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7 Amendments of Kaja KALLAS related to 2016/2100(INI)

Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU competition law and authorities need to guarantee a level playing fieldboth full national and trans-border competition in the digital single market; calls on the Commission to pursue a policy of active, effective and accelerated enforcement of the competition rules, in particular in the online search and mobile internet sector, in order to remove barriers to innovation and to enable EU consumers to seize all the opportunities that a genuine digital single market can offer;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the independence of the Commission to rule on competition in the Single Market and the separation of powers between the European institutions must be fully respected; underlines that decisions should be based on the facts of a case and directed by the policy objectives of the EU competition policy;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that time is the key element of competition in the digital single market and quicker interventions and decisions are vital for the uniform enforcement and effectiveness of European competition policy;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Views competition as the key to a functioning single market and believes that European legislation should seek to ensure that competition;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU public procurement rules are implemented in a timely manner, in particular the deployment of e- procurement and the new provisions encouraging the division of contracts into lots, which is essential to foster innovation and competition and to support SMEs in procurement markets.
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes the Commission should investigate anti-competitive practices by Member States and regional and local authorities towards sharing economy intermediaries; underlines that special attention should be given to excessive regulatory burdens, disproportionate application of existing rules to non- comparable business models, and the legality of outright bans.
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Welcomes the steps taken to date by the Commission to combat Unfair Trading Practices in the food supply chain; reiterates that the way forward is sharing of best practices and voluntary schemes, such as the Supply Chain Initiative, not EU legislation.
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO