Activities of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2015/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (debate) CS
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (A8-0371/2015 - Kaja Kallas, Evelyne Gebhardt) CS
Amendments (18)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitivenessjob creation is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is keycan contribute to achievinge this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators whose rights to protection must continue to apply in the digital age, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness testsan exhaustive ex- ante assessment of impact onf all new proposals; in terms of growth and jobs creation as well as its potential social benefits;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideasmade it possible for small companies to access far more potential consumers than before;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls insteadand for further efforts to develop and modernise the EU´s intellectual property laws, in particular in the area of copyright, in order to accommodate them to the digital age, and calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that internet service providers should bear greaterCalls on the Commission to launch a discussion on responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling ctackling harmful content especially for minors; but stresses that unauthorized sources of copyrighted materials should not be treated in the same way as criminal and illegal activities such as the sale of fake medicines or guns, which possess a real threat to the society, invites the Commission to evaluate targeted and appropyright abusesate measures to improve the legal certainty in line with the Commission´s objective for better regulation;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, which must be proportionate and comply with fundamental rights such as the right to the presumption of innocence, the right to a fair trial, the right to privacy and the right to the confidentiality of communications, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade; insists on the need forunderlines that the forthcoming proposal must be based on comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales and on potential additional complexity to the legal regime for consumer sales law because it would only apply to online sales.
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the ultimate goal of the e- government, which is to offer an increased portfolio of public services to citizens in a transparent and efficient manner, but calls on the Commission to deeply analyse all the possible negative consequences regarding specific constitutional traditions and cultural differences of member states, potential lack of privacy for civilians, vulnerability to cyber-attacks, and disturbances in this area as well as the strategy how to guarantee access for those living in remote areas, individuals with disabilities and those living on poverty line incomes.
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the utmost importance of Article 345 of TFEU in the field of digital services and thus recalls the freedom of each Member State to develop public operators in the field of digital services.
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the Digital Single Market should primarily serve the interests of citizens and SMEs;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned aboutTakes note of the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urgeasks the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovationencourage a debate among Member States to coordinate their approaches, if necessary;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that a fullminimum harmonisation of the legal frameworkmost essential rules governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EUncourage the introduction of trustmarks for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;
Amendment 561 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;
Amendment 610 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that a ban on geo-blocking should never oblige a retailer to deliver goods from his web shop to a certain Member State when he has no interest in selling his products to all Member States and prefers to stay small or only sell to consumers close to his shop;
Amendment 623 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to examine the situation of independent retailers who nevertheless are allowed under competition law to work together through their brick-and-mortar shops, to also provide joint e-commerce offerings;
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls as a prioNotes that the radio spectrum is used by a large variety for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investmentsof suppliers varying from (digital) TV and radio to mobile communication; considers that the framework for spectrum allocation reflects the various national traditions in the Member States and therefore should remain a national competence; stresses that any policy decision to assign spectrum use should be based on a solid assessment of the cost and benefits of such change as well as of the actual market demand justifying such change;
Amendment 771 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that uniform enforcement ofthe Commission and all Member States should rigorously defend the net neutrality principle; stresses that the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulatorshould be uniformly enforced throughout all Member States;
Amendment 811 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in,between online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms should be priorities; Stresses the need to ensure sufficient levels of transparency for consumers regarding the practices of digital intermediaries, and proactive monitoring and effective "backstop" powers for regulatory authorities where platform practices become a threat to plurality/diversity;