bring additional benefits to business and industryinappropriate and damaging in several Member States in that it leads to a race to the bottom in terms of standards, social protection and salaries; considers that the Member States should be allowed to favour employment of their own nationals where appropriate;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of removingat the removal of physical, technical and regulatory barriers between Member States in order to prevent fragmentation in the single market and thereby stimulate competition should not adversely affect specific national situations;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s intentNotes the mandates for the Commission to negotiate external aviation agreements with several key countries and regions in the world; believes that these will not onlyrequires the Commission to inform national governments and parliaments regularly and transparently of the progress of the negotiations; considers that these agreements must improve market access, but will also and provide new business opportunities for a world-beating European aviation sector, creating jobs and benefiting consumers; insists that these agreements should maintain high-quality jobs; insists that they should be subject to approval by national parliaments;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the conclusion of the Port Services Regulation should create a more open, competitive and transparent regulatory framework for public ports in Europe, whilst creating additional job opportunities; recalls that any liberalisation of the sector must not be at the expense of public service obligations and of safety rules, in particular as regards towing, mooring and pilotage operations; takes the view that Member States should be authorised to require such operations to be performed by vessels flying their national flag; demands that, in those sectors, the Member States which so wish should be allowed to put in place policies to ensure that priority is given to their nationals;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. ConsiderNotes that increased competition brought about by the gradual opening up of the EU road haulage market can bring benefits to consuhas led to unfair competition; welcomers, but expresses concern that certain measures being applied by some Member States are undermining the intherefore, the measures taken by certain Member States aimed at requiring international carriers to pay their truck drivers at least the minimum wage of the State in whose territory they are operating; considers that every Member State should be able to oblige international hauliers, where their drivers are operating in its tegrrity of the single market in this fieldory, to comply with its regulations on employment law and to pay social security contributions on the same basis as national carriers;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes a speedy conclusion toCalls, in the context of the negotiations on the Fourth Railway Package and believes this should further open up the railway sector to competition., for the utmost attention to be paid to the consequences for the security and maintenance of the network and for the quality and accessibility of services, including in remote and unprofitable areas;