Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2017/0224(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union (debate) PT
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union
Amendments (12)
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Foreign direct investment contributes to the Union's growth, by enhancing its competitiveness, creating jobs and economies of scale, bringing in capital, technologies, innovation, expertise, and by opening new markets for the Union's exports. It supports the objectives of the Commission's Investment Plan for Europe and contributes to other Union projects and programmes. Foreign investment has, however, also been leading to serious cases of poverty and unemployment, especially when a foreign investor, having established itself in given Union regions, relocates its production years later, despite having repeatedly received national and Union support.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union and the Member States have an open investment environment, which is enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') and embedded in the international commitments undertaken by the Union and its Member States with respect to foreign direct investment. In other words, the Union and its Member States are now victims of their policies of globalisation and all-out liberalisation of capital movements.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is currently no comprehensive framework at EU-level for the screening of foreign direct investments on the grounds of security or public order. There are, however, several outlying countries which, because austerity policies had been imposed on them, were virtually forced to privatise key companies that have consequently ended up in foreign ownership, a fact which is undermining the quality of public service and the role of those companies as a lever for development.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The framework for the screening of foreign direct investment should provide the Member States and the Commission with the means to address risks to security or public order in a comprehensive manner, and to adapt to changing circumstances, whilst maintaining the necessary flexibility for Member States to screen foreign direct investments on grounds of security and public order taking into account their individual situations and national circumstances. The nationalisation of one or more companies should be considered where there are risks to security or public order, when the sectors concerned are of strategic importance to the national economy.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) A mechanism which enables Member States to cooperate and assist each other where a foreign direct investment in one Member State may affect the security or public order of other Member States should be set up. Member States should be able to provide comments to a Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether the Member States providing comments or the Member States in which the investment is planned or has been completed maintain a screening mechanism or are screening the investment. The comments of Member States should also be forwarded to the Commission. The Commission should also have the possibility, where appropriate, to issue an opinion to the Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether this Member State maintains a screening mechanism or is screening the investment and irrespective of whether other Member States have provided comments.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to facilitate the cooperation with other Member States and the screening of foreign direct investment by the Commission, Member States should notify their screening mechanisms and any amendment thereto to the Commission, and should report on the application of their screening mechanisms on a regular basis. For the same reason, Member States that do not have a screening mechanism should also report on the foreign direct investments that took place in their territory, on the basis of the information available to them.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may maintain, amend or adopt mechanisms to screen foreign direct investments on the grounds of security or public order, under the conditions and in accordance with the terms set out in this Regulation. Nationalisation shall be considered a means to employ when security or public order is at stake.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
- social services such as health, education, or social security.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) any decisions to nationalise companies targeted by foreign direct investment screened or undergoing screening.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission's opinion shall not be binding on the Member States where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed shall take utmost account of the Commission's opinion and provide an explanation to the Commission in case its opinion is not followed.