23 Amendments of Lena EK related to 2009/2225(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Cross- Border Business to Consumer e- Commerce in the EU’ (COM(2009)0557);
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning digital single market for online services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital services is today severely hindered by fragmented rules at national level; whereas European companies and public services will gain economic and social benefits from the use of advanced ICT services and applications,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, while broadband is available to more than 90% of the EU’s population, take-up occurs in only 50% of households,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas competitive communications markets are important in ensuring that users receive maximum benefits in terms of choice, quality and affordable prices,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas both Commission communication COM(2009)0557 and its mystery shopping study show that cross- border e-commerce may be highly important for European consumers.
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Asks the Commission to produce a legislative proposal for a catalogue of rights listing human rights for European citizens on the Internet;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consumers, through the promotion of access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deployment of next-generation infrastructure; emphasises that this requires policies that promote and services through the creation of incentives to support investment; emphasises that this requires policies that support competition, choice and diversity in high speed services delivering access on fair terms and at competitive prices for all communities, irrespective of location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusion;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to promote both take-up and effective use of Internet services by all citizens, as a way to foster economic growth and digital inclusion;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that every EU household should have access to broadband Internet at a competitive price by 2013; urges the Commission therefore to carry out a review of the universal service obligations, and calls on Member States to impart new impetus to the European high-speed broadband strategy, notably by updating national targets for broadband and high- speed coverage; calls, furthermore, upon the Commission to promote all available policy instruments to achieve broadband for all European citizens in its upcoming broadband strategy, including the use of the European Structural Funds and of the digital dividend for extending mobile broadband coverage;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the world and ensuring that 75% of mobile subscribers are 3G (or beyond) users by 2015have access to high- speed wireless services by 2015; underlines the importance of sustained competition and innovation in wireless services; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonised deployment of the digital dividend in a non-discriminatory manner and without compromising existing broadcast services;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Radio Spectrum Committee to address practical and technical requirements to ensure the timely availability of spectrum, with sufficient flexibility, to enable the deployment of new technologies and services, including mobile broadband, to support the objectives of the 2015.eu agenda;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the great importance of the Internet for education and preventing and reducing social exclusion;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, 50% of EU households should be connected to high-speed networks by 2015; recalls the importance of an appropriate policy framework that enables investments and competition needed to achieve this objective;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to fully enforce the EU telecoms framework, empower national regulators and transpose the telecoms package before the established deadline, in particularcluding the new provisions on Next Generation Access (NGA) networks, functional separation and spectrum, which provide for a stable regulatory environment tohat stimulates investment while safeguardingand competition;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on stakeholders to adopt open models for communications network deployment to help boost innovation and drive demand;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists on safeguarding an open Internet, where citizens have the right and business users are able to access and distribute information or run applications and services of their choice, as provided for in the revised regulatory framework; calls on the Commission, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) to monitor closely and enforcemarket developments and the harmonised implementation of the 'net neutrality' provisions and to report to Parliament before the end of 2010;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for a Commission study into barriers to access to the telecommunications market with a view to obtaining lower roaming charges;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for a study into harmonised rules within the EU to promote a common market in cloud computing and e- commerce;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls for a Commission study which puts forward proposals as to how to achieve a balance between, on the one hand, an author's right to the fruits of his/her own work, and on the other hand, fundamental civil and human rights on the Internet, without in any way restricting the latter;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that, almost a decade after their adoption, the Directives concerning the legal framework for the information society (i.e. the Data Protection Directive, Electronic Signatures Directive and Electronic Commerce Directive) appear out of date due to the increased complexity of the online environment and, the introduction of new technologies and the fact that EU citizens' data are increasingly processed outside of the EU; believes that, while the legal issues arising from some Directives can be resolved through an incremental update, other Directives need a more fundamental revision and that the adoption of an international framework for data protection should be promoted;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasises that the Commission should not let a more thorough revision stand in the way of its ongoing assessment of the current legal framework for the information society, whilst safeguarding the existing balance of interests, in order to keep it up to date with developments in technology, consumer interests and cross- border trade;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for greater investment in the use of open source software in the EU;