Activities of Ioan ENCIU related to 2010/2012(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on completing the internal market for e-commerce
Amendments (12)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the development of the digital environment and the completion of the internal market for ICT represents a real opportunity to create more jobs and facilitate the establishment of on-line businesses, especially for the recently unemployed,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, whilst the Internet is the fastest growing retail channel and e-commerce is steadily increasing at national level, the gap between domestic and cross-border e- commerce in the EU is widening and European consumers, particularly those in the smallerin some EU Member States, face geographical, technical and organisational restrictions in their choices,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that priority should be given to tackling the administrative and regulatory barriers to cross-border e-commerce through the introduction of a single set of rules for consumers and businesses across the 27 EU Member States that will create a favourable unified digital environment, provide legal certainty to both enterprises and consumers, simplify procedures, reduce compliance costs, reduce unfair competition and unlock the potential of the EU e-commerce market; to this end, the uniform interpretation and application of legislative tools such as a consumer rights directive, Article 20(2) of the Services Directive (Directive 2006/123/EC) and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) can be of major importance to stop the discriminatory behaviour of some merchants that refuse customers, or handle them differently, according to their nationality and place of residence;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment on the creation or designation of a national authority that could handle registration requests for on- line cross-border eCommerce from companies or entrepreneurs from their member states, and a European authority that can correlate the national authorities so as to permit the fast completion of the internal market;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to set a clear set of standards required for cross-border eCommerce at EU level, like for example the obligation of a merchant to supply to their customers and to the public authorities, easy, direct, permanent and free of charge access to information regarding the name and registration number of the merchant or service provider, prices for the offered goods and services and any additional delivery costs that could add to the bill. Complying with this set of standards will result in the certification for cross-border eCommerce across the EU from the registration authority;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3c (new)
Paragraph 3c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission to consider for the future, the harmonization of the VAT tax for on-line commerce, so as to eliminate some of the current barriers that merchants and consumers encounter in cross-border e-Commerce;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and on the European Central Bank to come forward with a solution to establish a European financial instrument for credit and debit cards, in order to be able to process on- line credit card transactions, so as to become independent of the VISA or MasterCard systems;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that cross-border web searching and advertising within the EU should be encouraged, with the provision that electronic communication should be done with the express consent of the customer, thus improving information for consumers and traders and enhancing their ability to make cross- border comparisons and identify cross- border offers; to this end, calls for close cooperation with the industry and for the promotion of the .eu domains;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to come forward with an action plan to promote on-line businesses, especially for the recently unemployed, by creating financial instruments and facilities that cope with their difficult situation, like subsidising hardware and software equipment, free consultancy on e- Business and easy access to Internet.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the efficient monitoring of legal, technical and economic developments in e -commerce and points out the need for carefulan impact assessment of all decisions affecting the digital single market and the information society;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the further development of fast and inexpensivaffordable broadband access is essential to the development of e- commerce, as lack of Internet access remains one of the most significant barriers to European citizens’ use of e-commerce.