14 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2021/2185(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU competition policy has an important role – especially at times of uncertainty and transformation – in ensuring effective competition to encourage innovation, set fair economic conditions, encourage innovation and provide greater choice and lower prices for consumers;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Commission needs an appropriate and effective set of instruments to enforce competition rules and properly ensure their implementation; whereas the European Commission needs to act in an impartial and objective way in order to preserve the credibility of the EU's competition policy;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas political independence of national competition authorities is of utmost importance to ensure the impartiality and credibility of competition policy;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic need to be adequately taken into account and that the guiding principle should be the reasonable phasing out of specific support measures; points out that as the economic recovery progresses, support measures should gradually become more specific before eventually being phased out altogether;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that while the extraordinary support measures granted during the Covid-19 crisis were necessary in light of an unprecedented health and economic crisis, the extraordinary levels of public support must not become the new normal;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the European Commission's vigilance in enforcing State-aid rules in the area of taxation; points out that Commission rulings are often challenged in court and therefore need to be thoroughly prepared;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Deplores that several recent Commission decisions in high-profile competition cases in the area of taxation have been annulled by the Courts; calls on the European Commission to prepare their competition policy cases more thoroughly so that they can hold up in a court of law;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the importance of safeguarding the competitiveness of European companies in a globalised arena, of striving for reciprocity, and of ensuring fair competition for regional markets in the single market; notes that the international environment needs to be carefully analysed when deciding on the definition of the relevant market in competition and merger control cases; deplores that in the past the Commission has sometimes taken a very narrow perspective of the relevant market thus depriving European companies of the opportunity to effectively compete in a globalised arena;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that dedicated cooperation agreements with third countries in the area of competition policy can meaningfully contribute to the effectiveness of competition policy; invites the European Commission to pursue more dedicated competition agreements, that allow for a more effective exchange of information between competition authorities;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that Parliament’s negotiating mandate on the Digital Markets Act will be voted on in plenary and that Parliament is prepared to work towards the accelerated completion of negotiations of the Digital Markets Act and the entry into force of the new rules;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the recent judgment by the General Court of the EU3 , which confirms the Commission’s assessment as regards a dominant market position and is proof and an example of the effective application of traditional EU competition rules in the context of a digital economy; notes, however, that such procedures tend to take very long and expects that the new tools available with the Digital Markets Act will help to resolve anti-competitive behaviour more quickly; __________________ 3Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021, Google and Alphabet v Commission, T-612/17, ECLI:EU:T:2021:763.
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes note of the Commission’s initiative to revise the State aid rules in the field of climate, environmental protection and energy (CEEAG) to align them with the European Green Deal and supports the adoption of new guidelines in that regard; deplores, however, that the Commission has narrowed the State aid eligibility for energy-intensive companies considerably thus making the transition to a carbon- neutral economy considerably more difficult for the affected companies;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that the turnover thresholds might not be suitable to detect all cases that should be reviewed by competition authorities in merger cases;