16 Amendments of Nicola DANTI related to 2016/2274(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas standards are voluntary technical specifications which if developed in an open, inclusive and transparent way can positively support a wide range of industrial, economic, social, and environmental policies affecting innovation, ageing population, integration of people with disabilities, the quality of life of citizens, the health and safety of consumers and workers, and development of ICT technologies;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas harmonised standards are European Standards adopted, upon a request made by the Commission to provide a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the Union legislation; whereas standards are voluntary specifications, which should not replace a democratic decision-making processes, consultation or social dialogue;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas two different standard development systems coexist in Europe – one based onstandards development as implemented by CEN and CENELEC on the basis of the national delegation principle and the another based on the direct involvement of stakeholders through membershippaid membership of stakeholders as developed by ETSI – and there is a need to evaluate both systems with a view to identifying existing challenges and good practices;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee a sustainable budget for the European Standardisation System in the revision of multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that Europe should uphold its key role in the international standardisation system and that when developing European standards both specificities of the regional context and the global relevance of the standard needs to be taken into account;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is of the opinion that, complementary to the existing best practices found among the standardisation communities, increasing public awareness of proposed standards, proper and early involvement of all relevant stakeholders and improvement in the quality of the standardisation requests may further increase transparency and accountability of the standardisation system;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that recent convergence of technologies and the digitalisation of society, businesses and public services blurs the traditional separation between general standardisation and ICT standardisation;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that with the increased use of the internet, online banking, social networking and e-health initiatives, people are having growing security and privacy concerns, and that ICT standards need to reflect the principles of the protection of individuals with regards to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the Commission to include digital integration of manufacturing as ICT standardisation priority and encourages development of open standards for the communication protocol and the data formats for the digital integration of manufacturing equipment in order to ensure full interoperability between machines and devices;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Recommends on the Commission and ESOs to prioritise standards for the improvement of interoperability in the IoT and 5G domains and of vertical domains, such as "Connected and automatic driving", "Smart cities", "Smart Living Environments", as these are an important areas for the advancement of the European competitiveness;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that it was not consulted prior to the adoption of the package, and urges the European institutions to align the different initiatives into a single strategic, holistic work programme avoiding duplication of actions and policies; Stresses that the relevant committee of the European Parliament can play an important role in the public scrutiny of harmonised standard mandated by the Commission;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Encourages Member States to invest in national standardisation strategies which will also help and encourage public sector, standardisation bodies, societal stakeholders, SMEs and academia at national level to develop and implement individual standardisation action plans;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses that demographic ageing in Europe requires systematic incorporation of the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable members of society, in the development of standards, which are a suitable tool to help achieve active and healthy society in Europe and to increase the accessibility of products and services for people;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Points out that standard-setting processes and standardisation agreements need to comply with competition law principles and with the World Trade Organization (WTO) criteria and promotes the inclusion of additional principles such as inclusiveness, quality, neutrality and accountability;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Encourages the use of new information and communication technologies to improve accessibility and transparency of standardisation processes, such as the CEN-CENELEC eLearning tool for SME's; Advocates that the use of digital tools can facilitate stakeholders participation in the development of standards and provide information about upcoming, on-going and finalised standardisation work;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Invites the Commission to adopt an easy to use single point of access to standards that can provide assistance andcontact to provide information to the users of standards’ users on the available standards and their general specifications, and that can help them find the standards that best match their need; Recommends, furthermore, information and education campaigns at national and EU level to promote the role of standards and encourages Member States to include relevant professional education courses on standards in the national education systems;