Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2010/2137(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Report from the Commission: Report on competition policy 2009
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop fairer competition in the transport domain while respecting other European Union policy objectives, such as properly functioning transport and mobility services, policy objectives in the areas of public services, safety and environmental protection, and EU 2020 targets on CO2 emissions reduction and oil dependency;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Having regard that the completion of the internal market for all transport modes is needed, calls on the Commission to publish a report with an overall view of all state aids offered for the public transport;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considering that the degree of competition on the electricity market is currently low and residential customers are captives and confronted with bargaining power and potentially unfair trading practices of operators, call Commission and Member States to take actions to prepare sets of standard contracts and to assess unfair contractual practices and propose any necessary Community measures;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the completion of the internal market in the transport sector will safeguard the high level of social conditions for transport workers in all transport modes, both public and private, and that all employment and social conditions including social security schemes presently in force at national level will be abided by and implemented by all operators in this sector;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the recent gas crisis has shown that access to gas infrastructure in Europe is a requirement for market integration and the development of competition plays a crucial role in assuring the security of gas supply. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase security of supply by promoting investments in transport capacity and by increasing the number of suppliers on the market and decreasing the dependence on traditional suppliers;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The competitiveness of EU is very much dependent on the innovation capacity, on the research and development facilities and on the linkage between innovation and manufacturing process;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to develop an ambitious, eco-efficient and green EU industrial Strategy in order to recreate the manufacturing capacity across the EU territory and to generate highly qualified and well paid jobs within EU;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. EU industrial strategy should identify strategic fields to invest in, and calls on the Commission and Member States to reflect these priorities into the future financial perspective and into the annual budgets and within the EU policies;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the adoption of The Broadband Guidelines for the aid to basic broadband networks (ADSL, cable, mobile, wireless or satellite broadband services) and support to very high speed NGA networks (fibre-based or advanced upgraded cable networks at the current stage) and asks the Commission and Member States to disseminate and promote the best practices and increase competition;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Whereas Member States have to ensure the opening of the Market in the postal service area, calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States will safeguard the high level of social conditions for postal workers in all sectors both public and private, and that all employment and social conditions including social security schemes presently in force at national level will be abided by and implemented by all operators in this sector;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Commission to deliver an overview of cases where low cost air carriers were/are unfairly advantaged vis-à- vis other carriers, through special conditions granted to them while using certain airports; calls on the Commission to establish a mechanism for the calculation and utilisation of fuel surcharges and of luggage carriage charges, as well as for other measures applied by low cost air operators, so that these are not instruments of unfair competition;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the transparency regarding the allocation and effective use of slots, in order to guarantee that a real competition exists in the aviation sector;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Having regard to the Lisbon Treaty, the new consolidated competencies and the economic potential of tourism for the EU, calls on the Commission to facilitate pro-active co-operation among tourism enterprises, and to take the necessary measures in order to ensure the worldwide competitiveness of EU excellence destinations;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility in providing incentive programmes in order to help port, local and regional authorities to renew the port fleet and the port infrastructure taking into account the EU competition rules and the specificity of the sector.