Activities of Jürgen CREUTZMANN related to 2009/2227(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Community innovation policy in a changing world
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the proper functioning of the internal market, based on the elimination of barriers to trade and a high level of consumer protection and social cohesion, is a driving force for European competitiveness and a necessary prerequisite if entrepreneurs are to be the drivers of innovation in Europe;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets, in this connection, the lack of a true internal market for innovations in the EU, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to coordinate their efforts in this area, notably where the EU patenta prompt agreement on a Community patent and a single patent court system is concerned;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the strategic importance of key enabling technologies for innovation in connection with processes, goods and services and the transition to a knowledge-based, low-carbon economy; endorses the guidelines for the development of an industrial policy framework for key enabling technologies put forward by the Commission in its communication COM(2009) 512 and joins with the Commission in calling on the Member States to reach agreement on the importance of the use of key enabling technologies in the EU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States, in addition to supply-side measures, to use public procurement to drive demand for innovative goods and services whilst improving the quality of public services; emphasises that contracting authorities should include innovation as one of the goals of their procurement programmes;