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14 Amendments of Françoise CASTEX related to 2010/2289(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1
-1. Welcomes with interest the communication of the Commission on the Single Market Act and the global approach which it proposes in order to rebalance the single market between enterprises and citizens and to improve the democracy and the transparency of the decision process. Stresses that this approach supposes to guarantee the best balance between the proposals of the three parts of the communication;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to ensure that ADR mechanisms should be available to both consumers and businesses when enforcing their rights, inter alia under a future optional instrument in European Contract Law;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets that the communication on the Single Market act does not give more importance to local authorities which play an essential role in the single market at economic and social level; recalls that Protocol 26, annexed to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union guarantees “a wide discretional capacity to organize, manage and finance the services of general economic interest (SGEI)”; asks the Commission to take initiatives to guarantee the application of this protocol;
2011/01/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to finally accept correlation tables concerning the implementation of legislation in order to make legislation deficits more transparent;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that initiatives by single states cannot be effective without coordinated action at EU level, making it fundamental that the European Union speaks with a strong single voice and implements common actions. Solidarity, on which the European social economy model is based, and the coordination of national responses have been crucial to avoiding protectionist measures of short duration by single Member States; expresses its concern that the re- emergence of economic protectionism at national level would most probably result in fragmentation of the internal market and a reduction in competitiveness, and therefore needs to be avoided; is concerned that the current economic and financial crisis could be used to justify reviving protectionist measures in various Member States, whereas the downturn calls for common safeguard mechanisms instead;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Takes the view that progress in the internal market should not be based on the lowest common denominator. Encourages the Commission, therefore, to take the lead and come forward with bold proposals; encourages the Member States to use the method of enhanced cooperation in areas where the process of reaching an agreement among 27 is not achievable; other countries would be free to join these spearhead initiatives at a later stage;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Proposes that the Commission assume full responsibility for ensuring the steering and financing of projects in strategic fields: energy, transport, digital area, social and taxes harmonisation, social economy and Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI);
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Stress that the balance of the proposals requires a sectorial approach of the orientations proposed: energy, transport, technological innovation, legal security for the enterprises and workers etc… and consultations organized in each of these sectors;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Recalls that Article 14 of the TFEU calls on the European Parliament and the Council to set by means of a regulation the "principles and conditions for the SGEI to achieve its mission of public service”; therefore asks the Commission to take legal initiatives in this regard;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Notes the willingness of the Commission to more effectively support social dialogue and to improve the transparency of decisions and the democracy; stresses the need to support this willingness with concrete initiatives; asks for the development of the European works councils and to support the creation of joint committees in industrial sectors which are competent on economic restructuration investments;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Regrets that the communication on the Single Market act does not give more importance to local authorities which play an essential role in the single market at economic and social level. Recalls that Protocol 26 annexed to the TFEU guarantees a wide discretional capacity to organize, manage and finance the SGEI; asks the Commission to take initiatives to guarantee the application of this protocol;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Believes that “the good governance” of the single market must respect and reinforce the role of the advisory institutions existing at European level, European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, councils for sectorial dialogue and representatives of workers and consumers;
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Takes the view that good governance should reduce legal uncertainty for all single market stakeholders; considers the rising number of Court of Justice rulings to be prejudicial to EU citizens’ trust in their representatives; regrets, in particular, the fact that key labour law issues are being settled by case law (see the Viking, Laval and Rüffert judgments);
2011/02/07
Committee: JURI
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that “the good governance” of the single market must respect and reinforce the role of the advisory institutions existing at the European level, European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, councils for sectoral dialogue and representatives of workers and consumers;
2011/01/28
Committee: EMPL