Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2015/2346(INI)
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Amendments (10)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. View a high level of consumer protection as a key objective that must inform EU action; stresses that the removal of NTBs will not necessarily result in better consumer protection;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that rules required in order to meet public policy objectives must not be regarded as NTBs but as a legitimate means of legislating in the public interest, and that the removal of NTBs must not undermine Member States' right to regulate;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to focus on ground-level enforcement, makingmake sure that rules are followed in the Member States;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that the lack of tax coordination between the Member States, particularly in the area of corporate taxation, prevents businesses from competing on an equal footing and thus constitutes a non-tariff barrier to the proper functioning of the single market;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the importance of the principle of mutual recognition for ensuring markupward harmonisation for ensuring a high level of product safety access to the single market fornd consumer protection, so that the principle of mutual recognition is only applied to goods which are not harmonised at Union level, and in cases where Member States have national, very often different, rules on products, but with the same underlying objective;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. HighlightStresses that many businesses are not aware of mutual recognition and believe that they have to comply with national requirements in the Member State of destination when trading in the single marketthe harmonised rules with which they are required to comply, nor of the principle of mutual recognition for goods which are not harmonised;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Points out that public services benefit from special protection in relation to internal market rules because of the general interest tasks they fulfil, and that therefore the rules set by the public authorities for their proper operation do not constitute non-tariff barriers; points out, in this regard, that social services and health services are not subject to the Services Directive;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to address these barriers, including through improved mutual recognition, in compliance with the rules laid down by the destination country on the performance of service activities in conformity with the Services Directive, and, if appropriate, legislative action, such as the Commission’s recently announced Services Passport initiative;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Points out that manysome of the Member States’ regulations on the access and exercise of regulated professions are disproportionate and create unnecessary regulatory obstacles to the mobility of professionals;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive overview of NTBs in the single market, taking into consideration the difference between an NTB and and an analysis of the means for tackling them, making a clear distinction between an NTB and the regulations for implementing a legitimate public policy objective of a Member State;