9 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2017/0116(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Effective, proportionate and dissuasive legislation remains necessary in order to maintain conditions conducive to a high level of Union connectivity and to ensure fair competition with third countries air carriers. To that end, the Commission should be entrusted with the power to conduct an investigation and to take urgent measures where necessary, if there is a risk of an abusive practice occasioning prejudice to EU airline companies. Such measures should be available either where relevant obligations under an agreement to which the Union is a party are violated, or where practices affecting competition cause or threaten to cause injury to Union air carriers.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order for the Commission to be adequately informed about possible elements justifying the initiation of an investigation, any Member State, Union carrier or association of Union air carriers should be entitled to lodge a complaint, which must be addressed within a reasonable timescale, in order to avoid losses being incurred by European air carriers.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules on the conduct of investigations by the Commission and on the adoption of redressive measures, relating to violation of applicable international obligations and to practices affecting competition between Union air carriers and other air carriers and causing or threatening to cause injury to Union air carriers or infringe air passengers' rights.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. Where the evidence presented is insufficient for the purposes of paragraph 1, the Commission shall inform the complainant about the insufficiency within 630 days of the date on which the complaint was lodged. The complainant shall be given 30 days to provide additional evidence. Where the complainant fails to do so within that time limit, the Commission may decide not to initiate the investigation.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Any information which is by nature confidential, including but not limited to information the disclosure of which would be of significant competitive advantage to a competitor or would have a significantly adverse effect upon a person supplying the information or upon a person from whom the person supplying the information has acquired the information, or which is provided on a confidential basis by parties to an investigation, shall, if good cause is shown, be treated as such by the Commission.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. A finding of a threat of injury requires that it be clearly foreseeable that a particular situation is likely to develop into actual injury. Any such determination shall be based on verifiable evidence and take account of all relevant factors, in particular: