27 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2010/2278(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Single Market is one of the main drivers of European growth and should be a real economic pillar of the EU by overcoming economic and competitiveness divergences, distortions and the uneven treatment of European enterprises and citizenscompletion of the Single Market is a necessary condition to enable the European Union to reach its full potential for economic growth and strengthen its highly competitive social market economy,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Single Market Act concerns Europeans as active participants in the European economy,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Single Market is not only an institutional structure, facing economic, financial and social challenges legal framework, but also a way of protecting specific fundamental rights of citizens, consumers, workers and small businesses (, entrepreneurs and businesses, in particular SMEs),
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the lack of a holistic vision for other horizMario Monti report showed that a holistic vision supposes that many policies, traditiontal policies,ly not regarded as being linked to the Single Market - such as health, social and consumer protection, labour law, the environment and sustainable development, - hampers the Single Market enlargementve to be integrated into the Single Market strategic objective in order to reach a high level of integration,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to achievcomplete the Single Market need to concentrate on the concerns and rights of citizens, consumers and SMEs in order to overcome the current ‘European fatigue’regain their full confidence in the Single Market;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. StressWelcomes the need to facilCommission’s intention to propose a legislative initiative to reform the system for the recognition of professional qualifications; guarantee the portability of mobile workers’ pension funds; provide training outside the classroom leading to a skills passport; and introduce the ‘youth on the move’ cardCalls on the Commission to evaluate the acquis and publish a Green Paper by September 2011;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to adopt a Communication on energy priorities up to 2020/2030; Calls on the Commission to tackle missing infrastructure links and facilitate the integration of renewable energy in order to develop a fully operational internal energy market;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for measures to set up an adequate legal framework for foundations, cooperatives and, mutual associations, to prevent legal uncertainty and to ensure there are socially oriented corporate institutions and socially innovative corporate projects in the area of services of general interessocieties and associations, so as to give them European status and prevent legal uncertainty, improve their cross-border access and maximise their entrepreneurial, social, cultural and innovative potential in the Single Market;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Calls on the Commission to identify and eliminate tax obstacles still facing European citizens;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Notes the proposal of the Commission on social business initiative and recommends launching a consultation on this project in order to assess the potential of this measure in terms of economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a
Paragraph 17 – point a
(a) to enhance European market surveillance, improve access to basic banking services, create a single integrated mortgage market and remove tax obstacles and double taxation;Priority area 1: qualifications and vocational training
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint i (new)
(i) is in favour of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications being revised to improve recognition of qualifications and increase occupational mobility;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint ii (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint ii (new)
(ii) Encourages the Member States and the European Commission to pursue and deepen cooperation on vocational education and training, notably by improving the tools developed during the Copenhagen Process and supporting their implementation, and stresses the necessity of constantly adapting vocational education and training to labour market needs and developments;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iii (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iii (new)
(iii) Requests that the Commission undertake a clear-cut assessment of a possible ‘professional card’ before it is introduced and specify its relationship to Europass;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iv (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint iv (new)
(iv) Restates the need to boost and expand mobility for young people by removing existing barriers, notably as regards traineeships in Europe, calls on the Commission to introduce the ‘Youth on the Move’ card by setting out the procedures for its implementation;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint v (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint v (new)
(v) Restates the importance of validating skills acquired throughout a person’s life, supports the Commission’s intention to propose to the Council a recommendation on the promotion and validation of non- formal and informal learning by taking into account experience from the Education and Training 2010 Programme in particular;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint vi (new)
Paragraph 17 – point a – subpoint vi (new)
(vi) Calls on the Commission to support and expand the educational European mobility programmes, and the Leonardo da Vinci programme in particular, by prolonging credits for the development of an ambitious youth mobility programme, for apprentices in particular;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point b
Paragraph 17 – point b
(b) to implement an e-commerce policy in order to increase citizens’ and consumers’ confidence when shopping online;Priority area 2:Consumer safety
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point b – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point b – subpoint i (new)
(i) Supports the multi-annual EU action plan to develop market surveillance and revision of the directive on general product safety, which will ensure consumers are protected, and stresses that the Commission action plan against counterfeiting is particularly important in terms of improving safety for EU consumers;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point c
Paragraph 17 – point c
(c) to devise an action plan against counterfeiting and piracy as a major preventive tool, in order to ensure that goods circulating in the Single Market are safe to consume, of the appropriate standard and legal;Priority Area 3: Cross-border taxation of citizens
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point c – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point c – subpoint i (new)
(i) Welcomes the Communication of the European Commission of 20 December 2010[1] on removing cross-border tax obstacles for EU citizens, and calls on it to implement rapidly the initiatives set out there, particularly as regards double taxation and cross-border successions; [1] Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 December 2010 on ‘Removing cross-border tax obstacles for EU citizens’
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point d
Paragraph 17 – point d
(d) to develop an effective communication policy on the Single Market Act, based on a policy audit assessing its tangible benefit (tangibility) to citizens;Priority Area 4: Enterprise and governance
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point d – subpoint i (new)
Paragraph 17 – point d – subpoint i (new)
(i) Supports the launching of a Green Paper on enterprise governance, and encourages all national and EU initiatives aimed at ensuring women are better represented in top management;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point e
Paragraph 17 – point e