5 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2022/2060(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas competition policy should aim to support the European Green Deal; underlines in this context that government support to companies in transition shall not be qualified as illegal State aid, provided that this support is linked to ambitious CO2 reduction plans that contribute to meeting the Union’s 2030 and 2050 climate objectives; stresses the need for a global level-playing field, also in relation to the Fit for 55 proposals;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that competition policy cannot be pursued in isolation, as an end in itself, without reference to the legal, economic, political, social and sociglobal context;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the integrity of the internal market and is deeply concerned about the risk of increasing fragmentation within the internal market due to excessive use of subsidies in response to the US Inflation Reduction Act; understands the need for additional public and private investments; considers the introduction of dedicated permanent, if necessary debt-financed, European investment funds to be a better policy responsetax credits by Member States targeted to specific industries which are negatively affected by the US Inflation Reduction Act to be a better policy response; calls on the European Commission to coordinate these national tax credit schemes;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a permanent market investigation mechanism, which should be triggered automatically upon the fulfilment of certain conditions, such as a specific rise in prices, in order to prevent any future freeriding effects; calls in particular for the monitoring of the price differentials between wholesale and retail prices of food, feed and fertilizer products;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the quantitative jurisdictional thresholds in the EC Merger Regulation to be reviewed and lowered; calls for the introduction of a rebuttable presumption that effective competition is significantly impeded by any concentration leading to a dominant position in a relevant marke; calls for matters of public and strategic interest, such as climate protection, sustainability and the rule of law, to be taken into account when examining the impact orf any concentration involving a very large market operator or a gatekeeper; calls for matters of public interest, such as climaton the internal market; calls for also taking into account in approval decisions the global context of the industry, the size of the protection, sustainability and the rule of law, to be taken into account when examining the impact of a concentration on the internal marketntial merged company relative to third country competitors and the need to avoid dependencies on third countries in strategic sectors; calls for the inclusion of review clauses in decisions approving a concentration with a view to introducing more stringent conditions;