5 Amendments of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Single Market (SM) is a key driver of growth and jobs and is also supposed to support SME; notes, however, that this potential remains untapped in many respects; asks, therefore, for better spending of the budget by providing adequate financial means for the SM in order to cover a clear set of priorities related to the real economy;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the significant increase in the amount allocated to budget line 14 02 01 on ‘Supporting the functioning and modernisation of the Customs Union’; supports the achievement and application of the programme’s goals by improving appropriate coordination and cooperation between Member States, promoting the exchange of best practices and know-how and monitoring the correct application of EU legislation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks for the financing of a new pilot project entitled ‘Consumer Empowerment and Education in the Digital Single Market (DSM)’, contributing to a large public education campaign to support consumer and business understanding and appreciation of the challenges associated with e-commerce; stresses that this should help citizens and SMEs comply with consumer protection law in the online environment; emphasises that, in a truly connected DSM, every consumer should be able to trust the safety of products purchased online as well as the appropriateness of the transaction, the reliability of the legal basis also covering the options for customers to complain and to cancel a purchase; considers that better compliance with the rules would reduce consumer problems and benefit traders by avoiding problems with the enforcement authorities;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that supporting the real economy should be a key priority for the EU; urges that SME be better informed of this option so that the uptake of this financial support especially by SMEs be maximised;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights that standards are important tools for the competitiveness of undertakings, whose participation in the standardisation process is essential for technological progress as well as for the comparability of material and product quality in the Union; therefore, agrees that payments under budget line 02 03 02 01 aimed at supporting standardisation activities performed by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI should be raised in accordance with the Commission proposal.