Activities of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2015/2140(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (debate) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual report on EU Competition Policy PDF (462 KB) DOC (178 KB)
Amendments (35)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular Articles 101 to 109 thereof, 147 and 174;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the competition inquiry into the pharmaceutical sector of 8th of July 2009 and follow-up reports, in particular the 5th Report on the Monitoring of Patent Settlements,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to the study of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, ‘Unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (UTPs)’,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee ‘Internal market of international road freight: social dumping and cabotage’,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)
Citation 4 d (new)
– having regard to the universal framework for Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems (SAFA) developed by FAO,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 e (new)
Citation 4 e (new)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 f (new)
Citation 4 f (new)
– having regard to Council Directives 77/799/EEC and 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 g (new)
Citation 4 g (new)
– having regard to the conclusions and action proposals of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the strong application of competition- law principles under the EU Treaty primarshould contribute to the general objectives of EU economic policy, including employment and cohesion, whilye benefitsting consumers, promotesing innovation and growth, and controlsling and restrictsing unfair market practices as well as monopolies and dominant market positions;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in countries dominated by large private energy operators, regulators often fail to comply with the ‘full independence of network operation from supply and generation interests’ laid down in directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas social dumping is a factor distorting the internal market, hurting both consumers’ and workers’ rights;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas ‘unfairness’ in the food supply chain is difficult to translate into infringement of current competition law, as its existing tools are only effective on some forms of anti-competitive behaviour;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a successful competition policy must not be directed exclusively towards bringing down prices for consumers, but must also be mindful of the innovativeness of the European economy and special competitive conditions for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as the promotion of high labour and environmental standards;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Industry and energy
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Regrets that competition authorities and regulators often fail to exhibit the necessary independence from energy producers in countries dominated by large private operators; stresses that this is a factor behind the slow development of renewable energies or its retrospective shut-down in countries like Spain;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
(2) Stresses that an increase in industrial scale and concentration, even within a larger market, may provide a significant opportunity for anti-competitive practices, as evidenced by the recent Volkswagen scandal;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls on the Commission to study if the privatization of energy assets in many countries may have constituted a form of State aid, either because of the low prices of sales or the considerable scope for anti- competitive behaviour through the opaque valuation of assets and costs of production in a regulated sector;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Social and environmental dumping
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to develop its competition policy in full respect of EU policy objectives, including a high level of employment and fostering social and regional cohesion; draws attention to the fact that competition authorities must take into full account potential market externalities, particularly of a social or environmental kind, in framing their activity;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 15 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to take measures against social dumping as a way to guarantee workers’ and consumers’ security; stresses the heavy deterioration of working conditions due to social dumping in sectors such as transport;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 15 – point 3 (new)
(3) Draws attention to the fact that environmental dumping is a factor affecting workers’ health and safety and consumers’ security; is particularly concerned by the effects if this trend on traditional industries such as the chemical or base metal sectors;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 15 – point 4 (new)
(4) Stresses that deregulation within the internal market and as a consequence of international agreements such as TTIP or TiSA are key factors behind the development of new anti-competitive practices, in the form of social and environmental dumping;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Pharmaceutical industry
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 18 – point 1 (new)
(1) Competition policy at EU level must guarantee that the pharmaceutical industry does not hamper the universal right to healthcare of EU citizens, fighting any kind of market abuse that may block access of generic medicines to the internal market; is concerned about the reiterative abuse of market position of the pharmaceutical industry against generic medicine providers;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 18 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls, in this respect, for the development of generic medicines and their preferential use, when available, by public procurement systems;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the temporary State aid in the financial sector for the stabilisation of the global financial system was nexcessary but on completion of the Banking Union must be quickly reduced or totally removed and scrutinisedive and must be quickly reduced or totally removed and scrutinised; considers it regrettable that no action has been taken by the Commission to address the abuses committed in the restructuring of private banks, including those affecting small depositors and small owners of financial instruments such as preferred shares, which in many cases had been marketed without full compliance with EU legislation;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the EC to take firm measures, including severe sanctions, against those Member States and MNCs that have distorted the internal market by violating EU taxation law and, in particular, Council Directives 77/799/EEC and 211/16/EU;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that healthy tax competition is one of the constitutive elements of the internal market of the Union but unfair tax competition must be prevented through minimum rates of taxation and harmonised tax bases;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 25 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Agriculture
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 25 – point 1 (new)
(1) Is concerned that the most recent study of DG Competition in the field of retail, ‘The economic impact of modern retail on choice and innovation in the EU food sector’ remains solely focused on consumer choice rather than on the abuse of dominant position against food producers; stresses that unfair practices of big retailers hurt consumers and agricultural producers alike;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 25 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to develop progressively the EU competition framework to include the monitoring of SAFA indicators in the food supply chain in Europe, including Fair Pricing and Transparent Contracts (S.2.1.1.) and Right of Suppliers (S2.2.1);
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 25 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls for the establishment of an European observatory for food and agricultural prices at origin and at destination; draws attention to the Spanish IPOD as a possible model to monitor potential abuses of retailers against farmers and consumers;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 25 – point 4 (new)
(4) Calls for binding action in the food supply chain against retailers harming farmers and consumers;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 5 (new)
Paragraph 25 – point 5 (new)
(5) Is particularly concerned by the situation in the dairy sector, where retailers have been imposing prices well- below costs following the end of the quota system;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Condemns the non-cooperative attitude of many multinational companies with the European Parliament on matters relating to competition policy, as in the current workings of the Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect; calls for binding action against non-cooperative MNCs;