Activities of Richard SULÍK related to 2016/2100(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy
Amendments (11)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that unlike funding from European structural and investment funds, EFSI-supported project funding provided by the EIB does not fall under State aid rules; stresses that in principle there is no difference between public support whether it is in the form of public subsidies, public loans or public guarantees; suggests that EFSI-supported projects should fall under State aid rules to ensure competitive and well- functioning Single Market;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU competition law and authorities need to guarantee a level playing field in the digital single market; calls on the Commission to pursue a policy of active, effective and accelerated enforcement of the competition rules, in particular in the online search and, mobile internet sector, in order and digitalization of public sector (eGovernment), in order to continuously monitor compliance with EU competition rules in regards to EU expenditure, to remove barriers to innovation and to enable EU consumers to seize all the opportunities that a genuine digital single market can offer;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the Commission runs in-depth investigations of selective tax advantages granted in Luxembourg and Netherlands which are potentially illegal under EU State aid rules; stresses that not the companies but the Member States broke EU State aid rules; suggests that it should be the Member states who should bear the consequences of breaking the State aid rules, as companies only met the conditions negotiated with the governments;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to respect the freedom to contract with products and services sold across borders both offline and online; requests the Commission to introduce measures that encourage but not oblige enterprises to compete beyond national borders;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that many monopolies and cartels, which limit the development of effective competition and discourages investments and the emergence of new market players, exist as a result of state licencing and regulation of particular sectors; asks the Commission to support Member States to time-effective deregulation and privatisation which is the best way to eliminate existing monopolies and cartels on the Single Market;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that tax competition is an important element of competiveness in the public sector together with other ones such as for example law enforcement, stability of legislative environment and quality of public services; reminds that reduced tax competition would lead to reduced competiveness in the Single Market; recommends to help improving other elements mentioned above instead.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that EU law should be equally enforced in all Member States.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses, that EU should avoid tax harmonisation which would harm the competitiveness of the Single Market and would be contrary to the principle of subsidiarity; Acknowledges that competition among tax systems is one of the crucial elements of the competition within the Single Market, strengthens the Single Market and enables to share and compare the best practices among the European tax systems.
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Supports competition related recommendations of the European courts of Auditors mentioned in Special Report No 24/2016 titled More efforts needed to raise awareness of and enforce compliance with State aid rules in cohesion policy and recommends the Commission to take them into consideration.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Expresses deep concerns about findings of the Court of auditors as to number of State aid errors in the European structural and investment funds; asks the Commission to increase its efforts to eliminate further defects not only by granting more EU state aid related exceptions but also by means of running more profound investigations.