11 Amendments of Lucy ANDERSON related to 2015/2346(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas only 2 % of young SMEnew SMEs and start-ups have undertaken cross-border expansion through foreign direct investment;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas for businesses the costs are manifest in more expensive supply chains, leading to their own products being more expensivecostly, or in reduced access to business services, which harms their competitiveness; whereas innovation is encouraged through a competitive market;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that national-level differences may emerge owing to multi- level governance, leading to internal NTBs within a Member State; believes that the need for measures to be proportionate and in furtherance of legitimate public policy objectives, should be well-understood at all levels of regulatory decision-makuch as individual and collective entitlements which ensure that EU citizens maintain or achieve a certain material standard of living;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the objective of theinter alia of the European Union should be the eventual abolition of NTBs where they cannot be justifiednon-justified NTBs but reminds that the Union has not only an economic but also a social purpose, the economic freedoms must be balanced against the objectives pursued by social policy, as is clear from Article 3(3) TEU which states that Europe is based on a "social market economy" and goes on to state that the EU shall "promote social justice and protection";
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that extended non-compliance with Union law by Member States is detrimental for the single market and EU citizens; considers also that the slow compliance process leads to some Member States benefiting from an undue prolongation of the transposition deadline; calls on the Commission to swiftly address the subject of non-compliance by Member States;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that inconsistent enforcement of existing correctly transposed rules causes the same harm as slow transpositionrules by Member States causes harm to the single market; considers that compliance and enforcement are made more challenging when commonly used definitions are given different meanings in different pieces of legislation by Member States;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that unequal application of the same rules in different Member States has the potential to create new NTBs; considers that transposition workshops should be held and best practice shared, in order to minimise divergences at an early stage;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to focus on ground-level enforcement, making sure that rules are followed in thetake a strong approach to enforcement and use all available evidence and instruments at its disposal to ensure that single market rules are duly applied and implemented by Member States;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the importance of the principle of mutual recognition for ensuring market access to the single market for goods which are not harmonised at Union level, and in cases where Member States have national, very often different, rules on products, but with the same underlying objective; believes increased harmonization is a more effective tool to ensure equal access for goods and services on the single market;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Points out that manysome of the Member States’ regulations on the access and exercise of regulated professions are disproportionate and may sometimes create unnecessary regulatory obstacles to the mobility of professionals but believes at the same time that an unrestrained underbidding competition which will lead to ruthless exploitation has to be avoided at all costs;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Regrets that the Parliament's access to relevant information relating to pre- infringement and infringement procedures is still limited and calls for improved transparency in this regard, with due respect to confidentiality rules;