4 Amendments of Hans-Peter MARTIN related to 2013/2075(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EU unitary patent as a step forward to complete the single market and calls on the Member States to participate in it; stresses that some of the practices of the European Patent Office, such as the tendency to award patents in the digital environment that lead to more effective patenting of computer programs, may possibly be in breach of the European Patent Convention and that the practices of the European Patent Office must be reviewed;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that resources for the Commission’s Directorate General for Competition should be made adequate to its increased workload and range of tasks and that to this end resources should be redeployed from other directorates- general which are less busy;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to monitor closely those markets in the banking sector where concentration is high or growing, in particular as a result of restructuring in response to the crisis; recalls that oligopolistic markets are particularly prone to anticompetitive practices; fears that this concentration may ultimately harm consumers; stresses that excessive concentration poses a risk for both the financial industry and the real economy;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Asks the Commission to ensure that energy regulations and directives are transposed and applied correctly in all Member States; calls on the Commission to btake pcarticularly vigilant when prices reach above the EU-average, as high prices distort competition and harm consumere to ensure that in all regulations and directives the option is left open to the Member States to exclude from their national market electricity produced from specific sources recognised to be harmful or dangerous, such as nuclear power stations;