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237 Amendments of Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ

Amendment 4 #

2008/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Da. whereas in some Member States, the right conferred on EU citizens by Article 19 of the EC Treaty to vote and stand in local and European elections is currently undermined to the extent that EU citizens who are nationals of another Member State are not entitled to become members of political parties in the country where they are supposed to exercise that right,
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2008/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Article 20 of the EC Treaty, although unfortunately restricted to the situation where a citizen of a Member State is in the territory of a third country where that Member State is not represented, entitles every EU citizen to the diplomatic or consular protection of any Member State which is duly represented in that third country; whereas, that right cannot be properly exercised in the absence of clear and binding practical rules and protocols to be followed by the consular authorities,
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2008/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
1 Decision of the Representatives of the GovernmentsFb. whereas although that same Article 20 of the EC Treaty imposes an obligation ofn the Member States meeting within the Council of 19 December 1995 regarding protection for citizens of the European Union by diplomatic and consular representations (UJ L 314, 28.12.1995, p. 73).to “establish the necessary rules among themselves and start the international negotiations required to secure this protection”, the fact is that only one binding act has so far been adopted, namely Decision 95/553/EC1, which entered into force in 2002 and consists of only one page that completely fails to establish a fully- fledged system to assist and alleviate the suffering of EU citizens abroad in a crisis situation,
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2008/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas, in particular in a situation of crisis and personal suffering, effective consular and diplomatic protection granted outside the territory of the European Union without distinction by all Member States to all EU citizens would significantly contribute to the appreciation by those citizens of the advantages of being part of the European Union,
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2008/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Ask the Commission, the Council and the Member States to improve the real effectiveness of Article 19 of the EC Treaty by ensuring that all Union citizens are entitled to be members of political parties in the Member State where they have their place of residence;
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2008/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on Member States to properly comply with the obligation set out in Article 20 of the EC Treaty, and therefore to establish the necessary rules among themselves and start the international negotiations required to secure the protection of EU citizens outside the European Union, with particular attention being paid to the approval of binding protocols of action to be followed by consular services in third countries in the event of an emergency, or of a security or humanitarian crisis;
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the vital importance of preserving the possibility for parents and guardians of choosing the official language in which their children are to be educated in countries with more than one official or regional language;deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 103 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines the right of consumers to receive any information of a product sold in the market of their place of residence on the language or languages which are official therein;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 110 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recommends that the language competence indicators should also be extended to classical Greek and Latin, not only because these languages are part of the European heritage that is of major civilisational and cultural importance, but also because learning them facilitates further learning experiences and stimulates reflection on language;deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 3 #

2008/2204(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the Internet could become a tool for promoting cultures and languages by developing cultural and creative industries, especially in developing countries; insists, howevertherefore, on the importance of promoting equal access to ICTs to make an inclusive information society possible, and removing barriers of any kind, to allow potential trading and to guarantee the full rights of citizenship;
2008/11/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can derive particular benefit from e-commerce in terms of access to external markets; whereas, however, the full development of these new electronic commerce methods still comes up against diverse obstacles as regards their practical application,
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas electronic commerce is taking place in an environment which was primarily developed for educational reasons and thus was for many years an open and unsecured network,Deleted
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the specific nature of international e-commerce makes it impossible for the authorities responsible for consumer goods to apply control and inspection mechanisms,
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests that illegal behaviour such as counterfeiting, piracy, fraud, breach of transaction security and violation of citizens' private space should not be attributed to the nature of the medium but has to be considered as aspects of illegal commercial activities which pre-existed in the physical world and have found new channels for discrimination;Deleted
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 36 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to create mechanisms which, without affecting the development of such commercial methods, can permit the effective combating of fraud in international e-commerce, with special attention to cases liable to involve major public health risks, as in the case of Internet sales of bogus medicines;
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the increasing number of incidents of online theft of both personal data and money; believes that lack of trust in the security and safety of transactions and payments constitutes the most important danger for the future of e- commerce, and calls on the Commission to redouble its efforts to create mechanisms for strengthening businesses' and individuals' trust in international electronic payment systems, as well as establishing suitable means for resolving disputes related to illegal commercial practices;
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 57 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission, if appropriate in conjunction with the OECD, to draw up a detailed study incorporating statistics on international Internet commerce;
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2008/2204(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy and to offer comprehensive strategy for removing the incentives to SMEs for enhanced barriers to using e-commerce still participation in online trading products affecting SMEs (access to ICT, costs of and services; developing and maintaining e-business systems, lack of trust, lack of information, legal uncertainty over transnational disputes, etc), and to offer incentives to SMEs for enhanced participation in online trading products and services;
2008/12/10
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2008/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Sa. Whereas in some Member States there are significant differences in identity documents between nationals of the country and European citizens from another Member State, who find it difficult to prove that they are resident European citizens, which in practice seriously hinders the exercise of their rights and their integration into social and business life,
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2008/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States, while implementing the right to free movement and residence, not to place unjustified administrative burdens on Union citizens and their family members that are not expressly provided for in Directive 2004/38/EC, as these are contrary to EC law and an unjustified obstacle to the exercise of a freedom conferred directly by the EC Treaty, which is not dependent on their having completed administrative procedures; reminds Member States of their duty to facilitate administrative practices linked to the exercise of the right to free movement;
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2008/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States in relevant cases to adopt the same format for personal identity documents for their nationals and for European citizens from other Member States, regardless of the differences which must be noted within the documents;
2009/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2008/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Observatory in this respect to extend its activities to cover more specifically the latest challenges that are created by media convergence and new developments, giving particular attention to the analysis of online activities such asthe impact of digitalisation on the film and audiovisual industry in general and the analysis of online audiovisual media services, mobile TV and video games;
2008/11/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2008/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Observatory to take into consideration the best practices which are being used in other parts of the world and equivalent developments in the audiovisual media field, such as in Asia or North America;
2008/11/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2008/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance of enhancing contact and co-ordination among national regulators as well as of improving contact with stakeholders actively involved in the audiovisual media sector;
2008/11/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2008/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the eurozone is much more open than any other major economy and that the rising value of the euro has encouraged imports into the internal market at the expense ofWelcomes the openness of the eurozone; recognises that the current rising value of the euro has negative effects, namely it has affected exports, adversely affecting economic growth annd encouraged eimployment in the eurozone; notes in this connection the concerns expressed by many European companies, particularly in the industrial sector, regarding the threat that an over-valued currency may pose to their international competitivenessorts into the internal market, as well as positive effects in helping the European economy face the dramatic oil price rise;
2008/07/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2008/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers thaAdvocates better and more efficient coordination between the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Bretton Woods institutions (International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Ggroup) is vitaln order to combat speculation and meet the challenges posed by the serious crisis not just in the monetary sector, but also in the financial, energy and food sectors which is currently threatening both the industrialised and the least-developed countries;
2008/07/22
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2008/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that Europe’s food security is increasingly threatened by the high volatility in food prices, after 30 years of decreasing prices in real terms;deleted
2008/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 8 #

2008/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that food production is not able to keep pace with increasing demand, since, globally, agricultural productivity growth, production reactivity and capacity, and stocks are insufficient and cannot easily be adapted in the short- term;deleted
2008/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2008/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and trade liberalisation, would lead to a further increase in food prices and even higher price volatility, since a large cut in agricultural supports in the developed countrihen accompanied by domestic measures, would cause a dramatic fall in their production; stresses that the worst affected would be the most vulnerable, food-importing developing counthelp to stabilise food prices;
2008/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2008/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the potential winners of a successful DDA – i.e.Calls on the large food exporting countries ( Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, etc.) – could not be regardedto act as reliable suppliers of staple foods, since they have a tendency and to applyvoid export restrictions in extreme market situations caused by high prices, to guarantee the food supply of their own population at reasonable prices; warns that these countries could only increase their production in a non-sustainable way, such as expanding their agricultural area at the expense of rainforests, overpasture, etc.which could have disastrous consequences, especially on poor food- importing developing countries;
2008/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2008/2153(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Considers as relevant and justified adjustment mechanisms of the CAP to ensure EC food needs through trade, by temporarily raising quotas and suspending duties;deleted
2008/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2008/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas small markets like those in thexisting in some Western Balkan countries are particularly prone to cartels, restrictive practices or the abuse of market power which may have a strong impact on regional economic growth, the unemployment rate and social development,
2008/10/21
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2008/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that there is a real need to improve and establish well-functioning visa and customs regimese implementation of the road maps for visa-free movement presented to the countries of the Western Balkans earlier this year to be an essential prerequisite in order to improve the investment climate and ensure closer economic and trade cooperation;
2008/10/21
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #

2008/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the states in the region which suffer from corruption in the civil service to take all appropriate measures to combat corruption in the civil serviceit and to ensure that their customs services operate in a better, more transparent way, in line with the standards laid down by the EU and the World Customs Organisation;
2008/10/21
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #

2008/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the improved business climate and the measures for reducing the legal and administrative barriers to business start-ups; expresses, however, its concern on the existence of cartels and the abuse of market power by so-called ‘tycoons’ in some of the Western Balkan countries; urges the governments of the Western Balkan countries to intensify their fight against corruption and to develop an adequate competition policy;
2008/10/21
Committee: INTA
Amendment 1 #

2008/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s report on the 2007 Customs seizures of counterfeit goods at the EU's external border published on 19 May 2008,
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2008/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas India is one of the major sources of counterfeit medicines seized by the customs services of the Member States (accounting for 30% of the total); whereas substandard and counterfeit medicines favour drug resistance, and increase morbidity and mortality,
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 87 #

2008/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Concerning the satellite sector, calls upon India to engage in dialogue with and open its market to European companies in order to: (a) better support national development objectives and meet ever-increasing domestic demand for Direct-To-Home TV and broadband services, and (b) overcome security concerns around mobile satellite services with new technical solutions that provide national authorities with more than adequate control over mobile satellite communications;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 117 #

2008/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes India's commitment to a strong IPR regime; encourages its rigorous implementation and enforcement; calls on the Commission and the Indian authorities concerned to coordinate actions to address effectively the fight against counterfeiting and, in particular, against counterfeit medicines;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 2 #

2008/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the size of the digital dividend will vary from one country to another, owing to national circumstances and reflecting national media and audiovisual policies; is therefore convinced that it is difficult to harmonise the use of the digital dividend at European level;
2008/05/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #

2008/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses however that the digital dividend is also an important instrument in audiovisual and media policies, which cshould be used to effectively promote and protect freedom of expression and, media pluralism and cultural and linguistic diversity;
2008/05/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2008/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the benefits that the digital dividend can bring to society in terms of more, and more diverse, audiovisual media services, including services offering mobile reception and high definition quality;
2008/05/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2008/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that broadcasters are essential actors in the defence of pluralistic and democratic principles and that the opportunities relating to the digital dividend should enable public and private broadcasters, which could benefit in principle from lower spectrum fees, to provide programmes serving public servicegeneral interest objectives;
2008/05/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #

2008/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates that in the interest of European citizens the digital dividend should be managed as efficiently and effectively as possible in order to avoid interference with the delivery of high quality digital TV programmes to an increasing number of citizens and to protect those citizens from sudden changeovers to new technologies.respect consumers' rights and interests and their investment in equipment;
2008/05/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2008/2099(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that spectrum policy has to be dynamic and that it should enable broadcasters to use future new technology and develop new services which will enable them to continue to play an important role in helping to ensure cultural diversity and media pluralism, meeting the evolving expectations of the public;
2008/05/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2008/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that purely commercial sanctions have proved very ineffective in most cases, especially if they are not imposed throughout the world and under United Nations auspices, and harm the civil population more than the governments of the countries sanctioned;
2008/05/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2008/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Does not accept the policy of double standards and believes that sanctions should be imposed regardless of whether or not the infringement is to the detriment of Community citizens and/or EU trade interestthe political objectives of defending human rights lose their legitimacy when sanctions are applied in response to the economic interests of EU citizens and businesses;
2008/05/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2008/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that other sanction methods that are not strictly trade sanctions should be backed up by toolstaken into account, such as flight bans, restrictions on financial transarestrictions, diplomatic warnings, suspension of cooperation, boycotting ofboycotting of cultural and sports events, etc.;
2008/05/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #

2008/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that often, developing countries upon which sanctions have been imposed do not have the necessary resources to appeal to the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism and calls on the Commission to take action in the WTO to change this state of affairs;deleted
2008/05/30
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the high level of external competitiveness of European services providers; calls on the Commission to pursue, in trade negotiations, both the progressive and reciprocal liberalisation of services and a policy of increased transparency and predictability of rules and regulations, accompanied by strict rules and sanctions to fight against corruption and monopolies, in order that citizens and entrepreneurs of developing countries can have access to a wider range of services, some of which may be provided by highly competitive European services providers;
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Fully recognises the existing distinction among the different nature of services, with or without economic and market value or based on the necessity of satisfying public and general interest needs;
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 47 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that developed countrie need for the European Union to take into account the different degrees of development when requiring deregulation and liberalisation of services, and trade blocs such as the EU cannot andherefore underlines that the EU should not impose a one-size-fits-all model on other countries;
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests that the efficiency gains that could be obtained thanks to opening markets to services competition, when accompanied by domestic regulatory measures, would allow less developed countries to provide services in areas that would otherwise be out of reach for the state due to its limited resources; considers that stresses the importance of respecting this regard as much emphasis should be placed on government failure as is put on market failuree need to ensure universal, accessible and sustainable public services with affordable prices and high-quality standards for all;
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 66 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recognises that too frequently some of the problems regarding fairness and transparency in the provision of services in some developing countries are only brought about with the complicity of companies from developed economies.
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Is concerned with regards to the negotiation of an EU- GCC FTA about the level of transparency and accountability in financial services and, in particular, in the area of investments made by sovereign wealth funds;
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the importance of cultural services, such as the audiovisual, musical and publishing sectors for both European industries and for our trading partners; calls on the Commission to ensure that trade in cultural services is therefore better balanced, while respecting the protection of intellectual property rights;
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 104 #

2008/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that in some countries such as Pakistan and India private for-profit schools provide children from poorer families with an education resulting in better learning results without higher costs, as shown in a new report by the World Bank;deleted
2008/06/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 40 #

2008/0258(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Strengthen the skills of European and other professionals from countries referred to in Article 2 paragraph 4 to improve their understanding of in particular the operating conditions, legal frameworks, including copyright, financing systems and cooperation possibilities of their respective audiovisual markets, and, in particular through scholarships, thus facilitate networking and the emergence of long- term commercial relationships and improve the level of information and knowledge of audiovisual markets in order to secure and facilitate audiovisual cooperation between professionals.
2009/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2008/0258(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – title 1 – point 1 – indent 1
Strengthen the skills of European and third countries’ professionals to improve their understanding of in particular the operating conditions, legal frameworks, including copyright, financing systems, cooperation possibilities of their respective audiovisual markets, and thus facilitate networking and the emergence of long-term commercial relationships. Improve the level of information and the knowledge of audiovisual markets in order to secure and facilitate audiovisual cooperation between European and third country professionals.
2009/03/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2008/0157(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Ask the Commission to launch an impact assessment procedure of the situation of the European audiovisual sector as the Commission did for the music sector to consider the eventual need for an extension of term of protection of copyright to the audiovisual sector (artist performers, producers and broadcasters).
2008/12/09
Committee: JURI
Amendment 21 #

2008/0047(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) Evolving technologies, changes in the ways the Internet and other communication technologies are used by adults and children and shifts in societal behaviours are leading to new risks for children. The knowledge base that can be used for designing efficient actions needs to be strengthened in order to better understand these changes. Several measures and actions will have to be combined in a multi-faceted and complementary way; this will include for example taking measures to promote safe and responsible use of the Internet, the further development of supporting technologies and the promotion of best practice for codes of conduct embodying generally agreed canons of behaviour or cooperation with the industry on agreed objectives.
2008/09/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2008/0047(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I - Actions - Section 1 - paragraph 3
3. Stimulating application of technical solutions for dealing adequately with illegal content and harmful conduct online. Activities should encourage the development or adaptation of effective technological tools to deal adequately with illegal content and tackle harmful conduct online, for general use by stakeholders and the promotion by service operators of safe, responsible use of connections in order to protect children against illegal and harmful activities.
2008/09/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the ASEAN countries have different economic profiles and those disparities will play an important role in finalising the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA),
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas economic openness in the framework of the EU-ASEAN agreement is vital for creating jobs and growth,
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas adequate and reciprocal access to EU-ASEAN markets, fully respecting the differing economic positions of ASEAN members particularly the poorest LDCs, will increase the flow of goods and services and will enhance innovation and boost economic growth on both sides,
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 8 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas account should be duly taken of the effective protection of IPRs, including geographical indications and appellations of origin,
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas transparency and effective rules for public procurement, competition and investment will lead to an increasingly business-friendly environment, reduce corruption and in turn will be beneficial for the economies on both sides,
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 10 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Believes that an ambitious EU-ASEAN agreement will greatly benefit both sides and even though a high quality agreement is more important than a rapid timetable is nonetheless concerned about the slow pace of negotiations; emphasises the importance of achieving concrete results for EU businesses by improving market access;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that inter-regional agreements can usefully supplement the multilateral system, provided they are wide-ranging and ambitious, going well beyond tariff reductions in order to implementopen markets, together with the implementation of technical, social and environmental standards;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of strengthening regional economic integration between the ASEAN countries, calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance and further possible support to facilitate such a reinforcement;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Regards a high quality agreement as more important than a rapid timetable but is concerned about the slow pace of negotiations which may indicate a lack of political commitment;deleted
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the parties to progressively reduce or dismantle all barriers on goods and services, while fully respecting the differing economic positions within the ASEAN region;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 20 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the Commission, in the EU- ASEAN framework agreement, to ensure transparency and effective rules for public procurement, competition and investment, intellectual property rights (IPRs), state aid and other subsidies; stresses the importance of services in EU-ASEAN trade relations;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Gives priority to the effective enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) particularly for design, sound recordings and other cultural goods; emphasises nevertheless that nothing in the agreement should limit the right of countries to regulate sectors - such as audiovisual - that play a key role in preserving cultural diversityStresses the importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and calls for their effective enforcement to be given priority, particularly for design, sound recordings and other cultural goods as well as geographical indications and appellations of origin;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Commission to tackle barriers notwithstanding the right of countries to regulate sectors - such as audiovisual - that play a key role in preserving cultural diversity;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. ConsiderUnderlines that any schedule of tariff reductions should take full account of the differing economic positions of ASEAN members and give poorer non-LDCs flexibilities that are broadly equivalent to those offered by the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) to countries with comparable income levels;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #

2007/2265(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers that poorer non-LDC members of ASEAN should benefit from flexibilities that are broadly equivalent to those offered by the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) to countries with comparable income levels;
2008/03/06
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2007/2261(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly urges the Member States and all organisations and institutions with sports responsibilities to increase their efforts in the fight against the use, supply and sales of illegal doping products;
2008/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2007/2261(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to tackle the trafficking in and exploitation of minor sportsmen/women, and believes that additional arrangements are necessary to ensure that the 'home- grown initiative' does not lead to child trafficking;deleted
2008/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2007/2261(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for a serious monitoring of the enforcement of legislation on racism within the framework of sport eventsmeasures intended to prevent racist attitudes within the framework of sport events to be applied, without excluding the strict application of existing legislation;
2008/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #

2007/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas European consumer protection standards, particularly relating to health and safety, should apply to all products circulating freely within the single European market, regardless of their origin,
2008/04/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2007/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary measures to ensure that goods imported with a view to being placed on the European Union market comply with European consumer protection standards, particularly as regards health and safety, to prevent the circulation of products or substances which could be dangerous for consumers;
2008/04/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard the protocol of the Treaty of Amsterdam on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a(new)
Aa. whereas the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expression attaches considerable importance to the creation of conditions conducive to media diversity,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas media pluralism can only be guaranteed by a proper political balance in the content of public service television,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 94 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas the public service media has a noticeable market presence only in the audiovisual and non-linear areas and whereas often the public service media of the EU Member States suffers from both inadequate funding and political pressure,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas often the public service media of the EU Member States suffers from both inadequate funding and political pressure,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 124 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. Whereas the new media landscape is dominated by established public service and private providers,deleted
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 164 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees that the level at which media pluralism is measured should be by an individual Member State, or by a part of it which may have its own public opinion specificities;
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 174 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to ensure through appropriate means a right balance among political and social sensibilities, in particular in the context of news and current affairs programs;
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 192 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Suggests clarifying the status, legal or otherwise, of weblogs and encourages their voluntary labelling according to the professional and financial responsibilities and interests of their authors and publishers;deleted
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 221 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends that the regulations governing state aid are implemented in a way allowing the public service media to fulfil its function in a dynamic environment, while avoiding unfair competition leading to impoverishment of the media landscapeensuring that public service media carry out the function entrusted to them by Member States in a transparent and accountable manner;
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2007/2202(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC do not cover differences in treatment of a discriminatory nature based on physical criteria such as height or complexion, particularly in relation to access to jobs where there is no direct link between those physical characteristics and the ability required in order to do the jobs concerned;
2008/03/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
13a. having regard to the evaluation report of the external consultancy Mayer, Rowe and Maw LLP, entitled “Evaluation of EC Trade Defence Instruments” (December 2005),
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
13b. having regard to the document of the Commission entitled “Evaluation of the responses to the public consultation on Europe's trade defence instruments in a changing global economy” (19 November 2007),
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 10 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the results of the public consultation are available in the document entitled "Evaluation of the responses to the public consultation on Europe's trade defence instruments in a changing global economy" (19 November 2007),
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, under the recently reviewed Lisbon Agenda, the Community set itself the objective of strengthening the European economy by, inter alia, improving the competitiveness of the Community in the world economy and thereby creating new and better jobs,deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas, in the absence of internationally agreed upon competition rules in the WTO currently leaves no alternative but TDIs to, TDIs are the only suitable solution for dealing with unfair trade practices,
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, in TDI investigations, a balance has too often failed to be attained among taking timely action when unfair trade is injuring EU industry, the need to maintain the quality and thoroughness of Commission investigations and the maintenance of transparency and opportunity for all interested parties to contribute,
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas anti-dumping is a very specific and narrowly focused instrument tackling anticompetitive practices; whereas antidumping is not and is not currently designed to tackle labour and environmental standards and to apply such standards that would hardly be in line with current WTO regulation,
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, in a globalised world, EU companies need a reinforced mechanism to combat unfair commercial practices, allowing them to create jobs and stimulate growth in the Union,
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
- 1. Asks the Commission to take into account the results of the Green Paper for public consultation (COM(2006)0763) and the results of the independent study that it ordered, as both reflect the legitimate interests of all stakeholders;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that, in the absence of internationally recognised rules on competition, the current European TDI system is the best response to ensure a level playing field for all actors and to avoid distorting effects in international trade;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the belief in the benefits of an open trading system, offsetting its potentially disruptive impact, and contributing decisively to the stimulation of growth and the creation of jobs; takes the view that the EU should continue to promote increased global liberalisation and free and fair trade and resist any protectionist temptation;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that the EU already has a TDI regime with higher standards, resulting in more stringent application, than other trading partners especially with regard to the initiation, course and subsequent outcome of these investigations;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #

2007/2198(INI)

Paragraph 4 Motion for a resolution Amendment4 4. Takes the view that the TDI system has deleted to take into account the legitimate interest of European economic operators who need to take advantage of global supply chains to have access to raw-materials and tie-in products to stay competitive;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 75 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the current EU TDI system already takes due account of the rightful and legitimate interests of all European stakeholders, as was stated by the majority of governments and stakeholders during the public consultation on the above-mentioned Green Paper;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 76 #
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 81 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is worried about the lack of coordination between the internal policies of the EU, especially those dealing with industry related matters (including the anti-competition law) and trade defence remedies;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 84 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the Commission to act accordingly in order to instil social and environmental considerations into the reform of antidumping rules during the WTO negotiations, based on the international fundamental social and environmental standards that already exist;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 86 #
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that the EU TDI system should address all increasing unfair trade behaviour that hampers the ordinary course of trade, such as fraud, circumvention, dual pricing and violations of IPR, which greatly affect fair competition in international markets;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 93 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to revise its standards of initiation for new TDI investigations and ensure that the complaining industry provides prima facie evidence that all the AD basic requirements (dumping, injury, causal link) have been met and that measures are not overly and clearly against community interest;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 99 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Asks the Commission to maintain its strict criteria when initiating new TDI investigations in order to guarantee that prima facie evidence is provided by the complainants and that all the AD conditions for initiation are met;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that it responds to sound legal and logic principles that complainants in TDI investigations have to substantiate their allegations and prove that these measures are in the broader Community interest;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 101 #
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 105 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the commission to reconsider the standing requirement for the initiation of new AD and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations (currently fixed at 25%) of the Community production of a given item, by taking inspiration from applicable European competition legislation;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 108 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that a modernized definition of “Community industry” should take the value added in Europe through the new and global supply chains into consideration; calls on the Commission to reconsider the present definition of "Community industry", by laying down objective criteria to grant the status of Community industry;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 112 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to take into serious consideration the position of European importers, wholesalers and retailers in TDI investigations;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 116 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Commission and the Member States to take into account the impact of TDI measures on consumers, by assessing their consequences in terms of price level, quality, availability and choice;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 120 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Regrets the fact that the decision- making process concerning the award of country-wide market economy status to third countries in TDI investigations often lacks transparency and logic; urges the Commission to ensure that the choice of the "analogue country" is based on realistic and duly motivated criteria;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 123 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Takes the view that the countervailing duty instrument should be used in preference to the anti-dumping instrument in all cases where this is legally and economically feasible;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 125 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that there is no reason to reconsider the current definition of "Community industry" so as to take greater account of the interests of those companies which have moved or subcontracted part of their production outside the Union in so far as those companies are not affected by the duties unless they engage in dumping or receive subsidies;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 127 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that countervailing duty investigations may be able to more precisely target the real causes of trade distortion than anti-dumping, in particular in cases involving economies in transition, where in anti-dumping cases, the "normal value" is established in relation to an often inappropriate analogue country;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 128 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges the Commission to open anti- dumping and countervailing procedures and to impose provisional duties as soon as possible when all the legal requirements have been met, including a threat of injury for the industry concerned;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 129 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that anti-dumping procedures should always give priority to the need to restore a level playing field, as the effects of unfair competition in the long run are against the interests of all participants in the Community market;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 130 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers therefore that the analysis of the impact on other interests can only justify the non-imposition of anti- dumping measures in exceptional cases, where it is obvious that defence measures will not be able to improve the situation of Community producers, and in any event cannot justify a downward adjustment in the level or duration of the duties imposed;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 131 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on the Commission to maintain its current practice that ensures the use of realistic and suitably motivated requirements when choosing an "analogue country" for investigative procedures;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 132 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Considers that the countervailing duty and the anti-dumping instrument are two distinct instruments with their own scope of application that could be used in a complementary way;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 133 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that the TDI rules lack clarity in procedure which causes unnecessary uncertainty in regard to the initiation of investigations and the results of the investigations;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 135 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission to offer consultations with all interested parties including consumers' associations and trade unions at any stage of the proceeding;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 137 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Endorses the creation of the Hearing Officer within the Commission’s DG Trade to assist interested parties; calls on the Hearing Officer to submit, following an independent analysis, to the European Parliament periodic reports in particular on the handling of cases by the Commission, including the conformity of the administrative practices with the basic regulations, and on the synthesis of its activities; stresses that for the sake of transparency and ensuring a meaningful role for the Hearing Officer, his/her reports following individual interventions should be made known to interested parties and the Antidumping Committee;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 138 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to improve transparency and promote accessibility to TDIs in particular with regard to the functioning of the Anti-Dumping Committee;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 140 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to increase the transparency and predictability of the procedure of TDI investigations in the EU, to accelerate and simplify procedures, as well as to facilitate the accessibility of TDIs for SMEs, as they constitute the majority of the European industrial sector;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 143 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of and access to non- confidential information provided by other parties during the investigation and improve access to confidential information in order to strengthen defence rights;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 145 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to make public and available the agenda of the Anti-Dumping Committee and non- confidential documents concerning trade defence investigations on its internet site in a timely manner;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 146 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to grant stakeholders the necessary time to react to the initiation of a new investigation and register themselves as interested parties;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 147 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to extend the consultation period for importers and users in particular as far as the determination of the analogue country is concerned;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 152 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to reconsider the EU’s current de minimis threshold presently fixed at 2% ad valorem; calls on the Commission to set a new de minimis threshold that would ensure that restrictions are not being imposed on imports that do not inflict real material injury on European economic operators;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 154 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that AD and countervailing duty measures applied by the Commission should take the alternative form of quotas or tariff-quotas when this is deemed appropriate and that a phase-in or phase-out system similar to the one implemented in the footwear case is put into operation in new cases involving products suitable for final consumption;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 159 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the investigating authority should introduce a "shipping clause", to exclude from the scope of measures products that have been shipped on or before the day of the entry into force of those measures;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 162 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure the fullest possible transparency and objectivity of the decision-making process in TDI investigations;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 164 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Urges the Commission to guarantee that the process of decision-making in TDI investigations is based on transparent and objective standards;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 165 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the Commission and the Council to carefully review the way the Community institutions work together in anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations so as to enhance their transparency and efficiency and ensure a more consistent and balanced result of new TDI investigations;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 167 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the importance of a transparent and democratic process in the Council based on the rules of majority voting;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 170 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Underlines that the legal certainty and the legal framework within which TDI investigations are conducted, are fundamental taking into account that the standard court procedure takes too long to properly address possible flaws in TDI investigations; underlines the need to ensure that interested parties have recourse to expedited judicial review;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 174 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that the credibility and effectiveness of the trade defence policy as an instrument of EU competitiveness needs to be improved and its legitimacy should be increased by more involvement of the European Parliament;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 177 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Asks for a greater share competence for other services of the Commission when conducting investigations, in order to guarantee the transparency and effectiveness of all TDI investigation procedures;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 178 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Calls for real and strong involvement of the European Parliament, in order to improve the credibility and transparency of the trade defence policy in general and of TDIs in particular;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 179 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the fact that trade legislation on TDIs will come, with the Reform Treaty, in the scope of the co- decision procedure;ted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 182 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Highlights and welcomes the fact that, through the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Parliament will gain co-decision power in TDI matters; therefore requests the Commission not to introduce any kind of changes to the TDI procedures until the ratification of the Treaty;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 183 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines the need for the Commission to make a study for further reform of TDIs which would take into account the changing patterns of the world economy, irrespective of the disappointing results achieved by the Doha Development Agenda so far;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 185 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers that, under the Community interest test, the interests of Community producers must be given priority over other interests at stake;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 186 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Urges the Commission to review the Community interest test, to give it the same weight as the existing three criteria, e.g. dumping, causality and injury and to set up, after public consultation, clear and legally binding guidelines on the methodological approach followed by the investigating authority;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 190 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Asks the Commission to use the Community interest test only as a last resort and to always address the removal of injurious dumping as its first priority;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 193 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Commission to negotiate the inclusion of a clause on mutual recognition of competition legislation in free trade agreements (FTAs) or other bilateral agreements;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 195 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Urges the Commission and the Council to actively work towards the creation of conditions for a new WTO multilateral agreement which would create a world-wide system of competition law able to replace the current TDI system (at least as far as AD and CVD are concerned);deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 198 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses that, given that TDIs are a concept developed within the WTO mandate, it can hardly be advisable to engage in a process of unilateral revision of such instruments: reciprocity, as well as parallel steps towards their revision, on a multilateral level, namely on the part of the major EU trading partners, should be a precondition for this initiative; recalls that for the time being TDIs are the sole instruments in international trade law to address unfair trading practices;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 199 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Urges the Member States to maintain a common approach to this issue which would enable a better use of TDIs in the Community;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 201 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Asks the Council to demonstrate solidarity when dealing with TDIs, in order to guarantee that European industry and its workers are effectively protected when confronted with unfair competition;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 203 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38a. Warns against the risk that, through partial revisions of essential TDI concepts and practices, the objectivity and transparency of TDIs, which have been the basis of their global acceptance by all WTO partners, may be diminished, thereby damaging European based producers;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 204 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Calls on the Commission to pursue with coherence and determination the objective of modernising TDIs and making them more suitable to face new globalisation challenges while refraining from any protectionist behaviours;deleted
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 207 #

2007/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Urges the Commission not to propose a reform of the European regulation on TDI while the WTO negotiations are ongoing and until a real consensus is found among stakeholders and Member States;
2008/03/26
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2007/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the systemicinstitutional debate in the WTO called for by the European Parliament is in no way incompatible with the continuation and possible conclusion of the Doha Round,
2008/03/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #

2007/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on those participating in the debate to question the limits of the approach whereby trade negotiations are held in long-term ‘rounds’, involving all member countries in discussions on a wide range of subjects on the basis of a ‘single undertaking’; acknowledges the historical merits of this approach in establishing and developing the multilateral trade system but believes that other, less ambitious but more flexible and effective formulas should be preferred in future;deleted
2008/03/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 48 #

2007/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Suggests that some leeway could also be given to the WTO Secretariat, allowing it to adopt measures of systemicinstitutional interest, propose compromise formulas in the case of deadlock, or even chair the meetings of certain bodies, in the interest of continuity and impartiality; stresses the need for such proposals to be accompanied by serious reflection on the arrangements for recruiting members of the Secretariat and on the appropriateness of its resources for the tasks with which it is entrusted;
2008/03/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #

2007/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that serious consideration should be given to the issue of categorisation or sub-categorisation, not only of developing countries but also of all other WTO member countries, on the basis of objective criteria which are not exclusively linked to gross national product, with a view to a possible differentiated application of existing agreements or of those under negotiation;deleted
2008/03/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 57 #

2007/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Envisages the possibility of introducing sanctions against those countries which refuse to ensure that their laws or measures comply with their obligations, to the benefit of the countries harmed by such laws or measures, especially if they are small economies which cannot credibly resort to retaliation measures;deleted
2008/03/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #

2007/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the WTO member countries to take this opportunity for a more wide- ranging debate on a possible reform of this organisation in order to continue and conclude the process of revising the Dispute Settlement Understanding;deleted
2008/03/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 60 #

2007/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Believes that the issue of accession should also be included in the programme for such a debate; regrets that some negotiations for accession to the WTO sometimes last longer than is reasonable because they are blocked by one or a few member countries alone;deleted
2008/03/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Council Presidencies to organise the Forum of Human Rights NGOs so that civil society and the European institutions can hold in-depth discussions of human rights issues in the Member States; emphasises that this Forum should be open to anyone who wishes to participate;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to continue its work with a view to submitting a proposal for a legislative package including the proposal, deferred to date, to extend the scope of Directive 2000/43/EC to all other forms of discrimination, thus implementing Article 21 of the Charter, which provides greater leeway than Article 13 of the Treaty establishing the European Community in that it makes reference to further forms of discrimination: colour, social origin, genetic features, language, political or other opinions, membership of a minority, property and birth; stresses once more that the effect of granting preferential treatment in legislation to particular forms of discrimination is to introduce a kind of hierarchy between them, which should not be the case;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 - forth indent
- discrimination by the police, in particular (deliberate) shootings, arson, assault or other violent acts, which are not impartially investigated and prosecutions are not brought; the police’s racial profiling – inter alia by taking fingerprints or other forms of data collection – and wide discretionary powers, which give rise to abuses with no disciplinary consequences; training and awareness-raising programmes on non- discrimination by the police, which are largely non-existent;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Stresses that the violence endured by women because of their sex, particularly domestic violence, must be recognised and combated at European and national level, given that it is a common and often underestimated violation of women’s rights, and calls on the Member States in consequence to take appropriate, effective measures to ensure that women are guaranteed a life free from all violence, taking due account of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women;1 calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal designed to combat v1; Or. en United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against wWomen, and to protect the victims of such violence; 1dopted 20 December 1993.
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
59. Calls on the Commission to launch a study on the situation of transsexual people in the Member States and candidate countries, with regard inter alia to the risk of harassment and violence;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
64. Points out that fundamental rights do not stop at barrack gates and that they also fully apply to citizens in uniform, i.e. armed forces personnel;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
65. Recommends that all Union Member States guarantee their military personnel the right to establish and join, and participate actively in, professional associations and to negotiate collectively in order to defend their social interests;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
66. Calls on the Member States to grant their military personnel on active service the right to stand for election and join democratic political parties;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
69. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce realistic, long- term migration policies and more flexible rules governing asylum seekers, rather than focusing all their efforts on preventing illegal immigration, deploying to that end a growing range of frontier checks which lack the mechanisms needed to identify potential asylum seekers at Europe’s borders, a shortcoming which leads to violations of the principle of non-refoulement, as enshrined in the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 147 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
73. Calls for the harmonisation at European level of the criteria on the basis of which refugee status is granted, with the aim of equalising rates of recognition of that status across the Member States; notes that under the current system is creating an ‘asylum lottery’ as demonstrated by the way in which rates of recognition of refugee status for similar groups of asylum seekers differ radically from one Member State to another; emphasises that these criteria must reflect high standards, not lowest common denominators, since the ability to receive and protect asylum seekers is an identifying feature of our European societies;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
75. Deplores, moreover, the systematic use made by certain Member States of the detention of asylum seekers pending their transfer to the State which is responsible for examining their applications; takes the view that such persons must not be placed in holding centres;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
80. Asks that particular attention be paid to the situation of refugee, asylum seeker and migrant children, and to the children of parents who are asylum seekers, refugees or undocumented, so that every child can fully exercise its rights, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to non-discrimination, with the interests of the child being given the highest possible priority in all actions taken; condemns the development in some Member States of a two-tier education system and different care and assistance arrangements for children of nationals and non-nationals; condemns situations in which higher priority is given to the application of immigration laws than to arrangements designed to protect the child;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 162 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
85. Considers that the most urgent need of minorities of immigrant origin is to integrate as soon as possible into the society of the country in which they are resident, while ensuring that this takes place in a spirit of reciprocity; considers that it is equally important to recognise the right of each person who is born and lives in a Member State to have access to civil rights concerning citizenship, even in instances where an individual is unable or unwilling to become naturalised;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 169 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
87. Expresses serious concern at the ever more precarious situation of asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected in Europe as a result of administrative inefficiency, at lengthy asylum procedures, at premature return procedures or returns to unsafe countries, at the increasingly widespread use of detention prior to return, at inappropriate return procedures involving vulnerable individuals, at the withdrawal of welfare assistance in an effort to force applicants to return and at inadequate return procedures;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
88. Stresses that individuals should not be repatriated until after fair and comprehensive consideration of their application; takes the view that, where return would be impossible or inhumane because of a critical situation with regard to compliance with human rights in the country of origin, individuals should receive a residence permit allowing them to remain in the country of residence without being in breach of the regulations;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 173 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
89. Stresses that it is the responsibility of Member States to monitor the living and integration conditions of individuals repatriated to their country of origin and to take measures to provide those individuals with appropriate assistance; regards it as all the more urgent to introduce arrangements to monitor the situation of migrants who have returned to transit countries;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
91. Is concerned at the fact that, since 2002, readmission clauses have been included in most bilateral agreements concluded by the EU with third countries, including trade agreements, thus resulting in increasing externalisation of the European Union’s migration policy, which is characterised by insufficient parliamentary oversight, at both European and national level; calls therefore on the Commission and Council to put a stop to this practice and, where such clauses are nonetheless inserted, to involve the European Parliament at an early stage in negotiations on such agreements and to report to it regularly on the number of individuals expelled from the EU on the basis of those clauses;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106
106. Urges the Member States to put an end to all restrictions on the right of parents to have contact with their children as a result of differences of nationality, particularly in relation to the choice to speak a language other than the official language of a given country, in so far as such practices run counter to the interests of the child concerned and constitute discrimination against parents and children on grounds of language;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 192 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112
112. Notes that availability of childcare for infants in the form of collective institutions (crèches, schools) is one of the best ways of solving the problem of work- life balance and of guaranteeing at an early stage in the child’s development that it enjoys equality of opportunity and becomes socialised;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 118
118. Calls on those Member States which have not yet ratified the European Social Charter as revised by the Council of Europe to do so without delay;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 202 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 122
122. Calls for the introduction of instruments at European level designed to establish a high level of social standards guaranteeing access for all to decent levels of income and high-quality general- interest services;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 203 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 123
123. Takes the view that universal access to general-interest services is an important social right;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 208 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125
125. Emphasises that the main role in any system of health care or long-term care must be played by the individual as beneficiary of the services and that the individual’s rights take priority over the profitability of public health services;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 212 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126
126. Notes that some Member States are raising the proportion of healthcare costs borne by patients, and calls against this background for disadvantaged groups to continue to have free access to adequate healthcare; insists that universal cover must be based on solidarity and provide a safety net against poverty and social exclusion, benefiting in particular those who are on low incomes and those whose state of health requires long or expensive intensive care;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 213 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127
127. Calls on the Member State governments to encourage coordination of preventive healthcare programmes aimed at various age groups and, as a priority, covering health promotion and education, and to give visibly higher priority to prevention in the use made of healthcare services;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 215 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 129
129. Asks the Member States and the Commission, when they draw up new proposals in these areas, to bear in mind that existing workers’ rights should be supplemented with new rights, such as the right to lifelong training and learning;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 216 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 130
130. Recognises that the minimum wage is very low or beneath subsistence level in many Member States, and therefore hopes that a methodology for setting the national minimum wage will be put in place at European level in order to guarantee that all workers in the EU are paid a wage that covers their basic needs;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 223 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133
133. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose strategies with the aim of offering high-quality employment to the people who are furthest from the employment market and to tackle the reality of ‘poor workers’; takes the view that such strategies should address the issues of fair wages, work-life balance, good working conditions and job security;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 227 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 138
138. Stresses that the first task of employment inspectors is to protect workers, and not to apply immigration laws, and calls in consequenceCalls on the Member States to:
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 229 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 138 − indent 1
separate issues of immigrants’ status from workplace inspections and ensure that undocumented workers can safely file a complaint against an exploitative employer without being threatened with expulsion;
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 230 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 139
139. Notes that housing is increasingly becoming a marketable commodity in Europe, causing constant, disproportionate price rises and thus excluding many people from the property market and violating their right to decent housing;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 233 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 140
140. Takes the view that the lack of decent, affordable housing in all the Member States is a factor which leads people into poverty and keeps them there; calls on the Commission, given the vital role of housing in social inclusion policies, to assist the Member States with improving their social housing systems;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 235 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 141
141. Calls on the Member States to put in place housing strategies with well-defined objectives, priorities and budgets on the basis of the minimum requirements set out in the ‘Viewpoint’ entitled ‘No one should have to be homeless – adequate housing is a right’ published in October 2007 by the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #

2007/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144
144. Recommends to the Member States that they put in place routine medical examinations for the elderly with a view to preventing a deterioration in their quality of life and, where possible, long-term hospitalisation, and give precedence, where possible, to nursing care in the home;deleted
2008/11/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2007/0248(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. This Article shall apply without prejudice to Community rules on consumer protection and other rules on transparency in the provision of media services, in particular Directives 93/13/EC and 97/7/EC,, 97/7/EC and 89/552/EEC and national rules in conformity with Community law.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16
(16) Radio frequencies should be considered a scarce public resource that has an important public and market value. It is in the public interest that spectrum iseconomic value, and which is essential to the fulfilment of some general interest public policy objectives. Spectrum should therefore be managed as efficiently and effectively as possiblewith due attention to the public interest from an economic, social, cultural and environmental perspective, and that obstacles to its efficient use arshould be gradually withdrawn.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20
(20) Flexibility in spectrum management and access to spectrum should be increased through technology- and service-neutral authorisations to let spectrum users choose the best technologies and services to apply in a frequency band (hereinafter referred to as the ‘principles of technology and service neutrality’). The administrative determination of technologies and services should become the exception and should be clearly justified and subject to regular periodic reviewapply when general interest objectives are at stake.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 31 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 21
(21) ExcepRestrictions to the principle of technology neutrality should be limiappropriated and justified by the need to avoid harmful interference, for example by imposing emission masks and power levels, or to ensure the protection of public health by limiting public exposure to electromagnetic fields, or to ensure proper sharing of spectrum, in particular where its use is only subject to general authorisations, or where strictly necessary to comply with an exception to the principle of service neutrality.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22
(22) Spectrum users should also be able to freely choose the services they wish to offer over the spectrum subject to transitional measures to cope with previously acquired rights. It should be possible for exceptions to the principle of service neutrality which require the provision ofOn the other hand, spectrum use may also be explicitly assigned to the provision of a specific service or through a specific servicetechnology to meet clearly defined general interest objectives such as safety of life, the need to promote social, regional and territorial cohesion, or the avoidance of inefficient use of spectrum to be permitted where necessary and proportionate. Those objectives should include the promotion of cultural and media policy objectives such as cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism as defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law. Except where necessary to protect safety of life, exceptions should not result in exclusive use for certain services, but rather grant priority so that other services or technologies may coexist in the same band insofar as possible. In order that the holder of the authorisation may choose freely the most efficient means to carry the content of services provided over radio frequencies, the content should not be regulated in the authorisation to use radio frequencies.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) Where it is necessary to adopt harmonisation measures for the implementation of the Community’s electronic communications and spectrum policy which go beyond technical implementing measures, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a legislative proposal.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 60
(60) In particular, power should be conferred on the Commission to adopt implementing measures in relation to the notifications under Article 7 of the Framework Directive; the harmonisation in the fields of spectrum and numbering as well as in matters related to security of networks and services; the identification of trans-national markets; the implementation of the standards; the harmonised application of the provisions of the regulatory framework. Power should also be conferred to adopt implementing measures to update Annexes I and II to the Access Directive to market and technological developments and for adopting implementing measures to harmonise the authorisation rules, procedures and conditions for the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to supplement these Directives by the addition of new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. When, on imperative grounds of urgency,Given that the conduct of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny within the normal time -limits for this procedure cannot be complied with, the Commission should be able to use the urgency procedure provided for in Article 5a(6) of the above Decisioncould, in certain exceptional situations, impede the timely adoption of implementing measures, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should act speedily in order to ensure the timely adoption of those measures.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 8 a (new)
(8a) The following Article 8a is inserted: "Article 8a Coordination of radio spectrum policies in the Community 1. Member States shall cooperate with each other and the Commission in the strategic planning and eventual harmonisation of the use of radio frequencies in the Community. They shall ensure coherence of spectrum policy approaches with other national or EU policies, e.g. media policy. 2. Member States shall ensure the coordination of policy approaches and, where appropriate, harmonised conditions with regard to the availability and efficient use of spectrum necessary for the establishment and functioning of the internal market and in accordance with economic, political, cultural, health and social considerations linked to the use of radio spectrum. 3. Member States shall ensure the coordinated and timely provision of information concerning the allocation, availability and use of radio frequencies in the Community. 4. Member States shall ensure the effective coordination of Community interests in international organisations where radio spectrum use affects Community policies. 5. A Radio Spectrum Policy Committee (hereinafter "RSPC") is hereby created in order to contribute to the fulfilment of the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 to 4. The RSPC shall provide advice to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on radio spectrum policy issues. The RSPC shall be composed of one high-level representative from each national regulatory authority responsible for radio spectrum policy and/or for media regulation in each Member State. The Commission shall be a non-voting Member. 6. At the request of the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission or on its own initiative, the RSPC, acting by a qualified majority, shall adopt opinions. Each Member State shall have one vote and the Commission shall not vote. 7. The Commission, taking the utmost account of the opinion of the RSPC, shall formulate every three years common policy objectives and issue non-binding guidelines for the development of Community spectrum policy. 8. The Commission may, taking the utmost account of the opinion of the RSPC, propose legislative measures to fulfil common policy objectives as defined in paragraph 7. 9. Whenever necessary for ensuring the effective coordination of Community interests in international organisations, the Commission may, with the agreement of the RSPC, propose to the European Parliament and the Council a negotiating mandate. 10. The RSPC shall submit an annual activity report to the European Parliament and to the Council."
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 60 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Unless otherwise provided in the second subparagraph or in the measures adopted pursuant to Article 9c, Member States shall ensure that all types of electronic communications services may be provided in the radio frequency bands openavailable to electronic communication services as identified in their national frequency allocation tables and in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations. The Member States may, however, provide for proportionate and non-discriminatory restrictions to the types of electronic communications services to be provided.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Restrictions that require an electronic communications service to be provided in a specific band shall be justified in order to ensure the fulfilment of a general interest objective defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law, such as safety of life, the promotion of social, regional or territorial cohesion, the avoidance of inefficient use of radio frequencies, or, as defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law, the promotion of cultural and media policy objectives such as cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 71 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 2
2. Where the right holder mentioned in paragraph 1 is a provider of radio or television broadcast content services, and the right to use radio frequencies has been granted for the fulfilment of a specific general interest objective, an application for reassessment can only be made in respect ofincluding the provision of radio or broadcasting services, the right to use the part of the radio frequencies which is necessary for the fulfilment of such objective shall remain unchanged until its expiry. The part of the radio frequencies which becomes unnecessary for the fulfilment of that objective as a result of application of Article 9(3) and (4) shall be subject to a new assignment procedure in conformity with Article 7(2) of 9(3) and (4) of this Directive and Article 7(2) of Directive 2002/20/EC (the Authorisation Directive).
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 74 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that undertakings may transfer or lease to other undertakings individual rights to use radio frequencies in the bands for which this is provided in the implementing measures adopted pursuant to Article 9c without the prior consent of provided that such transfer or lease is in accordance withe national regulatory authorityprocedures and does not result in a change in the service provided over that radio frequency band.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 81 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point -aa (new)
(-aa) ensure the coordinated and timely provision of information concerning the allocation, availability and use of radio frequencies;
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 90 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 c – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(–a) harmonise the rules relating to the availability and efficient use of radio frequencies in accordance with the procedure set out in Annex I;.
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 91 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 - point b
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may use the urgency procedure referred to in Article 22(4)’
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 94 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 - introductory part
1. Member States shall not make the use of radio frequencies subject to the granting of individual rights of use but shall include the conditions forfacilitate the usage of such radio frequencies in theunder general authorisation, unless it is justified to. Member States may grant individual rights in order to:
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 104 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 b - paragraph 1
1. The technical implementing measure referred to in paragraph 6a(1)(f) may provide for the Authority to make proposals for the selection of undertaking(s) to which individual rights of use for radio frequencies or numbers are to be granted, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation [...]. In such cases, the measure shall specify the period within which the Authority shall complete the selection, the procedure, rules and conditions applicable to the selection, and details of any charges and fees to be imposed on the holders of rights for use of radio frequencies and/or numbers, in order to ensure the optimal use of spectrum or numbering resources. The selection procedure shall be open, transparent, non-discriminatory and objective.deleted
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 106 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6 b – paragraph 2
2. Taking the utmost account of the opinion of the Authority, the Commission shall adopt a measure selecting the undertaking(s) to which individual rights of use for radio frequencies or numbers shall be issued. The measure shall specify the time within which such rights of use shall be issued by the national regulatory authorities. In so doing, the Commission shall act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14a(2).deleted
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 108 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 11
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 14 a – paragraph 4
4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1), (2), (4) and (6) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.deleted
2008/05/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 599 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 20
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) Consistent implementation of regulatory approaches, including regulatory treatment of pan-European services, such as global telecommunication services, and of new services;
2008/06/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 718 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) In Article 3 the following paragraph is added: "2a. Global telecommunications services shall be subject to no more than a simplified process with specified registration of electronic communications service activity as "global telecommunications services." Global telecommunications services are managed business data and voice services provided to multinational undertakings located in different countries or continents. They are inherently cross-border and, within, Europe, pan-European services."
2008/06/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 788 #

2007/0247(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 5
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point da (new)
(da) to harmonise the conditions specified in Annex I relating to general authorisations;
2008/06/10
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 84 #

2007/0145(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) promotion of language skills, preferably providing students with the possibility of learning at least two of the languages spoken in all or part of the territory of the countries in which the higher education institutions are situated, and promotion of the understanding of different cultures;
2008/05/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 106 #

2007/0145(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section A – paragraph 2 – point m
(m) without prejudice to the language of instruction, shall provide for the use of at least two European languages spoken in all or part of the territory of the Member States where the higher education institutions involved in the Erasmus Mundus masters programme are situated and, as appropriate, for language preparation and assistance for students, in particular by means of courses organised by the institutions in question.
2008/05/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 117 #

2007/0145(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section B – paragraph 2 – point n
(n) without prejudice to the language of instruction, shall provide for the use of at least two European languages spoken in all or part of the territory of the Member States where the higher education institutions involved in the Erasmus Mundus doctoral programme are situated and, as appropriate, for language preparation and assistance for doctoral candidates, in particular by means of courses organised by the institutions in question.
2008/05/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 128 #

2007/0145(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) without prejudice to the language of instruction, provide for the use of the languages spoken in all or part of the territory of the countries where the higher education institutions involved in the Erasmus Mundus partnerships are situated and, as appropriate, for language preparation and assistance for scholarships grantees, in particular by means of courses organised by the institutions in question;.
2008/05/29
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2006/2209(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 192 – paragraph 1
1. The committee responsible may decide to draw up a report or otherwise expressmay, with regard to an admissible petition, decide to draw up an own-initiative report in accordance with Rule 45(1) or submit a short motion for a resolution to Parliament, provided that there its opinion on petitions it has decno objection by the Conference of Presidents. Such motions for resolutions shall be plarced admissible. The committee may, particularly in the case of petitions which seek changes in existing law, request opinions from other committeeson the draft agenda of the part-session held no later than eight weeks after their adoption in committee, to be put to a single vote without debate, unless the Conference of Presidents exceptionally decides to apply Rule 131a. The committee may request opinions from other committees that have specific responsibility for the issue under consideration pursuant to Rule 46 and Annex VI.
2008/11/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 26 #

2006/2209(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 191 – paragraph 5
5. Petitions entered in the register shall be forwarded by the President to the committee responsible, which sh. A proposall first ascertain whether the petitions registered fall within the spor a decision on the admissibility or otherwise of the petition, in accordance with Article 194 of the EC Treaty, shall be presented to the committee by the political coordinators. If the committee responsible fails to reach a consensus on the admissibility of the petition, it shall be declared admissible at the re of activities of the European Unionquest of at least one third of the members of the committee.
2008/11/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 29 #

2006/2209(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 191 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notwithstanding the provisions contained in paragraph 8, the petitioner may request that his or her name be withheld in order to protect his or her privacy. Parliament shall be free to decide on the merits of this request and shall give the petitioner reasons justifying its decision should the request be refused.
2008/11/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 30 #

2006/2209(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 191 – paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. The petitioner may request that his or her petition be treated as confidential. If this request for confidentiality is approved, Parliament shall take the precautions necessary to ensure that the contents are not made public. The petitioner shall be notified of the precise conditions under which this provision applies.
2008/11/12
Committee: AFCO