Activities of Sophie AUCONIE related to 2011/2087(INI)
Plenary speeches (13)
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Amendments (16)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital 1 (new)
Recital 1 (new)
(1) whereas Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union entrusts to the European Union the task of ‘developing the European dimension in sport, by promoting fairness and openness in sporting competitions and cooperation between bodies responsible for sport, and by protecting the physical and moral integrity of sportsmen and sportswomen, especially the youngest sportsmen and sportswomen’,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1
Citation 1
– whereas sport, in addition to being a socio-cultural phenomenon, is a dynamic economic sector capable of generating significant revenues and could contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sport hais a very important social and financial impact in the EUdynamic growth sector and constitutes a real instrument of social cohesion, and whereas gambling services are excluded from the scope of the Services Directive (2006/123/EC) and the new Consumer Rights Directive (approved by the European Parliament on 23 June 2011), due to their specificity,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation 2
Citation 2
– whereas sport does not behave like a typical economic activity because of its specific characteristics and its organisational structures underpinned by federations, which do not operate as commercial companies, and whereas a distinction must be made between sporting and commercial interests,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission study on the implications of internal market policies on the funding of grassroots sports and calls for a bridging of the gap between ‘rich’ and ‘poor’ sports by means of financial solidarity mechanismsNotes that the risk of fraud in sports competitions – although present since the outset – is exacerbated by the growth of the online sport betting sector, and therefore constitutes a proven danger to the integrity of sport, which is a value that needs to be secured;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on Member States and local authorities to afford broad access to sports facilities and to exchange good practices in this respect;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the EU is, in accordance with Article 165 TFEU, committed to promoting the equity and protecting the integrity of sport; considers therefore that the EU should introduce European-level structural cooperation in order to coordinate the fight against fraud and corruption in sport;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports any form of self-regulation in the sport sectors aimed at reinforcing accountability, transparency and financial stability; considers it essential, for the credibility of this kind of regulation, that an effective system of scrutiny and a balanced mix of sanctions and incentives be implemented; calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of a legislative instrument, on the basis of Article 114 TFEU, aimed at ensuring the existence of harmonised rules of sound financial management for European professional sports clubs;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. IConsistders that the right to grant exclusive rights fore contributions made by lotteryies and other numbermoney games remain with the Member States, given that umbrella sports organisations in the EU consider the contributions made by national lotterieand sports bets to the financing of sport and especially grassroots sports to be indispensable;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that sport can make a worthwhile contribution to achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; adds that, as such, it must be fully incorporated into that strategy;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to put forward specific proposals to remedy the shortcomings and discrepancies in the legislation concerning the activities – which are by their nature, cross-border – of sports agents which were documented by the independent study carried out in 2009 on behalf of the Commission;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Respects the right of Member States to draw up penalising measureput in place penal sanctions to repress illegal online gambling; calls for a regulatory principle whereby a gambling company can only operate (or bid for the necessary national licence) in a Member State if it does not contravene the law in any other EU Member State;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of education in sport, and encourages initiatives by sporting organisations and games operators to teach sportspeople good sport betting practice;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onReiterates its position that sports bets are a form of commercial use of sporting competitions, and recommends that the Commission and the Member States to ensure that intellectual property rights, such as the partial redistribution of revenue derived from the exploitation of IPR in sports and merchandising, are taken into accountprotect sporting competitions from any unauthorised commercial use, notably by the introduction of a system for acquiring betting rights and the recognition of sports bodies’ intellectual property rights over the competitions they organise, not only in order to secure a fair financial return for their sectors, but also to combat match-fixing;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that, under the terms of Article 165 of the TFEU, the European Union has a duty to promote fairness and protect the integrity of sport; takes the view, therefore, that the European Union should establish structural cooperation at European level to coordinate the fight against fraud and corruption in sport; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to study the desirability of a legislative instrument based on Article 114 of the TFEU seeking to secure harmonised rules on sound financial management for European professional sports clubs;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a European Agency for Sstructural cooperation to be established at European Union level to defend sporting Iintegrity and Ffairness to be established, with due regard for Articles 6, 83 and 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, whose remit would be toith the aim of coordinateing the combating of fraud and corruption in sport and to combating doping, without prejudice to the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency or to how it operates.