42 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2016/2274(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas standards are voluntary technical specifications which if developed in an open, inclusive and transparent way can positively support a wide range of industrial, economic, social, and environmental policies affecting innovation, ageing population, integration of people with disabilities, the quality of life of citizens, the health and safety of consumers and workers, and development of ICT technologies;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas standards are a necessary tool for the operation of the Single Market, and whereas they can enhance European competitiveness, growth, fair competition and innovation, and support quality, businesses performance and the protection of consumers, workers and the environment, provided that these standards are simple and do not lead to added bureaucracy and costs, particularly for SMEs;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas harmonised standards are European Standards adopted, upon a request made by the Commission to provide a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the Union legislation; whereas standards are voluntary specifications, which should not replace a democratic decision-making processes, consultation or social dialogue;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas two different standard development systems coexist in Europe – one based onstandards development as implemented by CEN and CENELEC on the basis of the national delegation principle and the another based on the direct involvement of stakeholders through membershippaid membership of stakeholders as developed by ETSI – and there is a need to evaluate both systems with a view to identifying existing challenges and good practices;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that innovation in the transport and tourism sector provides enormous opportunities for EU businesses and insists on the need to develop new standards, where possible with a cross- domain approach, and uphold standardisation in order to ensure the proper implementation of EU initiatives in the field of digitalisation; considers that standards and common specifications is a clear requirement among others for the deployment of connected cars which could interact not only with the road infrastructure but also with other vehicles and devices (VtX model);
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the overreaching Commission standardisation package, which together with the ICT Standards Communication and the Joint Initiative on standardisation, aims at setting out a coherent and simple European Standardisation System (ESS);
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee a sustainable budget for the European Standardisation System in the revision of multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that innovation in the transport sector provides enormous opportunities for EU businesses, particularly SMEs, and insists on the need to develop new standards and uphold standardisation in order to ensure the proper implementation of EU initiatives in the field of digitalisation;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Points out that standards need to be simple and clear to ensure that bureaucracy and costs do not increase, particularly for SMEs in the transport and tourism areas;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that standards are a voluntary, market-driven tool providing technical requirements and guidance that can help implement European legislation and policies when they are developed in a transparent and inclusive way, but stresses that the political decisions regarding the level of protection of consumer health, safety and environment should be left to the legislator;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that ICT standardisation will be beneficial for the development of transport and tourism-related services; calls on the Commission to attach greater importance to this development when implementing its priority action plan for ICT standardisation, and to take swift action to promote interoperable solutions, such as the development of integrated and smart ticketing and new mobility concepts such as Mobility-as-a- Service;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote, facilitate financing for and expedite the deployment of the necessary infrastructure for the market uptake of new standards (e.g. alternative fuels infrastructure), provided that it does not prejudice the health of consumers, safety or the environment;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deems it important that European standards are promoted at a global level and that the Commission and Member States work in this direction, and pay more attention to the global role and relevance of standards, when getting involved in standardisation and trade defence work;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that Europe should uphold its key role in the international standardisation system and that when developing European standards both specificities of the regional context and the global relevance of the standard needs to be taken into account;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that, due to the international nature of transport and tourism, global competition and involvement of the main global powers in this matter, the development of international standards is indispensable both to ensure interoperability and to broaden market opportunities for the EU industries; calls on the Commission to actively continue promoting the development of European standards at international fora;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of harmonising standards for products and services when negotiating trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that Regulation 1025/2012 has improved the inclusiveness of the ESS, but regrets that there are still many practical barriers for SMEs, consumers, workers and environmental organisations to participate actively in the standardisation process, and calls on the Commission, ESOs and NSBs to address the challenges to further involvement;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is of the opinion that, complementary to the existing best practices found among the standardisation communities, increasing public awareness of proposed standards, proper and early involvement of all relevant stakeholders and improvement in the quality of the standardisation requests may further increase transparency and accountability of the standardisation system;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that recent convergence of technologies and the digitalisation of society, businesses and public services blurs the traditional separation between general standardisation and ICT standardisation;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports open standardisation processes as a driver of innovation, interconnectivity and deployment of technologies, but recalls that it is also important to ensure proper investment and expertise in, and the development of, cutting-edge technologies, and to support SMEs;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that with the increased use of the internet, online banking, social networking and e-health initiatives, people are having growing security and privacy concerns, and that ICT standards need to reflect the principles of the protection of individuals with regards to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the Commission to include digital integration of manufacturing as ICT standardisation priority and encourages development of open standards for the communication protocol and the data formats for the digital integration of manufacturing equipment in order to ensure full interoperability between machines and devices;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Recommends on the Commission and ESOs to prioritise standards for the improvement of interoperability in the IoT and 5G domains and of vertical domains, such as "Connected and automatic driving", "Smart cities", "Smart Living Environments", as these are an important areas for the advancement of the European competitiveness;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Supports the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) and the ICT Multi-Stakeholder platform; is aware of the growing number of platforms, groups, meetings and channels for ICT standards, which sometimes might create fragmentation and duplication of standards and stresses the need to better coordinate ICT standards and standardisation priorities among the different organisations;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Warns against the risks of proprietary solutions and agrees that ICT standardisation policy need to be based on open and accessible SEPs within fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing terms to address the legitimate interests of both SEP holders and of potential licensees and to ensure that standardisation process presents a level playing field, where companies of all sizes, including SMEs, can collaborate in a mutually beneficial manner;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Is of the opinion that developers of standards should be entitled to reimbursement for their investment and contributions to the standard, which needs to be based on fair, proportionate and non-discriminatory terms, and transparent, reasonable, predictable and sustainable royalty rates, unless they decide to provide royalty free licensing or allow open source software implementation;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to work on a policy for informing the remaining European institutions, the Member States and stakeholders about the stage reached in on-going initiatives and about future initiatives in relation to ICT standards;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Recognises the important role of the of the ESOs in ensuring that SEPs are provided within FRAND terms and calls for a clear commitment from the ESOs to improve the transparency and accuracy of the SEP declarations;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that it was not consulted prior to the adoption of the package, and urges the European institutions to align the different initiatives into a single strategic, holistic work programme avoiding duplication of actions and policies; Stresses that the relevant committee of the European Parliament can play an important role in the public scrutiny of harmonised standard mandated by the Commission;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Encourages Member States to invest in national standardisation strategies which will also help and encourage public sector, standardisation bodies, societal stakeholders, SMEs and academia at national level to develop and implement individual standardisation action plans;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the Joint Initiative on Standardisation (JIS), recommends that the European Parliament also be invited to participate and contribute to the JIS and underlines that the rules of such public- private partnerships need to be respected by all stakeholders; Calls on the Commission to take a leading role in the implementation of the key actions and recommendations in the JIS and to report back to the European Parliament by the end of 2017 on the progress that has been achieved;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Supports actions aimed at improving the synergy between standardisation and research communities and in promoting standards at an early stage of the research projects; Encourages national standardisation bodies to promote standardisation to researchers and the innovation community, including relevant government organizations and funding agencies and recommends that a specific standardisation chapter is developed under Horizon 2020 programme;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses that demographic ageing in Europe requires systematic incorporation of the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable members of society, in the development of standards, which are a suitable tool to help achieve active and healthy society in Europe and to increase the accessibility of products and services for people;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Points out that standard-setting processes and standardisation agreements need to comply with competition law principles and with the World Trade Organization (WTO) criteria and promotes the inclusion of additional principles such as inclusiveness, quality, neutrality and accountability;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Reiterates the important role of the "New Approach Consultants" and commends their methodology of verifying whether the harmonized standard meets the objective criteria and legal requirements of the legislation to be done in a sustainable manner bound by impartiality and independence
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Recommends better involvement of Commission's experts and the "New Approach Consultants" at the initial stage of the standardisation process including in technical committees or working groups; Calls on the Commission to develop an evaluation standardisation guidelines to help different departments within the Commission, ESOs and "New Approach Consultants" evaluate standards in a coherent manner;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Encourages the use of new information and communication technologies to improve accessibility and transparency of standardisation processes, such as the CEN-CENELEC eLearning tool for SME's; Advocates that the use of digital tools can facilitate stakeholders participation in the development of standards and provide information about upcoming, on-going and finalised standardisation work;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Recommends that Annex III organisations be given specific member status, and that a separate category be created for partnerships of societal stakeholders’ organisations, with specific rights and obligations, such as a reinforced right of appeal, consultative powers, a right of an opinion before adopting the standard, and access to mirrortechnical committees and working groups, especially for standards supporting EU legislation;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission and the ESOs to ensure that that ISO-CEN Vienna and IEC CENELEC Frankfurt Agreements and other measures to speed up standards will not prevent or jeopardise the participation in the standardisation process of Annex III Organisations or NSBs with limited capacities;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Invites the Commission to adopt an easy to use single point of access to standards that can provide assistance andcontact to provide information to the users of standards’ users on the available standards and their general specifications, and that can help them find the standards that best match their need; Recommends, furthermore, information and education campaigns at national and EU level to promote the role of standards and encourages Member States to include relevant professional education courses on standards in the national education systems;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Recommends that NSBs need to examine if it is possible to provide access to standards to the extent that the standards user can make an assessment of the relevance of the standard; Strongly recommends that NSBs and ESOs when determining the standards' fees take into account the needs of SMEs and stakeholders with non-commercial use;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. Calls on the Commission to prepare a European register listing existing European standards in all official EU languages, which would include also an information on the ongoing standardisation work in ESOs, existing standardisation mandates, progress and decisions of formal objections;