14 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2013/2194(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the Conclusions of the European Council of 24-25 October 2013,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. Whereas the Commission has identified services, financial services, transport, energy and digital market as key areas for improving the functioning and deepening of the Single Market; whereas the methodology for defining these areas should be assessed and revised on a regular basis, taking account of growth targets and outlook as well as the criteria for providing necessary protection for consumers, workers and citizenitizens, in particular consumers, professionals and workers;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning digital single market for online and communications services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital services and cross- border e- commerce is today 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 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to strengthen Single Market governance by establishing, as a specific pillar of the European Semester, an annual Single Market governance cycle that includes the Internal Market Scoreboard, an annual report on the integration of the Single Market as part of the Annual Growth Survey, European Council guidance to Member States, national action plans aimed at implementing the Single Market guidelines, and dedicated country-specific recommendations and to take full account of the key growth areas – identified as the services sector, the energy sector, the transport sector and the digital single market – and of the measures included in the Single Market Acts I and II;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that more horizontal coordination and coherence in the preparation of legislative proposals with relevance for the Single Market is needed; believes that the governance of the Single Market should take due account of the needs of all stakeholders and that a stronger and earlier involvement of the civil society, business organisations, social partners, civil society and other stakeholders in designing, adopting, implementing and monitoring the measures is needed in order to boost growth and enforce citizens’ rights in the Single Market;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the key sectors identified by the Commission – services, financial services, transport, energy and digital market – remain decisive for a full integration of the Single Market; believes, furthermore, that focus on these sectors should be combined with efforts to strengthen the protection of citizens’ rights, both asinter alia of consumers and as workers, with the relaunching of a consistent and integrated industrial policy and with a competitiveness model based on knowledge and innovation through adequate investment in research and education;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that free movement of persons and workersRegrets that, despite the strong evidence for the importance of the single market in overcoming the crisis, the free movement of citizens, in particular workers and professionals, across Europe is still not completed and that stronger measures are needed in order to remove the remaining obstacles and ensure the principle of equal treatment of workersstimulate growth;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes with surprise the claim that Member States bear sole responsibility for the length of all infringement proceedings; is specifically worried about the fact that cases dealing with services take longest (49.8 months on average); considers that infringement proceedings have revealed a number of limitations in terms of addressing and correcting implementation and application deficiencies of Single Market provisions in a swift manner;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Takes the view that infringement proceedings should, under any circumstance, be considered as last resort, to be pursued only after a series of attempts have been made to coordinate and correct the situation, and that it is desirable to makthe Commission should therefore promote the use of the EU Pilot and other proceedings before taking a Member State to the Court of Justice; insists further that every effort should be made towards a more stringent use of infringement proceedings for breaches of Union law provisions in the field of the Single Market, and that the Member States and the European Council should continue the further development of infringement proceedings in the framework of the future revisions of the TFEU;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the Single Market integration report 2014 and strongly supports the Commission’s efforts in integrating the Single Market further in the considerations of the European Semester;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Requests that the forthcoming country-specific recommendations in the European Semester cycle 2014 reflect the findings of the Single Market integration report in a much stronger and stringent way than the country-specific recommendations for 2013;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Takes note of the adjusted structure of the second edition of the Single Market integration report; welcomes the fact that the Commission has thereby also responded to requests from the Parliament made in its resolution of 7 February 2013; notes that a number of measures outlined in this resolution have already proven to lead to an improved implementation and enforcement of EU law, including the more stringent use of the EU Pilot;