Activities of Louis GRECH related to 2010/2011(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on delivering a single market to consumers and citizens PDF (229 KB) DOC (143 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the single market must not be seen in isolation from other horizontal policy areas, particularly health, consumer protection, environment, sustainable development and external policyies,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that revitalisation of the single market requires the introduction of more adequate checks and balances to guarantee citizens and consumers the necessary protection; considers that, greater evidence and analysis and more dialogue to guarantee that the needs of citizens and consumers are adequately being taken into account; considers that an evidence based and a citizen-based approach will help the Union to win back popular confidence in the single European market and to find the right formula for the adoption of initiatives to give the Union the competitive edge it needs, without prejudice to the social dimension;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Maintains that citizens are not being given the information they need on single market legislation and the availability and enforcement of their rights; highlights the fact that many of the relevant websites and the large number of information centres and "points of single contact"contact points remain disorganised and are failing to reach people effectively;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Contends that the Internal Market Scoreboards of July 2009 and March 2010and the Consumer Market Scoreboards reveal clearly that Member States are still failing to meet their objectives for transposing, applying and enforcing single market legislation correctly and that there is a delay of transposition of European laws, which is especially regrettable in the services sector;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Member States to ensure better coordination and exchange of best practices in the single market, particularly through strengthening of the "points of single contact"the internal market information system and training of single market and consumer protection specialists;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the Member States, with the support of the Commission, to improve the capacity of problem-solving mechanisms, in particular SOLVIT, by allocating additional financial and human resources; calls on the Commission to complete the single market assistance services (SMAS) project as a matter of priority; and reviewing their mandate to ensure that such mechanisms can effectively address the wide scope of problems encountered by citizens and businesses; calls on the Commission to complete the single market assistance services (SMAS) project as a matter of priority, so that citizens and businesses obtain an easy access to the information and guidance they need, whilst finding solutions to problems they encounter;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Encourages the Commission to bring forward a proposal for a single market legislative packageinitiate a "Single Market Act for Citizens", which should include a single market legislative package, as well as non-legislative initiatives by May 2011 – well ahead of the adoption of its announced 2012 single market programme – putting social policy and consumer protection at the centre of the single market to achieve the desired aim of a highly competitive social market economy, which would at the same time ensure a credible level playing field;