29 Amendments of Antanas GUOGA related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
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 11 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and digital technologies bring tremendous opportunities; believes that the dDigital sSingle mMarket Strategy is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to tradetargeting the most significant remaining barriers to trade with a particular focus on SMEs, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for future-proof regulation and the competitiveness tests on all new proposals;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that particular attention will be paid to issues that prevent consumers and businesses from benefiting from full range of products and services, whether digital or those offered through digital channels in the EU, and prevent businesses from starting and scaling up, operating across borders and innovating;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 45 a (new)
Citation 45 a (new)
- having regard to the 28 September 2015 agreement on 5G partnership between China and the European Union and related agreements,
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. 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; calls for reforms to remove the remaining barriers to the free circulation of goods and services sold on-line and tackle unjustified discrimination on the grounds of geographic location; calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised; and facilitate cross- border access to copyright content while ensuring a level playing field for intellectual property rights holders and consumers;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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 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 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
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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 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 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade; insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the proposed legislation is made fit for the age of digital and addresses all possible ways in which digital solutions can reduce burdens for consumers and businesses with an emphasis on making it easier for SMEs to do business online.
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need to develop employeeat the Digital Single Market and EU privacy and data regulations should provide a coherent and stable framework to facilitate innovation, trade and entrepreneurship while ensuring adequate implementation of data protection rules for employees including data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (relainteractions between humans and robotInternet of Things devices);
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
Paragraph 4
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
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, 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 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 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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
Paragraph 16
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 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
Paragraph 20
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 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;