11 Amendments of Billy KELLEHER related to 2019/2131(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas competition policy must benefit the consumer while defending European businessesst promoting healthy competition amongst businesses operating in the Single Market, in particular by ensuring SMEs, against unfair competition outside Europere afforded the opportunity to compete on a fair basis;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, private investment, including from third-country undertakings, is crucial to the success of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas, the primary objective of European competition policy is to prevent the distortion of competition in order to preserve the integrity of the internal market and protect consumers;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to monitor foreign direct investment and not to limit itself to the screening mechanismensure a rapid implementation of the screening for foreign direct investments mechanism and to propose a tool to strengthen the current mechanism, whilst ensuring that the European Union remains an attractive destination for investment;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure the balanced application of State aid control to European operators in order to avoid asymmetries with their foreign competitors, who are not subject to it, whilst ensuring that the internal market is not undermined and that application and enforcement of EU competition law is not weakened;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that some entities, benefiting from dual status as both platforms and suppliers, being at the same time "player and referee", abuse their position to impose unfair terms on competitors; calls on the Commission to penalise themenforce the necessary laws and make use of the necessary instruments to prevent these abuses;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that, while intermediation platforms play a major role in access to consumers for online services, some abuse their privileged position by acting as gatekeepers; calls on the Commission to conclude its preliminary investigation into Spotify’s complaint about Apple’s anticompetitive practices and to launch a formal procedure as soon as possiblewhich is ultimately to the detriment of the consumer;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the slowness of the application of antitrust rules; stresses the financial and structural risk to which some actors are exposed if they initiate lengthy and costly proceedings; calls on the Commission to consider setting deadlines which take into account the economic timeframe of businesses; stresses, however, that due process must be observed;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to make more systematic use of investigations in sectors that are essential to the everyday life of citizens, such as urban transport, online advertising, financial services and the media, in the digital age;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to take note of the presence of national monopolies and oligopolies as a potential signal of the existence of weaknesses in the Single Market or barriers to fair competition;