29 Amendments of Damien ABAD related to 2010/2278(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Single Market is one of the main drivers of European growth and should be a real economic pillar of the EU by overcoming economic and competitiveness divergences, distortions and the uneven treatment of European enterprises and citizenscompletion of the Single Market is a necessary condition to enable the European Union to reach its full potential for economic growth and strengthen its highly competitive social market economy,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to achievcomplete the Single Market need to concentrate on the concerns and rights of citizens, consumers and SMEs in order to overcome the current ‘European fatigue’regain their full confidence in the Single Market;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the confidence of citizens and consumers cannot be taken for granted but needs to be nurturedis crucial for the functioning of the Single Market;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that issues related to product safety and market surveillance are of the utmost importance to European citizens. Therefore welcomes the Commission’s multiannual action plan for the development of European market surveillance;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to increase and widen participation in mobility programmes and to improve its visibility, notably those targeting Young people, for instance by using a single name to denote all mobility programmes while preserving the specificities of each one of them;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls upon theUrges Member States and the Commission to promote communication with citizens to ensure their rightjoin forces to communicate the Single Market to citizens to ensure that its benefits are recognised and that their rights as consumers are widely understood and enforced;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to propose a Directive on the creation of a single integrated mortgage market with a high level of consumer protection;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for measures to set up an adequate legal framework for foundations, cooperatives and, mutual associations, to prevent legal uncertainty and to ensure there are socially oriented corporate institutions and socially innovative corporate projects in the area of services of general interessocieties and associations, so as to give them European status and prevent legal uncertainty, improve their cross-border access and maximise their entrepreneurial, social, cultural and innovative potential in the Single Market;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the Commission’s wish to take into account the social impact of proposed legislation concerning the Single Market whenever necessary in order to lead to better informed and more evidence-based political decisions; encourages the Commission to propose a set of indicators which could assess the social impact of legislation; considers that this impact assessment should be undertaken as part of an integrated assessment that considers all relevant impacts of a proposal (i.e. financial, environmental, competitivity, job creation and growth);
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that no action on roaming charges has been envisaged in the Single Market Act, despite the tangible nature of such measures and the high expectations of citizens in this domain; However, notes that the Commission has made a considerable effort to reduce the costs of roaming for consumers in recent years and therefore, points out that to achieve digital agenda goals, this initiative should be included in the scope of the Single Market Act;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the Communication does not stress the importance of social services; considers this is far from the quality framework promised by the Commission PresidentWelcomes the positive dynamic created by Commission’s efforts to define a quality framework for services of general interest and stresses the need to ensure the accessibility, universality and efficiency of SGI;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the lack of a Digital Single Market, and calls for the democratisation of broadband and for continuous review of the Regulation on the telecoms sector ensuring privacy, data protection, and the protection of vulnerable groupNotes that benefits from the Digital Single Market will directly impact the day- to-day live of Europeans; Calls for the extension of current European legislation on universal service obligations for telecoms to also cover broadband in order to ensure that basic telecoms services to all Europeans;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a
Paragraph 17 – point a
(a) to enhance European market surveillance, improve access to basic banking services, create a single integrated mortgage market and remove tax obstacles and double taxation;Priority area 1: qualifications and vocational training
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint i (new)
(i) is in favour of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications being revised to improve recognition of qualifications and increase occupational mobility;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint ii (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint ii (new)
(ii) Encourages the Member States and the European Commission to pursue and deepen cooperation on vocational education and training, notably by improving the tools developed during the Copenhagen Process and supporting their implementation, and stresses the necessity of constantly adapting vocational education and training to labour market needs and developments;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iii (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iii (new)
(iii) Requests that the Commission undertake a clear-cut assessment of a possible ‘professional card’ before it is introduced and specify its relationship to Europass;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iv (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iv (new)
(iv) Restates the need to boost and expand mobility for young people by removing existing barriers, notably as regards traineeships in Europe, calls on the Commission to introduce the ‘Youth on the Move’ card by setting out the procedures for its implementation;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint v (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint v (new)
(v) Restates the importance of validating skills acquired throughout a person’s life, supports the Commission’s intention to propose to the Council a recommendation on the promotion and validation of non- formal and informal learning by taking into account experience from the Education and Training 2010 Programme in particular;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint vi (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint vi (new)
(vi) Calls on the Commission to support and expand the educational European mobility programmes, and the Leonardo da Vinci programme in particular, by prolonging credits for the development of an ambitious youth mobility programme, for apprentices in particular;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point b
Paragraph 17 – point b
(b) to implement an e-commerce policy in order to increase citizens’ and consumers’ confidence when shopping online;Priority area 2:Consumer safety
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point b – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point b – subpoint i (new)
(i) Supports the multi-annual EU action plan to develop market surveillance and revision of the directive on general product safety, which will ensure consumers are protected, and stresses that the Commission action plan against counterfeiting is particularly important in terms of improving safety for EU consumers;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point c
Paragraph 17 – point c
(c) to devise an action plan against counterfeiting and piracy as a major preventive tool, in order to ensure that goods circulating in the Single Market are safe to consume, of the appropriate standard and legal;Priority Area 3: Cross-border taxation of citizens
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point c – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point c – subpoint i (new)
(i) Welcomes the Communication of the European Commission of 20 December 2010[1] on removing cross-border tax obstacles for EU citizens, and calls on it to implement rapidly the initiatives set out there, particularly as regards double taxation and cross-border successions; [1] Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 December 2010 on ‘Removing cross-border tax obstacles for EU citizens’
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point d
Paragraph 17 – point d
(d) to develop an effective communication policy on the Single Market Act, based on a policy audit assessing its tangible benefit (tangibility) to citizens;Priority Area 4: Enterprise and governance
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point d – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point d – subpoint i (new)
(i) Supports the launching of a Green Paper on enterprise governance, and encourages all national and EU initiatives aimed at ensuring women are better represented in top management;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point e
Paragraph 17 – point e