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13 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2016/2100(INI)

Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas competition policy can and should make a significant contribution to key political priorities such as boosting innovation, qualityemergence of new jobs, growth and investment, protecting consumers and reinforcing the single market, with particular regard to the digital single market and the Energy Union;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends an increased sharing of information between national authorities in order to ensure that taxes are paid in EU when this shall be the case and in the relevant Member State;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the need for simple and transparent tax policies and regulations;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines however that taxation is a national competence, dependent on the political view and actions of governments and parliaments, based upon fiscal policies and political aspirations regarding public spending;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to reinforce the single market through a fiscal union, and calls for the treaties to be amended accordingly;deleted
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to deepen the single market, opening up for new completion and freedom of establishment in all sectors, underlines the need for structural reforms and fiscal consolidation in the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact, calls upon Commission that the credibility of the SGP is restored by securing that all Member States follow the rules instead of calling for new rules and new institutions;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take more ambitious steps to eliminate obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier-free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State;deleted
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to take more ambitious steps to eliminate illegitimate obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier- free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State, while at the same time not creating new barriers caused by existing variations in consumer law;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that ending roaming charges in the EU is not sufficient and that intra-EU calls must be also regulated on the same level as local calls; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for regulating intra-EU calls;deleted
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that the steps towards ending consumer charges for roaming in the EU is, in the long term perspective, not sufficient if the single market is to be further deepened, and that incentives for intra-EU calls to be on the same level as local calls must be created, by ways of facilitating investments in fully European or shared network; calls on the Commission to thoroughly consult network operators and relevant stakeholders on how to bring down charges for intra-EU calls to the level of local calls in the most efficient way, which at the same time encourages investments and secures global competitiveness and innovation;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for commission to launch a road map for less but better targeted state aid, aiming for a reduction of state aid opening up for lower taxes stimulating new businesses and fair competition rather than supporting old structures and incumbents;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Underlines that when using state aid in order to promote services of general interest it is the consumers and the citizens benefit that is crucial, not individual companies or public entities today;
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament should also be granted codecision powers in the field of competition policy, and regrets that this area of Union policy has not been strengthened in its democratic dimension in recent treaty amendments; calls for the treaties to be amended accordingly;deleted
2016/10/24
Committee: ECON