17 Amendments of Pina PICIERNO 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 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 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 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 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Supports the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) and the ICT Multi-Stakeholder platform; is aware of the growing number of platforms, groups, meetings and channels for ICT standards, which sometimes might create fragmentation and duplication of standards and stresses the need to better coordinate ICT standards and standardisation priorities among the different organisations;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Warns against the risks of proprietary solutions and agrees that ICT standardisation policy need to be based on open and accessible SEPs within fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing terms to address the legitimate interests of both SEP holders and of potential licensees and to ensure that standardisation process presents a level playing field, where companies of all sizes, including SMEs, can collaborate in a mutually beneficial manner;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Is of the opinion that developers of standards should be entitled to reimbursement for their investment and contributions to the standard, which needs to be based on fair, proportionate and non-discriminatory terms, and transparent, reasonable, predictable and sustainable royalty rates, unless they decide to provide royalty free licensing or allow open source software implementation;
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 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the Joint Initiative on Standardisation (JIS), recommends that the European Parliament also be invited to participate and contribute to the JIS and underlines that the rules of such public- private partnerships need to be respected by all stakeholders; Calls on the Commission to take a leading role in the implementation of the key actions and recommendations in the JIS and to report back to the European Parliament by the end of 2017 on the progress that has been achieved;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Supports actions aimed at improving the synergy between standardisation and research communities and in promoting standards at an early stage of the research projects; Encourages national standardisation bodies to promote standardisation to researchers and the innovation community, including relevant government organizations and funding agencies and recommends that a specific standardisation chapter is developed under Horizon 2020 programme;
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 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. Calls on the Commission to prepare a European register listing existing European standards in all official EU languages, which would include also an information on the ongoing standardisation work in ESOs, existing standardisation mandates, progress and decisions of formal objections;