Activities of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2015/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (A8-0371/2015 - Kaja Kallas, Evelyne Gebhardt)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Towards a Digital Single Market Act
Amendments (29)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course; digital technologies bring tremendous opportunities for productivity gains, growth and job-creating leading to quality employment; acknowledges the importance of the digital revolution as fuel for enterpreneurship, digital transformation of industry, the development of new business models, ideas and innovative start-ups; stresses that according to the European Commission, The Digital Single Market has the potential to generate Euro 250 billion in additional growth in Europe thereby creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs; stresses that productivity gains historically have resulted in overall employment growth and increased wealth and that the ultimate beneficiary of digital transformation of industry will be the consumer;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that the digitisation of the transport sector provides Europe with new business opportunities and jobs; points to strong growth in the ITS sector, with an expected global annual growth rate of 16.4 % for the period 2014 - 2019; emphasises therefore the need to develop appropriate infrastructures and simplify the access to finance for innovative SMEs and start- ups of the transport and tourism sector; Believes that the EFSI should play a major role in the digitisation of the sector;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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3a. Underlines the importance of well- defined and transparent passenger rights in transport; urges therefore the Commission to bring forward a proposal for a Charter of Passengers' Rights covering all forms of transport, including a clear and transparent protection of passengers' rights in the multimodal context;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
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3a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to put forward measures aimed at the simplification, and the more affordable and transparent pricing, of cross-border parcel delivery;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather informin cooperation with Member States and consultation with regional and local authorities and the social partners to identify new forms of employment and required skills in the digitally-driven economy and to develop recommendations on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworkinghow to better match skills and jobs in the digital economy; stresses in this regard the importance of vocational training as a tool proven to increase the match between skills with jobs;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that confidence and solid data protection are prerequisites for creating the Digital Single Market; emphasises, in this context, the need to ensure high standards as regards data capacity, accessibility and security by providing a comprehensive, reliable and interoperable data infrastructure and by ensuring the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storagethe growing digitisation of transport entails a threefold challenge: confidence, connectivity and capacity; calls therefore for the establishment of an effective data protection system; stresses the need to develop standards capable of ensuring interoperability between countries, but also between services and industry, and to ensure the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storage; underlines the importance of having the necessary infrastructure to manage the quantity of new data flows generated, which will require investment in broadband, full exploitation of the possibilities offered by Galileo and more efficient use of frequencies;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
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4a. Welcomes the fact that the digitisation of the transport sector enables further development of the concept of Mobility as a Service; Acknowledges that it may lead to structural changes in the transport sector; Encourages therefore the Commission to start an in-depth analysis of the prospects of the concept of Mobility as a Service, as regards for instance consumers behaviours, transport infrastructures and urban planning;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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4a. Takes the view that the transport and tourism sectors will only benefit fully from the digital revolution if many more wi-fi access points are created, and calls on the Member States to respect their commitments to ending roaming charges in Europe;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
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4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training, vocational training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date andensure a better match between skills and jobs; is concerned that according to the Commission 47 % of the EU- workforce lack sufficient digital skills and that this skills-shortage might cause up to 900.000 unfilled vacancies until 2020; calls on the Commission, as a matter of urgency, to develop a skills strategies-strategy which can meet this skills-shortage through education for the younger part of the population, vocational training, exchange of best practices and through training in partnership with the social partners for the older part of the population;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
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5. Is of the opinion that the transport sector will become one of the largest fields of implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT).; thus underlines the importance of foresight and ex ante impact assessment in decision-making both for the regulation and infrastructure investments to build an applicable foundation for automatized transport;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
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5a. recalls, as written in the report on delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe, the need to ambitiously promote the multi-modal travel information, planning and ticketing services with the vision of seamless door- to-door mobility;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to jointhe social partners' active participation with the aim of realizing the potential of the digital economy to create growth and new jobs leading to quality employment; encourages the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs to develop recommendations for new forms of learning, i.e. online learning, employer- designed short-courses etc., to keep pace with the evolving digital technology and changes; encourages additionally educational institutions to respond to the opportunities in the digital economy by developing flexible learning profiles including enhanced opportunities for vocational training which match the demands of the labour market;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
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7. Stresses that freedom of association must apply in the context of new forms of employmentis a fundamental freedom that must apply in all sectors in all parts of the EU;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
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8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures whichat the Digital Single Market and EU privacy and data regulations should provide a covher new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots)ent and stable framework to facilitate innovation, trade and entrepreneurship while ensuring adequate protection of data;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market; calls on the Commission to apply a technology neutral innovation principle to all future legislation in order to make sure this legislation will provide room for innovation; calls on the Commission to present a strategy on reviewing existing legislation according to the same innovation principle;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, improved access to finance for start-ups and SMEs, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture, including business model innovation; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
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7a. Believes that cross-border E- commerce and a digital economy can only flourish if non-digital trade barriers are also successfully addressed in the internal market, such as rules regarding labelling or warranty terms;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
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7a. Stresses the importance for consumers to be better informed of the use of their data, in particular in the case of free services;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
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14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework for the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules, including developing enforcement guidelines to ensure, in particular ,uniform application of the mutual recognition principle in the field of services and fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve competition, price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
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19b. Reminds the commitment of Member states to at least reach by 2020 the broadband targets of full deployment of superfast speeds (30 Mbps); calls on the Commission to evaluate if the current broadband targets meet the conditions to the development of a data-driven economy and if investments in Member States are part of a long term and future-proof investment strategy;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
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19a. Stresses the importance of a successful implementation of EFSI in targeting projects with higher-risk profiles to maximise investments in digital infrastructure and better attract private investments for innovative companies; a particular focus should be given to information and support of innovative entrepreneurs, at the different funding stages of development of the company;
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution
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20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition among services to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition and ensure fair access to the networks;
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution
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22. Stresses that the uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulatornet neutrality principle and the end of roaming surcharges, is essential to the functioning of the single market ;
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution
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22a. Calls on the Commission, in order to deepen the internal market for telecommunications, to establish a single European telecommunications regulator through a strengthening of the role and decisions of BEREC, in particular in enforcement of EU telecommunication rules, oversight of the single market and crossborder disputes ;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution
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24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market StrategyDigital Single Market Strategy that should aim at identifying specific and defined problems within specific business areas; Stresses that taking a "one size fits all" approach in light of the diversity of platforms, and the growth potential in particular of B2B platforms, could seriously impede innovation;
Amendment 926 #
Motion for a resolution
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26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; in addition, requirements should be set for companies to have basic levels of security such as encrypting data and updating software;
Amendment 940 #
Motion for a resolution
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26a. Stresses the need of reducing administrative burdens for all participants in the Digital Single Market, including telecom operators; consequently calls on the Commission, in line with the better regulation agenda, to assess whether the e-Privacy Directive, which applies to the telecoms providers only, will be made redundant by the soon to be adopted General Data Protection Regulation that will cover all online services;