10 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2011/2094(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that also consumers often cannot comprehend decisions taken by the Commission relating to the fining of cartels; calls therefore on the Commission to incorporate the basis for calculating fines, along with new fining principles, into Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty1;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the complexity of the food supply chain and the lack of transparency in food pricing; believes that an improved analysis of costs, processes, added value, volumes, prices and margins across all sections of the food supply chain, in line with competition law and commercial confidentiality, will improve price transparency and choice for consumers; believes furthermore that more information should be available to consumers on the way final prices are formed;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that consumers want value for money and not only low prices; stresses that competition in the food retail chains should be both free and fair and that current concentration in the food market should not be at the cost of free choice for consumers; urges the Commission and Member States to fully and coherently enforce competition law and, where applicable at national level, unfair competition law in business-to-business relations;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the increase in energy prices and the negative impact this has on consumers, especially the elderly and vulnerable; manufacturing businesses and consumers, especially low-income families;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the Regulation on wholesale Eenergy Mmarket Iintegrity and Ttransparency (REMIT) and initiatives by Member States which aim to deliver more transparency in energy prices and increase consumer confidence and choice in the energy market; recalls the need for an internal market for energy which enables consumers to buy energy at affordable prices and stresses the need to rigorously pursue the full implementation of the internal market energy package; encourages the Commission, insofar as an open and competitive single market in energy has not yet been fully achieved, to actively monitor competition in energy markets;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the decision of the Council to support the long-awaited single EU patent system, which will reduce costs and time- consuming paperwork for entrepreneurs, thereby enhancing innovation, boosting the competitive advantage of Europe's nation sMember States and improving the single market;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the Commission's objective to eliminate the differences between roaming and national tariffs by 2015;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that increased competition in the broadband sector is essential to achieve the Europe 2020 goal of full coverage for European citizens, bringing benefits to consumers and businesses; asks the Commission to look into possible cases where access to broadband services has been limited at national level;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes a positive view, furthermore, of the setting-up of ADR schemes at European level so as to allow fast and cheap settlement of disputes as a more attractive option than court proceedings; is of the opinion that the parties concerned should seek to resolve disputes by consensus before launching collective court proceedings;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the existing exchange between the Commission and consumer associations in the field of European competition law and encourages both to further promote these exchanges;