6 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2017/2065(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the increased speed and convenience of digital tools empower companies and expand their reach; stresses that the EU must develop strategies to harness the benefits of digital technology for its citizens, businesses and consumers, ensure fair market access and protect the fundamental rights of citizens and workers;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the global nature of best ICT standards and technical specifications for trade infrastructure, both locally and internationally. Underlines that the online environment provides the entry gate for the application of a range of other standards, like on consumer rights, environment, health, social and fundamental rights;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the major societal impact of digital trade on employment, working conditions, workers’ rights, education and skills; insists that trade agreements keep competition fair, do not lower European standards and do not use lower Europeanstandards of partner countries to avoid social and quality standards;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that fair and similar treatment of stakeholders must be included in all trade agreements; believes that European businesses should enjoy the same rights as economic actors from partner countries, so as to fully ensure the cybersecurity of their operations and the confidentiality of their communications. Underlines the need to ensure protection against demands that would lead to a weakening of the business’s or citizens’ possibility to ensure the cybersecurity and the confidentiality of their communications;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights that the digital economy should be regarded as part of an EU taxation agenda and calls on the European Commission to ensure that multinationals in the digital sphere are subject to a fair and efficient corporate tax system and are taxable in the countries where economic activity takes place and income is generated;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Proposes the inclusion in trade agreements of a provision maintainingto ensure cross- border data transfers are in compliance with the existing and future EU legal framework, in particular through adequacy decisions, to incorporate in our trade agreements first and foremost a horizontal provision which fully maintains the right of a pParty to protect personal data and privacy, with the only condition that it must not be used with the intention tof restricting data flows for reasons other than the protection of personal data, accompanied with a second provision, which prevents unjustified requirements for data localisation.