9 Amendments of Renato SORU related to 2017/2003(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that, if developed in a responsible manner, the collaborative economy may create significant opportunities for citizens and consumers, who benefit from enhanced competition, tailored services and lower prices, furthermore believes this may happen only while preserving competition with traditional sectors and plurality of actors within the collaborative economy;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges, at the same time, that the collaborative economy is having a profound impact on long-established business models; underlines the risk of having different legal standards for similar economic actors; is concerned about the risk of reducing consumer protection, workers’' rights and tax compliance; is concerned by the presence of network effects that might support the development of monopolies; acknowledges the effects that collaborative businesses are having on the urban environment;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers the development of a dynamic and clear legal environment to be of paramount importance for the collaborative economy to flourish in the EU; supports efforts to maintain proportionality in regulation, opting for clear general principles and definitions, avoiding an excessively prescriptive approach for a new and changing sector;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to consider the collaborative economy not only as a business model but also as a new form of integration between the economy and society which is able to embed economic relations within social ones and to create new forms of community; believes the collaborative economy can be a driver for the development of social capital and economic growht;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines that platforms generate more than proportional value based on the size of their network; recognises the risk of monopoly generation and supports all efforts to push for interoperability between platforms;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to encourage the collaborative economy as a whole, giving priority to sectors with more difficult access to financing such as non- profit, user-governed, collaborative practices aimed at building sharing and cooperation, and a commons- oriented approach to the collaborative economy, so as to foster the scalability of a social economy and access to open knowledge;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly believes, at the same time, that this self-regulating capacity does not undercut the need for regulation, especially for market failures that platforms cannot address and for other normative goals (e.g. reversing inequalities, boosting fairness, inclusiveness, and openness, discouraging monopolies, etc.);
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is concerned about the difficulties that have emerged so far in relation to tax compliance and enforcement, despite the increased traceability of economic transactions via online platforms; supports the best practices in terms of platform- government cooperation already developed in certain countries;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Encourages the Member States to recognize that the collaborative economy will also bring disruption, therefore to prepare absorption measures for certain sectors, supporting training and outplacement;