26 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2017/2065(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Article 8(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 16(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas technological developments and access to the open internet enable companies, particularly SMEs, to reach customers all over the globe at a faster pace and lower cost than ever before; whereas the development of that market has led to a global online economy which is dominated by 7 countries and a small number of quasi- monopolies in online market places;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the digitisation of traditional industries affects supply chains, manufacturing and services models, with great consequences and opportunities for political and social structures to shape the national economies and for the regulatory framing of the global value chains;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the digital economy requires a rules-based framework, including modern trade rules providing for the policy space and room for new regulatory initiatives needed by governments to defend and strengthen human rights protection;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the development of online platforms, crowd working and the sharing economy has led to the emergence of a new precariat of digital workers and to the use of several forms of tax avoidance and for the non-payment of social security;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the right to privacy is a universal human right; whereas not ensuring protection of personal data and privacy constitutes a trade barrier;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU data protection framework already allows for the ‘free flow’ of data within the EU and with third countries, provided that its requirements are fulfilled;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas a number of transnationally operating companies use digital economy transactions as a means of taking advantage of international tax loopholes, consequently eroding the tax basis of national economies;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the EU, as a community of values and the world’s biggest exporter of services, should set the standards in international rules and agreements on digital trade flows based on threefour elements: (1) ensuring market access for digital goods and services in third countries, (2) ensuring that trade rules create tangible benefits for consumers and (3) promotworkers, (3) ensuring respect for fundamental rights; (4) referring to data protection and the right to privacy as a fundamental right, and not a barrier to trade;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission to include net neutrality as a key part of its digital trade strategy, thereby ensuring internet traffic is treated equally among trading partners, without blocking or slowing down certain data; recognises that net neutrality is a democracy pillar of the internet and is crucial for fair competition as well as equal access to information;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to make it clear to our trading partners that the existence and effective implementation of rules in line with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and the E-Privacy Directive is a prerequisite to sign any data related part of a trade agreement; points out that only high common standards will improve trust in e-commerce and can safeguard the respective fundamental rights globally;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that adequacy decisions, including partial and sector- specific ones, are a fundamental mechanism in terms of safeguarding the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country; notes that the EU has only adopted adequacy decisions with four of its 20 largest trading partnerpoints out the strict guidance provided by the ECJ regarding the limits of previously assumed adequacy, in particular concerning the rights of access of third governments to personal data on servers in these countries; notes that so far the EU has only adopted adequacy decisions with four of its 20 largest trading partners, which hints to the deficits currently existing in many countries in ensuring personal data protection for all as a priority for enhancing trust and fundamental rights;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to prioritise and speed up the adoption of adequacy decisions; while ensuring as precondition a high level of data protection; calls on the Commission to adopt, and to make public, inclusive, updated and detailed binding procedures for reaching these decisions;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the ability to access, collect, process and transfer data has become a prerequisite for every type ofthe business model of many companyies that delivers goods and services internationallyand their production internationally; is concerned that profiling of customers in current practice often leads to breaches of personal data protection; recognises that online companies do not need to track users to be profitable; calls on the Commission to encourage investment of new business models that put privacy at their core, to the benefit of competition and innovation;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the need of guaranteeing at EU, multilateral and bilateral level the full respect of workers’ rights and ILO core conventions by digital trade and economy companies; stresses that also in digital companies workers’ rights to bargain collectively for decent pay, terms and conditions of work shall be protected, promoted and preserved;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers the sale of customer profiles without their prior consent a criminal offence;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls to establish an expert group to propose regulatory advances needed to prevent the manipulation of individual profiles enabled by technological advances;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to draw up ambitious rules for cross-border data transfers, including through at international and multilateral level, and where applicable also in existing and future FTAs, in full compliance with, and without prejudice to, the EU’s data protection and privacy rules;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to combat discriminatory, illegitimate and protectionist measures by third countries, such as ‘buy local’ policies, local content requirements or forced technology transfers, to ensure that European companies can operate in a fair and predictable environment;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores third country practices which make market access conditional on the disclosure and transfer to state authorities of the source codes of the software that companies intend to sell; considers that such measures are disproportionate as a blanket requirement for market access; calls on the Commission to prohibit signatory governments to FTAs from engaging in such activities; stresses that the foregoing should not prevent state authorities from promoting transparency of software, encouraging the public disclosure of source code through free and open source software as well as sharing data through open data licenses;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the protection of trademarks, intellectual property (IP) and investments in R&D is a precondition of then important concept in the current approach to an EU’s knowledge-based economy, and that international cooperation is key to combating the trade in counterfeited goods; stresses, however, that trade agreements are not the place to extend the level of protection for rights holders by providing for more extensive copyright enforcement powers; stresses that access to medicines in third countries should not be challenged on the basis of IP protection;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the urgent need for concrete actions and legally binding provisions and legislation at EU, multilateral, plurilateral and bilateral level to ensure effective and fair taxation of profits coming from digital trade and the digital economy as a whole;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts towardsrefrain from developing a set of binding multilateral disciplines on e- commerce in the WTO until pressing issues of the Doha round are resolved and until the infrastructure divide, the digital divide in developing countries are addressed;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly supports the further mainstreaming of equal, inclusive and full access to the internet, and to digital technologies and services in the EU’s development policy; calls on the Commission to stimulate public-private partnerships to increase investments in digital infrastructure in the Global South; urges the Commission to make investments in broadband infrastructure in developing countries conditional upon respect for a free, open and secure internet; calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to improve digital rights;