15 Amendments of Pervenche BERÈS related to 2009/2173(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’s Report on Competition Policy 2008;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to inform Parliament during the course of 2010 what specific action in the field of competition it intends to take as a result of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and in particular of Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union establishing a horizontal social clause;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to consider the external dimension of the effects of the types of bank regulation envisaged, particularly on the competitiveness of European banks;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Deplores the fact that the Commission has never responded to Parliament’s requests for sector inquiries in the field of investment banks, auditing firms and rating agencies;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Regrets that the Commission has not defined the European conditions for granting state aid, preferring to rely exclusively on ex-post evaluation of the restructuring measures in the light of the competition rules;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the system of competition rules have weathered the storm so fars so far enabled the new problems resulting from the financial crisis to be overcome, but that the crisis has brought home the urgency for an EU framework for cross- border crisis management in the financial sector, including a solution for the ‘too- big-to-fail’ institutions, a single European regulator, a deposit guarantee fund and a bail-out fund or equivalent system;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. . Invites the Commission to explain what criteria will be used to decide on a possible extension of the Temporary Community framework for State aid measures, as the EU is officially out of recession, despite persistingin a context where the European Union is still faced with major economic difficulties and growing unemployment levels; takes the view that the questionnaires to Member States, assessing the Temporary framework, do not alone provide a sufficient basis for such a decision, and calls for additional (independent) studies to be commissioned;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to improve coordination between the competition law approach and the consumer law approach in its initiatives;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. ExpectAsks to be duly informed and consulted concerning any amendment of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation, within a timeframe which allows Parliament to undertake adequate scrutiny and to make a thorough contribution;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. ExpectAsks to be consulted on any proposed amendment of the Block Exemption Regulation applicable to Vertical Agreements, within a timeframe which allows Parliament to undertake adequate scrutiny and to make a thorough contribution;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. InvitesCalls on the Commission to set outmake public the criteria applicabledopted for launching a sector inquiry and to debate these criteria with the European Parliament; takes the view that the Commission should act not only on complaints from industry or consumers, but also on the recommendation of Parliament;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Reiterates in this context, its earlier calls for sector inquiries into online advertising and the food industrierelations between major distributors and agricultural producers; calls for an inquiry into media concentrations, including all channels for distribution of content, such as print, television and radio and the internet; requests that the Commission present an analysis of competition in the telecoms and car, car and financial service sectors;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Stresses the need to monitor forms of distortion of competition among European businesses which violate the principles of decent work, particularly by the use of short-term contracts and ‘training courses’ for qualified staff; calls on the Commission to investigate these abuses and their effects in terms of unfair competition;