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Activities of Michel REIMON related to 2016/2145(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2016/2145(INI)
Documents: PDF(367 KB) DOC(88 KB)

Amendments (40)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Commission's objectives are aligned with those of the US intelligence services7 , which advocate maximum openness for world scientific data in order to maintain their leadership; __________________ 7 Report of the National Commission for the review of the research and development programs of the United States Intelligence Community – FAS 2013 – DO – FASIC2013.deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

~~B. whereas the bulk of the work produced and published in Europe by scientists exceeds the capacity of peer validation, which prevents an assessment of its strategic importance;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the registration systems for authors and scientific publications (the ORCID8 and DOI9 systems) are subject to the jurisdiction of the State of Delaware; __________________ 8 Open Researcher and Contributor ID. 9 Digital Object Identifier.deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the GEANT network already connects national research networks, but with a cloud service which includes Amazon Web Service10 ; __________________ 10https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/news/geant-and-amazon-web- services-are-breaking-down-barriers- cloud-services-adoptiondeleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas the other powers have a digital strategy of limited access to their data; and China requires every cloud operator to have a minimum of 50% of Chinese capital;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

~~F. whereas High Performance Computing (HPC) is a niche market worth about $ 15 billion a year, compared to $ 350 billion for semiconductors and over $ 400 billion for software;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Commission failed to consult the only European producer of microprocessors, the fifth largest worldwide, or Europe's largest cloud computing company, although it did consult their non-European rivals;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the free Linux software would not only produce tens of billions of euros in savings, but also allow the European digital sector to play a leading role, but this is not a priority for the Commission;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the Commission calls any company with a European subsidiary a 'European company'; and that erroneous designation means that it supports foreign companies engaged in lobbying while neglecting European companies;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

~~1. Rejects the Commission communication entitled ‘European Cloud Initiative – Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe’,~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled 'European Cloud Initiative – Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe' and believe that this is the first step in setting the proper basis for open and competitive European actions in the field of cloud computing and high performance computing.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Invalidates and wishes to review its previous resolutions based on a biased analysis of open mass data, motivated by the interests of non-European powers;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to develop a European 'digital new deal' including the allocation of adequate resources at national and EU level in order to boost IT industry in general and cloud computing in particular, and allow European companies to exploit the EU privacy competitive advantage;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a digital company may be considered European only if its registered office and its main decision- taking centres, R & D centres and manufacturing sites are on European territory and if it is controlled by European capital and subject to the consolidated tax on European territory;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to set economically viable basis for a European Cloud and take clear steps to encourage SMEs to offer competitive solutions for data processing and storage, in facilities based in Member States;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

~~4. Asks the Commission and the Council to reorient EU policies to concentrate support on European digital companies with high added value;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that in creating new elements of the cloud infrastructure, the data centre's energy efficiency and resource efficiency should be a primary goal. Calls for binding measures to encourage the use of renewable energy systems for such facilities, including for cooling.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that data are the raw material of the digital economy and play a fundamental role in the added value chain; stresses that storing or processing data outside Europe is tantamount to killing off Europe's digital economy; demands that the storage, exploitation and use optimisation of data be carried out by European companies on the territory of the Union;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers the active involvement of the opens science and citizen science communities as indispensable when establishing the governance of the European Science Cloud, and assesses the steps taken by the Commission as not fully responding to this requirement;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Proposes that the governance of ORCID and DOI be under European jurisdiction with regard to European scientists and their work;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

~~7. Warns against the risk of research being exploited outside the Union, if there is no support for applied research and venture capital;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

~~Interoperability~~European Data Infrastructure

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that the resilience of an information system depends on the security of national systems and of the interconnections between these systems and that data fragmentation can therefore ensure digital resilience;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission, to direct more resources towards boosting European research, development, innovation and training in the field of cloud computing, stressing the need for infrastructure and processes that safeguard the open data and the privacy of users;

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls for the national security authorities (ANSSI, BSI ...) to be fully involved in securing interconnections;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Considers that the data infrastructure needs to be resilient and secure therefore recommends an increase use of encryption and open source software, especially by European hardware and software producers.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Considers the European aquis in data protection and privacy as a competitive advantage and its use should be encouraged.

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

~~Public-private partnership contract on High Performance Computing~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Proposes that the amounts earmarked for ETP4HPC be re-allocated for the development of digital companies with high added value;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~Controlling and building the IT hardware and software sector~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Believes that the failure to control the European digital industry poses a threat to civil liberties, respect for privacy and the current and future employment;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls for an audit of the digital industry in Europe, the investments necessary to face foreign competition and the takeover of European companies;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Highlights the importance of security of supply in critical raw materials such as rare earths in order to keep the construction of electronic components in Europe;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Considers it essential to invest massively in the semiconductor industry;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Proposes the creation of European computer assembly chains, with robotics enabling them to be competitive;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Demands a European preference for reciprocal trade;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6

~~For a new data governance~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Calls for global internet governance to depend on the United Nations;~~deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls for a Copernican revolution in the digital economic model: 'all data is the property of the provider' and anyone using these data should remunerate the data provider, with class actions being filed against any company using data without remuneration;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Proposes that Member States impose dissuasive fines on companies illegally using data, amounting to four to ten times their turnover, thereby making Europe a safe haven for data storage in the world;deleted

2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE