24 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2015/2354(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes the view that the Single Market Strategy (SMS), which will may help to inject new life into Europe’s economies by opening up borders and removing barriers for goods and services;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat fiscal and social dumping which creates unfair competition between the economies of individual countries within the EU, causing intolerable imbalances which, with the opening of borders and removal of barriers for goods and services, are likely to widen, to the detriment of the quality of those goods and services, not to mention jobs and working conditions; believes that this is the only way in which the single market will be able to withstand the competition from non-EU countries and prevent the social safety net from becoming ever smaller, leading to huge job losses;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that barriers to doing business across borders are barriers to growth and job creation; calls, however, for due account to be taken of the fact that in the single market, reciprocal arrangements are vital for preventing unfair competition and social dumping;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas rules and actions at EU level should be incorporated into a uniform strategic vision and thus be consistent with each other and not contradictory;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to facilitate and implement 'smart working', in order to improve the productivity and quality of life of workers and their families, especially in a digital single market;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the potential of the collaborative economy for job creation and a more inclusive labour market across Member States; believes that a country-by-country taxation principle needs to be establishedmmon consolidated corporate tax base for businesses needs to be established and that, given the natural adjustments in individual countries, the Commission and the Member States should take the necessary measures to achieve equal rights and conditions, including pay and tax, for all workers in the European Union;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to support the reduction of the burden of taxation and social security contributions on labour, for both the employed and self-employed, in order to increase the purchasing power of workers, employees and the self-employed, and their families, and improve the competitiveness of SMEs, micro-enterprises and innovative start-ups;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the strategy iseeks to complementary to the efforts made in other areas; believes that, by building onimproving the initiatives already being taken, the strategy has good potential to help ensure economic prosperity and make Europe attractive for investments;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomTakes the opportunitviesw that the SMS can offers to SME fresh opportunities to SMEs, micro-enterprises and innovative start- ups; believes that developing the right business environment by improving private venture capital frameworks for SMEs and fully applying the ‘Think Small First’ principle across the single market, facilitating access to credit, reducing the tax burden, red tape and tax obligations for SMEs is crucial for growth and job creation;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the Commission’s support for dual education systems; stresses the importance of ensuring that the SMS does not in any way undermine dual education systems;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support job creation in the collaborative economy by developing appropriate safeguards, while at the same time providing a platform that will allow entrepreneurs to grow, innovate and create jobs.; calls on the Commission, in addition, to promote specific support for entrepreneurs in order to provide them with the ideal conditions for achieving the objectives of growth, innovation and job creation;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses in this regard the need to increase, in an effective manner, the information on EU funds available to SMEs, micro-enterprises and innovative start-ups; points out, moreover, that to ensure the quality of the use of EU funds it is essential to implement a system to supervise and monitor the use of those resources;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the difficulties faced by businesses, and in particular SMEs and start-ups, in securing funding; calls on the Commission, while continuing the valuable support provided to those companies through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and programmes such as Horizon 2020 and COSME, to explore ways of further facilitating access to them, especially for micro-enterprises, for instance by reducing calls for applications to six-month periods and further simplifying the relevant procedures;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that differences in external factors, such as ease of access to credit, taxation regimes and labour regulations, mean that some SMEs find themselves at a disadvantage compared to others; believes that these imbalances adversely affect the proper functioning of the single market and can prevent virtuous SMEs from developing their full potential; takes the view that the Commission should use its available tools to ensure that conditions for growth are as equitable as possible;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the fact that each year thousands of SMEs across Europe go bankrupt while waiting for their invoices to be paid, including by public administrations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to facilitate the application and enforcement of the Late Payment Directive; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to consider, in the event of unsatisfactory implementation of the Late Payment Directive, forms of adequate compensaprotection for companies owed money by a public administration, so that they are not forced to go bankrupt because of it;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the legislative initiative on business insolvency, including early restructuring and second chances, which will ensure that Member States provide a regulatory environment that is able to accommodate failure without discouraging entrepreneurs who are victims of economic downturns from trying new ideas;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that the collaborative (or sharing) economy is growing fast and changing the way that many services and assets are provided and consumed; underlines, furthermore, the strong link between these new business models and the performance of the single market; stresses that the emergence of such phenomena calls for prompter and more forward-looking regulatory intervention;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission’s announced initiative on the European agenda for the collaborative economy, and its intention to look at that economy in order to assess what needs to be done to accompany its growth and its major contribution to the economic system; takes the view that regulatory intervention in this field should be characterised by flexibility, to enable the rules to be promptly adapted and enforced in a rapidly changing sector which calls for fast and effective adjustments;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws attention to the important role of standards for innovation and progress in the single market; calls on the Commission to support and reinforce European standards, including by exploiting the opportunities offered byand not to compromise standards and quality during the ongoing negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP);;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to act swiftly on its declared intention of reviewing legislation on supplementary protection certificates (SPC) in the pharmaceutical sector, so as to allow production alone in the EU Member States, without prejudice to the marketing rights of certificate holders;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for the protection of geographical indications for non-agricultural products in the EU, as already called for by Parliament; stresses that such an instrument would explicitly highlight the added value of many local productions, with obvious benefits for the producers and regions concerned and in terms of consumer awareness;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its call for the rapid adoption of the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package by the Council; underlines the importance of the indication of country of origin, which is crucial to protect consumers and to strengthen the fight against counterfeiting, as well as giving producers the advantage of a distinctive designation, making them more competitive in a globalised world in which products are in danger of becoming increasingly uniform;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that regulatory differences between Member States regarding differing labelling requirements create unnecessary obstacles to the activities of suppliers of goods; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a mandatory scheme for the provision of key information for hand- made and industrial products, for example in the furniture, sector established at EU level; considers that such an initiative would be beneficial for consumers, industries and trade operators, ensuring transparency, adequate recognition of European products and harmonised rules for operators in the single market;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises, in respect of the single market in services, that there is a clear need to improve the cross-border provision of services, while taking care not to encourage social dumping; urges the Member States to ensure proper and more effective application of the Services Directive, while avoiding the practice of gold-plating; welcomes the Commission proposal to improve notification under the Services Directive; agrees to extend the notification procedure provided for in Directive 2015/1535 to all the sectors not covered by that directive;