Activities of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2015/2140(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Regards a transparent and competitive single market based on subsidiarity and following the highest qualitative standards as a key factor for growth and for an effective economic recovery, and takes the view, therefore, that competition policy has a vital role to play in safeguarding the rights of consumers, citizens, businesses and workers in the broader context of a social market economy;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Emphasises that EU rules on State aid must be geared to achieving the objectives of fairness and social cohesion and the goals of the Europe2020 strategy; regards it as important, therefore, that State aid should be used to invest in the real economy and foster the concentration of resources in key sectors, such as research and innovation, infrastructure development and measures to achieve climate and energy policy objectivesresearch and innovation, infrastructure development;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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3. Takes the view that the overhaul of competition policy is needed partly in order to meet the challenges posed by the digital single market, a sector which is changing rapidly, but which nevertheless has to obey the strict rules of existing copyright law which may never be violated by any trade agreement, neither TISA nor TTIP nor any other, while regarding these national copyright laws as integral parts of the principle of subsidiarity, but never as barriers to access to the market, hence the importance of overcoming the current fragmentation along national lines and doing away with barriers to access to the market;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that EU competition law should be detrimental neither to other EU policies nor to national policies; calls on all institutions of the European Union and the Member States to set up a framework for the promotion of the development of European players in growth-generating areas, such as the digital sector;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Regards it as essential to guarantee fair terms of competition on the digital market and to combat the abuse of dominant positions, thus supporting SMEs; considers it important, in particular, to make the on-line research and advertising market more open and transparent, and regards it as vital to guarantee an open and neutral net;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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5. Regards it as essential that Directive 2014/104/EU on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions should be implemented quickly and correctly; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take additional measures to facilitate collective actions of this kind.