Activities of Tibor SZANYI related to 2015/2140(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (A8-0368/2015 - Werner Langen) HU
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (debate) HU
Amendments (9)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in recent years, in particular, the dynamism in the digital economy, the development of the economy based on community sharing but also distortions of competition as a result of national taxation policy which is causing considerable harm to the internal market have brought with them new challenges for the Commission and all market players;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas competition does not have the same impact in all Member States;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas competition policy needs to take particular account of the objectives of sustainable development and social cohesion;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas guaranteeing the free movement of people, goods, services and capital is the basis of Europe’s growth;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to monitor the enforcement of competition law provisions particularly closely with regard to the large-scale impact of the digital single market on job creation and European growth, and to economic development based on community sharing;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to draw up rules alongside the timetable for scrapping roaming charges stipulating that calls made from the country of origin to another Member State shall not cost more than national calls, as this seriously distorts competition and impedes the creation of the digital single market, a goal which the EU is determined to achieve;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. As it did with the previous annual report, calls again on the Commission to prevent the development of excessive market concentration and abuse of market dominance with regard to the creation of the digital single market, as this will ensure a higher level of service for consumers and the possibility of more attractive prices;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the Commission, particularly in State aid proceedings, must examine more rigorously the facts which States provide and improve fact security, since attempts are increasingly being made to flout the legal position and the conditions or to seek more or fewer borderline compromises, and to adopt legislation in the Member States which ‘formally’ legalises agreements adversely affecting other Member States and the EU as a whole;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Given that some Member States continue to impose extremely high rates of VAT on food, which has a significant impact on the development of inflation as well as on consumers’ healthy eating options, calls on the Commission to draw up proposals for the Member States regarding taxes on food so that significant distortion of competition can be avoided;