5 Amendments of Elsi KATAINEN related to 2020/0374(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Acknowledges that the digital economy, particularly platforms, can have a significant impact on long-established regulated business models in many strategic sectors such as transportation and hospitality. Stresses the need to foster a level-playing field between gatekeepers and traditional enterprises operating in the transport and tourism sectors. Furthermore, emphasises the need for transparency, for the sake of consumers, in transport and tourism platforms, specifically of algorithms affecting service, pricing, advertising and digital trust building mechanisms such as ratings and reviews.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) By approximating diverging national laws, obstacles to the freedom to provide and receive services, including retail services, within the internal market should be eliminated. A targeted set of harmonised mandatory rules should therefore be established at Union level to ensure contestable and fair digital markets featuring the presence of gatekeepers within the internal market, and in order to create and maintain a safer environment and legal certainty for the users and public authorities.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) This should allow the Commission to intervene in time and effectively, while fully respecting the proportionality of the considered measures. It should also reassure actual or potential market participants about the fairness and contestability of the services concerned. In this regard, calls on the Commission to undertake further steps by initiating a more comprehensive data sharing framework for online platforms dedicated to short-term rentals, following consultations with all relevant stakeholders, and to establish an obligation for platforms to hare their data accordingly, in full compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, with Eurostat and the national statistics office of the country where the service providers operate.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
(72) The Commission should be able to take the necessary actions to monitor the effective implementation and compliance with the obligations laid down in this Regulation. Such actions should include the ability of the Commission to appoint independent external experts, such as and auditors to assist the Commission in this procesrequest the active cooperation of the European Court of Auditors, including where applicable from competent national authorities and independent authorities, such as data or consumer protection authorities.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) The Commission should periodically evaluate this Regulation and closely monitor its effects on the contestability and fairness of commercial relationships in the online platform economy, in particular with a view to determining the need for amendments in light of relevant technological or commercial developments. This evaluation should include the regular review of the list of core platform services and the obligations addressed to gatekeepers as well as enforcement of these, in view of ensuring that digital markets across the Union are contestable and fair. In order to obtain a broad view of developments in the sector, the evaluation should take into account the experiences of Member States and relevant stakeholders. The Commission may in this regard also consider the opinions and reports presented to it by the Observatory on the Online Platform Economy that was first established by Commission Decision C(2018)2393 of 26 April 2018, by Eurostat, and by the national statistics offices of the countries where the service providers operate. Following the evaluation, the Commission should take appropriate measures. The Commission should to maintain a high level of protection and respect for the common EU rights and values, particularly equality and non-discrimination, as an objective when conducting the assessments and reviews of the practices and obligations provided in this Regulation.