24 Amendments of Lucy ANDERSON related to 2016/2271(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas digitalisation creates new opportunities in the transport and tourism sectors for manufacturers, operators, investors and passengers and is a necessity for the transport and tourism industryies to remain both competitive and operational;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on ‘Digitising European Industry’ (COM(2016)0180); recalls the objective of raising the contribution of industry to EU GDP to 20 % by 2020; underlines the important role that digitalisation can play in this context and the urgent need to establish an ambitious EU strategy that coordinates national and regional efforts, avoids fragmentation and maximises opportunities for consumers, workers and businesses;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for adequate investment in research and innovation, infrastructures, cybersecurity and digital skills in order to ensure a well- functioning digital single market where industries can benefit from all its opportunities; stresses also that the EU is lagging behind its competitors in this respect and substantial additional resources are urgently needed for these investments; regrets that the communication fails to meet adequately the challenges ahead in this regard;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Communication on Digitising European Industry, but regrets that, as its focus on the transport sector is limited to connected and automated driving, it does not address sufficiently all existing challenges; recalls that, although connected and automated driving is one of the most exciting digital transformations in the sector, there is potential for digitalisation in all modes of transport, and co-ordination with all the new technologies used in the sector, such as the European global satellite-based navigation system GALILEO, and also throughout the value chain from manufacturers to passengers where results can be expected in the near future;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Regrets the increasing disparities between regions in industry competitiveness and digitalisation; calls on the European Commission to ensure that cooperation and investments at European level on industry digitalisation lead to progressive convergence between different areas, including through better coordination of existing funds, and to increased opportunities for SMEs' digitalisation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Communication on Digitising European Industry, but regrets that, as its focus on the transport sector is limited to connected and automated driving, it does not address sufficiently all existing challenges; recalls that, although connected and automated driving is one of the most exciting digital transformations in the sector, there is potential for digitalisation in all modes of transport and tourism, and also throughout the value chain from manufacturers to passengers where results can be expected in the near future;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the digitalisation process has not been beneficial to the same extent throughout the transport sector, which has created a detrimental fragmentation within the internal market both between different modes of transport and within the same mode; underlines that there are significant and increasing disparities between Member States in transport competitiveness and digitalisation; believes that developing a coordinated Industrial Digitalisation Strategy (IDS) for the EU could help overcome this fragmentation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the digitalisation process has not been beneficial to the same extent throughout the transport and tourism sectors, which has created a detrimental fragmentation within the internal market both between different modes of transport and within the same mode; believes that developing a coordinated Industrial Digitalisation Strategy (IDS) for the EU could help overcome this fragmentation;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Believes that digitalisation should provide consumers with more choice, more user-friendly and customised products and more information, in particular on the quality of the products or services, as well as on their social and environmental impacts;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deems it necessary to ensure the full respect of workers’ and consumers’ right to privacy and to protection of their personal data in the digital environment; emphasises the importance of the correct implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, ensuring the full application of the principle of ‘privacy by design and by default’; believes that consumers and workers should be in control of the data they produce or that are linked to the products and services they use and should be properly informed about the impact of their decisions over these issues; considers that the issue of worker-related data and their use raises important concerns and should be swiftly clarified; calls on the Commission to define some minimum requirements on this issue; underlines the need to set up an European Directive on Privacy at the workplace;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Urges the Commission to develop comprehensive statistics which complement existing ones, such as the DESI index, in order to better evaluate digitalisation processes in different areas and sectors;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) provide passengers with more choices, more user-friendly and customised products, and more information (e.g. multimodal integrated ticketing);
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the very important consequences of industry digitalisation for society, business models, working conditions and jobs demand; regrets the lack of analysis on the part of the Commission of the social effects of the digitisation of industry; calls on the European Commission to carry on an in depth analysis on these issues, focusing also to the consequences of industry digitisation on the number and the quality of jobs, and to present it to the European Parliament by the end of 2017;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. While recognising the opportunities of industry digitalisation, stresses also certain challenges it is posing to job demands, working conditions and workers' rights, in particular in non-standard employment relationships, and highlights the necessity to ensure the full respect of employment rights and adequate social security coverage in the digital world of work; believes it is necessary to involve social partners in the definition of European and national initiative on industry digitalisation; welcomes the proposals to hold high-level roundtables and an European stakeholders forum on digitalisation; believes workers' representatives' involvement to be necessary with regard to companies' decisions over externalisation and digitalisation;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) help coordinate national and regional efforts, while avoiding fragmentation and maximising opportunities for passengers and business operating in the transport and tourism sectors;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers it necessary to ensure high-quality education, lifelong learning and vocational training, including in the field of basic and advanced digital qualifications and skills, also to fight digital exclusion, and advocates for the necessary public and private investments; highlights the importance of promoting skills on non-proprietary content; stresses the necessity to work with social partners in order to anticipate skills' need in the long term and welcomes the establishment of the Grand coalition for digital jobs and of other European initiatives in this field; encourages Commission and Member States to ensure mutual recognition of digital qualifications by establishing a European certificate or grading system.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point e
Paragraph 3 – point e
(e) facilitate the proper and harmonised enforcement of EU legislation; in this regard, calls on the Commission to clarify as soon as possible safety and liability rules for autonomously acting systems (such as vehicles and drones) in order to harmonise the conditions for testing and to ensure fast and effective legal integration;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point h
Paragraph 3 – point h
(h) foster the attractiveness of the tourism sector and creative industries;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
(ha) create room for additional job creation;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to mobilise and attract investments in order to adequately finance the transition towards digital processes and support the development of associated infrastructure; calls on the Commission to ensure that co-operation and investments at European level on transport industry digitalisation lead to progressive convergence between areas, including through increased opportunities for SMEs' digitalisation through existing EU funds; believes that better coordination and use could be made of existing EU funds, in particular the European Fund for Strategic Investments, which has so far not delivered sufficiently on projects of a truly innovative nature; is of the opinion that if no significant progress is made by 2020, legislative action may be required to introduce 'minimum rules' and enforce integration in that matter;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the idea to further develop digital innovation hubs across the EU, where new competence centres and cluster partnerships could be created, among others in the transport and tourism sectors;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the need to have a cross-sectorial vision, for instance between electronics, telecoms, transport and tourism;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that digitisation is not just a technological issue, but it has wider social, work and economic implications; highlights therefore the need for a massive up-skilling of the workforce at all levels, in the transport and tourism sectors, focusing on new multidisciplinary and digital skills;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to carry out, as soon as possible, an in-depth analysis to be presented to the European Parliament, of the social effects derived from industry digitalisation, focusing on regulatory oversight and compliance, safety, working conditions and jobs impact;