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13 Amendments of Carlos COELHO related to 2017/2073(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas services account for 71% of the GDP and 68% of total employment, the full potential of the Single Market in services still remains unfulfilled;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas smart regulation can have positive effects on the European market and deregulation should therefore not be the overall aim;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas in many cases, regulation of professional services can be justified, for example when it aims at protecting a number of general interest objectives, it nevertheless needs to be adjusted regularly to take into consideration technological, societal or market developments;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas Directive 2005/36/EC was amended in 2013, with the objective to achieve a proportionate regulatory framework, justified by general interests objectives, introducing in Article 59 a transparency and mutual evaluation exercise for all regulated professions in the Member States, whether they are regulated on the basis of national rules or on the basis of rules harmonised at EU level;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 13 #
Da. whereas Member States were required to submit national action plans (NAPs) to the Commission by 18 January 2016 with information on decisions on maintaining or amending professional regulations; whereas there are still 6 Member States that have not submitted their NAPs;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission initiative providing guidance for Member States in the context of the mutual evaluation exercise, including the organisation of in-depth discussions with national authorities;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that it will help Member States to exchange on best practices and better understand their regulatory choices taking into consideration the fact that some Member States foresee a higher level of state intervention in regulated professions than others;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that Member States have faced significant challenges in notifying information about the professions they regulate and the requirements for accessing those professions; calls on Member States and the Commission to significantly improve notification procedures;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that not all Member States have submitted a National Action Plan (NAP) as required by Directive 2005/36/EC and that the levels of depth and detail of the NAPs submitted differ; calls on those Member States that have not submitted their NAP yet to proceed without any due delay, as only with complete information from all Member States, the Commission can present a full picture on regulated professions at the EU level;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that making regulation on professional services more proportionate and adapted to market reality may result in improved market dynamics, lower prices to consumers and improved performance of sector efficiency;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. States that reform recommendations cannot replace enforcement action by the Commission and calls on the Commission to make use of instruments such as infringement procedures for enforcement;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that the restrictiveness indicator only takes into account quantitative data and not qualitative data; states that the restrictiveness indicator can therefore only be seen as an indicative tool and does not permit to draw conclusions on the overall regulatory intensity in the Member States;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the overall analysis of the impact of the regulations in Member States should be subject not only to a quantitative but also to a qualitative assessment encompassing the general interest objectives and the quality of the service provided;
2017/09/20
Committee: IMCO