Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2015/2140(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (A8-0368/2015 - Werner Langen) DE
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual report on EU Competition Policy PDF (462 KB) DOC (178 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the original market models of the competition policy are frequently inappropriate for the digital economy, and the use of price-based indicators in this dynamic economic sector often fails to achieve the desired outcome; calls, therefore, for greater attention to be focused on the new business models used by digital companies and for new assessment criteria to be applied to those companies; calls also for the specific market structures in the digital economy to be taken more fully into account;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that, for the purposes of defining the relevant market, especially in the digital economy, the global standard can also be applied to European companies;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, in the Member States and at regional and communal administrative levels, to actively promote compliance with European competition policy and to explain the legal position; sees a need for action particularly in raising awareness in all parts of the European Union with regard to the classification and granting of illegal State aid, especially when this is tantamount to anticompetitive and protectionist measures;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the fact that, as part of the modernisation of State aid law, the Commission is taking the initiative of issuing new guidelines that will make it clear what is meant by State aid in the tax sphere and appropriate transfer pricing;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Emphasises that comprehensive, transparent and effective exchanges of tax information are a key prerequisite for preventing aggressive tax planning; stresses, at the same time, that simplifying tax arrangements at Member State level would do much to foster transparency and clarity;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes, in this context, the work of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE);
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to make full use of its powers under EU competition rules to tackle harmful tax practices;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Notes that in the area of competition law the European Parliament is involved in the legislative process only through the consultation procedure, with the result that it can exert much less influence on legislation than the Commission and Council;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for the scope of the ordinary legislative procedure under the Lisbon Treaty to be expanded to cover competition law as well;