13 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2020/2076(INI)
Amendment 9 #
1. Takes note of the Commission’s initiatives to support European SMEs’ access to international markets; stresses, however, that SMEs have to deal with too many regulations and burdens and excessive bureaucracy; stresses that SMEs are kept at a competitive disadvantage bywhich might cause extra red tape or administrative burdens; stresses that support is needed for those SMEs which investing in climate neutrality to comply with the Green Deal while tryingand might face difficulties in short term to remain competitive and thrive on export markets;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong holistic approach in its work on the new industrial strategy; emphasizes that social rights, digitalisation, transport, trade and environmental policies are interlinked within the European industry;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Expresses concerns that, since the covid-19 outbreak, which has imposed closing of a large number of factories, many industrial sectors have suffered and continues to suffer colossal losses. World trade is set to plummet by between 13% and 32% in 2020 and estimates of expected recovery in 2021 are still uncertain;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to focus on domestic productivity within Europe, in order to establish less dependence ondiversify vulnerable supply chains in core industry sectors such as the tech and telecommunications, medical products and pharmaceuticals sectors, especially in times of global crisis, and to remain competitive on the global markets;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recognises that the competitiveness of European industry is strongest if the EU maintains its leading role as the most innovative and most climate and environmentally friendly trade partner; calls on the Commission to include innovation and sustainable development goals into the core of EU trade, as well as the core of the industrial policy, and to apply the European Green New Deal as a guiding principle;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)
(2) Recognises the significant impact the next industrial revolution and automation can have on international trade; notes that with anticipated optimisation of production also the international supply chain will be restructured, which will have a significant impact on the labour market and consequently will have an adverse effect on future job creation and the market as a whole; calls on the Commission to integrate strong social safeguards in its policy;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports, in principle, the initiative to reinforcCalls on the Commission to work with the other WTO members to carry forward an ambitious reform to ensure a trule-based multilateral trading system; expresses its concern, however, about the functioning of the WTO, owing to some international actors abusing their market powere level playing field for trading companies and to fully incorporate social and environmental standards, in line with the new Green Deal; urges the Commission, in this respect, to negotiate new rules to fight trade - distortive practices, including non-market policies and practices, SOEs and industrial subsides, leading to overcapacity, and forced technology transfer policies and practices;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to work towards effective and opuncil for a rapid and swift agreement on the International pProcurement that allows the EU to take swift, targeted and compelling measures and increase leverage to negotiate reciprocity and market openingInstrument in order to provide legal security, reciprocity and a level playing field to EU operators. Calls for the inclusion of a global catalogue of essential emergency products to avoid abuses by third country providers' in international trade during a global pandemic;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a swift adoption of the reienforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more efficient and better adapted to protect European industry and to tackle market distortions effectivelyregulation, which will protect EU’s rights under international agreements against illegal measures adopted by third countries, including through the use of retaliation, provided the new regulation is extended to intellectual property and services;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onUrges the Commission to consider the urgentensure effective enforcement of intellectual property rights and the involvement of all actors in the fight against infringement and counterfeitingo tackle the trade of counterfeit and pirated goods throughout the international supply chain, in cooperation with all relevant actors, as key objectives of the intellectual property action plan;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the CommMember States to swiftly implement all provission to strengthes of the Regulation on the screening of foreign direct investment and to protect access to strategic industries,in order to defend strategic industries from hostile takeover, notably in the areas of healthcare and other crucial infrastructures, key enabling technologies, orand any other assets in the interests of security and cybersecurity.; calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal strengthening the EU antitrust rules in order to prevent and to tackle hostile takeovers by third country companies heavily subsidised by their governments, in particular in light of the COVID-19crisis and EU recovery;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to continue negotiations on e-commerce, which is one of the few sectors that has been thriving despite the pandemic, to reach a deal by MC12; recalls that cross border data flows are vital for the digital economy; calls on the Commission to integrate strong safeguards on data transfer; recalls that EU still suffers from a lack of interoperability in domestic privacy laws and consumer protection laws;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to continue its work towards a comprehensive and binding supply chain law; expresses a need for obligatory corporate due diligence that ensures more sustainability and crisis resistance of the value creation process in order to create more resilient value chains;