27 Amendments of Sandra KALNIETE related to 2010/2289(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that enhancement of European economic governance, implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and the relaunch of the Single Market are equally important for revitalising the European economy; and should be seen in combination.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
II. General Assessment Strengthening political leadership and partnership
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Suggests that the President of the European Council should be given the mandate to coordinate and supervise the relaunch of the Single Market as a key to the success of the EU 2020 Strategy, in close cooperation with the President of the Commission;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to organise the Single Market Forum on a yearly basis by bringing together representatives of citizens, governments, businesses and the EU institutions to exchange best practices between stakeholders and assess development of the Single Market;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers that the use of new collaborative tools and approaches of Web 2.0 offers an opportunity to achieve more open, accountable, responsive and efficient governance of the Single Market;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to increase consultation and dialogue with civil society; calls on the Commission to publish a Green paper on guidelines for consultations of the EU institutions with representative associations and civil society.
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Suggests that the Commission and Member States coordinate and, where appropriate, consolidate the numerous ‘one-stop-shops’ for information streamline various initiatives to provide information, assistance and problem-solving;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consolidate and reinforce the EU Pilot, SOLVIT, ECC network as well as other problem-solving mechanisms to exploit synergies, avoid overlaps and enable them to deal with all problems associated with the Single Market;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Supports the further development of the Your Europe portal, which aims at offering a single gateway to all information and help needed to make use of Single Market rights;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages Member States to develop user-friendly and easily accessible points of single contact under the Services Directive into true one-stop-shops where businesses can easily obtain all the necessary information for their activities, including information on the applicable taxation regimedeal with all formalities and complete the necessary steps by electronic means;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets that too many infringement proceedings take a long time before they are closed or brought before the Court of Justice; asks the Commission to set a benchmark of 12 months for the maximum average time taken to process infringements, from opening the file to sending the application to the Court of Justice; calls on the Commission to propose a benchmark for Member States' compliance with the rulings of the Court of Justice. (Amendment consists of previous paragraphs 28. and 29.)
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to reduce the transposition deficit of Single Market Directives to 0.5%, including both outstanding and incorrect transposition, by 2014.
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the Commission's initiatives to developfurther improve the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the EU; in order to offer consumers a quick and efficient access to out-of-court resolution when they have a problem with a business; recommends that ADR schemes are available to handle national and cross-border disputes as well as offline and online disputes.
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to learn from real-life experiences of businesses and citizens 'on the ground'; suggests making better use of data from assistance services and infringement cases in this context.
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7
Subheading 7
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Asks that each spring session of the European Council should be devoted to assessing the state of the Single Market in the context of the deliberations on the Europe 2020 Strategy, backed by a monitoring process through which to assess the performance of interim targets; recommends that the Competitiveness Council takes on greater responsibility for examining Single Market issues across the full range of Single Market policies;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal on the use of alternative dispute resolution in the EU by the end of 2011;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission to make a specific proposal on consolidation and reinforcement of problem-solving tools and dispute-resolution mechanisms, including the EU Pilot project, the SOLVIT network and the networks of European Consumer Centres in 2011;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to prepare a report on the effectiveness of existing ‘best practices’ in Member States, building on its recommendation of 29 June 2009 on measures to improve the functioning of the sSingle mMarket by the end of 2011 and to publish regularly a list of current 'best practices' in transposition and implementing EU law via the Internal Market Scoreboard;