6 Amendments of Pascal ARIMONT related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU competition law and authorities need to guarantee a level playing field in the digital single market; calls on the Commission to pursue a policy of active, effective and accelerated enforcement of the competition rules, in particular in the online search and mobile internet sector, in order to combat the abuse of dominant positions and thereby remove barriers to innovation and to enable EU consumers to seize all the opportunities that a genuine digital single market can offer; calls for the closure of lengthy key proceedings in this area before the end of this year;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for active monitoring of all possible competition issues related to unjustified geo- blocking and other restrictions on online sales; regrets that most e-commerce takes place nationally and that a true internal market without national barriers is not existing in this sector; welcomes the ongoing e-commerce sector enquiry, which should be conducted thoroughly and brought to an expeditious close and which may provide useful input for other actions within the digital single market strategy;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the need for the timely and proper implementation of Directive 2014/104/EU on antitrust damages actions, and encourages the Commission in the strongest possible terms to monitor its implementation closely and to pursue this issue with the Member States; strongly regrets that the implementation is proceeding slowly and many of the Member States have adopted not even a proposal for implementing legislation; therefore, encourages the Commission in the strongest possible terms to monitor its implementation closely and to pursue this issue with the Member States; stresses that access to justice, which may include the availability of collective redress, is essential for the attainment of the objectives of EU competition policy;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Looks forward to the Commission’s proposal on the ECN+, and calls for the full involvement of the European Parliament under the ordinary legislative procedure; considers that effective tools to tackle distortions of competition are crucial for the functioning of the single market, and that it is imperative to ensure that consumers and businesses can rely on the consistent application of EU competition rules throughout the EU.; considers that European-wide minimum standards are particularly needed as regards leniency programs, sanctions and the independence of national competition authorities;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the current revision of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER); recalls that there is legal uncertainty regarding the issue of whether the allocation of public funding to tourism organisations in its current form is in line with EU state aid rules; calls on the Commission to provide an adequate legal state aid basis for the Member States to support tourism as an important economic factor in the internal market; therefore, stresses the need to take up a new GBER exemption.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Regards competition in the telecommunication sector as crucial to drive innovation and investment in networks, as well as for choice in services for consumers; regards the rapid broadband expansion as key to the completion of the digital single market; welcomes in this context that the Commission will consider the strategic connectivity objectives, as set out in the Telecommunication Package, when applying the Broadband State Aid Guidelines.