11 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2014/0000(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas maximum effort should be made not only to ensure clarity, simplicity, operability and enforceability of legislation but also to establish a predictable and stable framework for the assessment of how the legislation in the Single Market area works in practice;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its call on the Commission to improve governance of the Single Market by developing an set-up of analytical tools to more properly measure Single Market integration within the framework of the Single Market pillar of the European Semester; believes that such an analytical tool could provide useful input for country- specific recommendations (CSRs), the Annual Growth Survey, the European Council’s guidance to Member States, and the national action plans aimed at implementing the Single Market guidelines;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call for the procedures to provide for appropriate involvement of the European Parliament in the economic governance cycle, setting forth the adoption, by the European Parliament and by the Council, of other measures necessary to strengthen Single Market governance, in particular, measures addressing the areas where the Union regulatory framework has been established in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure laid down in Article 294 TFEU;
Amendment 47 #
8a. Requests that the forthcoming country-specific recommendations in the European Semester cycle should reflect the findings of the Single Market integration report in a much stronger and stringent way than previously;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to make Single Market governance a priority in all subsequent phases of the European Semester in generalprocess and to take full account of the key growth areas and of the measures included in the Single Market Acts I and II;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the completion of the Digital Single Market could generate additional GDP growth of 4.00.4 % over the period up to 2020 and(520 billion in 2014 prices) and employment gains are in the range of 0.1 per cent which is equivalent to over 223,000 jobs created by 2020 according to information in the study 'The Cost of Non-Europe in the Single Market'; supports new investment in infrastructure and the deployment of new technologies, such as 4G; considers the adoption of the EU’s general data protection framework and the Network and Information Security Directive as essential for the completion of the Digital Single Market by 2015;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises that the review of the recent economic governance framework is a great opportunity to urge Member States to step up their efforts towards the Digital Single Market which means not only more growth and jobs, especially in the SME sector and among young people, but also a future-oriented and modern European Union;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that significant untapped growth potential exist in the Service sector based on 'The Cost of Non-Europe in the Single Market” report's estimates regarding the range of potential gains of € 337 billion to € 637 billion;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to ensure the swift implementation and enforcement of rules such as the Consumer Rights Directive, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Dispute Resolution, while ensuring the reduction of administrative burdens;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that the Consumer Rights Directive marked an important step forward in terms of increasing legal certainty for consumers and businesses in online transactions, and today constitutes the main consumer protection instrument for online services;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Notes that further gains can be made from improvements to the functioning of the Single Market, such as putting in place the online dispute resolution (ODR) system for consumer disputes, which could generate savings of some 22 billion euro;