Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2015/2140(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (A8-0368/2015 - Werner Langen) PT
Amendments (25)
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 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 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 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 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 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;