13 Amendments of Isabella DE MONTE related to 2016/2276(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Union policies and legislation in the field of online platforms should foster new opportunities for citizens and businesses, in particular SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F h (new)
Recital F h (new)
F h. whereas there is a necessity of a coherent EU approach to tackle the risk of fragmentation of the Digital Single Market since some Member States are already introducing specific measures to counter unfair trading practices;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reminds that the backbone of a competitive and inclusive Digital Single Market is an affordable access to high quality broadband infrastructure for all;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights in this context the need to create a favourable climate for promoting investment in high-speed broadband network infrastructure and fostering the deployment of 5G as instruments for convergence, ensuring a robust digital infrastructural backbone for Europe's companies;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines the importance, for the fast-growing of this sector, of access to risk capital and calls on the Commission to promote initiatives on this direction;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make full use of existing financing instruments to promote initiatives to ease access to financing, especially for start-ups, small and medium enterprises and businesses in the economy throughout the EU, through different channels: banking, risk capital, public funds, crowd-funding;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that some online platforms arealise fundamental to the development of the collaborative economy; welcomes the Commission communication on the collaborative economy, which supports the development of new business models; stresses that these new business models offerand emphasises that it should represent a first step towards a more comprehensive EU strategy in this area; stresses that the communication supports the development of new 'collaborative' business models which offer citizens and consumers new services and, greater choice for consumers as well as provide flexibility for employe, lower prices and many business and job opportunities;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that certain stakeholders are dissatisfied with the current rules on liability and welcomes the Commission’s undertaking to publish guidelines on intermediary liability, in an effort to encourage responsible behaviour and increase user trust; calls on the Commission to draw attention to the differences between the online and offline world and to create a level playing field for comparable services online and offline, and urges it to assess the need for new rules on active intermediaries which address issues relating to requirements on the provision of information and transparency, due diligence standards, non-compliance and liability;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Points out the crucial importance of clarifying methods by which decisions based on algorithms are taken; therefore, asks the Commission and the European Supervisory Authorities to examine potential for errors and biases in the use of algorithms thus verifying the potential harm to privacy and preventing any kind of discrimination caused by the use of these data by the online platforms;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Underlines the importance to ensure the data portability for all users, in particular for workers of the online platforms, and to guarantee the transferability and accumulation of their ratings and reviews across different online platforms, in respect of EU rules already in place on data protection and the privacy of other parties involved;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36 b. Urges the Commission and Member States to consider mechanisms for users' reputations within platforms to be transferred, accompanying users to other competing or complementary platforms, so as to avoid the creation in this connection of barriers to exit or transfer between platforms;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43 b. Underlines the importance to prevent the creation of monopolies in platform economy, which are non- transparent and resulting in an asymmetrical relationship between platforms, service providers and consumers;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 c (new)
Paragraph 43 c (new)
43 c. Encourages the Commission to create a level playing field among online platforms, which highlights the importance of identifying and mitigating market barriers; in particular, stresses the importance to guarantee the free flow of data, data portability and interoperability between the market platforms; considers that these measures would ensure that market participants, whether service providers or consumers, could subject the market platform itself into competition;