Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | IMCO | BUŞOI Cristian-Silviu ( ALDE) | KARAS Othmar ( PPE), VERGNAUD Bernadette ( S&D), CANFIN Pascal ( Verts/ALE), KOŽUŠNÍK Edvard ( ECR), SALVINI Matteo ( EFD) |
Committee Opinion | PETI | ||
Committee Opinion | CULT | ||
Committee Opinion | ENVI | ||
Committee Opinion | EMPL | BALDASSARRE Raffaele ( PPE) | Liisa JAAKONSAARI ( S&D), Patrick LE HYARIC ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | ITRE | DE ANGELIS Francesco ( S&D) | Sajjad KARIM ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | REGI | AUCONIE Sophie ( PPE) | |
Committee Opinion | ECON | FEIO Diogo ( PPE) | Sylvie GOULARD ( ALDE) |
Committee Opinion | LIBE | ||
Committee Opinion | INTA | ANDRÉS BAREA Josefa ( S&D) | Michael THEURER ( ALDE) |
Committee Opinion | TRAN | ||
Committee Opinion | JURI | BORYS Piotr ( PPE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
- 2.10.02 Public procurement
- 2.40 Free movement of services, freedom to provide
- 3.45.02 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), craft industries
- 3.45.03 Financial management of undertakings, business loans, accounting
- 3.45.05 Business policy, e-commerce, after-sales service, commercial distribution
- 3.50.04 Innovation
- 3.50.16 Industrial property, European patent, Community patent, design and pattern
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 570 votes to 44, with 28 abstentions, a resolution on a Single Market for Enterprises and Growth, in response to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Towards a Single Market Act for a highly competitive social market economy. 50 proposals for improving our work, business and exchanges with one another’.
Members welcome the Communication ‘Towards a Single Market Act’ and emphasise, in particular, the Commission's commitment, in this Communication, to promoting new approaches towards sustainable development.
In view of the economic and financial crisis, Parliament emphasises the importance of the Single Market for the competitiveness of EU enterprises and for the growth and stability of European economies. It calls on the Commission to submit an ambitious package of measures supported by a clear and coherent strategy to promote the competitiveness of the internal market.
It urges the Commission to conduct a financial audit of the EU's budget priorities for the next financial framework and to prioritise European added value projects able to enhance EU competitiveness and integration in the areas of research, knowledge and innovation.
The resolution focuses on the following key priorities :
Creating an EU Patent and a unified litigation system : the resolution stresses that the creation of the EU Patent and of a unified litigation system, as well as an improved system for the management of copyright, is indispensable for supporting innovation and creativity within the Single Market.
Financing innovation : Parliament calls on the Commission and the Member States to take due account of the importance of innovation for strong and more sustainable growth and job creation by ensuring that innovation is properly financed, in particular through:
the creation of EU project bonds , especially in the areas of energy, transport and telecommunications, supporting the ecological transformation of our economies; a legislative framework to encourage venture capital funds to invest effectively throughout the EU. Incentives should be provided for long-term investment in innovative and job-creating sectors.
Fully operational internal energy market : Parliament points out the importance of a fully operational internal market for energy in order to achieve increased autonomy in energy supply. It considers that this could be achieved through a regional clustering approach, as well as through the diversification of energy routes and sources. It also stresses that the internal energy market should contribute to maintaining energy prices affordable for both consumers and businesses. It believes that, in order to achieve the EU's climate and energy objectives, a new approach is necessary in terms of applying adequate minimum duty rates on CO2 emissions and on energy content. Parliament supports the initiative on the environmental footprint of products, and urges the Commission to quickly propose the establishment of a real common assessment and labelling system.
Stimulating e-commerce : Parliament urges the Commission to take all the necessary steps to enhance the confidence of businesses and consumers in e-commerce and stimulate its development in the Single Market. It stresses that an EU Action Plan against counterfeiting and piracy as well as a framework directive on the management of copyrights are crucial to reach this objective. The resolution stresses the imperative need to adapt EU Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standardisation policy to market and policy developments which will lead to achieving European policy goals requiring interoperability.
Improving SMEs participation in the Single Market : Members highlight that further action is needed to make the Single Market a better environment for SMEs. They consider that such action should include improving their access to capital markets, removing administrative and fiscal barriers to their cross-border activities by adopting a clearer VAT framework and a common consolidated corporate tax base, as well as the revision of the public procurement framework, to make procedures more flexible and less bureaucratic.
Rationalising public procurement procedures : the Commission is asked to review the legislation relating to public procurement and public and private partnership with a view to fostering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth within the Single Market and to stimulating cross-border public procurement. The resolution stresses the need for a clearer framework, providing legal certainty for both economic operators and contracting authorities. It strongly encourages Member States to use pre-commercial public procurement in order to stimulate the market for innovative and green technologies. It insists on the need to ensure reciprocity with industrialised countries and major emerging economies in the field of public procurement.
A Single Market for services : Members stress the need for full and proper implementation of the Services Directive, including the setting up of fully operational Points of Single Contact allowing for online completion of procedures and formalities, which can considerably reduce operational costs for enterprises and boost the Single Market for services. They call on the Commission to encourage the development of the business services sector and to take the necessary regulatory measures in order to protect businesses, especially SMEs, from unfair commercial practices by larger enterprises in the supply chain.
The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the own-initiative report drafted by Cristian Silviu BUŞOI (ADLE, RO) on a Single Market for Enterprises and Growth, in response to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Towards a Single Market Act for a highly competitive social market economy. 50 proposals for improving our work, business and exchanges with one another’.
Members welcome the Communication ‘Towards a Single Market Act’ and emphasise, in particular, the Commission's commitment, in this Communication, to promoting new approaches towards sustainable development.
In view of the economic and financial crisis, the committee emphasises the importance of the Single Market for the competitiveness of EU enterprises and for the growth and stability of European economies. It calls on the Commission to submit an ambitious package of measures supported by a clear and coherent strategy to promote the competitiveness of the internal market.
The report focuses on the following key priorities :
Creating an EU Patent and a unified litigation system : the report stresses that the creation of the EU Patent and of a unified litigation system, as well as an improved system for the management of copyright, is indispensable for supporting innovation and creativity within the Single Market.
Financing innovation : the report calls on the Commission and the Member States to take due account of the importance of innovation for strong and more sustainable growth and job creation by ensuring that innovation is properly financed, in particular through:
the creation of EU project bonds, especially in the areas of energy, transport and telecommunications, supporting the ecological transformation of our economies; a legislative framework to encourage venture capital funds to invest effectively throughout the EU. Incentives should be provided for long-term investment in innovative and job-creating sectors.
Stimulating e-commerce : Members urge the Commission to take all the necessary steps to enhance the confidence of businesses and consumers in e-commerce and stimulate its development in the Single Market. They stress that an EU Action Plan against counterfeiting and piracy as well as a framework directive on the management of copyrights are crucial to reach this objective. The report stresses the imperative need to adapt EU Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standardisation policy to market and policy developments which will lead to achieving European policy goals requiring interoperability.
Improving SMEs participation in the Single Market : Members highlight that further action is needed to make the Single Market a better environment for SMEs. They consider that such action should include improving their access to capital markets, removing administrative and fiscal barriers to their cross-border activities by adopting a clearer VAT framework and a common consolidated corporate tax base, as well as the revision of the public procurement framework, to make procedures more flexible and less bureaucratic.
Rationalising public procurement procedures : the Commission is asked to review the legislation relating to public procurement and public and private partnership with a view to fostering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth within the Single Market and to stimulating cross-border public procurement. The report stresses the need for a clearer framework, providing legal certainty for both economic operators and contracting authorities. It strongly encourages Member States to use pre-commercial public procurement in order to stimulate the market for innovative and green technologies. It insists on the need to ensure reciprocity with industrialised countries and major emerging economies in the field of public procurement.
A Single Market for services : Members stress the need for full and proper implementation of the Services Directive, including the setting up of fully operational Points of Single Contact allowing for online completion of procedures and formalities, which can considerably reduce operational costs for enterprises and boost the Single Market for services. They call on the Commission to encourage the development of the business services sector and to take the necessary regulatory measures in order to protect businesses, especially SMEs, from unfair commercial practices by larger enterprises in the supply chain.
The Council held a debate on the Single Market Act (SMA), a two year plan (2011-2012) of 50 initiatives aimed at ensuring continuous optimisation of the internal market and contributing to the successful implementation of the Europe 2020 objectives on stimulating employment and economic growth.
The debate was preceded by a Commission presentation on the main findings of a public consultation conducted by the Commission which was completed in February 2011. In particular, delegations expressed views on the criteria to be used for choosing the area for a priority commitment by the institutions and Member States and how to define the priority actions for achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy in the most effective way.
In the light of the debate, the forthcoming opinion of the European Parliament and the findings of the public consultation, the Commission is expected shortly to present a selection of initiatives that will better contribute to overcoming the economic crisis and to promoting growth and employment.
On 10 December 2010, the Council adopted conclusions on the SMA, committing Member States to define the priority measures that should be in place before the end of 2012 in order to facilitate access to the single market, support businesses, encourage growth andhelp to create jobs.
The conclusions also endorsed the general approach of the SMA, submitted by the Commission in October 2010, according to which the single market must rest upon a strong economic and social basis with a view to building a highly competitive economy.
The Council held an exchange of views on the further development of the EU's single market, in the light of a communication from the Commission, entitled "Towards a single market act for a highly competitive social market economy".
It agreed to re-examine the issue in due course.
The Council adopted conclusions on the " Single Market Act" (SMA), a two-year plan (2011-2012) of 50 initiatives aimed at ensuring continuous optimisation of the internal market and contributing to the successful implementation of the EU 2020 objectives on stimulating employment and economic growth.
The conclusions endorse the general approach of the SMA, according to which the single market must rest upon a strong economic and social basis with a view to building a highly competitive economy.
In particular, the conclusions will address:
· business and citizens’ concerns that prevent them from taking full benefit of the advantages of the single market;
· the use of tools to develop new sources of growth in both services and industrial sectors;
· European international competitiveness and;
· the design of a new collective strategy to ensure a successful relaunch of the internal market.
The conclusions also commit the Council to continue to examine the SMA with a view to defining the priority measures that should be in place before the end of 2012, in order to facilitate access to the single market, support businesses, encourage growth and help to create jobs.
PURPOSE: to strengthen the single market by means of measures stimulating growth and enhanced citizens’ rights (a Single Market Act).
BACKGROUND: the EU’s single market is the keystone of more than 60 years of European integration. The combined effect of the integration of the single market, in particular the liberalisation liberalisation of network industries, and enlargement has been to create 2.75 million additional jobs and growth of 1.85% in the period 1992–2009, according to Commission estimates.
Nevertheless, the single market can offer a lot more than growth and employment . Its potential has not been fully exploited. For example, cross-border procurement accounted for only around 1.5% of all public contracts awarded in 2009. The Commission estimates that completing, deepening and making full use of the single market would potentially produce growth of about 4% of GDP over the next ten years.
President Barroso asked Mario Monti to submit a report on the relaunch of the single market . This report proposes a new strategy to safeguard the single market from the risk of economic nationalism, to extend it into new areas key for Europe's growth and to build an adequate degree of consensus around it. The European Parliament, in its resolution of 20 May 2010 , stressed that single market integration is not an irreversible process, and the continued existence of the single market should not be taken for granted.
This observation is already a reason for more ambitious single market policies to promote a highly competitive social market policy for all stakeholders: business, consumers and workers. This is the very essence of this Single Market Act , which the Commission is now putting forward for public discussion. After this discussion, the Commission will invite the other Institutions to give their formal agreement to the final version of the Act.
This Act is presented in parallel with the 2010 report on European citizenship.
CONTENT: this communication proposes 50 measures with a view completing, deepening and fully exploiting the single market.
1) Strong, sustainable and equitable growth for business: t here are 20 million businesses in the EU, providing 175 million jobs and supplying the EU’s 500 million consumers and many more worldwide with goods and services. A key factor in the competitiveness of these businesses is the single market. SMEs offer the highest potential for employment and are therefore worthy of special attention in the single market, as well as targeted measures to reflect their concerns. The priorities are as follows:
· Promoting and protecting creativity: to improve the way in which they face international competition, our businesses, inventors and creators must be able to develop within a single market that is as conducive as possible to innovation and creativity. The European Parliament and the Council should take the necessary steps to adopt the proposals for the EU patent , its languages and the unified patent litigation system. The aim is for the first EU patents to be issued in 2014. In 2011 the Commission will submit a proposal for a framework Directive on the management of copyrights as well as an action plan against counterfeiting and piracy, including both legislative and non-legislative measures.
· Promoting new approaches towards sustainable development: the Single Market Act should be used as a tool to launch initiatives to create a more effective system of standards, a more consistent approach to energy taxation throughout the market, continued development of the single markets for services and defence and development of the supply of high-quality environmental products. The ‘mutual evaluation’ process of the Services Directive will also be continued with the aim of further developing this sector, which is crucial to the European economy. In addition, as the Commission's ‘Digital Agenda’ has highlighted, it must be ensured that the potential for growth and the wide range of goods and services that the digital market can provide are fully exploited. Finally, what is true of the services Directive as a general legal instrument is also true of specific sectors, such as the transport services sector, which is the 'nervous system' of the single market.
· For small and medium-sized enterprises: the single market must in particular create a legal environment that is favourable to the creation and development of SMEs. In this respect, the matter of access to financing is crucial. The Commission will adopt an action plan for improving SME access to capital markets in 2011. This will include measures to make investors more aware of SMEs, to develop an efficient stock exchanges network or specific regulated markets focussing on SMEs and to make listing and disclosure requirements more adapted to SMEs.
· Funding innovation and long-term investment: a ccess to funding is essential for innovation and sustainable growth. Equally, businesses should be able to develop long-term strategies. Finally, it should be possible to mobilise private savings – where necessary in cooperation with public investments – towards massive investment in the infrastructures that are central to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy.
· Creating a business-friendly legal and fiscal environment: the measures proposed in this sector envisage, inter alia, a reduction of the administrative and regulatory burden. Very practical initiatives will therefore be taken to ensure the linking of company registers and the mutual recognition of e-identification and e-authentication in the European Union. Taxation issues are also crucial. Initiatives relating to the corporate tax base or to VAT will be designed to limit the administrative burden on businesses and to promote cross-border activity. Defence and security are also deserving of attention.
· Being competitive in global markets: the EU is the greatest exporter of goods and services in the world and one of the major recipients of foreign direct investment. Greater convergence of international rules will certainly benefit EU countries, particularly by reducing the costs incurred by having to adapt to rules or standards which are different from those which apply in Europe. It is also very important to ensure that EU businesses have access to external markets, and in particular public procurement, on fair terms. The use all appropriate means to combat unfair trading practices.
2) Europeans at the heart of the single market : a new objective is to use efficient markets to support the creativity and dynamism of EU businesses and, at the same time, to restore the faith of Europeans in their single market.
· Improving public services and key infrastructure: t he EU and its Member States need to guarantee the existence of a regulatory framework that allows public services to perform their tasks and meet the needs of all citizens. The EU also needs to fulfil a new ambition in identifying and helping to quickly establish the infrastructure that is most essential to the fluidity of the single market and to the development of new services for Europeans. In particular, the Europe 2020 strategy provides for the development of infrastructures enabling high-speed internet access for all in 2013.
· Increasing solidarity in the single market: the concept of a 'highly competitive social market economy' requires us to adopt a more all-embracing view of the single market. Economic freedoms and freedoms of collective action must be reconciled. New life must be breathed into the social dialogue. The freedoms afforded by a single market must benefit both the strongest and the weakest, including those with disabilities and the elderly. Particular attention must be paid to the access of people with visual and hearing impairments to goods and services, especially in the cultural sphere.
· Access to employment and lifelong learning: specific tools must be proposed to promote and facilitate the flow of skills within the single market. In 2012, the Commission will propose a legislative initiative to reform the systems for the recognition of professional qualifications in order to facilitate the mobility of workers and adapt training to current labour market requirements. Mobility needs to become a normal part of each young European’s training: the Commission is in the process of evaluating the possibility of creating European student loans for mobility.
· New resources for the social market economy: the Social Business Initiative must enable the reserves of talent and financial resources already available in the Member States to be tapped into by bringing together, within the single market, management and finance professionals and entrepreneurs with socially innovative projects which stimulate growth. The second proposal on legal forms sets out initiatives for improving the legal environment within which some market economy activities are organised. Lastly, the third proposal concerning corporate governance and corporate social responsibility sets out an initiative to redefine the role of businesses in today's economy.
· A single market serving consumers: in early 2011, the Commission will adopt a legislative initiative on access to certain basic banking services. It will also propose a Directive geared towards the creation of a single integrated mortgage market with a high level of consumer protection. It will adopt a Communication aimed at identifying and eliminating the tax obstacles still facing European citizens. Lastly, it will adopt a proposal amending the regulation on the rights of air passengers.
All interested parties are invited to submit their points of view to the Commission regarding this relaunch of the single market and, in particular, on the 50 measures proposed in this document by 28 February 2011 at the latest.
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T7-0146/2011
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0071/2011
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A7-0071/2011
- Debate in Council: 3074
- Committee opinion: PE456.807
- Committee opinion: PE456.823
- Committee opinion: PE454.594
- Committee opinion: PE456.689
- Committee opinion: PE454.662
- Committee opinion: PE456.626
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE458.640
- Debate in Council: 3062
- Committee draft report: PE456.697
- Debate in Council: 3057
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2010)0608
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE456.697
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE458.640
- Committee opinion: PE454.662
- Committee opinion: PE456.626
- Committee opinion: PE454.594
- Committee opinion: PE456.689
- Committee opinion: PE456.823
- Committee opinion: PE456.807
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0071/2011
Activities
- Nicole SINCLAIRE
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the single market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- Malcolm HARBOUR
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- Libor ROUČEK
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- 2016/11/22 Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
- Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA
- Luís Paulo ALVES
- Sophie AUCONIE
- Raffaele BALDASSARRE
- Regina BASTOS
- Piotr BORYS
- Andrew Henry William BRONS
- Wim van de CAMP
- Françoise CASTEX
- Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI
- Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT
- Jürgen CREUTZMANN
- George Sabin CUTAȘ
- Francesco DE ANGELIS
- Ioan ENCIU
- Diogo FEIO
- Ilda FIGUEIREDO
- Ashley FOX
- Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
- Elisabetta GARDINI
- Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG
- Kinga GÖNCZ
- Louis GRECH
- Małgorzata HANDZLIK
- Thomas HÄNDEL
- Liem HOANG NGOC
- María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ
- Liisa JAAKONSAARI
- Dennis de JONG
- Philippe JUVIN
- Jan KOZŁOWSKI
- Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK
- Emma McCLARKIN
- Erminia MAZZONI
- Alajos MÉSZÁROS
- Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK
- Mike NATTRASS
- Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU
- Jaroslav PAŠKA
- Sylvana RAPTI
- Mitro REPO
- Zuzana ROITHOVÁ
- Oreste ROSSI
- Matteo SALVINI
- Amalia SARTORI
- Olle SCHMIDT
- Olga SEHNALOVÁ
- Laurence J.A.J. STASSEN
- Catherine STIHLER
- Eva-Britt SVENSSON
- Csanád SZEGEDI
- Marianne THYSSEN
- Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES
- Emilie TURUNEN
- Niki TZAVELA
- Bernadette VERGNAUD
- Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
Votes
A7-0071/2011 - Cristian Silviu Buşoi - Résolution #
Amendments | Dossier |
496 |
2010/2277(INI)
2011/01/20
ITRE
33 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reiterates that the principle of non- discrimination within the internal market eliminates the requirement imposed on nationals of another Member State to supply original documents, certified copies, certificate of nationality or official translations of documents in order to benefit from a service or from more advantageous terms or prices;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that, in order to achieve the EU's climate and energy objectives, a new
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes that, in order to achieve the EU's climate and energy objectives, a new fiscal approach is necessary, by
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Takes the view that the European Union must step up its efforts in the climate and energy sectors so as to contribute to the establishment of a fully operational energy market whilst meeting future energy challenges;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out to the need for energy efficiency plans to significantly increase energy savings, and will closely monitor the implementation of the directives on eco-labelling, ecodesign, transports and infrastructures, in order to ensure a common European framework approach; stresses the importance of encouraging local and regional authorities to exploit ICTs in their energy efficiency and environmental plans and believes that this application will significantly increase business opportunities at local and regional level;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out to the need for further energy efficiency plans, policies and measures to significantly increase energy savings, and
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out to the need for energy efficiency plans to significantly increase energy savings, and will closely monitor the implementation of the directives on eco-labelling, ecodesign, transports and infrastructures, in order to ensure a common European framework approach; highlights that eastern European infrastructure should be enhanced in line with western European Member States infrastructure;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the proposal to
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the proposal to amend the Small Business Act in order to closely link it with the 2020 Strategy, but regrets that the SME's role is not highlighted enough; welcomes the proposal to adopt an action plan for SMEs' access to capital markets and calls for the promotion of innovative financing mechanisms aimed at innovative SMEs;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the proposal to amend the Small Business Act in order to closely link it with the 2020 Strategy, but regrets that the
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the imperative need of adapting EU Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standardisation policy to market and policy developments which will lead to achieving European policy goals requiring interoperability such as e- business, e-commerce, e-Freight and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), etc.;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the proposal to amend the Small Business Act in order to closely link it with the Europe 2020 Strategy
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the Commission's plans to modernise the EU’s value added tax system; stresses in particular the need to simplify the rules, not least those concerning SMEs and input tax deduction, thereby significantly reducing compliance costs;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Takes an extremely serious view of the fact that, at European Union level, 12% of VAT remains uncollected and, with a view to eliminating existing shortcomings in the system, calls on the Commission to expedite the implementation of the 'e- invoice’ initiative;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to accelerate the high-speed broadband links in EU regions in order to ensure maximum participation of SMEs in a digitalising internal market;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Reaffirms that the right to practise a profession in another Member State is one of the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Treaty and a necessary condition for a highly competitive social market economy, and calls on the Commission and Member States to lift all existing barriers to the free movement of workers;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the need for the EU to achieve a stronger autonomy in energy
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Highlights the need for the EU to achieve a stronger autonomy in energy supply and calls on the Commission to diversify energy routes by applying a regional approach, namely in the Mediterranean and Central European countries. Furthermore, asks the Commission to improve the integration of renewable energies and underlines the need of smart grids to become more efficient; is also of the opinion that issuing permits must become more efficient and transparent;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises the need for a stronger coordination and harmonisation of the use of the European Radio Spectrum
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to strengthen dialogue with civil society by conducting consultations; points out, however, that most of the necessary instruments are already available, since this is a step to which the Commission committed itself some time ago, in the framework of its Impact Assessment Guidelines, with a view to forecasting more accurately the effects of its legislative proposals from various points of view; stresses once again how important it is that the EU institutions should consult interested stakeholders, in order both to draw on their specialist expertise and guarantee the transparency of and secure public acceptance for their activities;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for a flexible patent system that contributes to technological innovation in addressing societal challenges such as demographic change and climate change; therefore reminds that an EU patent system should deliver quality patents, and not simply cheaper ones; draws the attention on the advantages of collaborative approaches such as clusters, open innovation and the use of common patent platforms and patent pools;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes th
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Stresses that a framework directive on the management of copyright should not limit users' rights but should favour the emergence of innovative business models so as to contribute to the creation of content online and added-value services;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Welcomes the initiative on ecological footprint of products and urges the Commission to quickly establish a real common assessment and labelling system;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Recognises that public procurement is a powerful instrument for driving markets toward sustainable products and services and for stimulating innovation; welcomes the intention of the Commission to revise and simplify public procurement rules and stresses that this process should not put under threat, but rather strengthen, the capacity of public authorities to include criteria of general interest, such as environmental and social criteria in their calls for tender;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Stresses the need for putting sustainability as a key criteria of industrial change and therefore ask to take this dimension into account in the consultations on a European framework for the advanced planning of industrial restructuring;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes the need to improve the mutual evaluation process of the Services Directive in order to streamline the functioning of the single market; calls for an assessment of the impact of the directive on the quality of the services and evaluating the room for manoeuvre that the directive leaves to public authorities for introducing public interest requirements to services providers; believes that existing unnecessary bureaucratic burdens for the Member States
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to acknowledge the diversity of business models in Europe when drafting legislation; stresses in particular the importance of social economy businesses, whose model is not based on size or on area of activity, but rather on respect for common values, as reflected in the involvement of social stakeholders, the primacy of the individual and social objectives over capital, the safeguarding and implementation of the principles of solidarity and responsibility, the reconciliation of the interests of users with the general interest, voluntary and open membership and mobilisation of the bulk of surpluses in pursuit of the aims of sustainable development and the provision of services to members, while acting in the general interest;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that the internal market in the services sector has not yet been established; urges the Commission, in order to eliminate existing technical, administrative and legislative barriers, to expedite a review of the Directive on Electronic Signatures and create the necessary framework for the mutual recognition of electronic identification and authentication in the European Union;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that the development of electronic commerce in the internal market has to focus on problems faced by consumers in the digital economy and on the safeguard of equal opportunities for recipients of services who have different nationality or place of residence; underlines the need to set up a regulatory framework for promoting consumers' protection in the electronic commerce sector; stresses, however, that particular account must also be taken of the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises not principally engaged in on-line trading;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that the
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the importance of the internal market in the field of public procurement and calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that, by 2015, at least 50% of public procurement can be carried out electronically, in accordance with the undertaking given by the Commission and Member States at the 2005 e-Government Ministerial Conference in Manchester;
source: PE-456.800
2011/01/21
ECON
30 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas a well functioning and integrated internal market is key for businesses and consumers, and consequently for EU growth and competitiveness in a globalised world and key for the citizens in the EU as far as it contributes to providing access to basic services for all,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Emphasises the complementary nature of the various measures contained in the Monti report, the cogency of which is not fully reflected in the Single Market Act;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the initiative
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for improved access to capital markets for SMEs and for the simplification of their accounting reporting obligations and reduction of administrative burden;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Underlines the importance of improving the European Union's economic governance in order to provide the economic conditions for enterprises to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the single market allowing them to grow and become more competitive and calls for this linkage to be made explicitly in the Single Market Act;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Emphasises the need for effective implementation and completion of the financial supervisory package to achieve a sustainable internal market; an assessment by the Commission to ensure such implementation should be undertaken throughout the EU and a correlation table published in a yearly basis; to that aim, best practices should be motivated amongst national and EU supervisory entities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to investigate the impact of state aid and other structural measures on competition while facing the economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to integrate competition policy and tools in its single market strategy, notably the evaluation and the revision of the regulation of state aids as compensation for services of general interest;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to integrate competition policy and tools in its single market strategy and study the case of countries that face inherent competition deficiencies in particular sectors, such as the energy sector;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas a well functioning and integrated Sin
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to integrate competition policy and tools in its single market strategy, taking into account specific features of SMEs;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that, while SMEs are the main employment providers in the European Union, they remain heavily dependent on the big companies which subcontract to them; considers that the Commission should take this reality into account in its deliberations, and specifically that it should submit legislative proposals to protect subcontracted SMEs in the event of big companies’ experiencing economic difficulties; sees this interdependence as an argument for a broad common industrial policy capable of sustaining and developing employment within the Union;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers that, with a view to creating the right conditions for long-term investment, it is important both to adopt further measures, along the lines provided for in the SMA, and to address the very real obstacles that currently exist at world, European and national level;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work towards a European private company statute;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the coordination of national tax policies and a new VAT strategy which aims to increase growth and reduce the burden as called for by the European Parliament; notes, however, that significant distortions of competition on the single market occur because the tax rules for companies, in relation to both the tax base and the rate of taxation, are not more closely harmonised; calls on the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, a legislative proposal for a common consolidated corporate tax base, which it deems crucial to the proper functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges use of the EU budget to increase the credit granted by the EIB in partnership with the banking and private sectors, and the creation of a project bond scheme in order to finance European projects aimed at strengthening the recovery of growth and employment;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that giving an opinion on political priorities does not pre-judge Parliament’s views on specific measures which will be informed, among other things, by the impact assessment for each proposal, in line with Better Regulation principles
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Welcomes the reference to ‘project bonds’ but deplores the absence of any reference to eurobonds which, according to the Monti report, would not only heighten the advantages of the single market and of the euro as an international currency but would also enable the Union’s economies to function better in both normal times and times of crisis, ultimately generating more growth and more jobs;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to pay close attention to the impact on the Single Market's internal cohesion of the growing economic divergence between the EU Member States;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas reduction of the administrative burden, use of e-administration, and respect for the EU’s Better Regulation strategy are crucial in order for business, notably SMEs as the main engine of EU growth, to reap the full benefits of the
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas a well functioning and integrated Single Market should aim to promote the free movement of services, including e-learning and e-commerce solutions, which help enterprises, mainly SMEs, operate in a cost-effective manner,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the EU 2020 strategy objectives, the cohesion policy and the Small Business Act should be fully integrated and underpin all single market policies,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas competition policy is an essential tool to enable the EU to have a dynamic, efficient and innovative internal market and to be competitive on the global stage,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Calls on the Commission to reconnect with the spirit of Mario Monti’s report, which advocated promoting liberalisation and competition where necessary, while at the same time furthering fiscal and social convergence;
source: PE-456.841
2011/01/27
EMPL
66 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A. whereas the Single Market contains diverse forms of enterprises, including social economy enterprises (including cooperatives, mutual societies, associations and foundations), and whereas enterprises in the Single Market, and the social economy enterprises in particular, pursue not only economic interests but also contribute to society beyond economic activity,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Regrets that the Single Market legislation does not fully recognise the diversity of forms of entrepreneurship - including social economy enterprises (cooperatives, associations, mutual societies and foundations), which have proven to be particularly resilient in times of crisis, and calls on the Commission to improve this;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Considers that, in order to obtain all the benefits from the completion of the Single Market, labour mobility should be given priority in shaping the future measures at EU level;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Welcomes with interest the Communication of the Commission on the Single Market Act and the global approach which it proposes in order to rebalance the single market between enterprises and citizens and to improve the democracy and the transparency of the decision process; stresses that this approach is intended to guarantee the best balance between the proposals of the three parts of the Communication;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights that citizens' confidence in the Single Market is low because it lacks an appropriate social dimension; points out that it was benign, light-touch financial regulation, including via the Financial Services Action Plan, which helped bring about the crisis; strongly criticises the fact that the deregulatory approach of the past Internal Market Strategy still informs the bulk of the proposals under the Single Market Act, despite the obvious negative social consequences of such liberalisation policies;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Underlines that the further development, integration and deepening of the single market will reinforce even more the European social market economy, creating more and better jobs and an environment more friendly to enterprises;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Considers that in order to meet the objectives set in the EU 2020 Strategy regarding more and better jobs as well as economic growth and to accelerate the exertion of rights derived from the concept of a Single Market, free movement of workers, capital and services should be fully enforced and supported both at EU and at Member States level;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Stresses that the balance of the proposals requires a sectorial approach of the orientations proposed: energy, transport, technological innovation, legal security for the enterprises and workers etc. and consultations organized in each of these sectors;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Opposes the Commission's plans for a further liberalisation of business services (e.g. logistics, installation management, marketing and advertising) and on services concessions to complete the Internal Market for Services; highlights that the Commission's approach of 'continuing to develop the internal market in services on the basis of the mutual evaluation process set out in the Services Directive' will most likely trigger further deregulation, as such 'mutual evaluation' mainly focuses on abolishing existing requirements on service providers, while social impacts of the transposition of the Directive receive no attention in this process;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the basis of the European economy and the main drivers of sustainable and quality job creation, employment, economic growth and social cohesion in Europe; emphasises that greater efforts must be made to improve SMEs
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Considers that language learning should be promoted through life-long learning (vocational training), mostly for SMEs employees, as a means of reinforcing the access of SMEs to the single market, which constitutes their main competitive advantage;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, among the enterprises in the Single Market, enterprises of the social economy (including cooperatives, mutual societies, associations and foundations), have proven to be particularly resilient in times of economic crisis and thus contribute to sustainable employment and growth,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that one of the main problems for SMEs in times of economic downturn is their access to finance; strongly supports the proposal for an action plan to improve SMEs‘ access to capital markets; emphasises the need to make European funding programmes easier and less bureaucratic and to attract more private venture capital investments in this regard;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that one of the main problems for SMEs in times of economic downturn is their access to finance; strongly supports the proposal for an action plan to improve SMEs‘ access to capital markets; recommends the creation of intermediary agencies in order to assemble the financial needs of innovative and sustainable projects, in particular for services of general economic interest (SGEI) and hence to facilitate their access to financial markets under better conditions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that one of the main problems for SMEs in times of economic downturn is their access to finance;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that one of the main problems for SMEs in times of economic downturn is their access to finance; strongly supports the proposal for an action plan to improve SMEs‘ access to capital markets, that would also encourage innovation and therefore boost growth and job creation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Asks the Commission to carry out an annual assessment of public and private investment needs and how they are being, or should be, met in the framework of its proposal No 16;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Welcomes proposal No 15 on European project bonds; calls for the projects to be selected according to their employment creation potential after a mandatory impact assessment;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the ‘think small first’ principle
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines that the ‘think small first’ principle has not yet been implemented so as to remove the burdens hampering SMEs; calls for a
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations; reiterates in this respect the importance of including social standards in
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations with the aim of removing obstacles to trade to obtain better access for European companies to the third countries' markets; reiterates in this respect the importance of including social standards in all trade agreements concluded between the EU and third countries, without overloading such agreements with the principles of non- commercial nature;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations; reiterates in this respect the importance of including social standards in all trade agreements concluded between the EU and third countries; welcomes proposal No 24 for an instrument ensuring symmetry of access in procurement markets and calls on the Commission to complete it by adding a social and environmental clause;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations; reiterates in this respect the importance of including social standards, including respect for human rights, and environment and climate standards in all trade agreements concluded between the EU and third countries;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations; reiterates in this respect the importance of including
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations; reiterates in this respect the importance of including social and environmental standards in all trade agreements concluded between the EU and third countries;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations and the promotion of corporate social responsibility within the context of these negotiations; reiterates in this respect the importance of including social and environmental standards in all trade agreements concluded between the EU and third countries;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Welcomes, in addition to proposals No 19 and No 20 on tax issues, the implementation of Mario Monti's proposals for the establishment of a Tax Policy Group, which brings together representatives from the Member States; urges this group to make proposals to ease the burden on labour so as to increase European competitiveness, support the least fortunate and allow the middle classes to live decently from the fruits of their labour;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the review of the Accounting Directives seeking to further simplify, with a common level across all the European Union, financial reporting obligations and to reduce administrative burdens, especially for SMEs;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the review of the Accounting Directives seeking to further simplify financial reporting obligations and to reduce administrative burdens, especially for SMEs; with a view to the current financial crisis, underlines that a simplification of financial reporting obligations must not allow for unhealthy deregulation; demands that a reduction of the administrative burden must not reduce protection of workers, i.e. by lowering occupational health and safety obligations;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the review of the Accounting Directives seeking to further simplify financial reporting obligations and to reduce administrative burdens, especially for SMEs but this facilitation should by no means serve as an excuse for an omission from the employers' side towards their obligations with regard employees' working rights;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the Single Market can and should be re-launched
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the review of the
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Is concerned about the legislation currently being negotiated on a "single permit" [COM(2007)0638 - C6- 0470/2007- 2007/0229(COD)] seeking to simplify procedures for legal immigrants to obtain residence and work permits in the EU; fears that if not all immigrants are given the same protection against labour exploitation as EU citizens, this will lead to social dumping and unfair competition;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Stresses the importance of using public procurement rules to support employment, social progress and sustainable development; urges the Commission to facilitate access to public procurement for SMEs, social economy enterprises and Fair Trade;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Supports the convergence of national tax policies in order to avoid unfair tax competition among Member States and therefore welcomes the proposal for a directive introducing a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB); urges the Member States to tackle issues of tax evasion or double taxation so as to encourage cross-border healthy transactions;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to considering the creation of project bonds to finance European projects; regrets, however, that the Commission is not acting with greater determination in this respect; is of the opinion that properly financed common European projects can contribute to EU competitiveness, exploiting the full potential of the single market and creating employment; calls on the Commission to conduct a study on expected results of such investments in terms of job creation;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to propose a directive introducing a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB), and believes that such an instrument would further improve the single market by avoiding unfair tax competition among Member States and companies; is convinced that a CCCTB will boost especially SMEs competitiveness by reducing burdens arising from administrative complexity and by reducing high costs of compliance with the different national tax systems, thus reaching a fairer balance between taxing capital and taxing labour;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to publish a VAT strategy; believes that better tax coordination between Member States is needed to avoid unfair tax competition and market distortions;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Regrets that the Commission has not planned to proceed against tax havens; urges the Commission to act decisively to create a regime of incentives and sanctions against tax evasion and illicit capital flight, which is hampering the European economy; reiterates the stance it took in February 2010 when adopting its report on Promoting Good Governance in Tax Matters;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Regrets that the Commission hast not included any reference to the introduction of a Financial Transaction tax as demanded by the European Parliament in October 2010;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates the need to create a more SME-friendly regulatory environment by carefully assessing the impact of any new regulatory or legislative measures on SMEs; calls also for better reinforcement and an increased role and greater political will on the part of the Member States to improve the single market;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the Single Market can and should be re-launched so as to offer more growth
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates the need to create a more SME-friendly regulatory environment by carefully assessing the impact of any new regulatory or legislative measures on SMEs and their employees; stresses the need to keep existing health and safety provisions for workers and underlines that a general elimination of those provisions is the wrong approach;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates the need to create a more SME-friendly regulatory environment by carefully assessing the impact of any new regulatory or legislative measures on SMEs towards the reduction of red tape, the enhancement of competitiveness and the promotion of quality employment;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Considers that the Commission and the Member States must continue their efforts to reduce administrative burdens for businesses in order to encourage further development of the single market and thus contribute to the creation of new jobs;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of putting pre- commercial public procurement to better use in support of innovation, which is an essential condition for sustainable growth, employment
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of putting public procurement to better use in support of employment, social progress and innovation; urges the Commission to undertake initiatives
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of putting public procurement to better use in support of employment, social progress and innovation; urges the Commission to undertake initiatives to take this concern into account in its proposal No 17 and to look into means to open up and facilitate access to public procurement for SMEs.
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of putting public procurement to better use in support of employment, social progress and innovation; urges the Commission to undertake initiatives to open up and facilitate access to public procurement for SMEs; urges the Commission to enhance the Community's capacity to ensure symmetry in access to public procurement; reiterates that all social and environmental standards to be respected in public procurement contracts.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of putting public procurement to better use in support of employment, social progress and innovation; urges the Commission to undertake initiatives to open up and facilitate access to public procurement for SMEs; calls on the Commission to further encourage the use of social and environmental clauses in public procurement; strongly supports to simplify and update the European rules to make the award of contracts more accessible, especially to those currently under-represented such as SME or the Social Economy.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Suggests a "SME Test" to form part of the impact assessment of proposed any new legislation to ensure that future proposals will not put small enterprises at a competitive disadvantage;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Underlines that employment depends not least on the effective protection of intellectual property rights; therefore welcomes the Commission's announcement to make legislative proposals to tackle the new challenges posed by piracy on the Internet and to improve customs activities in this area;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the Single Market can and should be re-launched so as to
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Is concerned about the distortion created in the internal market as a result of the different levels of tax fraud in the Member States; asks the Commission to add to its proposal No 19 an impact assessment to evaluate the different problems caused by tax evasion and the black economy in all the Member States, before defining a coordinated approach at both national and EU level to capitalise on best practices in the fight against tax fraud and evasion, defining appropriate incentives for tax payers to duly pay their taxes and for the tax authorities in the Member States to adopt effective preventive measures against all types of tax malpractice;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Believes that a wider broadband penetration as well as a broader application of ICT will facilitate the single market operation and contribute to the economic growth and employment in EU, especially for SMEs;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Strongly favours the proposal for EU project bonds to finance European projects and considers that this is an urgent task for Europe with regard to strategic investments and job creation, which means that it is not enough to “consider encouraging” them, as mentioned in the Communication; calls on the Commission to come forward with a concrete proposal on EU project bonds;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Considers that the process for the creation of a single market of energy should not only focus on enhancing businesses' competitiveness but also on maintaining energy prices accessible to both consumers and businesses;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Stresses the importance of better communication and extension of the internal market information system as it essential to provide especially SME with clear information on internal market;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Considers the coordination of tax policies to be one of the biggest added value measures proposed by Mario Monti in his report to the Commission; therefore welcomes the initiative on a directive on a common consolidated corporate tax base in order to put an end to unhealthy tax competition between Member States having damaging impact on employment and public finances;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8 c. Underlines the importance of removing legislative barriers to cross- border activities; calls on the Commission to create a ‘level playing field’ to all forms of enterprises within the Single Market by taking the necessary steps to introduce proposals for European statutes for associations, mutual societies and foundations: to propose a feasibility study and an impact assessment for the statutes for associations and mutual societies, and to complete the impact assessment for the statute for foundations in due course;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the Single Market can and should be re-launched so as to offer more growth and more and better jobs for European businesses, workers and consumers; believes, in that respect, that the Single Market needs to encompass the three mutually reinforcing pillars of the EU 2020 strategy to achieve its objectives;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls that a single market based on free and fair competition is the EU's crucial economic reform goal and represents a key competitive advantage for Europe in the global economy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Considers that the Commission has to anchor fundamental rights in all legislation on the single market; considers that this would ensure that the implementation of the economic fundamental freedoms of the single market does not impede collective bargaining rights and the right to strike as defined by national legislation;
source: PE-456.898
2011/02/07
REGI
83 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals aimed at deepening the single market, but regrets the absence of an ambitious consumer protection agenda and a social clause;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Given the Council's failure to reach a unanimous decision on the translation arrangement for EU patents, welcomes the request made by several Member States for authorisation for enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes the fact that the single market for patents remains incomplete; encourages, in that respect, the promotion of a Community patent which can enhance innovation, growth and competitiveness and hence give European companies the chance to reap the full benefits of the EU Single Market.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for the simplification of SMEs accounting reporting obligations and administrative burdens, including the simplification of the heavy regular controls of overcompensation and specific accounting reports for SMEs entrusted with operations of local and social services of general economic interest with very low impact on community trades;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; stresses that progress with the internal market and further development of the Union’s regions are interdependent; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue- generating projects;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recognises that within the European Union the construction of the internal market without some tax harmonisation, notably regarding corporate taxes and a definition of the components of social protection, have led to some extent to excessive competition between Member States seeking to attract taxpayers from other Member States; notes, nevertheless, that one of the great advantages of the internal market has been the removal of barriers to mobility and the harmonization of institutional regulations, fostering cultural understanding, integration, economic growth and European solidarity;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the need to interconnect the business registries of the 27 Member States via a single access point and for the data concerned to be reliable, kept up to date and provided in a standard format and in all EU official languages. Notes that greater transparency in the internal market could lead to increased cross- border investment; is convinced that better and easier access to information is necessary in order to assist small and medium-sized enterprises, which are a key element in the backbone of the European economy and the main motor for creating jobs, economic growth and social cohesion in Europe, as it helps to lighten the administrative burdens of such enterprises;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that real and effective single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure oriented to that end, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions and in those with specific territorial characteristics; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges), as key instruments in favouring project execution; calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue-
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps to introduce proposals for European statutes for associations, mutual societies and foundations, to propose a feasibility study and an impact assessment for the statutes for associations and mutual societies, and to complete the impact assessment for the statute for foundations in due course;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges); calls for the elimination of those barriers to venture capital funds who desire to invest in the EU's regions, which, if permitted, could allow the EU's regions to play their full part in the Commission's flagship Innovation Union initiative; calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue- generating projects;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Warns against the notion that the European economy can somehow develop and grow without free and fair trade with as many other countries in the world as possible, including our leading trade partner today, the US, and emerging economies like China, India and Brazil; considers that the European Union should also rely on its own strengths by making better use of its internal market, especially since the bulk of its growth is also linked to domestic demand;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions, drawing attention to the need for the objectives of the trans-European transport networks to be extended to those regions; calls for the development of innovative
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Invites the Commission to show the added value of a legal framework for services concessions in terms of transparency, effective judicial protection for bidders, legal certainty and economic activity;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges -fully respecting at the same time the need for high level of quality and universal access to the services of general interest); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue- generating projects;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Points out that a renewed Single market should take into account the specific needs of people with disabilities and use their potential in contributing to the economic growth of the EU; calls European Commission to take further actions in order to facilitate their access to market both as employees and consumers.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed, border and outermost regions; advocates a regional approach making use of the Structural Funds to encourage investment in cross-border energy, transport, communication, health, environmental, research and education infrastructure in order to provide access to essential services for all and to ensure harmonious functioning of the internal market; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue-
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional and local policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue- generating projects;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Given the Council's failure to reach a unanimous decision on the translation arrangement for EU patents, welcomes the request made by several Member States for authorisation for enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions; with a view to forging productive links between the research and education worlds and between innovation and local traditions, calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue-
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market; points out that EU structural funding should be allocated in a dynamic, forward-looking manner
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market; points out, in this connection, that EU structural funding should be allocated in a dynamic, forward-looking manner,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market; points out that EU structural funding should be allocated in a dynamic, forward-looking manner, i.e.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market; points out that EU structural funding should be allocated in a dynamic, forward-looking manner, i.e. so as to cushion further the possible adverse effects on regions of international trade agreements and to prepare EU regions for socioeconomic change, in the framework of a renewed global strategy for those regions, grounded in a balance between conditioning factors and potentialities alongside flexibility as regards sectoral instruments and policies; calls for a more user-friendly regional policy, but also for stricter rules against ‘fund-shopping’, by means of which some enterprises may misuse the Union's financial instruments;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market and calls upon the Commission to establish a real correlation between the Single Market Act and the EU2020; points out
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market; points out that EU structural funding should be allocated in a flexible, dynamic, forward- looking manner, i.e. so as to cushion further the possible adverse effects on regions of international trade agreements and to prepare EU regions for socioeconomic change; calls for a more user-friendly regional policy, but also for stricter rules against ‘fund-shopping’, by means of which some enterprises may misuse the Union's financial instruments; Underlines the need for deeper harmonisation and integration of the Structural Funds rules, avoiding the breakdown of a project into different parts to apply to different funds; Recommends that the focus be put not just on the regularity of expenditure but on quality of interventions and that resources be concentrated in potentiating assistance on the management side;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines th
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that regions situated on the internal borders of the single market are the first to experience the consequences of removing those borders; asks the
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Deplores the fact that the Commission proposal gives no consideration to the reorientation of cohesion policy and that no package of measures relates to the increased significance of cohesion policy attributable to the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the calls in the Mario Monti report and in the European Parliament's resolution of 20 May 2010 on delivering a single market to consumers and citizens (Louis Grech report), for a more holistic approach to the internal market, in terms of both strategy and perception, with a view to making it more effective and restoring public confidence; underlines the importance of the “Single Market Act” initiative of legislative and non-legislative proposals to strengthen and update the internal market, complete the Digital internal market and address and break down remaining barriers;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that regions situated on the internal borders of the single market are the first to experience the consequences of removing those borders; asks the Commission to take into account concerns regarding the ‘threshold effect’ between border regions that enjoy comparable degrees of development but receive significantly different levels of financial support under the Union's regional policy; calls for a debate on creating a fair intermediate category between the current ‘convergence’ and ‘regional competitiveness and employment’ objectives, in which connection it must be ensured that, in particular, regions whose GDP since the EU’s enlargement to the East has amounted to more than 75% of the EU’s mean GDP per capita should receive targeted support, while poorer areas within the richest regions of the EU, such as poorer districts within towns, likewise require special support;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that regions situated on the internal borders of the single market are the first to experience the consequences of removing those borders; asks the Commission to take into account concerns regarding the ‘threshold effect’ between border regions that enjoy comparable degrees of development but receive significantly different levels of financial support under the Union's regional policy; calls for a debate on creating a fair intermediate category between the current ‘convergence’ and ‘regional competitiveness and employment’, o
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that regions situated on the internal borders of the single market are the first to experience the consequences of removing those borders; asks the Commission to take into account concerns regarding the ‘threshold effect’ between border regions that enjoy comparable degrees of development but receive
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines that regions situated on the internal borders of the single market are the first to experience the consequences of removing those borders; asks the Commission to take into account concerns regarding the ‘threshold effect’ between border regions that enjoy comparable degrees of development but receive significantly different levels of financial support under the Union's regional policy; calls for a debate on creating a fair and legitimate intermediate category
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. To boost the regional competitiveness, emphasises the importance of "smart specialisation" of regions; the EU single market can only flourish as a whole when all actors and all regions, but also SMEs in all sectors, including the public sector, the social economy and citizens themselves are involved; not only a few high-tech areas, but all regions in Europe and every Member State, each focusing on its own strengths ("smart specialisation") within Europe;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Asks the Commission to clarify the ‘conditionality principle’ mentioned in the debate on the future of the Union's regional policy, which, if it is not adequately implemented,
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention of reviewing public procurement rules with the aim of bringing them into line with EU objectives and policies, simplifying the procedures, particularly for small local and regional authorities, and facilitating better access to public contracts for SMEs;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Criticises the fact that, in advance of the consultation on modernising European public procurement policy, it is intended that new legislative rules on contracting out services should be adopted; in the light of the ‘better regulation’ initiative, considers this counterproductive, as it could result in further fragmentation of the rules on public procurement and will increase legal uncertainty;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Agrees with the list of measures identified by the Commission to promote and protect creativity, and calls on the Commission not to delay any further the presentation of the proposals for legislative and non-legislative measures in this area, supported by a thorough impact assessment, in particular the framework directive on collective management of copyright and orphan works; takes the view that the
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that services are a unique source of development for the single market; emphasises that the Services Directive is an essential step towards a true single market for services, and that the transposition process should take place as quickly as possible and in a transparent manner; underlines, in particular, the need for socially and regionally equitable access to services of general interest, while having due regard to subsidiarity and for the right to local self-government of regional and local authorities;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that services are a unique source of development for the single market; emphasises that the Services Directive is an essential step towards a true single market for services, and that the transposition process should take place as quickly as possible and in a transparent manner; underlines, in particular, the need for socially and regionally equitable access to services of general interest by making full use of the possibilities provided by the Lisbon Treaty namely the Protocol No 26;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that services are a unique source of development for the single market; emphasises that
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that services are a unique source of development for the single market; emphasises that the Services Directive is an essential step towards a true single market for services, and that the transposition process should take place as quickly as possible and in a transparent manner; calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures with a view to the implementation of the Directive in all Member States and to support those Member States experiencing problems or delays in implementing it; underlines, in particular, the need for socially and regionally equitable access to services of general interest;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasizes the role of Trans- European Networks in promoting the single market, economic growth and the creation of employment; welcomes, in that respect, the Commission's proposal to adopt in 2011 a revision of the Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network as well as a proposal on a global framework for the funding of transport infrastructure;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that the single market requires an adequately funded regional policy for the period after 2013 and that its budget must on no account be less than that which applies during the current period, 2007-2013;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8a (new) 8a. Underscores the potential for the EU's regions to play their considerable role in assisting the Commission's drive to create a digital Single Market; highlights, in this regard, the importance that should be placed on utilising the funds available to the EU's regions in order to overcome their lack of development in the fields of e-commerce and e-services, which could serve as a fruitful source of future growth in the regions;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that territorial cooperation (including European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and macro-regional strategies) makes a decisive contribution to removing visible and invisible internal borders within the single market by using the full potential of cross border competitive clusters; calls, in this connection, for the post-2013 budget for territorial cooperation to be increased;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that territorial cooperation (including European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and macro-regional strategies) makes a decisive contribution to removing visible and invisible internal borders within the single market;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that territorial cooperation (including European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and macro-regional strategies) makes a decisive contribution to removing visible and invisible internal borders within the single market and further developing that market; calls, in this connection, for the post-2013 budget for territorial cooperation to be increased; would like access to European regional cooperation funding to be simplified to facilitate participation, inter alia, by private parties;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that in a globalised world the single market has to ensure the best possible business environment for enterprises, and to take the specific nature of SMEs into account in order to foster job creation, innovation and entrepreneur
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Agrees with the list of measures identified by the Commission to promote and protect creativity, and calls on the Commission not to delay any further the presentation of the proposals for legislative and non-legislative measures in this area, in particular the framework directive on collective management of copyright and orphan works; regrets however that reform on collective rights management remains unknown to a majority of artists and calls on European Commission to engage into further promotion of the reform; takes the view that the Commission revision of the EU trademark legislation should be included on that list;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that territorial cooperation (including European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and macro-regional strategies) makes a decisive contribution to removing visible and invisible internal borders within the single market; calls, in this connection, for the post-2013 budget for territorial cooperation to be increased in order to promote multilevel cooperation across national frontiers and better exploit the potential of territorial cooperation;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls for the proposals in the chapter ‘Increasing solidarity in the single market’ to be expanded and bolstered, and particularly for account to be taken of the impact of the single market in the most disadvantaged regions in order to anticipate and support the adjustment efforts of those regions;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the specific situation referred to in Article 349 of the Lisbon Treaty, particularly insularity and remoteness, which limit the integration of these regions into the single market; encourages the Commission to continue with, and further develop, the specific provisions for these regions; recalls the need to establish the wider European neighbourhood action plan referred to in its Communication COM(2004)0343, as a complement to integration into the single market; Or.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the proposed creation of a European Foundation Statute; calls for the creation of a European Association Statute in order to facilitate cross-border citizens’ initiatives
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the proposed creation of a European Foundation Statute and notes the Commission's commitment to present a regulation by the end of 2011; calls for the creation of a European Association Statute in order to facilitate cross-border citizens‘ initiatives and to contribute to the development of EU citizenship beyond frontiers;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the proposed creation of a European Foundation Statute; calls for the creation of a European Association Statute in order to facilitate cross-border citizens’ initiatives and the creation of business environments that favour innovation through suitable locally-oriented policies and intelligent specialisation and to contribute to the development of EU citizenship beyond frontiers;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Recalls the need to take account under the EU's integrated policies of the situation of regions with specific territorial characteristics, in order to enable those regions and their enterprises, workforce and citizens to be fully integrated into the EU's internal market and thus benefit in full from it;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Appreciates the Commission's multilevel governance approach, which is necessary in order to ensure genuine participation by regional and local political and economic actors; proposes, in order to emphasize this decentralised approach, the establishment of a 'Territorial Pact of Local and Regional Authorities on Europe 2020 Strategy' in every Member State to create a stronger ownership in the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Appreciates the Commission’s multilevel governance approach
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that in a globalised world the single market has to ensure the best possible business environment for enterprises, and to take the specific nature of SMEs into account in order to foster job creation, innovation and entrepreneurship in all EU regions, including rural areas; welcomes, therefore, the planned assessment of the ‘Small Business Act’ and the reinforcement of the ‘Think Small First’ principle; and recalls the pivotal role Cohesion Policy can play to the further integration of the Single Market especially through the support it provides for SMEs in all EU regions;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to adapt the EU legislative framework in the area of
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Appreciates the Commission's multilevel governance approach, which is necessary in order to ensure genuine participation by regional and local political and economic actors. Stresses that the multi-level approach should be applied not only vertically but also horizontally, among actors of the same level, in all shared-competence Union policies including the cohesion policy;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Appreciates the Commission’s multilevel governance approach, which is necessary in order to ensure genuine participation by regional and local political and economic actors; stresses the need for greater involvement of the regional and local authorities in the construction of the single market, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and partnership and at all stages of the decision-making process;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Appreciates the Commission's multilevel governance approach, which is necessary in order to ensure genuine participation by regional and local political and economic actors in decision making;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Appreciates the Commission’s multilevel governance approach, which is necessary in order to ensure genuine participation by regional and local political and economic actors; asks for support for the development of a range of public- private partnerships at local and regional level, with a view to enabling the authorities concerned to meet the challenge of the new forms of competition evolving in the global economy;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Asks the Commission further to involve the Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament, and to work with them closely in order continuously to monitor the potential and actual consequences for regions of the deepening of the single market; welcomes, therefore, the idea of a single market forum.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Welcomes the Commission’s greater efforts to involve the general public in the consultation processes; observes that, in these consultations, the new special role of local and regional authorities should be taken into account, as it is they that implement the EU rules; therefore considers inappropriate the list given in the Commission proposal, which mentions local and regional authorities last among the consultation partners (COM(2010) 608, Proposal 48); calls on the Commission to upgrade the role of local and regional authorities accordingly, pursuant to the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Considers it necessary to involve local and regional authorities in developing and expanding the Internal Market Information System in order to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy and excessive burdens at local level;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that in a globalised world the single market has to ensure the best possible business environment for enterprises, and to take the specific nature of SMEs into account in order to foster job creation, innovation and entrepreneurship in all EU regions, including rural areas; welcomes, therefore, the planned assessment of the ‘Small Business Act’ and the reinforcement of the ‘Think Small First’ principle; Calls on Commission and Member States to make EU funds more easily accessible, especially to SMEs as they are the most flexible component of Europe's economy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that another reason for slow development of digital single market is due to the fact that distribution for copyright protected works remains uncompetitive, which constitutes an additional burden for new market entrants who wish to provide access to such works online;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that in a globalised world the single market has to ensure the best possible business environment for enterprises, and to take the specific nature and diversity of SMEs into account in order to foster job creation, innovation and entrepreneurship in all EU regions, including rural areas; welcomes, therefore, the planned assessment of the ‘Small Business Act’ and the reinforcement of the ‘Think Small First’ principle; draws attention to the importance of local businesses for social ties, employment and dynamism in disadvantaged areas, particularly urban districts facing difficulties or sparsely populated areas; calls for them to receive staunch support under the Union’s regional policy;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Shares the concerns expressed by European consumer organisations as to obstacles which consumers face while accessing legal online platforms offering copyright protected work; points out that a number of innovative services which successfully operate outside Europe have not decided to establish themselves in the EU; urges the European Commission to quickly address the aspect of "access to content online" its Communication "Digital Agenda for Europe";
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. While acknowledging that IPR enforcement is an important aspect of development of digital single market, does not share the Commission's certitude, expressed in the report on the application of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights as to the need of amending EU legal framework with respect to sanctions for non commercial file-sharing; points out that measures involving Internet intermediaries in filtering online content are doubtful from a practical point of view and raise concerns regarding the respect of privacy;
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IMCO
237 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 19 February 2009 on Social Economy[1] [1] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0062.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e- commerce,
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce, namely by harmonizing contract law where possible without jeopardising the consumer acquis and by facilitating cross- border debt recovery;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce, namely by harmonizing contract law where possible and useful and by facilitating cross-border debt recovery;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce, namely by
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the implementation of the Consumer Rights Directive and to take into account all relevant and existing EU legislation as well as the special needs of SMEs before coming up with a proposal for a European Contract Law;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Believes that consumer confidence can be reinforced via trusted EU authorities or trusted marks which can ensure reliability and quality for products on the cross-border electronic market; considers that the Commission should establish a European quality seal for e-commerce, as proposed in the Digital Agenda for Europe, on a basis of clear and transparent rules that are subject to monitoring; believes that any such European system of trusted marks should be backed up by a mechanism for control or application of the rules; considers that the European quality system would help consumers identify reliable on-line vendors, provide compensation for best practice and stimulate innovation, thus aiding EU firms in their efforts to transcend their national markets;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Considers that SMEs should be empowered to make extensive use of e- commerce in Europe; deplores the fact that the Commission will not be coming out with a proposal for a European system for the settlement of online disputes for digital transactions until 2012, twelve years after Parliament called for such an initiative in September 2000[1]; [1] European parliament's position on the proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ C 146, 17.5.2001, p.101).
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas all enterprises are affected by market fragmentation, but SMEs and craft manufacturing businesses are particularly vulnerable to the problems stemming from it,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Member States to
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Urges the Member States to guarantee universal access to high-quality postal services and to promote interoperability and cooperation among postal systems and services
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the need to improve and simplify postal services at European level, in order to boost consumer confidence as regards cross-border purchases made in other Member States;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to create a Single Market for online audiovisual goods by improving the electronic management of copyrights by guaranteeing the fundamental rights of internet users while ensuring that rightholders receive adequate remuneration for their creative works;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to create a Single Market for online audiovisual goods by improving the electronic management of copyrights while supporting innovation and creativity by ensuring that rightholders receive adequate remuneration for their creative works;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to create a Single Market for online audiovisual goods
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to create a Single Market for online audiovisual goods by
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to create a Single Market for online audiovisual goods by improving the electronic management of copyrights
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to create a Single Market for online audiovisual goods by improving the electronic management of copyrights while ensuring that rightholders receive adequate remuneration for their creative works; recommends the creation of mandatory registration in the framework of a European copyright, in the context of the coordinated registration of copyright and related rights;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Stresses the need to create a Single Market for online audiovisual goods by promoting open ICT standards and improving the electronic management of copyrights while ensuring that rightholders receive adequate remuneration for their creative works;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. Whereas the Single Market should allow for the promotion of the diversity and plurality of forms of enterprise - including social economy enterprises (cooperatives, associations, mutual societies and foundations) that have proven their capacity of resilience in time of crisis - in order to make the most of their economic and social potential;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Regrets that the revision of the Community Trademark Regulation is not mentioned in the Single Market Act; underlines that it should be among the Commission's priorities to ensure that trademarks are well protected in off-line as well as in online environments;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses the need to enhance the availability of content online services; welcomes the intention of the European Commission to submit a proposal on the management of copyrights with the aim of opening up access to online content by improving the governance; points out the need to make cross boarder licensing easier and develop the system of private copying levies with the aim of reaching a competitive European solution.
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Considers that the revision by the Commission of the EU trademark legislation should be included among the priorities of the Single Market Act and that, in this context, adequate measures are taken to ensure that trademarks can benefit from the same level of protection in both the online and offline environments.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out the need to strengthen the fight against online piracy
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out the need to
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out the need to strengthen the fight against online piracy in a proportionate manner and with public support by making
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out the need to strengthen the fight against online piracy
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas lack of innovation in the EU is a key factor for the low growth rates in recent years; whereas enterprises should be actively encouraged in the direction of green technology innovation, which provides an opportunity to
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out the need to strengthen the fight against online piracy in a
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Notes that the digital internal market can only be completed when the gap between rural areas and urban centres in terms of broadband connections has been reduced;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide more comprehensive protection of intellectual property rights in the internal market by also addressing the new challenges posed by Internet piracy; stresses, as a basic prerequisite, that bodies and citizens must be alerted to the consequences of counterfeiting and piracy through education and information campaigns emphasizing the importance of intellectual property rights;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 III. Priority Area 3:
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to improve SMEs‘ access to capital markets by increasing information available on different EU financing opportunities such as those provided by the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, the European Investment Bank or the European Investment Fund and by making funding procedures easier, quicker and less bureaucratic; calls on commercial banks to refrain from allocating such funds solely to well-established medium sized or big enterprises, thus excluding small, innovative companies;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to improve SMEs’ access to capital markets by
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to improve SMEs’ access to
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to improve SMEs’ access to capital markets by increasing information available on different EU financing opportunities such as those provided by the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, the European Investment Bank or the European Investment Fund and by making funding procedures easier, quicker and less bureaucratic; to that end recommends a much more holistic approach to the award of funding;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to improve SMEs‘ access to capital markets by
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas lack of innovation - be it technical, social or managerial - in the EU is a key factor for the low growth rates in recent years; whereas green technology innovation provides an opportunity to reconcile long-term growth and environmental protection,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to promote the harmonisation and codification of the individual European rules to create a single European legal framework, e.g. European contract law, which could also contribute to greater legal certainty for SMEs and consumers within the internal market;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Highlights the economic importance of SMEs and craft manufacturing businesses in the European economy; insists, therefore, on the need to ensure that the 'think small first' principle promoted by the 'Small Business Act' is well implemented and considered as a priority in the framework of the Single Market Act;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Believes that the pluralistic structure of the European banking market meets best the variety of financing needs of SMEs and that the diversity of legal models and business objectives improves access to finance;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for the simplification of accounting reporting obligations and for the elimination of unnecessary administrative burdens for SMEs, including the simplification of the heavy regular controls of overcompensation and specific accounting reports for SMEs entrusted with operations of local and social services of general economic interest;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Underlines the necessity of strengthening SMEs capabilities when it comes to project designing and proposal writing, including technical assistance and suitable education programmes;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Supports the Commission's measures aimed at reducing the administrative burden on SMEs;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Believes that the equity investors will be more encouraged to finance small and micro businesses in their start-up phase if more efficient exit routes are provided through national or pan-European growth stock markets that at present do not function adequately;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Urges all Member States to fully implement the Goods Package;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. points out the importance of interconnected business registers and calls on the Commission to develop a clear legal framework ensuring that information in such business registers is complete and correct;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas venture capital is an important source of finance for new innovative businesses
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Stresses the need to adopt a Statute for a European Private Company to facilitate the establishment and operation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Single Market;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Recognizes the important contribution to growth and job generation of the retail sector; calls on the European Commission to include within the Single Market Act a proposal for a European retail Action Plan that identifies and addresses the numerous challenges faced by retailers and suppliers within the Single Market; the Action Plan should be based on the conclusions of the work underway in the European Parliament on "a more efficient and fairer retail market";
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines the importance of removing fiscal barriers to cross-border activities; considers that a clearer VAT framework and reporting obligations for businesses are needed to encourage sustainable production and consumption patterns, limit adaptation costs, combat VAT fraud and enhance the competitiveness of EU firms;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines the importance of removing fiscal barriers to cross-border activities; considers that
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines the importance of removing fiscal barriers to cross-border activities; considers that a clearer VAT framework and reporting obligations for businesses are needed to limit adaptation costs and enhance the competitiveness of EU firms; calls on the Commission to support the reinvestment of profits by creating fiscal incentives;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines the importance of removing fiscal barriers to cross-border activities; considers that a clearer VAT framework and reporting obligations for businesses are needed to limit adaptation costs and enhance the competitiveness of EU firms; stresses that the current uneven state of implementation is creating a major barrier for firms wishing to trade across borders by means of e-commerce;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines the importance of removing fiscal, administrative and legal barriers to cross-border activities; considers that a clearer VAT framework and reporting obligations for businesses are needed to limit adaptation costs and enhance the competitiveness of EU firms;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Underlines the importance of removing legislative barriers to cross- border activities; Calls on the Commission to create a ‘level playing field’ to all forms of enterprises within the Single Market by taking the necessary steps to introduce proposals for European statutes for associations, mutual societies and foundations, to propose a feasibility study and an impact assessment for the statutes for associations and mutual societies, and to complete the impact assessment for the statute for foundations in due course;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Points out that citizens feel aggrieved at the low rates of interest available from savings accounts at banks and that small businesses find it difficult to raise money at economic rates of interest, if at all; considers therefore that peer-to-peer lending should be fostered, if necessary through legislation, at European level; likewise considers that the Commission should be considering how to encourage and promote business-angel and mentoring systems at European level, takes the view that all this could be combined with a citizens’ portal for small business;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. points out the importance of interconnected business registers and calls on the Commission to develop a clear legal framework ensuring that information in such business registers is complete and correct;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Welcomes the intention to revise the energy tax directive ; considers that the revision should be aimed at introducing a minimum EU level of CO2 taxation consistent with the EU ambitions regarding the fight against climate change and the need to encourage more efficient energy use;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on the European Commission to include within the Single Market Act a proposal for a European retail strategy that identifies and addresses the numerous challenges faced by European businesses looking to retail their products both within the Single Market and to an international customer base. This strategy should consider the specific requirements of individual retail sectors including digital, high-street and travel retail.
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses th
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that a common consolidated corporate tax base would increase the transparency and comparability of corporate tax rates
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that a common consolidated corporate tax base
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that a common consolidated co
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls for a tax structure that can reduce taxes on labour and stimulate employment, innovation and long-term investment;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas e-commerce and e-services, including e-Government and e-Health services, are still underdeveloped at EU level,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to make public procurement procedures more effective to encourage EU firms to participate in cross-border public procurement; stresses that the participation of SMEs in contract award procedures should be further facilitated; considers that reciprocity is needed in this field between the EU and the industrialised countries and major emerging partners, without hindering the capability of the public authorities, especially in the developing countries, to use public procurement for purposes of general interest ; expects therefore the Commission to provide figures and facts regarding the level of openness of public procurement both in the EU and in other industrialised countries, and to come up with a balanced legislative proposal to enhance symmetry in access to public procurement;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to make public procurement procedures more effective to encourage EU firms to participate in cross-border public procurement; stresses that the participation of SMEs and social economy enterprises in contract award procedures should be further facilitated;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to make public procurement procedures more effective to encourage EU firms to participate in cross-border public procurement; stresses that the participation of SMEs in contract award procedures should be further facilitated, whilst endeavouring to uphold their rights and those of their employees when they work as subcontractors;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to make it clear that public authorities may base public procurement on social criteria such as the payment of relevant standard wages and other requirements;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to review the public procurement rules in order to bring them into agreement with goals and policies of the EU to simplify the procedure, especially for small local and regional authorities and to allow SMEs greater access to public procurement
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Emphasises the importance of ensuring reciprocal access to public contracts with trading partners in the industrialised and major emerging countries;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to push forward the key Smart Regulation elements (such as cutting administrative burdens by 25% in 2012 and planning a post 2012 strategy) and implement systematic application of independent assessment and SME test both at EU and national level;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Supports the Commission's proposal to develop effective dispute resolution mechanisms but calls on the Commission to focus also on the prevention of disputes such as through stronger measures that prevent unfair commercial practices;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Notes that the Single Market is primarily a solid basis for the activity of European companies, while also supporting their global commercial activities; stresses that, in international procurement, the Commission should make further efforts to establish a level playing field as regards competition for European companies and companies from third countries participating in public procurement;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Is of the opinion that the Commission should improve its efforts to facilitate cross-border banking, by removing all existing obstacles to the usage of competing clearing and settlement systems and by applying common rules to trading;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Considers that the Commission should sponsor a European skills exchange whereby small and medium- sized enterprises can benefit from the skills available in larger enterprises, thereby promoting synergies and mentoring;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the Commission to simplify public procurement procedures in order to reduce the administrative cost and legal uncertainty for contracting authorities; also calls on the Commission to find a clear and appropriate solution for ‘in- house’ contracts in public procurement legislation;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Criticises the proposal, made prior to this consultation, that new legal rules should be adopted for service concessions ; considers this proposal to be counterproductive in view of the "better regulation" initiative, as this can lead to a further fragmentation of the rules regarding public contracts, and increase the legal uncertainty
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Supports the Commission in its intension to review the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive and calls on the Commission to insert specific provisions relating to widespread fraudulent practices, such as in the case of Misleading Business Directories;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Further points out in this connection that, in the present economic climate, businesses and the public sector are increasingly having recourse to unpaid internships or stages in order to avoid taking young persons on under a contract of employment; considers, without detracting in any way from the utility of such measures in affording young persons work experience, that a model for a European scheme for a cross-border short-term employment contract should be created in order to enable young persons to gain experience in their chosen field in a country other than their own without any risk to the employer; considers that the European skills exchange proposed in the previous paragraph could be used to administer this scheme by matching job- seekers and employers, assisting with the administrative formalities and providing grants for participating SMEs; strongly believes that the benefits for the young people concerned (job experience and the possibility of a permanent job, language learning, skills acquisition, etc), for business (development of cross-border trade, increase in the pool of potential employees, etc) and for the EU as a whole (benefits in terms of social cohesion, positive effect on intra-Union trade and on employment, increased geographical mobility) would be substantial;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Calls on the Commission to adopt a cautious approach to public-private partnerships, by also taking bad experiences into account, and to propose a clear legislative framework which provides legal certainty and puts bidders and contracting authorities on an equal footing in sharing both the benefits and the risks;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 d (new) 16d. Calls on the Commission to bring legal clarification to public procurement legislation with respect to the inclusion of social and environmental criteria in invitations to tender;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas sub-optimal electronic management of copyrights leads to a high level of fragmentation in the market for audiovisual products which is detrimental to EU businesses; whereas both businesses and consumers would benefit from the creation of a genuine Single Market for audiovisual products as long as the fundamental rights of internet users are fully respected,
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses the need for
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses the need for proper implementation of the Services Directive
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses the need for full and proper implementation of the Services Directive
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Believes that service sector is a key element of the single market; Doubts that the Services Directive will provide high quality services in Europe; Urges the Commission to revaluate the impact of the Directive in the upcoming assessment on the principles of universality, affordability, continuity, quality and availability; Encourages Member States to support the public sector and deliver to citizens high quality public services
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative framework to protect social services of general interest and services of general economic interest, which are at the heart of the European social model, to enable them to fulfil all their tasks, as provided for in the Lisbon Treaty and in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of the business services sector and to take the necessary regulatory measures in order to protect SMEs from unfair com
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of the business services sector and to
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of the business services sector and to take the necessary regulatory measures in order to protect especially SMEs from unfair commercial practices by larger enterprises in the retail sector; recalls its Resolution 2008/2126 (INI) and urges the Commission again to come up with a proposal to prevent the fraudulent practices of Misleading Business Directories;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of the business services sector and to take the necessary regulatory measures in order to protect SMEs from unfair commercial practices by larger enterprises
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) - having regard to the Communication of the Commission on a Green Paper on Public Procurement [COM(2011)0015]
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Commission to encourage and support the production and supply of numerous social services of general interest by the social economy enterprises;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Recommends the creation of intermediary agencies in order to assemble the financial needs of innovative and sustainable projects (in particular for SGEI) and hence to facilitate their access to financial markets in better conditions
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. welcomes that the Commission is very active in examining recently adopted national laws which hinder European companies, e.g. in the retail sector to profit from their internal market rights in other Member States; calls on the Commission to further investigate in depth provisions in trade and tax law which discriminate against foreign European companies;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Commission, in consultation with the stakeholders, to define "manifestly unfair commercial practices" in the retail sector; asks the Commission, on that basis, to collect evidence-based cases of unfair commercial practices; calls on the Commission to make a thorough assessment of existing national measures to prevent unfair commercial practices in the retail sector and, on that basis, to propose further action in respect of competition and freedom of contract;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Stresses that a fragmented payment system is an obstacle to cross-border trade; calls on the Commission to continue to improve the SEPA system in order to define a basic payment services available for all cards increasing transparency in transactions costs and reducing interchange fees within the EU;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas counterfeiting
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Invites the Commission to propose an appropriate legal framework for services concessions
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the importance of proper implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive; urges the Commission to propose measures for the creation of EU-wide professional cards where appropriate while ensuring the protection of personal data;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises the importance of proper implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive and welcomes the work carried out on its recast; urges the Commission to propose measures for the creation of EU-wide professional cards where appropriate, particularly for the regulated professions or those where the risk of fraud is greatest and most dangerous;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Commission to review and update at regular intervals, in close cooperation with the national coordination bodies appointed by the Member States and the organisations of workers and employers at Community level, the mutually agreed Community job descriptions and the comparative tables relating to vocational training qualifications; considers that, where necessary, proposals should be formulated for a more efficient operation of the system including other measures likely to improve the situation as regards the comparability of vocational qualifications;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas counterfeiting
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the intention by the European Commission to propose a legislative reform of the standardization framework, also covering services; stresses that the standardisation of services should lead to the completion of the single market where this has been shown to be worthwhile, and in particular must take full account of the needs of SMEs;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Highlights the importance of the external dimension of the internal market and in particular of regulatory cooperation with main trading partners whether at bilateral or multilateral levels with the objective of promoting regulatory convergence, equivalence of third-country regimes and the wider adoption of international standards; insists on the necessity to ensure increased loyalty in international trade exchanges by guaranteeing the principle of reciprocity, especially in the field of public procurement, competition policy, and intellectual property rights;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Highlights the importance of the external dimension of the internal market and in particular of regulatory cooperation with main trading partners with the objective of promoting regulatory convergence, equivalence of third-country regimes and the wider adoption of international standards, particularly on social and environmental matters;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Highlights the importance of the external dimension of the internal market and in particular of regulatory cooperation with main trading partners with the objective of promoting regulatory convergence, equivalence of third-country regimes and the wider adoption of international standards; encourages the Commission to examine the existing agreements with third parties that extend elements of internal market beyond its borders as to their effectiveness in providing a legal certainty for its potential beneficiaries;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses the role of the Services of General Economic Interest and Social Services of General Interest as basic rights for the European citizens, as fundamental pillar of the European social market economy (and as shock absorber for citizens and enterprises during the crisis) and calls for a legislative framework on SGEI - on the basis of art.14 and protocol 26 of TFEU - in order to avoid law uncertainty, to guarantee possibility of public authorities providing, executing and organising these services in a way that meets users needs, to ensure quality and affordable universal services access to public transports, energy, water, housing, banking services; (proposal 25)
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Invites the Commission to look into new ways of improving the access for European enterprises to public procurement markets outside the EU, in order to ensure a level playing field for both European and foreign enterprises competing for the award of public contracts;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) II. Key Priorities 22b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States take due account of the importance of innovation for strong and sustainable growth by ensuring that innovation is properly financed, namely through the creation of EU project bonds and through a legislative framework to allow venture capital funds to invest freely throughout the EU;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. highlights the importance to review legislation relating to Public procurements and Public and Private partnership with a to foster smart, sustainable and inclusive growth within the Single Market and for local realities; stresses the need for a clear legislation, taking into account the right to impose social and environmental clauses, facilitating access of SMEs to these markets, ensuring legal certainty for contracting authorities, thus respecting the current case law on services concessions; underlines the necessity of a legislative instrument on the implementation of the European Union's commitments relating to international public procurements in order to ensure substantial reciprocity and transparency; stresses that increased competitive pressure among corporations has led to serious abuse of human rights, labour rights and damages to the environment; calls therefore for a Corporate Social Responsibility binding clause to be included in trade agreements; (proposals 17, 24)
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. points out the need to progress towards some tax harmonisation at EU level - thus hindering distorting and unfair tax competition putting at stake social protection and reducing revenues for Member States - with the objective of easing the burden on labour and creating incentives for employment, innovation and long-term investment, notably by harmonising the common consolidated corporate tax base and coordinating VAT rates; (proposal 19)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas differences in fiscal provisions, such as corporate taxation and reporting obligations for VAT, result in significant obstacles to cross-border transactions; whereas the
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Stresses that the creation of the EU Patent and of a unified litigation system, as well as an improved system for the management of copyright is indispensable to support innovation and creativity within the Single Market;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. reminds that financial services are not subjected to VAT; considers that financial services and activities should be subject to an adequate system and level of taxation, therefore asks for the introduction of a Financial Transactions Tax the revenue from which would improve the functioning of the market by reducing speculation and help to finance public goods, long term investment in growth, employment and social inclusion and reduce public deficits in a balanced manner; considers that such a tax ought to be as broadly based as possible or, failing that, that the FTT should be introduced as a first step at EU level by the Commission through a concrete legislative proposal;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Stresses the need to improve access for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to capital markets and to remove existing fiscal obstacles to their cross-border activities by adopting a clearer VAT framework, as well as a common consolidated corporate tax base, to make the Single Market a better business environment;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. highlights the importance of fostering real economy and long term investments conducive to growth and jobs through innovative financing tools, therefore calls for the creation of Euro project bonds to stimulate EU-wide strategic projects, notably on energy, transport, digital and R&D infrastructures, for a European legislation on venture capital funds and long term savings providing capital for innovative and job creating sectors, for facilitating access of SMEs to financing, both by exhorting banks to lend and by putting in place a European network of specific and regulated stock exchange; (proposals 15, 16)
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 f (new) 22f. asks for strengthening the fight against counterfeiting, as a major issue for both jobs and growth, and for consumers' safety, by improving the cooperation between customs services, giving appropriate information to consumers, notably on counterfeited goods sold on internet, strengthening the dialogue on these issues with commercial partners, notably China, and "made in" issue; (proposal 3)
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 g (new) 22g. calls for the creation of a Single market for online audiovisual goods ensuring an adequate remuneration for right holders thus aiming the broadest access of people to cultural goods; urges specific measures to enhance confidence of businesses and consumers in e- commerce (such as the e-signatures directive...), so to boost the potential of the e-commerce market and to strengthen data and privacy protection on the internet; (proposals 2, 5)
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Urges the Commission to take all the necessary steps to stimulate the development of electronic commerce in the Single Market;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Invites the Commission to propose legislative instruments to make public procurement procedures more flexible and less bureaucratic so that the participation of SMEs in award procedures is facilitated; encourages Member States to use public procurement in order to stimulate the market for innovative and green technologies;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas differences in fiscal provisions
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas differences in fiscal provisions,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas cross-border procurement accounts for a low share of the whole public procurement market, despite being an opportunity for EU firms; whereas SMEs still have limited access to public procurement markets ; whereas the inclusion of environmental, social and innovative criteria in public authorities' calls for tender should be encouraged,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas public procurement plays an important role to boost economic growth, accounting for around 17% of the EU's GDP; whereas cross-border procurement accounts for a low share of the whole public procurement market, despite being an opportunity for EU firms; whereas SMEs still have limited access to public procurement markets,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas services are accountable for a significant part of our economic growth; whereas the
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas services are accountable for a significant part of our economic growth;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 b (new) Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas services are accountable for a significant part of our economic growth; whereas the Single Market for services is still underdeveloped due to gaps and late implementation of the Services Directive; whereas the sectors excluded from this directive should be the subject of specific protective legislation that complies with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas services are a
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) Na. whereas, with a view to creating a common internal market for businesses, harmonisation and codification of European legislation within a single European legal framework, e.g. European contract law, ensures greater legal certainty for firms and consumers and is thus a vital element in enhancing the operation of the internal market,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission Communication ‘Towards a Single Market Act’
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises in particular the Commission's commitment, in this Communication, to promote new approaches towards sustainable development,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. considers it essential that the Single Market Act include an ambitious agenda for social and consumer protection in the form of the insertion of a social clause in all legislation related to the internal market, legislation on services of general economic interest, a legislative agenda to strengthen workers' rights, an ambitious legislative package for consumer protection that makes a difference to the daily lives of citizens and better tax coordination by means of harmonisation of the corporate tax base and VAT rates;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is important to restore confidence in the Single Market at all levels
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of the Single Market
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of the Single Market for the competitiveness of EU enterprises and for the growth of European economies, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure sufficient resources to improve the implementation of the single market rules, and welcomes the holistic approach used in the Communication;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses, particularly in view of the economic and financial crisis, the importance of the Single Market for the competitiveness of EU enterprises and for the growth and stability of European economies, and welcomes the holistic approach used in the Communication;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission, with a view to further boosting growth, to simplify existing European rules by means of harmonisation and codification, and to that end to draw up an analysis of the current legal basis for businesses and consumers so as to create, in the long term, a single body of law, e.g. European contract law;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls the cost of fragmentation and the benefits of harmonisation for the well- functioning of the Single Market; calls for more transparency and a reduction of administrative burdens, especially for SMEs, by ensuring that the Small Business Act is fully and correctly implemented in all Member States;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls therefore on the Commission to submit an ambitious package of measures supported by a clear and coherent strategy to promote the competitiveness of the internal market;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Suggests that the Commission and Member States step up their efforts to strictly implement and apply the Think Small First principle as outlined in the Small Business Act and the SME Test when proposing new legislative internal market measures;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 II.
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 I. Priority Area 1:
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 I. Priority Area 1: An innovative and greener Single Market
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is important to restore confidence in the Single Market at all levels and to eliminate
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly supports the creation of an EU patent and of a unified patent litigation system in order to make the Single Market an innovation-friendly environment; stresses that the cost burden of multilingual patents would hinder innovation in the Single Market; stresses that the language problems with Spain and Italy need to be solved as quickly as possible;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly supports the creation of an EU patent and of a unified patent litigation system in order to make the Single Market an innovation-friendly environment; stresses that the cost burden of multilingual patents would hinder innovation in the Single Market; strongly encourages interested Member States to take part in the reinforced cooperation procedure;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly supports the creation of an EU patent and of a unified patent litigation system in order to make the Single Market an innovation-friendly environment; stresses that the
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly supports the creation of an EU patent and of a unified patent litigation
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly supports the creation of an EU patent on a balanced and non- discriminatory basis and of a unified patent litigation system in order to make the Single Market an innovation-friendly environment; stresses that the cost burden of multilingual patents would hinder innovation in the Single Market; stresses that a unified EU patent system of this nature must in no case constitute an obstacle or form of discrimination as regards exchanges between Member States;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly supports the creation of an EU patent and of a unified patent litigation system in order to make the Single Market an innovation-friendly and leading environment;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Emphasizes that the introduction of both an EU patent and a unified patent litigation system will give a major boost to European competitiveness, since they will promote technology, provide an incentive for investment in research and development, help create new businesses and jobs, attract foreign investment capital and assist in technology transfer;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Supports an initiative on an ecologic footprint of products and calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a real common assessment and labelling system;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Urges the Commission to come up as soon as possible with an energy efficiency plan to improve energy savings;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is important to
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Considers that the White Paper on transport policy should focus on proposals to enhance sustainable transport modes, including intermodality;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Encourages the Commission to propose a new legal framework for standardisation
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the creation of EU project bonds in order to support long-term innovation in the Single Market
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the creation of EU project bonds in order to support long-term innovation in the Single Market; welcomes the proposals supporting the innovative potential of the social economy enterprises;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the creation of E
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Supports the creation of EU project bonds in order to support long-term innovation in the Single Market as long as appropriate risk management structures are in place and their use is accompanied by full disclosure of all potential liabilities;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges the Commission to conduct a financial audit of the EU's Budget priorities for the next financial framework and to prioritise European Added Value Projects able to enhance EU competitiveness and integration in the areas of research, knowledge and innovation;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to promote cross-border investment and to set up a legislative framework to
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is important to restore confidence in the Single Market at all levels and to eliminate existing barriers to enterprises entering business; whereas high administrative burdens
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to promote cross-border investment and to set up a legislative framework to
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to promote cross-border investment and to set up a legislative framework to allow venture capital funds to be invested freely within the Single Market, irrespective of the Member State of origin
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to promote cross-border investment and to set up a
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to promote cross-border investment and, in particular, to set up a legislative framework to
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Invites the Commission to look into the possibilities of creating a European venture capital fund capable of investing in early-stage 'proof of concept' and business development prior to commercial investment;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that the pooling of European Investment Fund resources with those of national public and private investors would help meet the specific needs of the market and allow more capital to be injected into the venture capital sector, within the context of the need for long-term investment in innovation in order to achieve the ambitious objectives laid down in this field by the EU 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Is of the view that the Commission's proposal to ensure that venture capital funds would operate and invest freely across the European Union, may not be comprehensive enough to ease the raising of venture and seed capital for SMEs;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Acknowledges the importance of public procurement, especially pre-commercial procurement, and the role it plays in stimulating innovation in the Single Market; encourages Member States to make use of pre-commercial procurement to give a decisive initial push to new markets for innovative and green technologies while improving the quality
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Acknowledges the importance of public procurement, especially pre-commercial procurement, and the role it plays in stimulating innovation in the Single Market; encourages Member States to make use of pre-commercial procurement to give a decisive initial push to new markets for innovative and green technologies while improving the quality and effectiveness of public services; calls on the Commission and Member States to better communicate the existing possibilities for pre-commercial procurement to public authorities; calls on the Commission to explore how cross- border joint procurement can be facilitated; deplores the lack of legal clarity on the inclusion of social considerations in public procurement
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Commission to support the efforts of the public sector to adopt innovative approaches, exploiting new technologies and procedures and disseminating best practices in the public administration which will lower bureaucracy and embrace citizen-centred policies;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas a Single Market Act can have a sense only if its connected with the purpose of shifting the EU economy towards more sustainable and solidarity- based patterns
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) Calls on the Commission to take initiatives to significantly increase the participation of SMEs in public procurement by removing bureaucratic obstacles and barriers, thereby facilitating their access to it;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges Member States to increase efforts to pool innovation resources through the creation of innovation clusters and facilitating the participation of SMEs, including social economy enterprises, in EU research programmes;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges Member States to increase efforts to pool innovation resources through the creation of innovation clusters and
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges Member States to increase efforts to pool innovation resources through the creation of innovation clusters
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Urges Member States to increase efforts to pool innovation resources through the creation of innovation clusters and facilitating the participation of SMEs in EU research programmes
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the Commission 's proposal to revise the Energy tax Directive (2003/96/EC) to include a carbon-related component in the taxation of energy products and electricity in order to initiate a move from budget-driven taxation to environment-driven taxation while keeping the same overall level of taxation;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Insists on the importance of putting inventions to good use; supports the idea of creating a European Funds for Patents, which would create patents pools through a system of licences to the benefice of European enterprises, especially innovative SMEs;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the initiative announced by the Commission aimed at combating trade mark and product piracy, and in particular the legislative proposals due for submission in 2011 seeking to adjust the legal framework to the new challenges of the internet and to strengthen measures by the customs authorities in this area; notes that in this connection synergies could also be achieved with the forthcoming action plan to enhance European market surveillance;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission's proposed
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas it is important that the Single Market Act does not consist of a series of measures isolated from each other, and that all proposals must participate together in the achievement of a coherent objective
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission’s proposed revision of the e-Signatures Directive with a view to providing a legal framework for cross-border recognition and interoperability of secure e-authentication systems; emphasizes the need for mutual recognition of e-identification and e- authentication across the EU;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of the proposed e-mobility package aimed at using new technologies to support an efficient and sustainable transport system, especially through the use of integrated ticketing; calls on Member States to swiftly implement of the directive on intelligent transport systems;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the need to go beyond the existing barriers to cross-border e-commerce in the EU; emphasises the need for an active policy enabling the public and companies to benefit fully from this tool available to them which can offer them quality products and services at competitive prices; believes that this is essential in the present climate of economic crisis, and that it would aid enormously in the completion of the single market, as a means of fighting rising inequality and protecting consumers who are vulnerable, live in remote locations or suffer from reduced mobility, as well as low-income groups and SMEs, to whom integration into the world of e-commerce is particularly important;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses and citizens in e- commerce, namely by
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce,
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the importance of removing barriers to e-commerce; Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce, namely by harmonizing consumer contract law where possible and by facilitating cross-border debt recovery;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to take
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph - 1 (new) -1. Stresses that the external dimension of the European strategy, which also includes international trade, is assuming growing importance due to the integration of markets and therefore that an appropriate external strategy can be genuinely useful with a view to sustainable growth, employment and a stronger single market for businesses, in line with the aims of the 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that the reinforcement of the European internal market requires a more intense action of the Commission against private monopolies, a step forward in the imposition of minimum standards, and a strong cooperation regarding the taxation of corporations based in the EU and their operations in trade partner countries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates the fact that compliance with high standards is crucial to achieving social progress, consumer protection and sustainable economic growth and that, in order to allow EU companies to compete internationally on a level playing field, EU trading partners should abide by the rules and enforce them, as non-compliance is a
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates the fact that compliance with high European standards is crucial to achieving social progress, consumer protection and sustainable economic growth and that, in order to allow EU companies to compete internationally on a level playing field, EU trading partners should abide by the rules and enforce them, as non-compliance is a form of dumping which severely
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates the fact that
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Is concerned by the possible impact of trade agreements subscribed under GATS mode 4 on European labour markets; therefore urges the Commission to launch an impact assessment previous to any trade agreement conclusion, involving social partners at EU and national level;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses the need to transform the EU's trade policy into a true vehicle for sustainable development and the creation of more and better jobs; asks the Commission to shape a new trade policy consistent with a strong job-creating industrial policy;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underscores the need to fight piracy and counterfeiting with all available means and to facilitate technical and financial support for EU companies, including SMEs, in doing so, as the international protection of IPRs, GIs and copyright is vital not only in terms of promoting innovation but also for the survival of many EU sectors of activity and for encouraging initiatives to make EU companies innovative, competitive and capable of entering foreign markets successfully;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underscores the need to fight
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underscores the
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines also that the protection and enforcement of IPRs should be developed in a broader approach by taking into consideration the consumer and citizens rights and needs, and without conflicting with other EU internal and external policies such as the promotion of the information society, the fostering of education, health care, development in third countries and the promotion of biological and cultural diversity on an international scale;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the Commission to cancel any kind of subsidies to companies that are relocating their economic activities outside of the EU in order to maximise their profit at the expense of decent jobs in the EU;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission to adopt a consistent and balanced strategy in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, in terms of fostering innovation, supporting innovative business as well as the best way to reward creation, and protecting citizens' fundamental rights, such as the right to privacy and protection of personal data;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures with industrialised countries and major emerging economies, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments; deplores the fact that, by increasing competitive pressure among countries to attract foreign investors, as well as competition between corporations, globalisation has resulted, in some cases, in serious abuses of human rights and labour rights and in damage to the environment; points out that companies have duties, and calls for a binding CSR clause to be included in trade agreements
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, in particular for SMEs, as well as security and predictability in relation to invest
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it important to ensure
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it important to ensure
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments; believes that quality and price and not any other policy or criteria must be the deciding factor in awarding public contracts; deplores the fact that, by increasing competitive pressure among countries to attract foreign investors, as well as competition between corporations, globalisation has resulted, in some cases, in serious abuses of human rights and labour rights and in damage to the environment; points out that companies have duties, and calls for a binding CSR clause to be included in trade agreements
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments; deplores the fact that, by increasing competitive pressure among countries to attract foreign investors, as well as competition between corporations, globalisation has resulted, in some cases, in serious abuses of human rights and labour
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Advocates for coherence between
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers also that EU’s future investment policy must promote investments which are sustainable, respect the governments' right to regulate in favour of the public interest and encourage good quality working conditions in the enterprises targeted by the investments.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to develop greater coordination between SME measures at the domestic and international level, and to identify and promote SMEs that have trade potential; considers that the Member States should do more to encourage SME use of existing initiatives and tools such as the market access database and the export helpdesk;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges the EU to strengthen regulation and control of trade in financial services and products before considering to deepen the internal market and external trade in this sector of the economy;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Urges the Commission that with regard to transport of persons and traded goods in the internal market as well as with neighbouring countries, the emphasis should clearly be on railway transportation networks and must avoid any further increase in road transport;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that multinational corporations and their subsidiaries are one of the key players in economic globalisation and international trade and that, according to the United Nations Global Compact of 10 principles, multinational corporations are asked to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and the fight against corruption; notes also that non-compliance with the legislation in force in any third country where an EU company of any size operates, constitutes an infraction or a criminal offence working to the detriment of workers in the given third country, and that if such non- compliance is persistent and goes unpunished, it may lead to a spread of less stringent labour, environmental and fiscal standards, thus negatively impacting even workers in the EU;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Proposes, in more general terms, that, where relevant, future trade agreements negotiated by the Union should incorporate a chapter on sustainable development drawing on the principles of CSR as defined by the 2010 update of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Asks the Commission to take account of the specific circumstances of SMEs and micro-businesses which can best be achieved by exempting them from the burden of regulation;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Believes that reference to coordination of national tax policies, notably by proposing a Directive introducing a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) must not remove from the Member States the right to determine their own tax policy and tax rates;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Believes strongly that the posting of workers directive must not create two classes of citizens' rights within a single company or location and that the power of Member States to create and operate their own welfare structures must remain sacrosanct;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Reminds the Commission that central planning failed throughout Central and Eastern Europe as well as all other countries in the world under socialism; therefore voices its alarm at the Commission's plans to create a European framework for the planning in advance of industrial restructuring;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Advocates coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies and its overall objectives, contributing to sustainable growth and employment in line with the EU 2020 strategy; urges that such coherence be pursued in the context of multilateral organisations and bilateral trade agreements through ex ante sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) and
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Feels strongly that the Social Business Initiative should be permissive and not restrictive, that social ratings should be voluntary, that any use of savings must be limited to cases where ownership and title cannot be established, and that dormancy must not function as an unusual and cruel form of state punishment and an act of legalised theft for leaving money unused;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4g. Feels strongly that attempts to improve the quality of legal structures must not deprive shareholders and stakeholders of the right to determine for themselves the form of legal status they prefer;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) 4h. Points out that modern economics is riddled with examples of state planning going wrong and damaging the quality of people's lives; reminds the Commission that it is far from infallible and asks it to remember this at all times when seeking to develop and implement this programme;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 i (new) 4i. Feels strongly that mortgage market integration should have the effect of expanding and widening consumer choice not limiting it; urges that Commission action must not therefore cause products and offerings to be withdrawn from the market but add to their numbers; moreover, notes that mortgages are denominated in a currency, meaning exchange rates can have as much impact as interest rates, and urges, in this context, that stability must not be used to stultify the market;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 j (new) 4j. Recommends that the Commission understands that the best way to achieve its objective of eliminating the tax obstacles still facing European citizens is to take less of people's money;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 k (new) 4k. Notes that the Laffer Curve definitively demonstrates that tax rates which are too high reduce the incentive to work and the revenue generated by a particular tax and further notes that taxes can have wider, damaging consequences;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 l (new) Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Advocates coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies and its overall objectives, contributing to sustainable growth and employment in line with the EU 2020 strategy; urges that such coherence be pursued in the context of multilateral organisations and bilateral trade agreements through ex ante sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) and periodic ex post evaluations, the inclusion in agreements of clauses on human rights, social and environmental responsibility and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their enforcement, with sanctions in the event of infringement; emphasizes that international trade agreements serve the purpose of harmonizing rules and standards in order to lower adjustment costs, especially for SME;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Advocates coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies and its overall objectives, contributing to sustainable growth and employment in line with the EU 2020 strategy; urges that such coherence be pursued in the context of
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Advocates coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies and its overall objectives, contributing to sustainable growth and employment in line with the EU 2020 strategy; urges that such coherence be pursued in the context of multilateral organisations and bilateral trade agreements through ex ante sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) and periodic ex post evaluations
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes with concern that the EU's new external trade strategy "Trade, Growth and World Affairs" continues to advocate indiscriminate liberalization across the entire spectrum of goods and services and thus fails to adjust to the more selective approach of the EU 2020 strategy to deliver on the goal of job creation and sustainable development;
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