11 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission and Member States that competitiveness is a measure of economic ability to provide the European citizens with high and rising standards of living and high rates of employment on a sustainable basis1a ; __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52002DC071 4
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU competition law and authorities need to guarantee a level playing field for businesses and a real choice for consumers in the digital single market; calls on the Commission to pursue a policy of active, effective and acceleratedeffective enforcement of the competition rules, in particular in the online search services and mobile internet sector, in order to remove barriers to innovation and to enable EU consumers to seize all the opportunities that a genuine digital single market can offer; stresses that the Commission should also ensure that the digital economy e.g. platform economy are not being misused to undermine consumers and worker's rights on the single market. This can lead to resistance to developing a fair digital single market;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports the Commission action on anti-cartel enforcement, such as recent actions in retail food and optical disc drive sectors, to guarantee fair prices to consumers;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that ending roaming charges in the EU is not sufficient and that intra-EU calls must be also regulated on the same level as local calls; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for regulating intra-EU calls;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Refers to the European Court of Auditors' most recent report on non- compliance in state aid rules in cohesion policy in which they note a significant level of non-compliance and call for a number of recommendations to be implemented. It is to the detriment of a well-functioning internal market, therefore, urges the Commission to adopt the recommendations and ensure correct enforcement of the EU 65/2014 Regulation which entered into force July 2014;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Commission to not only focus its efforts for fair competition on the high profile cases against large well-known companies, reminds the Commission that the enforcement of fair competition is also of importance towards SMEs;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. The emission scandal, which began in the US with Volkswagen, has made it clear that American consumers are better off in case of fraud and abuse of e.g. the competition rules compared to European consumers; Encourages the Commission to look into the possibility of ensuring individual compensation to affected consumers, since this may act as a deterrent to fraud and abuse thereby ensuring a fair Single Market;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Reiterates that all market players should pay their fair share of tax; Welcomes the Commission's in-depth investigations into anti-competitive practices such as selective tax advantages or excess profit ruling systems;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the Commission's reflections on the need for more tools to strengthen efforts for fair competition. Refers to the possibility of setting up a travelling unit in the European Commission, which independently of Member States' efforts must be able to investigate suspected breech of competition law and unfair competition.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes the Commission's increased use of EU pilot instead of resorting to infringement proceedings. Welcomes this approach however reminds the Commission that this should not lead to weaken enforcement of EU legislation or less transparency.