Activities of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT related to 2015/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (debate)
Amendments (26)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas digitalisation is faster than politics and politicians needs to see themselves as enablers and facilitators rather than just regulators in order to provide a future-proof digital framework;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Considers that children are vulnerable consumers and calls therefore on the industry and relevant stakeholders to take their shared responsibility to refrain from misleading and aggressive advertising online towards children. Recalls that information provided to children in order to give their consent for the processing of their data online should be easy to understand and child friendly and that profiling on children should be prohibited;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the digital revolution already is underway and empowers consumers, entrepreneurs every day and affects every aspect of our life;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas e-commerce is an important complement to offline trade, providing opportunities for small companies to grow as well as greater access to goods and services also in remote areas, the countryside and for people with disabilities and less mobility;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that free flow of data is essential for the development of the digital single market and it concerns all aspects of citizens' lives. Calls therefore on the Commission and on the Member States to work on alternatives to the Safe Harbour agreement in order to ensure legal certainty for consumers and business;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a high and consistent level of consumer protection and satisfaction across all digital services necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure online environment with high-level of data protection;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the timely roll-out of future communication networks in Europe, such as 5G will depend on the creation of an investment-conducive environment;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes a digital single market must be built on a free, open and global internet; is concerned about the mounting digital protectionism; stresses that Europe will not gain competitiveness through digital sovereignty, a European cloud or any other restrictions to the free flow of data globally;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the Digital Single Market can only function properly if the ‘offline’ single market is correctly established; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure the proper implementation of the relevant existing legislation, since achieving the Digital Single Market will require first and foremost that the existing legislation is reviewed and the criteria and requirements are adapted to take into account the fact that economic realities are constantly changing;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that the lack of a European digital framework has fostered developments which have highlighted the failure to reconcile the interests of large and small providers and, more recently in particular, the need to establish a level playing field;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory frameworkand non-regulatory framework for the digital economy that is fit for investments in enhanced digital infrastructures fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy into boost digital infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation; considers in this respect that policy should not be shaped by fear or resistance to change and that innovation needs to be embraced;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of reliable information and transparency as consumers must be able to compare not only prices, but also quality and sustainability of goods and services online;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that dismantling barriers to the cross-border development of e- commerce is of the utmost importance due to the fact that cross-border parcel delivery and VAT rules applicable to the sale of goods and services – which, due to their fragmentation and a lack of transparency, hamper cross-border e- commerce; believes that the interoperability of systems, the use of common standards are needed to ensure in order to build a truly inclusive Digital Single Market;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests that the Commission introduces an "e-commerce test" for internal market proposals, in order to ensure that they do not create additional obstacles or fragmentation both to offline and online commerce;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that digital products such as e-books should be subject to the same VAT-rate as the equivalent product in physical format in order to avoid discrimination in the single market;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses thatCalls on the Commission and Member States to take appropriate action to enable accessible, affordable, efficient and high- quality delivery services which are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross- border e-commerce; supports the already proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; stresses that the aim must be a fully liberalised European market for postal services and parcel delivery's in order for consumers and business to benefit from a competitive environment and more transparency;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Inadequacies of parcel delivery for online commerce could be solved only with a broader, European single market perspective, therefore more emphasis should be put on dismantling barriers postal operators encounter in cross- border delivery; in this context reminds the Commission that its report to the European Parliament on the implementation of the postal directive (2008/6/EC) is already 2 years overdue; calls on the Commission to carefully evaluate the state of implementation of universal service obligation and draw appropriate conclusions;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls on the Commission to report to the European Parliament on the result of public consultations on cross-border parcel delivery, that have been closed in August 2015 and to come up with a comprehensive action plan for parcel delivery and define goals to be realised by the end of 2020;
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Welcomes the establishment of a joint ad-hoc working group on cross- border parcels delivery between the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the European Regulators Group for Postal Services (ERGP) to analyse whether regulatory insights from the electronic communications sector can be transferred to the cross-border parcels sector;
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Takes the view that geo-blocking in the internal market de facto encourages piracy; Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve EU-wide access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;
Amendment 738 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investmentsincluding harmonised rules for allocation design, allocation timeframes, license conditions and spectrum use to boost long-term infrastructure investments as well as simplify conditions for deployment of WI-FI hotspot networks and small cells; Emphasis that Europe should benefit from opportunities in the consolidation of the European telecom market; Further point out that the spectrum is an essential resource for the Internet of Everything era;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’'s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy, ensuring a comprehensive and similar approach to framework across the digital market; considers that "a one size fits all" solution may have a chilling effect on innovation and put European companies at a competitive disadvantage in the global economy; underlines the need of appropriate application of tools existing in the current legislation in this field;
Amendment 882 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related sharing economy which increase the consumer choice through challengislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuseng existing business models;