17 Amendments of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2017/2191(INI)
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to adopt guidelines to limitreduce the duration of antitrust investigations, in order to avoid uncertainty or excessive burden for businesses and shape a competitive landscape which is not detrimental to consumers;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the Commission should verify that national competition authorities (NCAs) are sufficiently equipped in terms of financial and human resources to guarantee theirand that they are able to perform their work in complete independence,; andsks that it shouldthe Commission submit an annual report to Parliament regarding thisese key points;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that Commissioner Vestager stated during a structured dialogue with the economic and monetary affairs committee (ECON) on Tuesday 21 November that the Google case represented potentially 4,2 terabytes of data to analyse; believes that this case clearly highlights the importance of having sufficient resources and adequate equipment allocated to competition authorities;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the opening of the dialogue between the Commission and China on state aid control and follows carefully China's adoption of a Fair Competition Review System designed to ensure State measures do not adversely affect market entry and exit and the free movement of goods; asks the Commission to keep the EP updated on the negotiations taking place between the two economic blocks;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Asks the Commission to include a chapter on competition in every Free Trade Agreement or Economic Partnership, and invites DG TRADE to liaise with DG COMP in this view, taking into account the specific economic conditions of the least developed economies;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Invites the EU chief negotiator for the Brexit, in cooperation with Commissioner Vestager, to start as soon as possible a fair an transparent discussion on the future of the EU-UK relation in terms of competition;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Believes that every on-going investigations1a for a potential breach of the EU competition law by the UK or by a company based in the UK should not be threatened by the Brexit agenda and that any final decision taken by the Commission after 29 March 2019 should still be binding; _________________ 1aFor example, the Commission's in- depth investigation into a potential state aid scheme regarding UK CFC Group Financing Exemption (SA.44896).
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Regrets the decision of the Irish Government in the Apple Case; recalls that the Commission has been forced to refer Ireland to Court for failure to recover illegal tax benefits from Apple worth up to €13 billion; believes that the new revelations on Apple from the so- called 'Paradise Papers' and the use of illegal student labour to assemble iPhones are other proofs that this company is clearly and repeatedly seeking to take advantage of the multiple loopholes in taxation and social policies, which results in competition distortion;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Welcomes the "unannounced inspections concerning access to bank account information by competing services" announced by the Commission on 6 October 2017; invites the Commission to remain vigilant on this issue, especially when the Regulatory Technical Standards on strong customer authentication and secure communication will enter into force;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Believes that digital companies might represent a particular challenge for competition authorities, notably when it comes to algorithms, artificial intelligence or the value of data; asks the Commission to evaluate what are the main challenges and how to respond to them in the field of digital competition;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Is concerned by the anti- competitive effects of common ownership by large institutional investors; believes that the fact that these investors hold a significant part of the shares of direct competitors in a same sector, among airlines companies for example, creates a quasi-oligopoly having adverse effects on consumers and the economy as a whole by limiting competition; Calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to deal with possible anti-competitive effects of common ownership; furthermore, calls on the Commission to investigate into common ownership and to draw up a report to be presented to Parliament about the effects of common ownership on European markets, particularly on prices and innovation;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Recalls that the Commission has been looking into tax rulings from Luxembourg to McDonald's since June 2014, that the Commission took the decision to initiate a formal investigation procedure in December 2015, and that no final decision has been taken so far; asks the Commission to make every efforts to reach a final decision soon in this case;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Urges the Commission to oppose without delay the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer; recalls that this acquisition would result in the creation of the world's largest integrated pesticides and seeds company, with leading portfolios in non- selective herbicides, seeds and traits, and digital agriculture; underlines that this very dangerous monopoly would strongly threaten EU agriculture and citizens;