3 Amendments of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2017/0116(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The fair competition principle is well established within the Union where market distortive practices are subject to existing Union law, which guarantees equal opportunities and fair competition conditions for all air carriers, European and non-European, operating in the Union. That principle can under no circumstances override a State’s desire to maintain public ownership of its company for strategic reasons and with a view to guaranteeing the cohesion of its territory and the link between its country and its emigrant community.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Efforts should therefore be strengthened in the context of ICAO and of WTO to actively support the development of international rules guaranteeing fair competition conditions between all air carriers, without ever placing the market above the free will of States when managing their public companies in line with their development objectives.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The fair competition principle must not override a sovereign country’s desire to maintain public ownership of its airline, with management geared to the cohesion of its territory and the link between the country and its emigrant community.