Activities of Claudia GAMON related to 2021/2043(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Tackling non-tariff and non-tax barriers in the single market (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on tackling non-tariff and non-tax barriers in the single market
Amendments (25)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas fragmentation, restrictive national regulations, red-tape and gold- plating are creating unjustified barriers within the single market which deprive citizens of jobs, consumers of choices, and entrepreneurs of opportunities;
Amendment 36 #
G a. whereas the Professional Qualifications Directive is a key instrument to ensure the proper functioning of the single market but the lack of automatic recognition instruments for qualifications and skills between Member States is impeding the mobility of professionals and thereby creating unjustified barriers to the freedom of movement;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Points out that the price for inadequate implementation is paid by both businesses and consumers and encourages the Commission to prioritise adequate enforcement actions;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Regrets that Member States frequently use overriding reasons of public interest to isolate their domestic markets; highlights that requirements such as unfounded territorial restrictions, unnecessary language requirements and economic needs tests create unjustified barriers within the single market and calls on the Commission to improve the monitoring of Member States in this regard;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights that the rule of law must be upheld under any circumstances and reminds Member States of their legal notification obligations;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
a a) inadequate enforcement of EU legislation as well as long and complex procedures to resolve breaches of EU law, which result in barriers faced by businesses remaining unaddressed;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point d a (new)
d a) a lack of transparency and information and complex procedural requirements which increase difficulties to access cross-border procurement, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that the most effective way to reduce fragmentation of the single market and to avoid gold-plating is to aim for further harmonisation in the single market; stresses that this harmonisation should not lead, however, to more regulatory burden for companies;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognisegrets the insufficient use of the notification procedure under the Services Directive and the TRIS notification system (Directive (EU) 2015/1535); calls on Member States to fulfil their notification obligations; calls on the Commission to reflect on improvinge this framework, possibly by means of a new initiative which would increase clarity and transparency on the measures that need to be notified, while remaining cautious in order to not undermine the Services Directive and avoiding the situation which led to the withdrawal of the previous proposal;
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 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. ConsiderRegrets that mutual recognition of professional qualification is seriously afferestricted by administrative barriers imposed by Member States; underlines that the automatic mutual recognition of diplomas, qualifications, skills and competences between Member States would strengthen the free movement of workers and services and urges Member States to extend mutual recognition to all levels of education and training and to improve or introduce the necessary procedures for that as soon as possible; encourages the Commission to eliminate undue restrictions on professional qualifications and to remain vigilant in pursuing infringement policies where Member States do not comply with EU legislation on the recognition of qualifications;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned by the insufficient access to information on mobility of services, as well as by the burdensome procedures in certain Member States to obtain essential documents such as the A1 form; calls on Member States to commit to providing the A1 form at short notice and, where possible, digitally; underlines that access to information, such as on domestic collective agreements where universally applicable and relevant, is obligatory under Directive 2014/67/EC and should be improved to facilitate compliance for businesses, this information should be available via the single digital gateway; calls on Member States to avoid creating disproportionate burdens for companies in the implementation of posting legislation and on the Commission to further harmonise existing rules;
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 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Urges Member States to set annual national targets for the eradication of non-tariff and non-tax barriers; recommends the Commission to use the Single Market Scoreboard to rank Member States according to their intra- EU trade openness, as exemplified in the European Innovation Scoreboard, since this would encourage credible, concrete and measurable commitments to remove remaining obstacles in the single market;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission to make full use of its powers to act against any disproportionate and unjustified national labelling requirements on products that are not in compliance with the free movement of goods’ principles and legislation;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Calls on the Commission to further assess allowing and encouraging the use of digital solutions which can help to provide mandatory product or packaging information without the need to increase packaging size or to repackage;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Calls for the European Qualifications Framework to be promoted and its application to be facilitated throughout the European Union, so that it becomes a widely accepted recognition instrument;
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;