11 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2012/2144(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the time has come to act, given that, with rising unemployment and deteriorating public finances, the services sector is more than ever a source of competitiveness, growth and jobs that cannot be neglected;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that red tape, discriminatory practices and restrictions to service provision across the EU are depriving citizensblocking significant sources of growth and thus acting as a brake on the labour market, in particular by hampering the creation of jobs;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the EU could make a GDP gain of 2.6% in 5-10 years if Member States were ready to implement the Services Directive properly and fully and remove unnecessaryjustified restrictions,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes new forms of services such as digital and mobile services and mixed goods/services packages; underlines the need to interpremplement the directive in as extensive and future-proof a manner as possible in order to encourage innovation;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the Services Directive does not force liberalisation but paves the way for both business and consumers to grasp the full potential of our single market in the context of a competitive social market economy;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that Member States are often usingcan inappropriately invoke overriding reasons of public interest (Article15 of the Services Directive) tofor the sole purpose of protecting and favouring their domestic market; highlights the fact that burdensome legal- form and shareholder requirements, territorial restrictions, economic needs tests and fixed tariffs create unjustified obstacles to cross-border establishment;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the diversity of national standards is causing fragmentation; encourages the development of voluntary European standards for services to improve cross-border comparability and trade;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages broader use of the IMI- system between Member States to check cross-border compliance with requirements, and of European Consumer Centres as well as SOLVIT to help business and consumers with conflicting rules and non-compliance; underlines, to this effect, the importance of ensuring full access of associated partners to the SOLIVT-network at a technical level;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the fact that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked in a way that damages the internal market for services; regrets that the proportionality is rarely made; asksRegrets that the proportionality of the restrictions on the services market is rarely assessed, and calls on the Commission to clarify the concept of proportionality and issue practical guidance to the Member States on how to apply it, with a view to reducing the frequency with which the Member States apply such restrictions inappropriately;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly supports the Commission’s zero tolerance policy with regard to unjustified restrictions; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules, in dialogue with Member States; calls for fast-track infringement procedures to be applied whenever breaches of the directive are identified;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the members of the European Council to take full political responsibility for a well functioning internal market for services; invites the President Van Rompuyof the Council to keep thise topic of the completion of the internal market on the European Council’s agenda for as long as it takes, with a commonly agreed roadmap, including specific benchmarks and a timetable for Member States to remove remaining hurdles;