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2012/2094(INI) Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy
Next event: Amendments tabled in committee 2012/09/27 more...
Lead committee dossier: AFET/7/09574
Legal Basis RoP 048
Next event: Amendments tabled in committee 2012/09/27 more...
- Text adopted by Parliament, single reading 2012/12/11
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading 2012/11/15
- Debate in Parliament 2012/12/10
- Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2012/11/06
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | AFET | SCHAAKE Marietje (ALDE) | ZALEWSKI Paweł (EPP), SIWIEC Marek (S&D), TARAND Indrek (Verts/ALE) |
Opinion | INTA | ANDERSDOTTER Amelia (Verts/ALE) |
Legal Basis RoP 048
Activites
- 2012/12/11 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
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2012/12/10
Debate in Parliament
- 2012/11/15 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2012/11/06
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- 2012/09/27 Amendments tabled in committee
- 2012/08/24 Committee draft report
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2012/05/24
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Committee draft report: PE491.252
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE496.512
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0470/2012
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0374/2012
Amendments | Dossier |
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2012/2094(INI)
2012/07/23
INTA
57 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that the Internet has become a public space which has given rise to new
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is concerned that some citizens see the current system of copyright protection as a tool to ‘punish and withhold, instead of a tool to recognise and reward’;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – footnote 1 Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that the personal IP address is a component of personal data and is thus specifically protected by the right of informational self-determination; considers that this should also be anchored in trade agreements;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes with concern how limiting access to the Internet is used for protectionist purposes by China and other countries which, for example, make reference to national security to exclude European companies in an attempt to create a protected market for their own digital services;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Realises that though it is preferable for these matters to be regulated at member state level, article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union clearly stipulates that, "intellectual property shall be protected";
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Points out that the limits on Internet access imposed by many countries for protectionist purposes are contrary to their commitments under the GATS agreement and therefore urges the Commission to take action against them within the framework of the WTO;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Also understands, therefore, that the Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy along with the new Common Commercial Policy could be tools that ensure that the intellectual property rights of EU citizens and businesses are protected in the best possible way, and that if combined, could form a basis for implementing ambitious levels of IPR protection in trade and investment agreements to which the EU is a party;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that the Internet has become
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Considers that more global cooperation is needed to uphold and modernise intellectual property rights in the future, this being vital to ensure innovation, employment and open world trade;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on Member States and the Commission to develop IPR policy to continue to allow those who wish to create their own content and share it without IPR to be allowed to do so;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is of the opinion that the European Union should stop negotiating international agreements on IPR in plurilateral and bilateral settings until the issues regarding IPR on the Internet and the
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to finally submit a proposal for a directive on the enforcement of copyright in the digital domain that is tailored to present requirements, so that agreements can be reached with our trading partners on the basis of a modern European law;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to promote software and hardware solutions for secure, independent online trading and Internet solutions for active democratic participation by all citizens, and to anchor these in the EU’s foreign trade relations;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Council
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Council
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Council
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Council
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Council not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required to restrict access to websites, remove user-generated content or provide personal information in ways that breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission not to transfer enforcement and copyright claims to economic operators in future trade agreements, and also to ensure that actions that interfere with internet freedom law may only be carried out under the rule of law with judicial authority;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that eCommerce has developed outside of traditional and standard trade- regulatory frameworks. Stresses the importance of increased international cooperation in the WTO and WIPO to protect and ensure the development of the global digital market. Calls for a revision and update of the current Information Technology Agreement (ITA) in the WTO and for the EU to explore the possibilities of an International Digital Economy Agreement (IDEA);
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to include a safeguard mechanism in all future trade agreements, and especially those with an IPR and/or internet chapter, in order to ensure that EU ICT companies are not required by third parties to restrict websites access, remove user-generated content or provide personal information in ways that contravene fundamental rights and freedoms;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Considers restricted access for EU businesses to digital markets and online consumers through mass state censorship or restricted market-access for European online service providers in third countries protectionist measures and trade barriers, potentially to be addressed in international dispute settlement mechanisms; Calls on the Commission to present a strategy to challenge measures by third countries restricting access for EU companies to global online markets;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that infringements of intellectual property rights can pose a serious threat to legitimate trade and the competitiveness of the EU and its Member States, and that this subsequently has a negative impact on growth and employment;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the EU to ensure that the application of third country legislation on EU citizens online fully complies with fundamental rights and freedoms;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Notes that increased governmental involvement and regulation of the Internet hampers its open and unrestricted nature, thereby restricting the potential for increased eCommerce and EU businesses in the digital economy; believes a multi-stakeholder approach offers the best approach in ensuring a balance between public and private interest on the Internet and the global market place; calls for an international effort to build required infrastructures to enable the expansion of the digital economy, including liberal regulatory regimes, also to developing countries to increase mutual benefits in line with the trade for change principle;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Considers new technologies as enablers of change and beneficial to fundamental freedoms, human rights and business opportunities; acknowledges that EU made technologies and services are used in third countries to purposely violate human rights by censoring information, tracking citizens and for building parallel intranets;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the EU should include in future FTAs objective
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the E
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the EU should also include
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that the EU should
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that the extra-territorial application on European Union citizens of laws from foreign jurisdictions has arisen as an issue both in terms of censorship and restricted access to political information, as well as in the copyright debates; calls on the Council and the Commission to minimise the impact of third-country legislation, or lack thereof, on European Union citizens online;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers the Internet as a global market place for which the free flow of information and access to communication and information technologies are indispensable prerequisites. Calls for the inclusion of conditionality clauses in EU free trade agreements stipulating objective and transparent safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuring the free flow of information;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products – from equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products – from equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes and transparency mechanisms in respect of trading in products – from basic goods and equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom; regards jamming and interception technology products and services as ‘single use’ items whose export should be subject to ex-ante approval.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products – from equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom; regards jamming and interception technology products and services as ‘single use’ items whose export should be subject to
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products – from equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom; regards jamming and interception technology products and services as
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Believes companies should design and implement businesses practices monitoring the possible impact of new ICT products on human rights, also in the R&D phase, and to ensure non-complicity in possible human rights violations in third countries. Calls on the Commission to provide EU businesses with a wide range of information to ensure the right balance between business interests and corporate social responsibility;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Believes copyright reform in the EU is essential for completing both the EU's digital single market, as well for optimizing the opportunities for EU businesses and content providers in the global digital economy, calls on the Commission to further it's IPR strategy whilst taking into full account a need for a balanced copyright reform which suits the 21st century digital communications networks and is primarily based on fundamental rights protection online, proportional protection of rightsholders and preserving the open nature of the internet and it's innovation potential, and which should become the new basis for IPR provisions and commitments in future FTAs;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recognises as vital for the development of innovation, growth and job creation to appropriately safeguard intellectual property rights (IPR) for those companies in the EU (European Union) that rely on them to sustain employment in the ICT (information and communications technology) and media sector;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Understands that EU companies lose billions of euros each year as a result of counterfeiting and piracy and deeply regrets the impact of both on rising EU unemployment rates;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is concerned that citizens
source: PE-494.563
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