6 Amendments of Lucy ANDERSON related to 2017/2191(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of access to justice for consumerindividual consumers and SMEs and of the availability for collective redress in order to ensure fair competition; believes access to justice and the availability of class or representative actions in this field and consumer rights more generally is essential to achieving the aims of EU competition policy; underlines that the absence of such opportunities weakens competition at the expense of the internal market and consumer rights;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that efforts to foster competition through the development of the Digital Single Market must at all times work in the interests of consumers, and that the rights enshrined in the EU Charter for fundamental rights must be fully protected in the digital domain;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that competition that is both free and fair is ultimately for the benefit of consumers;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on Member States to ensure the proper enforcement of EU public procurement rules in order to ensure fair competition including social, environmental and consumer protection criteria where appropriate and promote good practice in public authorities’ processes;proper enforcement will tackle distortions of competition and enable public authorities to choose to organise and provide quality public services so as to ensure effective and efficient public expenditure;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission to promote market access opportunities for SMEs through smaller contracts where compatible with key procurement objectives, and for the Commission to carefully monitor the centralisation of purchases in public procurement markets;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Emphasises the relationship between the internal market and competition policy;encourages strong cooperation between Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Commission in order to ensure that the interests of consumers are protected and promoted in any and all efforts to encourage a competitive EU.