Activities of Jean-Lin LACAPELLE related to 2020/2020(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Strengthening the single market: the future of free movement of services (debate)
Amendments (26)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a more integrated and interconnected services market is necessarycould contribute to tackle climate change, and createing a sustainable economy, and unleash the full potential of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas fragmentation, restrictive national regulations and gold-plating in national and EU-law not only hamper businesses, but also hurt consumers, who have fewer choices and pay higher prices;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules and the abolition of excessive requirements dependslies only in the competence onf the Member States;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19; urges allthe Commission to simplify the application of the current regulatory framework; calls on Member States to ease restrictions on the free movement within the single market as soon as possible;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Services Directive aims to reduce fragmentation, deepen the integration of the single market, and pave the way for both businesses and consumers to achieve their full potential; observes, however, that since its entry into force it has triggered legal uncertainty with regard to its scope, deterring investments in important production sectors, like that of seaside businesses and itinerant trade;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to revise the Services Directive, notably the provisions laid down in Chapter III section 1; points out that the application of these provisions caused uncertainty in many Member States, above all in sectors like that of seaside businesses and itinerant trade;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the Commission is not reacting to unfair competition, both online and offline, which affects certain sectors regulated by the Professional Qualifications Directive; notes that some Member States have higher standards than others and that the application of the Directive does not create a level playing field in sectors like that of seaside businesses and itinerant trade;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RegretsPoints out that Member States frequently uscan legitimately invoke reasons of public interest to insulate their domestic market; highlights that requirements such as territorial restrictions and economic needs tests create unjustified obstacles to cross- border establishment;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that Member States frequently use reasons of public interest to insulate their domestic market; highlights that requirements such as territorial restrictions and economic needs tests create unjustified obstacles to cross-border establishment;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of theConsiders that the European Commission’s proposal for a revised services notification procedure; regrets that the proposal could not be adopted due to the lack of an agreement in provides for a reporting procedure, which clearly contradicts the principle of subsidiarity; considers that the Commission is overstepping its mandate; calls on the Commission to withdraw this proposal in view of the opposition of Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. NoteConsiders that the purpose of the Commission’s legislative proposal for a European services e-card was tonot appropriate, as, under the guise of addressing administrative barriers that remain in place; underlines that such barriers are costly to services providers, and continue to constitute a significant disincentive to the cross-border provision of service, it ended up creating new administrative burdens; asserts, moreover, that the Commission’s proposal aimed indirectly at reintroducing the principle of applying the law of the Member State of origin of the service provider; welcomes the rejection of this proposal by Parliament; calls ion the single marketCommission to definitively withdraw its proposal;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the national parliaments to actively engage in supporting the enforcement of existing rules, and to exercise their powers of scrutiny over national authorities and European institutions; welcomes, in this connection, the extensive use of the reasoned opinion procedure by many national parliaments in the context of the proposal for a European services e-card and the proposal for a notification procedure, with a view to addressing the shortcomings;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to play their part in calling on and supporting the governments to revitalise the European services sector;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the free movement of services is at the core of the single market, and could provide substantial economic gains, provided there is sufficient and active enforcement by local and regional authorities, national courts, and the Commission within their competences;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked by Member States in a way that damagesto call into question the application of the single market for services; calls on the Commis, which is a siogn to improve the monitoring of Member State performance in transposing and implementinghat this market is not suited to the needs of citizens and Member States; calls on the Commission to take note of this antagonism and to take all necessary action in this regard, in particular by removing the inappropriate legislation;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked by Member States in a way that damages the single market for services; calls on the Commission to improve the monitoring of Member State performance in transposing and implementing legislation;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that Member States and Regions are experiencing obstacles when it comes to the full implementation of existing legislation on certain production sectors which do not fit the rules foreseen;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for increased vigour from the Commission to ensure efficient and cost- saving coordination and exchange of information between Member States so as to avoid duplication of procedures and checks for the cross-border provision of services;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importanceNotes the utility of the single digital gateway as an online access point for EU and national information, procedures and assistance services on the single market;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends that Member States implement the single digital gateway in an SMEenterprise-friendly way, by providing user- centric information, assistance services and procedures on the gateway, so as to make it a virtual one-stop shop as far as possible, and ensure a maximum level of user- centricity;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. UrgInvites Member States, in view of the current crisis, to speed up their digitalisation work especially for procedures that affect businesses, although aware that there might be different paces of development;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. SupportAcknowledges the Commission’s preliminary initiative to update the single market scoreboard with a new set of indicators with which to evaluate Member State implementation of relevant single market legislation;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29