5 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2015/2140(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that anticompetitive practices and monopolies can constitute barriers to trade which distort trade and investment flows, in order to be effective, competition policy needs to regulate the conduct of international entities, businesses and governments in such a way as to prevent trade and investment from giving rise to anti-competitive, oligopolistic and monopolistic practices that are damaging to domestic competition;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the European Union should make greater efforts to monitor the implementation of trade agreements in order to assess, inter alia, whether competition rules are being complied with and, whether the obligations to which trading partners have committed themselves are being completely complied with and fulfilled and whether there is genuine reciprocity;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the competition policy initiatives of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the OECD and the OECDICN1 and their efforts to improve worldwide cooperation in the field of competition policy; _______________ 1International Competition Network.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support developing countries in their efforts to promote fair competition and ensure that appropriate safeguards are put in place;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that internationalising competition policy is an extremely difficult task in view of the many disparities between anti-trust systems, both in formal terms and in terms of the effectiveness of the oversight exercised; calls on the Commission to help developing countries to fill the legal vacuum in this area, with due regard for their social and economic makeup, by establishing common principles and rules that can remove both public barriers and private restrictions;