3 Amendments of Guy VERHOFSTADT related to 2021/0114(COD)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should have the power, on its own initiative, to examine any information on foreign subsidies. To this end, it is necessary to establish a procedure consisting of two steps, namely a preliminary review and an in-depth investigation. The Commission should be able to act upon information received from any relevant source, including Member States and undertakings or their respective trade associations. If an EU wide trade association, representing 15 % or more of the sector concerned, is asking the Commission to launch an investigation, the Commission shall do so.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a For the purpose of this Regulation, where the Commission has well-founded evidence of the existence of significant distortions in a third country or a sector in a third country, public undertakings from this country, which are directly or indirectly state owned or controlled, shall be presumed having received distortive foreign subsidies in the absence of proof of the contrary.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The Commission may on its own initiative examine information from any source regarding alleged distortive foreign subsidies, including Member States and undertakings or their respective trade associations, regarding alleged distortive foreign subsidies. If an EU wide trade association, representing 15 % or more of the sector concerned, is asking the Commission to launch an investigation, the Commission shall do so.