4 Amendments of Hermann WINKLER related to 2010/2277(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the development of electronic commerce in the internal market has to focus on problems faced by consumers in the digital economy and on the safeguard of equal opportunities for recipients of services who have different nationality or place of residence; underlines the need to set up a regulatory framework for promoting consumers' protection in the electronic commerce sector; stresses, however, that particular account must also be taken of the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises not principally engaged in on-line trading;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the proposal to amendreview the Small Business Act in order to closely link it with the 2020 Strategy, but regrets that the SME's role is not highlighted enough in the Commission proposals for an improved internal market; takes the view that too few proposals are aimed at typical SMEs in Europe;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the Commission's plans to modernise the EU’s value added tax system; stresses in particular the need to simplify the rules, not least those concerning SMEs and input tax deduction, thereby significantly reducing compliance costs;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to strengthen dialogue with civil society by conducting consultations; points out, however, that most of the necessary instruments are already available, since this is a step to which the Commission committed itself some time ago, in the framework of its Impact Assessment Guidelines, with a view to forecasting more accurately the effects of its legislative proposals from various points of view; stresses once again how important it is that the EU institutions should consult interested stakeholders, in order both to draw on their specialist expertise and guarantee the transparency of and secure public acceptance for their activities;