9 Amendments of Anja WEISGERBER related to 2010/2051(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Holds the view that the integration of the WTO principles in the legal framework should not increase the number of recognised European standardisation organisations (ESOs) beyond the three existing ones, namely CEN, CENELEC, and the European Telecom Standards Institute (ETSI),
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses, however, that these principles are not in themselves sufficient to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises and societal stakeholders – in particular those representing health and safety, consumer and environmental interests – are adequately represented in the standardisation process; considers, therefore, that a vital element is the addition of the principle of "balancedappropriate representation", given that it is of the utmost importance, whenever the public interest is concerned, to incorporate all stakeholder positions in a balancedappropriate manner, especially in the development of standards intended to support EU legislation and policies, while acknowledging the voluntary nature of European standardisation and the need to engage the most knowledgeable technical experts for a given standardisation project;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that service standards often respond to national specificities and that their development is related to the needs of the market, the interests of consumers and the public interest; stresses, however, that the development of European service standards and the drawing-up by professional bodies of their own quality charters or labels, as provided for in Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market, willmay benefit further harmonisation in the services sector, increase the transparency, quality and competitiveness of European services and promote competition, innovation, the reduction of trade barriers and consumer protection;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports, therefore, the Commission’s intention to include service standards in the legal framework of European standardisation, as this will not only ensure the notification of all national service standards that could potentially constitute technical barriers to trade in the internal market, but alsoefforts made by professional bodies to draw up quality charters and labels that apply alongside national and European law governing the professions, and the Commission’s intention to include service standards in the legal framework of European standardisation in the case of services for which standardisation is possible and which do not have quality charters drawn up by professional organisations; stresses that there are definable and indefinable services, whereby highly qualified intellectual and spiritual services are not definable in Europe's understanding of the law, and standardisation in this area can apply only to the framework conditions (technical and actual preconditions, etc); believes that service standards which meet these criteria may provide a proper legal basis on which the Commission can request the European standardisation organisations (ESOs) – namely CEN, CENELEC and the European Telecom Standards Institute (ETSI) – to develop standards in the services sector;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need, which has been recognised since the 1990s, to ensure direct participation by societal stakeholders at European level in order to reflect their views more effectively, given that their representation on national technical committees remains weak; affirms that, as very limited progress has been made to increase societal stakeholder participation at national level, financial and political support for the European organisations established to represent such stakeholders needs to be maintained at least in the period to 2020; , so that they can play a more prominent role in providing advice to Member States and national stakeholder associations, thus ensuring the participation of stakeholders in national mirror committees involved in European standardisation projects; welcomes the efforts of the ESOs and NSBs in implementing the "Toolbox of 58 recommendations" of the Access Study and the recommendations of the EXPRESS report with regard to improving access for all stakeholders;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on national standard bodies (NSBs) to follow the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Code of Ethics in order to ensure that the impartiality of standards is not endangered from other activities, such as certification.
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to promote education about the role of standards and the benefits of using them at all levels, in economic and technical schools for instance; invites NSBs to enhance their cooperation with trade associations in order to provide plausible information to SMEs on the benefits provided by standards;