10 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2021/2043(INI)
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that barriers also derive from limited national administration capabilities to provide services in other languages, and from shortages of skills and infrastructure; calls on Member States to ensure that information and documents relating to market access are not only available in the official language of the Member State but also in English and other EU languages;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that numerous barriers stem from the limited capacity of administrations to deliver high quality services in cross-border settings; calls on the Commission to promote the use of digital tools and urges Member States to commit fully to the digitalisation of public services; believes that digitalisation of public services and fully-fledged eGovernment capabilities remain essential to eradicate some of the onerous NTBs; recalls, in this regard, that the key provisions of the single digital gateway had to be in force in all EU Member States by 12 December 2020; underlines the importance of the ‘digital-by-default’ and ‘once only’ principles, which will save citizens and businesses time and money, in particular if used more widely; welcomes the proposal to add a single market obstacles tool to the single digital gateway;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its repeated calls to speed upgrets that the implementation and broadenof the sSingle dDigital gGateway so as to provide to all users acis moving slowly; calls on Member States to dedicate sufficient resourcess to comprehensive information on single market rules and administrative procedures through a one- stop-shopswiftly implementing the Single Digital Gateway in an SME-friendly way by providing user-centered information on single market rules and administrative procedures in order to make it a virtual one-stop shop as far as possible; calls on Member States and the Commission to extend the scope of the Single Digital Gateway to all business relevant administrative procedures;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Commission proposal to make SOLVIT the default tool for single market dispute resolution; Highlights the potential of making SOLVIT the default tool for single market dispute resolution; notes that despite awareness-raising activities by the Commission and Member States, SOLVIT is still unknown to many citizens and businesses; stresses that further measures should be taken by the Commission and Member States to increase its profile; notes that SOLVIT is based on recommendation rather than law and cannot make legally binding decisions; underlines that substantial improvements can be made to SOLVIT’s operations; regrets that some Member States fail to ensure adequate and stable staffing, continuity of service and an adequate level of knowledge of EU law in their SOLVIT centres as requested by the Commission in its Communication COM(2017) 255 final; notes that before giving SOLVIT more responsibilities, it must be ensured that Member States allocate sufficient resources to it;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that the international road haulage sector is subject to a number of NTBs restricting access to national markets, which limit its competitiveness, discriminate against transport companies from certain Member States and increase emissions; calls on Commission and Member States to abolish unnecessarpply restrictions on cabotage, and calls for the opening of the only when necessary, and calls for a fair and open freight and passenger transport services sector within the EU;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes in principle the Single Market Enforcement Taskforce (SMET), which aims to assess compliance of national law with single market rules and to prioritise the most pressing barriers; points out that the SMET should not just identify problems, but also provide solutions; calls on Commission and Member States to ensure the inclusion of stakeholders in the workings of SMET;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that so far the Commission’s plan to step up enforcement of EU law by means of the SMET has only delivered limited results; calls on the Commission to present in due time concrete outcomes of the work of SMET, including information on barriers that have been abolished as a result of its actionsregrets that SMET lacks transparency in its ways of work; calls on Commission and Member States to ensure that SMET publishes lists of participants, agendas and minutes of its meetings on the Commission website; notes that the Commission in its “long term action plan for better implementation and enforcement of single market rules” (COM(2020) 94 final) stated that “the SMET will regularly inform the Competitiveness Council and the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee”; urges on the Commission to present concrete outcomes of the work of SMET, including information on barriers that have been abolished as a result of its actions, by the end of 2021; calls on Commission and Member States to publish an annual report about the workings of SMET and deliver it to the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Competitiveness Council;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that the initial response to the pandemic by Member States and the Commission did not take into account the needs of the single market, and recalls the serious impact this has had on the free cross-border movement of persons, goods and services;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the NextGenerationEU recovery package, the EU guidelines for border management, transport green lanes, the EU Digital COVID Certificate to facilitate free movement, and further measures which aim to allow the single market to operate normally; regrets that some Member States have introduced additional travel restrictions such as quarantine for some holders of the Digital Green Certificate; notes that these restrictions are particularly burdensome for cross-border and posted workers;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to present a Single Market Emergency Instrument; calls on the Commission to develop it as a legally binding structural tool to ensure the free movement of persons, goods and services in case of future crises;