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Activities of Eva-Britt SVENSSON related to 2010/2277(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2277(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on a Single Market for Enterprises and Growth PDF (352 KB) DOC (245 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: IMCO
Dossiers: 2010/2277(INI)
Documents: PDF(352 KB) DOC(245 KB)

Amendments (15)

Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas it is important to restore confidence in the Single Market at all levels and to eliminate existingunjustified barriers to enterprises and especially SMEs entering business; whereas unjustified high administrative burdens discourage new entrepreneurs,
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission Communication ‘Towards a Single Market Act’ and especially its first chapter on ‘Strong, sustainable and equitable growth for business’;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of the Single Market for the competitiveness of EU enterprises and for the growth of European economies, and welcomes the holistic approach used in the Communication;deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the creation of EU project bonds in order to support long-term innovation in the Single Market;deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promote cross-border investment and to set up a legislative framework to allow venture capital funds to be invested freelyregulate investment by venture capital funds within the Single Market, irrespective of the Member State of origin;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the importance of public procurement, especially pre-commercial procurement, and the role it plays in stimulating innovation in the Single Market; encourages Member States to make use of pre-commercial procurement to give a decisive initial push to new markets for innovative and green technologies while improving the quality and, effectiveness, universality, affordability, accessibility and sustainability of public services; calls on the Commission and Member States to better communicate the existing possibilities for pre-commercial procurement to public authorities; calls on the Commission to explore how cross- border joint procurement can be facilitated;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to support the efforts of the public sector to adopt innovative approaches, exploiting new technologies and procedures and disseminating best practices in the public administration which will lower bureaucracy and embrace citizen-centred policies;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Urges Member States to increase efforts to pool innovation resources through the creation of innovation clusters and facilitatinggive emphasis on the participation of SMEs in EU research programmes;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the Commission's proposed revision of the e-Signatures Directive; emphasizes the need for mutual recognition of e-identification and e-authentication across the EU;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures to enhance the confidence of businesses in e-commerce, namely by harmonizing contract law where possible and by facilitating cross- border debt recovery;deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to fullytake all necessary measures to protect labour conditions, avoid social dumping and provide for a reliable universal service, whilst implementing the Third Postal Services Directive (2008/6/EC) to facilitate efficient distribution and tracking of online purchase, and to ensure that decent employment and labour conditions are applied by all operators;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Points out the need to strengthen the fight against online piracy in a proportionate manner andwithout limiting the free use of internet with public support by making full use of the available technology while respecting fundamental rights;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to make it clear that public authorities may base public procurement on social criteria such as the payment of relevant standard wages and other requirements;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that service sector is a key element of the single market; Doubts that the Services Directive will provide high quality services in Europe; Urges the Commission to revaluate the impact of the Directive in the upcoming assessment on the principles of universality, affordability, continuity, quality and availability; Encourages Member States to support the public sector and deliver to citizens high quality public services
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of the business services sector and to take the necessary regulatory measures in order to protect SMEs from unfair commercial practicespetition by larger enterprises in the retail sector;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO