9 Amendments of Marc ANGEL related to 2020/2023(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that an agreement with the UK should not undermine the ambitious and balanced set of measures that have been put forward by the Commission in the last five years, such as the Single Market Strategy, the Capital Markets Union, the Digital Single Market Strategy and the European Digital Strategy;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the future agreement should include reciprocal arrangements on mutually beneficial market access for goods and services - including financial services -, public procurement and recognition of professional qualifications;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the future agreement should include reciprocal arrangements on mutually beneficial market access for goods and services, public procurement and recognition of professional qualifications, as well as product standards;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Believes that in order to move towards a zero carbon and circular economy, the Union needs a fully operational Single Market that encourages the dissemination of green, innovative solutions and the future agreement with the UK should be in line with this aim;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. BelievStresses that under no circumstance a third country can have the same rights or enjoy the same benefits as a Member State; recalls, therefore, that a balanced, ambitious and wide-ranging free trade agreement can only be agreed if a level playing field is secured to businesses, especially SMEs, as well as to consumers, through robust commitments;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls, in the context of financial services, that passporting rights, which are based on mutual recognition and harmonised prudential rules in the internal market, will cease to apply between the EU and the UK at the end of the transitional period; underlines that, thereafter future agreement should include reciprocal arrangements on mutually beneficial market access for financial services, ensuring a level playing field; stresses that if no such reciprocal arrangement can be found, access to the European financial market must be based on equivalence decisions made within the EU’s legal framework;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines that the EU Competition Policy has played an important role in the development of the Single Market; believes that in the future agreement the UK should commit itself to apply the EU's state aid rules and in case of disputes, the European Court of Justice should be the arbiter of EU law;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Reiterates that in terms of competition rules, online retailers must also comply with the Single Market rules, and this question should be tackled by the agreement with the UK;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Stresses that EU competition policy and EU consumer policy have played an important role in the development of the Single Market; stresses, therefore, that the agreement with the UK must also ensure that businesses comply with competition and consumer protection rules and that there is no discrimination against competitors to the detriment of consumers' welfare;