15 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2023/2077(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU competition policy has an important role in addressing the consequences of crises, setting fair conditions to encourage innovation and growth for the companies - especially SMEs- within the single market and, consequently, providing greater choice for consumers;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the key role of the European Competition Network (ECN); calls on the Commission to strive for continued constructive dialogue and cooperation at international level; underlines the need to increase collaboration between antitrust and other sectoral regulators, such as those dealing with data privacy, to both supervise corporate data misuse and prevent companies from using consumer data to gain an unfair competitive advantage; welcomes the relevant role of NCAs in enforcing the DMA rules and the national legislative initiatives that are being put in place to tackle anti-competitive behaviour of large online platforms in digital sectors; in this regard, stresses the importance of coordinated and homogeneous action that does not undermine the application of the DMA on the one hand and national competition rules in the digital sectors on the other hand, as foreseen in Article 1(6) of the DMA;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of the Commission taking decisive action, under Article 22 of the EC Merger Regulation, against ‘killer acquisitions’ in the digital sector that must be reported under the Digital Markets Act;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to review its notice on the definition of ‘relevant market’ and looks forward to the outcomes of the public consultation; underlines the need to adopt a more dynamic approach that goes beyond the traditional approach, especially for new emerging markets such as in the digital sector, and take into account a longer-term vision encompassing the global dimension and potential future competition;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to adopt furthermake a more extensive use of interim measures to stop any practice which would seriously harm competition, particularly in relation to dynamic and rapidly developing markets such as digital markets;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to speed up antitrust procedures and introduce a time limit for antitrust cases in order to ensure the effectiveness of EU rules; underlines that Spotify filed a complaint against Apple in 2019 andthere are still some cases that, in spite of the Commission having issued a statement of objections a while ago, no concrete actions have been taken thus far to address Apple’s restrictions, preventing app developers from freely communicating with their own userthe antitrust concerns;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. WelcomNotes the opening of a formal investigation into possible anti-competitive practices by Microsoft regarding Teams; calls on the Commission to carefully assess the concessions, unilaterally offered by Microsoft, with the undertakings involved, in order to ensure that they address the concerns of existing consumers, as well as interoperability and pricing issues;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the designation of six gatekeepers for 22 core platform services under the Digital Markets Act, the four market investigations for the rebuttal as well as the fourirst market investigations under article 3(8) of the Digital Markets Act; encourages the Commission to adopt delegated acts soon in order to extend the modalities of application or to specify the modalities of implementation of the obligations laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 as set out in Article 12 DMA;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes thUnderlines that there market investigation into Apple’s iMessage in order to assese some services offered by designated gatekeepers wits role as a gateway; highlights the inclusion by default of iMessage on all iOS devices for more than 144 million users; stresses the importance of smartphones as an essential personal and professional tool; highlights that today’s market is dominated by two operating systems, with their own non-interoperable messaging services, which limits the possibility for users and businesses to freely move from one ecosystem to the otherh a hybrid nature which may make it difficult to identify them in a certain category of CPS under Article 2(2): the Commission is therefore invited to assess these services by highlighting rather the purposes of these services in line with the definitions provided in Article 2 instead of the differences they may present compared to other services that fall into the same category;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. RegretNotes the absence of cloud services providers from the gatekeepers list, despite; calls on the Commission to consider opening market investigations under Article 3(8) DMA (qualitative assessment) in this sector, given in particular all the damaging anti-competitive practices underlined by national competition authorities; highlights that the European cloud market is dominated by a few very large players; calls on the Commission to ensure that all eligible services are designated in order to restore fair and equal competition in the European cloud market;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to look at emerging gatekeepers in generative Artifassess the need of launching a market investigation under article 19 adding new categories of CPSs under article 2(2) in light of the latest technologicial Intelligence under the Digital Markets Actdevelopments that may lead to new types of services that do not fall within the existing categories such as generative Artificial Intelligence;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need for the effective coexistence of competition law and the Digital Markets Act; calls on the Commission to ensure sufficient resources and synergithe ex-post enforcement of competition law and the ex-ante enforcement of the Digital Markets Act given their complementary nature; stress the need to ensure sufficient resources and synergies for an effective implementation of the rules, and to avoid overlaps or duplications of existing structures and measures;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the EU’s future connectivity needs in terms of infrastructure and investments; calls foron the establishment of a policy framework whereby large traffic generators contribute fairly to the adequate funding of telecom networks without prejudice to net neutralityCommission to consider a revision of the current competition practice for the telecom market, which has prevented the mergers of mobile operators from four to three, in order to facilitate the creation of a fully integrated single market for telecommunication services; notes that market consolidation might be the only way to avoid selling infrastructure piece by piece to foreign non-EU companies; points out that the growth of this sector in Europe has been very low over the last decade and that fragmentation is the main reason for this; in this regards welcomes the new proposal for a Digital Networks Act to address market fragmentation, attracting investment, securing the telecom infrastructures and innovation without extra costs for consumers and without jeopardising fair competition on the market between all the players;