6 Amendments of Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission to create a political toolkit, which is indispensable in order for the numerous forms and modalities of the digital economy, and particular the sharing economy, to receive support at EU level and in the individual Member States, to be applied, to become credible and to win trust;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that the new commercial models represented by platforms raise urgent questions relating inter alia to the application of national law and to ensuring payment of the relevant taxes; therefore calls on the Commission to address these concerns so that the benefits to society of these business models can become tangible in reality;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy; supports the Commission’s efforts to ensure that EU competition policy applies fully to the digital single market, as competition not only gives consumers more choice but will also provide a level playing field, and regrets that the current lack of a European digital framework has highlighted the failure to reconcile the interests of large and small service providers; reiterates that a unified digital single market could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and could contribute EUR 415 billion per year to the EU economy;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take more ambitious steps to eliminate obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier-free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State; considers, therefore, that targeted actions are needed to improve access to goods and services, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location or nationality which often have the effect of building monopolies and of some consumers resorting to illegal content;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Commission therefore to create a political toolkit, which is indispensable in order for the numerous forms and variants of the sharing economy to receive support at EU level and in the individual Member States, to be applied, to become credible and to win trust;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to address these concerns again so that the benefits to society of these business models can become tangible in reality within legal frameworks;