8 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2008/2204(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the progress already achieved in the framework of GATS, WIPO Internet Treaties, UNCITRAL model law, the related OECD Guidelinesextensive work by the OECD, and the extensive policy framework adopted at the recent OECD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul in 2008, and the WSIS;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that ICTs are now ubiquitous in the economy; and new platforms and networks are being developed and rolled out; recognises the need for open standards and their importance for innovation, competition and effective consumer choice;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the full potential of e-commerce for SMEs is not yet fully exploited and that there is still much to be done to achieve a Single European Electronic Market for products and services where SMEs could play a leading role for the further integration of the European markets;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that in the context of international public procurement, where new technologies allow for cross-border e- commerce, new forms of, for example, combinatorial auctions for SME- consortia and online publication and advertising tenders allow for significant increases of procurement trade not only within the European Union but globally thus encouraging cross-border e- commerce;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Takes the view that much of the future of trade and future export markets for the European Union lie in welfare services such as certain health care services and education which can increasingly be offered over the Internet, and which depend on consistent, clear international trade frameworks and agreements;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the MS to ensure that new digital trade barriers (physical infrastructure, human and legal capacity, non-tariff barriers, such as censorship and restrictions on freedom of information) are anticipated and countered in existing and new commitments; interoperability, interconnectivity and issues related to internet governance should also be addressed in this context;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to review the applicability of trade instruments so as to harmonise and open the use of spectrum in order to ensure innovation and competition;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)