Activities of Jean-Lin LACAPELLE related to 2022/2060(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the competition policy - annual report 2022
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that competition policy is key to a well-functioning single market and economy and that it should aim to creates incentives for variety in products, lower prices, higherfair prices for both producers and consumers, support for European players in global competition, higher social, safety, health and environmental standards, innovation and better services for the consumer;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that the removal of State aid limits due to the COVID-19 crisis and now Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine have led to Member States providing different amounts of support to the same sectors; underlines that this has led to a playing field that is not level for the same industries within the single market; calls on the Commission to seek ways to counterbalance this problem once the disruptions that caused it have come to an end; calls on the Commission to put in place a new state aid framework to support Member States in the face of international economic tensions, including soaring inflation and the general rise in energy prices;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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5. Believes that consolidation within the telecommunications and internet service providers sector could have a significant negative effect on competition within the Union, as it could develop into a monopolistic market, and that the Commission should be vigilant about this; notes, moreover, that mergers between internet service providers, media content broadcasters and streaming providers could create incentives to abuse a dominant position, which would have a negative effect on consumers; underlines that competition policy must support, without political or partnership preferences, net neutrality and prevent all attempts to undermine it;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
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6. Notes that competition is global by nature; encourages the Commission, therefore, to use all tools provided for in the Union’s trade agreements and the Union’s Customs Code4 to counter unfair commercial trading practices and competition from non-EU companies which could affect the single marketdopt global strategies that are territorially beyond the EU's regulatory capabilities but nevertheless cause economic and social harm to European players on the world stage, in particular by preventing the emergence of industrial and technological champions; calls on the Commission, in the event that recourse to the tools provided for by the World Trade Organization would not make it possible to resolve the problems created by third-country rules and regulations, to take all the necessary measures to respond to them, such as the introduction of a Buy European Act and the adoption of a general regulation exempting the most critical areas from European competition law; asks the Commission to look into international agreements and State aid rules in order to seek suitable solutions; _________________ 4 Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (recast) (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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7. Notes that consumers are facing rising energy prices in general, while the number of energy producers in some markets has collapsed; asks the Commission to help ensure the availability of a choice of providers for consumersrevise the rules governing the European electricity market as soon as possible in order to ensure that cheap and environmentally friendly sources of production are maintained;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
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8. Observes that the uptake of electric vehicles will lead to higher electricity consumption in the futuredecision to ban the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles in favour of electric vehicles will lead to huge costs for car manufacturers and will jeopardise the biofuel vehicle sector; observes further that this decision will lead to a dependence on lithium producing countries and their exporting companies; notes that it will also lead to higher electricity consumption and new ways of consumers ‘fuelling’ their vehicles; asks the Commission and Member States to ensure competition and price transparency between energy providers for electric vehicle charging stations; notes that a lack of competition may lead to consumers paying higher rates than necessary to charge their vehicles;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
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10. Recalls that services represent the largest economic sector in the European Union and have still not yet reached their competitive potential and the level of the single market for goods; beli; believes howevesr that the work to remove remaining obstacles should be accelerated andsupport Europe's industrial sectors should be accelerated before acting on the disproportionate obstacles to the establishing of a single market for services fully established;