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36 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2010/2278(INI)

Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Single Market Act concerns Europeans as active participants in the European economy,
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Single Market is not only an institutional structure, facing economic, financial and social challenges legal framework, but also a way of protecting specific fundamental rights of citizens, consumers, workers and small businesses (, entrepreneurs and businesses, in particular SMEs),
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas too many obstacles stand in the way of citizens and SMEs wishing to move, work, shop, sell or trade across borders, and a lack of port; whereas they are caused by insufficiently harmonised national legislations, low transferability inof social security rights, corporatism and red tape reduce the free movement of workers, service providers and professionals as well as excessive red tape; whereas they end up impeding upon the free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the Union,
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the lack of a holistic vision for other horizMario Monti report showed that a holistic vision supposes that many policies, traditiontal policies,ly not regarded as being linked to the Single Market - such as health, social and consumer protection, labour law, the environment and sustainable development, - hampers the Single Market enlargementve to be integrated into the Single Market strategic objective in order to reach a high level of integration,
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to achievcomplete the Single Market need to concentrate on the concerns and rights of citizens, consumers and SMEs in order to overcome the current ‘European fatigue’regain their full confidence in the Single Market;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the confidence of citizens and consumers cannot be taken for granted but needs to be nurturedis crucial for the functioning of the Single Market;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the Communication’s proposals are still too weak to put citizens at the heart of the Single Market, and the proliferating number of EU initiatives without clear prioritisation creates a need for consistencygenerally in line with the European Parliament’s expectations but needs to be refocused to put citizens at the heart of the Single Market; Regrets that the Single Market Act Communication has been divided into 3 chapters separating Europeans, businesses and good governance to ensure the coherence of European integration measur, instead of according to subject-matter lines;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the priorities set out in the 19 proposals in accordance with five criteria – basic social rights, consumer rights, free movement of workers, free movement of goods and socially oriented corporate institutions – to provideConsiders that 19 actions proposed by the Commission should be prioritised according to their impact on job creation and their delivery of tangible benefits forto European citizens and enterpribusinesses in a freasionable period of time;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to concentrate on the issue of the mobility of citizens. In this context welcomes the Commission’s initiatives on the recognition of professional qualifications, on the ‘Youth on the Move’ initiative, the ‘European Skills Passport’, the rights of air passengers and the initiative on access to certain basic banking services. Considers that those proposals aimed at improving the mobility of citizens should be seen as a package and calls for the establishment of ‘a mobility scoreboard’ to measure it; (before par 6)
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that issues related to product safety and market surveillance are of the utmost importance to European citizens. Therefore welcomes the Commission’s multiannual action plan for the development of European market surveillance;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls upon theUrges Member States and the Commission to promote communication with citizens to ensure their rightjoin forces to communicate the Single Market to citizens to ensure that its benefits are recognised and that their rights as consumers are widely understood and enforced;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to revise the rules and adapt the practices on public consultations and take necessary measures in order to attract more citizens to participate in the policy-making process;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to develop user-friendly tools through the Your Europe portal, to enable citizens to provide information to the Commission on barriers they encounter in the Single Market;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. StressWelcomes the need to facilCommission’s intention to propose a legislative initiative to reform the system for the recognition of professional qualifications; guarantee the portability of mobile workers’ pension funds; provide training outside the classroom leading to a skills passport; and introduce the ‘youth on the move’ cardCalls on the Commission to evaluate the acquis and publish a Green Paper by September 2011;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a decision establishing a European Radio Spectrum Action Programme; calls on the Council and the Parliament to reach an agreement, taking into account the interests of businesses and consumers, as soon as possible, in order to help the wireless broadband market grow rapidly;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to propose a Directive on the creation of a single integrated mortgage market with a high level of consumer protection;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to adopt a Communication on energy priorities up to 2020/2030; Calls on the Commission to tackle missing infrastructure links and facilitate the integration of renewable energy in order to develop a fully operational internal energy market;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for measures to set up an adequate legal framework for foundations, cooperatives and, mutual associations, to prevent legal uncertainty and to ensure there are socially oriented corporate institutions and socially innovative corporate projects in the area of services of general interessocieties and associations, so as to give them European status and prevent legal uncertainty, improve their cross-border access and maximise their entrepreneurial, social, cultural and innovative potential in the Single Market;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Underlines the importance of having a safe Single Market and welcomes the multiannual action plan for the development of European market surveillance and the guidelines for customs controls in the area of product safety; Or. en (before par 7)
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Emphasises the necessity to share best practice among the Member States; calls for joint cooperation, pooling know- how and sharing the best practices among market surveillance authorities; underlines the importance of cooperation between customs and market surveillance authorities at the external borders to carry out appropriate checks of products entering the Community; recognises the important contribution made by PROSAFE to the above issues; Or. en (before par 7)
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Calls on the Commission to identify and eliminate tax obstacles still facing European citizens;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of training civil servants in Single Market rules, market surveillance and product safety;deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that no action on roaming charges has been envisaged in the Single Market Act, despite the tangible nature of such measures and the high expectations of citizens in this domain; However, notes that the Commission has made a considerable effort to reduce the costs of roaming for consumers in recent years and therefore, points out that to achieve digital agenda goals, this initiative should be included in the scope of the Single Market Act;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that the existing legislative framework regulating air passengers’ rights needs better enforcement measures, so that citizens can fully avail of their rights, particularly in the context of passengers with reduced mobility (PRM); Calls on the Commission to adopt a proposal amending the regulation on the rights of air passengers in order to increase consumer protection measures;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to launch a public consultation on corporate governance and improving transparency of information provided by businesses on social and environmental matters and respect for human rights;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Notes the proposal of the Commission on social business initiative and recommends launching a consultation on this project in order to assess the potential of this measure in terms of economic growth and job creation;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
III . Gapsdeleted
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the lack of concrete proposals on the collective redress mechanism, except for continuing the consultation;deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the Communication does not stress the importance of social services; considers this is far from the quality framework promised by the Commission PresidentEncourages the Commission efforts to define a quality framework for services of general interest by providing public authorities with a ‘tool-kit’ to evaluate the quality of these services and make sectoral and transnational comparisons;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to adopt a legislative proposal aimed at improving the implementation of the Posting of Workers Directive and encourages the Commission to clarify the exercise of fundamental social rights within the context of the economic freedoms of the Single Market;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the lack of a Digital Single Market, and calls for the democratisation of broadband and for continuous review of the Regulation on the telecoms sector ensuring privacy, data protection, and the protection of vulnerable groupNotes that benefits from the Digital Single Market will directly impact the day- to-day live of Europeans; Calls for the extension of current European legislation on universal service obligations for telecoms to also cover broadband in order to ensure that basic telecoms services to all Europeans;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – introductory part
17. Calls for short-term strategies: (a) to enhance European market surveillance, improve access to basic banking services, create a single integrated mortgage market and remove tax obstacles and double taxation; (b) to implement an e-commerce policy in order to increase citizens’ and consumers’ confidence when shopping online; (c) to devise an action plan against counterfeiting and piracy as a major preventive tool, in order to ensure that goods circulating in the Single Market are safe to consume, of the appropriate standard and legal; (d) to develop an effective communication policy on the Single Market Act, based on a policy audit assessing its tangible benefit (tangibility) to citizens; (e) to introduce a system of benchmarks, based on the horizontal social clause, to assess the relevance of all Single Market measures in terms of their social impact, tangibility and feasibility;deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph a (new)
(a) Calls on the Commission to submit before June 2011 a proposal for amending the Roaming Regulation in order to extend the existing regulation in time and in scope to cover retail prices for data as well,
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph b (new)
(b) Urges the Commission to adopt a legislative initiative on access to certain basic banking services by June 2011; Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to take an action to improve the transparency and comparability of bank charges,
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph c (new)
(c) Encourages the Commission to publish a Green Paper on the recognition of professional qualifications by September 2011 with evaluation of the existing framework and if appropriate to propose a legislative initiative to reform this framework in 2012;
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph e (new)
(e) Asks for the Commission to take the opportunity of the revision of the General Product Safety Directive to propose a new regulation on market surveillance covering both the consumer and non consumer products,
2011/02/10
Committee: IMCO