Activities of Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI related to 2015/2346(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Non-tariff barriers in the Single Market (A8-0160/2016 - Daniel Dalton) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Non-Tariff Barriers in the Single Market PDF (292 KB) DOC (104 KB)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas observers of the single market over the years consider that it makes apeople working in the real economy, who are front-line observers of the single market, consider that it has a disastrous record and is not making the significant contribution to European economies that was claimed for it;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, more than 20 years after the launch of the single market, non-tariff barriers (NTBs) continue to bedevil trade betweenaffect trade between Member States; whereas those barriers must be viewed as evidence of a strategic reluctance on the part of Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas for consumers, gaps in the single market leads to less product choice and to goods and services being more expensive;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas for businesses the costs are manifestsingle market results in more expensive supply chains, leading to their own products being more expensive, or in reduced access to business services, which harms their competitiveness; whereas innovation is encouraged through a competitive market; whereas, therefore, in its current form, the single market cannot be seen as competitive;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Realises that despite the removal of tariff barriers since 1 July 1968, the free movement of goods and services has continued to be hamperaffected by non-tariff barriers (NTBs) such as national technical rules and requirements governing products and service providers;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that extended non- compliance with Union law by Member States is detrimental for the single market; considers also that the slow compliance process leads to some Member States benefiting from an undue prolongation of the transposition deadlinethe misgivings Member States have about broad swathes of Union law call the entire single market project into question; considers also that the very poor performance of EU economic policies adds further substance to those misgivings, which must now be seen as justified;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the issue of ‘gold- plating’, i.e. the tendency of national governments to load transposed directives withcentralisation, i.e. the Commission's tendency to attempt to control and regulate what is ad ditional rules thatverse range of internal markets, constantly adding to business burdens and costthe economic constraints experienced by civil society, businesses and individuals;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the persistence of national-level differences in product market regulation withto which businesses operating across borders still have to contend; considers that this unnecessarily forces businesses to adapt their products and services to comply with multiple standards or repeated testingare obliged to adjust;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that since economies of scale are reduced by the need to run different product lines, the burden falls disproportionately on SMEsthe SMEs concerned are obliged to run different product lines, which can reduce economies of scale;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to deepenreview its work on enforcement and the principles which underpin the single market; believes that early intervention with regard to national measures or implementation procedures which constitute NTBs may be effective and results more readily achieved than through infringement proceedings; underlines, nevertheless, that for serious or persistent failures or misapplication of Union law, particularly in areas of single market and economic interest, the Commission may prioritise infringement actions;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls onNotes that the Member States tono longer view the single market as a joint initiative which requires coordinated and collective maintenance, but as a managed, restrictive and centralised economic model; believes that those who ultimately suffer the consequences of NTBs are domestic consumers, who are denied access to new entrants to domestic markets, and face higher costs and reduced choice; considers that Member States should dedicate further time to horizontal single market concerns and to identifying areas requiring priority action by one or more Member States, in order to maintain and further the single marketthis anachronistic and objectively failed economic and political model are domestic consumers;