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Activities of Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN related to 2016/2145(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

European Cloud Initiative (debate) NL
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2145(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the European Cloud Initiative PDF (367 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2016/2145(INI)
Documents: PDF(367 KB) DOC(88 KB)

Amendments (127)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
— having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the Lisbon European Council of 23/24 March 2000,deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 May 2010 on a new Digital Agenda for Europe: 2015.eu,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the European Cloud initiative 2016 TEN/592,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to the OPINION of the Committee of the Regions on the European Cloud Initiative and ICT Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market 2016 SEDEC-VI-012,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
— having regard to Articles 173, 179 and 180 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard the Commission communication of A NEW SKILLS AGENDA FOR EUROPE, Working together to strengthen human capital, employability and competitiveness COM(2016) 381,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
- having regard to REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation),
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 c (new)
- having regard to the publication Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World - a vision for Europe produced by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (RTD) published in May 2016,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 d (new)
- having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 e (new)
- having regard to Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, COM(2016) 590 final,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 f (new)
- having regard the Commission communication of Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market Opportunities and Challenges for Europe, COM(2016) 288/2,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 g (new)
- having regard the Commission communication of Towards a modern, more European copyright framework COM(2015) 626 final,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 h (new)
- having regard the Commission communication of ICT Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market COM(2016) 176,
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 19 #
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
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the current cloud capacity available in the EU is insufficient and data produced by EU research and industry is therefore often processed elsewhere, making EU researchers and innovators move to places outside the EU, where high data and computing capacity is more immediately available;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the lack of a clear structure of incentives to share data, the lack of interoperability of scientific data systems and the fragmentation of scientific data infrastructures across disciplines and borders hamper the full potential of data-driven science';
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the EU is lagging behind on the development of HPC due to its under-investment in establishing a complete HPC system, when countries like the US, China, Japan and Russia are seriously investing in such systems, making them a strategic priority with national programmes to develop them;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the full potential of cloud computing for Europe can only be realised when data can flow freely across the Union with clear rules and international data flows play an increasingly important role in the European and global economy;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #
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
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Commission Communication entitled 'European Cloud Initiative – Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe' recognise the transformative potential of open science and cloud computing as part of Europe's digital economy;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #
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 9deleted Open Researcher and Contributor ID. Digital Object Identifier.
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the General Data Protection Regulation, NIS Directive, and Digital Single Market Strategy can provide the basis for a competitive and thriving European digital economy open to all market players who abide by the rules;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #
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
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas data are the raw material of the digital economy and whereas the use of data is essential for the digitization of European science and industry and the development of new technologies and the creation of new jobs;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #
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
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the recently adopted General Data Protection Regulation provides strong safeguards for personal data protection and harmonised approach to its implementation should be ensured;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #
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
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the European Commission's 2015 Digital Single Market Strategy promised to tackle restrictions on the free movement of data and unjustified restrictions on the location of data for storage or processing;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #
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
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas it is necessary for the Commission to bring forward firm proposals to remove restrictions on the free movement of data to create and deliver the best possible Digital Single Market;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 52 #
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
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the deployment and development of cloud services are confronted with challenges given the insufficient availability of necessary high speed infrastructure and networks in Europe;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #
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
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the aim to facilitate and support the implementation and long-term sustainability of the research and data infrastructures, including world- class High Performance Computing Centers and other research infrastructure networks, will help respond to grand challenges in science, industry and society due to intensified cooperation and exchange of results;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the volume of data is growing at unprecedented pace, there will be 16 trillion gigabyte of data by 2020, corresponding to an annual growth rate of 236% in data generation;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas a data driven economy depends on a wider ICT ecosystem to succeed, including IoT for sourcing, high speed broadband networks for transporting and cloud computing for processing data as well as skilled scientists and employees;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #
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
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that work on standardisation in cloud computing should be accelerated; emphasizes that better standards and interoperability will enable communication between different cloud-based systems and will avoid vendor lock-in effects for cloud products and services; calls on the Commission to cooperate closely with commercial cloud providers in developing open standards for this domain;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the European Open Science Cloud as a model for the use of a cloud in the private and public sectors; welcomes the Commission's plan to extend the user base over time to the industry and to governments as fast as possible;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that creating more awareness of the benefits of cloud computing is crucial, as demand for cloud services is still too low in Europe; points out that cloud computing will lead to economic growth as a result of its cost- efficiency and scalability; reiterates that SMEs are Europe's most important engine for jobs and growth; underlines that cloud benefits can be particularly substantive for SMEs as they frequently lack the resources to invest in extensive on-site physical IT systems;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasizes that the European Open Science Cloud should be accompanied by a comprehensive cyber security strategy, because the scientific community has a need for a reliable data infrastructure that can be used without exposing research work to data loss, corruption or intrusion; calls on the Commission to take into account cyber security issues from the very first stage of all its IT initiatives;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Is concerned by the 4.7 billion Euro financing gap of the European Cloud Initiative; calls on the Commission to identify appropriate financing mechanisms for the European Open Science Cloud and the European Data Infrastructure; further calls on the Commission to provide sufficient resources for this policy area in Horizon 2020 and in its proposal for the Ninth Framework Programme;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Believes that the private sector should be involved in the user base of the European Open Science Cloud from the beginning, for example through offering Software as a Service (SaaS); points out that European business is expected to contribute to closing the 4.7 billion Euro financing gap of the European Cloud Initiative; notes that it is unlikely that businesses will invest in the programme if they will be unable to reap its benefits as well;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Underlines that a state-of-the-art supercomputing infrastructure is crucial for the EU's competitiveness; calls on the Commission to realise the availability of operational exascale computers in Europe by the year 2022;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #
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
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the European Cloud Initiative ensures investments into the science and research sectors in order to create the incentives and tools to share and use data as widely as possible, underpinned by building a strong cloud and data infrastructure in Europe;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #
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
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that SMEs are at the heart of the EU's economy and that more actions are needed to promote global competitiveness of SMEs and Start-ups to set the best possible environment with high quality data, data analytics, secure services and expected cost efficiency for the uptake of new promising technological developments;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #
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
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the uptake of cloud services among European SMEs needs to be further encouraged; notes that European Cloud providers need further coordinated support addressing the participation in Digital World, widening trust on user side and raising awareness on the benefits of cloud adoption;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that digital education actions across generations, including cyber skills are critical for cloud development to identify and act on top technical and effectiveness skills gaps to achieve digital goals; welcomes the Commission's proposals within the framework of its recently adopted New Skills Agenda for Europe and underlines the need for proper financial resources;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Believes that Cloud start-ups are emerging with niche solutions to make cloud computing faster, easier, more reliable, flexible and secure;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses that High Performance Computing, which is important for cloud development, should be treated as an integral part of the European Data Infrastructure across the whole ecosystem and the benefits should be promoted widely;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Notes that involvement of Academia, Research and Universities and all stakeholders should be encouraged in order to maintain and support integrated scientific data infrastructures and High Performance Computing;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Notes that with the existing and upcoming offered services from private sector and countries outside the EU, the European Open Science Cloud needs to provide incentives and services to break a long-formed habit and existing research practices;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that there is a focus on future-oriented European growth in order to build a competitive cloud industry in Europe; emphasises the importance of ensuring that the market demand for cloud solutions continues to increase and cloud adoption is encouraged in vertical industries like finance, taxation and social security, manufacturing, banking, health, media and entertainment, agriculture;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Believes that the GDPR provides a framework for the protection of personal data, notes however that fragmentation in its implementation across Member States would make it more difficult for researchers to carry out their work and share their findings which will undermined efforts at creating cooperation between researchers enabled by cloud computing; calls for its proper implementation and enforcement;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Stresses that solutions under the European Cloud Initiative should be developed with due regard for the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, in particular the rights of data protection, privacy, liberty and security;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Notes that the data economy is still in its very early stages, business models are still in development and those that exist are already being disrupted and evolving. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any legislation in this field will be in line with the technology-neutral 'innovation principle' and will not impose serious hurdles to innovation, the digitization of industry, and the development of new technologies such as IoT and AI in Europe.
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Calls on the Commission to work with Member States and all stakeholders to participate in identifying the necessary implementing actions in order to maximise the potential offered by the European Cloud Initiative; Believes that Open Innovation and Open Science involve far more actors in the innovation process, from researchers, to entrepreneurs, to users, to governments and civil society;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
OThe open science cloud
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #
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
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the Open Science Cloud Initiative should lead to a trusted cloud for all: scientists, business and public services;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 123 #
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
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that there is a necessity to foster an open, trusted collaborative platform for the management, analysis, sharing, reuse and preservation of research data on which innovative services can be developed and delivered under the terms and certain conditions;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to explore appropriate governance and funding frameworks, taking sufficient consideration of existing initiatives and their sustainability and of a European-wide level playing field; Stresses that Member States should consider the funding programmes in an integrated way to the Commission approach;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to analyse the full range of financial sources for establishing European Science Cloud and strengthen existing instruments for faster development, especially focusing on best practices;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 131 #
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
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks the Commission to ensure that all scientific research and data produced by the Horizon 2020 Programme is open by default, and asks Member States to adapt their national research programmes accordingly;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Understand that the European Open Science Cloud will enable digital science by mainstreaming IT as a Service to the public research sector in Europe; Calls for „ a science cloud federal model" that brings together public research organisations, stakeholders, SMEs, Start- ups and e-Infrastructures with commercial suppliers to build a common platform offering a range of services to Europe's research communities;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission and Member States in cooperation with stakeholders to establish a Roadmap to give clear timescales and a set for implementation of the European Open Science Cloud as fast as possible;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
InteroperabilityEuropean Data Infrastructure
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 142 #
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
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance for the European Cloud initiative to be based on the Connecting Europe Facility building blocks, in particular Eids and e- signatures to reinforce trust by users in secure, interoperable and seamless electronic communications across Europe;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes that the Cloud Initiative focuses on building high-bandwidth networks, large scale storage facilities, high-performance computing and a European Big Data ecosystem;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that 5G development as well as the rules of the European Electronic Communications Code should to make Open Science Cloud more attractive by means of high qualified internet and new top-quality infrastructure;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Approves the Commission's ambition to have the infrastructure and conditions to handle large amounts of data, operated by services, which use real time data from sensors or applications that link data from different sources; Notes that the European Cloud Initiative aims to ensure better and more harmonised work on infrastructure development;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Supports further development of GEANT network for it to become the most advanced international network and maintain Europe's leadership in research;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to coordinate with stakeholders to reduce the fragmentation of digital infrastructures by setting a roadmap for actions and a robust governance structure involving funders, procurers and users and stresses the need to promote Open Science principles for data management and sharing in compliance with innovation incentives, privacy and intellectual property in the digital age;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #
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
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the European economy is increasingly relying on the power of supercomputers to invent innovative solutions, reduce cost and decrease time to market for products and services; Support the Commission efforts to create an exascale supercomputer systems based on European hardware technology;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that Europe needs a complete HPC ecosystem to acquire leadership-class supercomputers, secure its HPC system supply, and deploy HPC services to industry and SMEs for simulation, visualisation and prototyping. Considers that it is of upmost importance to put the EU among the top supercomputing powers in the world by 2022;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Believes that the European Technology Platform and the cPPP on HPc are crucial to define Europe's research priorities in developing European technology in all segments of the HPC solution supply chain;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Welcomes the Commission's proposal, in line with the Quantum Manifesto to launch a €1 billion Flagship-scale Initiative in Quantum Technology;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Public-private partnership contract on High Performance ComputingInteroperability
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 169 #
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
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the development of clear standards for cloud interoperability, data portability and service level agreements will ensure certainty and transparency for both cloud providers and end-users;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that reliability, security and protection of personal data is needed for consumer confidence, trust as a basis for healthy competitiveness;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Notes that industry should play a key role in developing widely accepted standards fit for the digital age, such standards will give confidence to cloud providers to keep innovation and to users to further adopt cloud services at the European level;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Calls on the Commission to take the lead in promoting intersectoral, cross- lingual and cross-border interoperability and cloud standards and supporting privacy-friendly, reliable, secure and energy-efficient cloud services as an integral part of common strategy focusing on maximizing the opportunities to develop standards that have the capacity of becoming worldwide standards;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Notes that an Action plan on data interoperability is necessary to harness the high quantity of data that European scientists produce and improve their reusability in science and industry; Calls on the Commission to work with key scientific stakeholders to produce effective systems to make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR), including meta-data, common specifications and data object identifiers;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the existing potential that quantum technologies have for computers and encryption keys;deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for measures to preserve a high-quality standardisation system that can attract the best technology contributions; asks the Commission to adopt policies that remove excessive barriers in innovative sectors, to incentivise investments in research and development and European standardization;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Urge the Commission to maximise its efforts to avoid the possibility of vendor lock-in on the digital market from the beginning, especially in emerging areas such as the European Cloud initiative;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Acknowledges the importance of interoperability and standards in boosting competitiveness in the ICT sector, asks the Commission to identify gaps in standards in the European Science Cloud, including as regards SMEs, Startups and key European sectors; supports the development of market-driven, voluntary, technology-neutral, transparent, globally compatible and market-relevant standards;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Considers that the 'ISA2' programme offers an opportunity to develop interoperability standards for Big Data management within public administrations and in their dealings with businesses and citizens;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Controlling and building the IT hardware and softwaSharing open data, sharing re sectorarch data
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 190 #
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
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes that the development of the European Open Science Cloud will allow researchers and science professionals a place to store, share, use and re-use data and can set the foundation for data driven innovation in Europe; Stresses that benefits of data sharing have been widely recognized;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #
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
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that data has become essential for decision making at the local, national, and global level; notes that sharing data also has important benefits for local and regional authorities and that opening up government data enhances democracy and provides new business opportunities;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Asks Member States and the Union to encourage and fund the writing of secure free software with Linux, firstly within public administrations and schools and then in businesses and for the general public;deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Supports the Commission efforts together with European industry researchers and academia for development of Big Data Value PPP in synergy with the cPPP on HPC that enhance community building around data and HPC and set the grounds for a thriving data-driven economy in Europe; Supports the cybersecurity PPP that fosters cooperation between public and private actors at early stages of the research and innovation process in order to access innovative and trustworthy European solutions;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it essential to encourage synergies between European hardware manufacturers, software developers and European cloud computing providers;deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that the EC should liaise closely and as early as possible with industry partners especially SMEs and Startups in order to guarantee that business and industry requirements are adequately addressed and integrated in the later stage of the initiative;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 206 #
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
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages public administrations to consider safe, reliable and secure cloud services by providing a clear legal framework and further working to develop cloud-specific certifications schemes. Notes that business and consumers need to feel confident in adopting new technologies;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers it essential to invest massively in the semiconductor industry;deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Endorses the May 2016 Council conclusions on the transition towards an Open Science system, in particular that the underlying principle for the optimal reuse of research data should be "as open as possible, as closed as necessary";
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 216 #
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
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Demands a European preference for reciprocal trade;deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
For a new data governanceText and Data mining
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for global internet governance to depend on the United Nations;deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that full availability of public data within the European Open Science Cloud will not be sufficient to remove all barriers to data-based research;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Maintains that it is vital to adopt high encryption standards for the security of all data transfers, together with the implementation of the principle of express consent;deleted
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that the initiative needs to be complemented by a modern copyright framework, , which should allow for the removal of fragmentation and lack of interoperability from the European data research process;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #
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
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that the Initiative should preserve the balance between rights of researchers, rights holders and other actors in the scientific sphere with fully respect the rights of authors and publishers, while at the same time supporting innovative research in Europe;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 240 #
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
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Believes that research data can be shared within the EU Open Science Cloud without prejudice to copyright owned by researchers or research institutions, by establishing licensing models where necessary; believes that best practices in this regard are being established within the Horizon 2020 Open Research Data pilot;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Believes that the Directive on the legal protection of databases, which needs revamping , limits the use of data without evidence of creating added economic or scientific value;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. subheading: Data protection, fundamental rights and data security
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Urges the Commission to take action to promote further harmonized laws across the Member States in order to avoid jurisdictional confusion and fragmentation and to ensure transparency in the digital single market;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Believes that Europe is leading the way in privacy protection and advocates a high level of data protection worldwide;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 f (new)
23f. Underlines that a coordinated approach is needed between data protection authorities, policy makers and industry, in order to help organizations in this transition, by providing uniform interpretation and application of the obligations, compliance toolkits and by raising awareness about the key issues for citizens and the business;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 g (new)
23g. Stresses that Europe is a global importer and exporter of digital services and require having a strong cloud computing and data economy to be competitive. Calls on Commission to take a lead in striving towards the creation of uniform, globally accepted standards of personal data protection;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 h (new)
23h. Believes that global data flows are vital to international trade and economic growth and the European Commission Initiative on the free flow of data, should enable companies operating in Europe, particularly in the growing cloud computing sector, to be in the forefront of the global innovation race; Stresses that the Initiative should also aim to lift any arbitrary restrictions on where companies should locate infrastructure or store data as these will hamper the development of Europe's economy;
2016/10/25
Committee: ITRE