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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
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2346(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on Non-Tariff Barriers in the Single Market PDF (292 KB) DOC (104 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: IMCO
Dossiers: 2015/2346(INI)
Documents: PDF(292 KB) DOC(104 KB)

Amendments (20)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas 25 % of regulated professions are regulated in only one Member State;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas for consumers, gaps in the single market leads to less product choice and to goods and services being more expensive;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the objective of the Union should be the eventual abolition of NTBs where they cannot be justifideleted;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that inconsistent enforcement of existing correctly transposed rules causes the same harm as slow transposition; considers that compliance and enforcement are made more challenging when commonly used definitions are given different meanings in different pieces of legislation;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that unequal application of the same rules in different Member States has the potential to create new NTBs; considers that transposition workshops should be held in order to minimise divergences at an early stage;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to focus on ground-level enforcement, making sure that rules are followed in the Member States;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to act decisively to improve the application of mutual recognition; anticipates, in that context, the Commission’s plans to increase awareness and revise the Mutual Recognition Regulation;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to address these barriers, including through improved mutual recognition and, if appropriate, legislative action, such as the Commission’s recently announced Services Passport initiative;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Points out that many 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;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to address the reform priorities of Member States in the area of professional services in the context of the European Semester and country-specific recommendations on deregulating certain professions in the Member States;deleted
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/01/28
Committee: IMCO