6 Amendments of Markus BUCHHEIT related to 2020/2223(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that competition policy applies only to actors operating on European territory, but that the globalised nature of the economy and trade enables key players to implement global strategies that are not subject to EU legislation and are designed to circumvent it, generating significant economic and social harm in Europe while appearing to meet the objectives of European competition; strongly recommends that these objectives, in particular those of low prices and the strong competition supposedly conducive to creativity, be revised in the light of the costs and destruction that their implementation entails, with the focus shifting to fair prices and equitable development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the importance of safeguarding consumers' right to a conscious and safe choice by promoting tools that will ensure the highest level of transparency about the composition and origin of products;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of a few online operators acting as gatekeepers to the digital economy, including access to e- commerce markets and the consequences on freedom of choice for consumers and access to markets for companies; underlines, thereforein that connection, the strategic requirement for the EU to have companies with comparable capacities, and calls on the Commission to adapt competition law rules in order to foster the rapid recovery of Member States’ economies and the emergence of such companies; stresses, further, the need for an internal market ex ante regulatory instrument to ensure that impacted markets remain fair and competitive; looks forward to seeing this instrument in the forthcoming Digital Markets Act proposal;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation has been inadequately adapted to recent market developments, notably the growth of online sales and online platforms; welcomes the impact assessment recently launched by the Commission and calls for further steps to address the issue, without prejudice to legislation on future services and digital markets;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages the adoption of measures to strengthen European start- ups and SMEs as a means of supporting their competitiveness with non-EU ones, in accordance with the level playing field principle; stresses the need of a proper application of competition policy to third- country companies operating in the EU internal market;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure fair and secure access to data for all market participantsin keeping with a European strategy of protection and sovereignty in their hosting, processing and management; notes that ithis should empower all consumers to control their data, whatever form they take and including the metadata of online services, such as connection details, interaction arrangements or information on the IT equipment used, and provide them with additional rights in terms of data portability and interoperability in order to ensure that the single market for data is based on European values and fair competitionthe full and uniform application of European law.