8 Amendments of José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL related to 2019/2131(INI)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to adopt a more favourable approach to industrial cooperation in order to foster the emergence of European leaders that are globally competitive; in particular in key areas for Europe’s leadership in the digital space such as deployment of 5G networks;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a review of the Notice on the definition of the relevant market so as to move towards a longer-term vision encompassing the global dimension, digitisation, convergence of technologies and services and potential future competition;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to review merger rules and strengthen antitrust action, taking into account the effects of marketmarket power based on vertical and conglomeral integration and network powereffects, associated with both personal and financial data; proposes that every merger in the market for such data and leveraging of that market power in adjacent markets; should be subject to prior monitoring, regardless of thresholds;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the buying-out of start- ups by big-tech dominant players dries up innovation and threatens sovereignty, and calls on the Commission to reverse the burden of proof with regard to such buy- outsenhance the scrutiny of such buy-outs; calls on the Commission to introduce new thresholds to capture such acquisitions under the EU Merger Control Review, such as the value of transaction;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that some entities, benefiting from dual status as both platforms and suppliers, abuse their position to discriminate in favour of their own products and services and impose unfair terms on users and competitors; calls on the Commission to penalise themimpose asymmetric ex-ante regulatory obligations where competition law is not enough to ensure contestability in digital markets avoiding competitors’ foreclosure and ensuring that emerging bottlenecks are not perpetuated by the monopolization of future innovation;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to introduce a centralised ex ante market monitoring system, to provide national authorities with the necessary means to gather data anonymously, and to introducpropose targeted regulation when practices become systemic;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the slowness of the application of antitrust rules; stresses the financial and structural risk to which some actors are exposed if they initiate lengthy and costly proceedings; calls on the Commission to consider setting deadlines which take into account the economic timeframe of businesses in order to speed up antitrust procedures;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to make more systematic use of investigations in sectors that are essential to the everyday life of citizens, such as digital services, transport and the media, in the digital age;