Activities of Matteo SALVINI related to 2012/2144(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Internal Market for Services: State of Play and Next Steps PDF (196 KB) DOC (114 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas our single market is the highwayuniform development of our single market and policies geared to the reindustrialisation of Europe could help to bring us out of the crisis;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Services Directive has not brought concretall of the benefits since its adoption in 2006, facilitating market access for both business and consumersexpected of it when it was adopted in 2006;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas fragmented interpretation and inadequateresulting from difficulties experienced in implementation ofing the directive is still hampering free movement of services across borders;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the time has come to act, given that, with rising unemployment, the services sector is more than ever a source of competitiveness, growth and jobs that cannot be neglected; whereas, furthermore, full implementation of the objectives of the Services Directive should be achieved in line with the proportionality and subsidiarity principles and without undermining the production base in the Member States;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RegretNotes that Member States are often lawfully using overriding reasons of public interest (Article15 of the Services Directive) to protect and favour their domestic market; highlights the fact that burdensome legal- form and shareholder requirements, territorial restrictions, economic needs tests and fixed tariffs create unjustified obstacles to cross-border establishment;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to ensure consistency between the peer review under the Services Directive and the mutual evaluation under the Professional Qualifications Directive and to identify where Member States are disproportionately blocking access to certain professions; urges Member States to remove such unjustified requirements;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States to upgrade to second-generation Points of Single Contact that are fully functional, multilingual and user-friendly e-government portals; stresses the importance of taking a service- provider approach covering the entire business cycle; believes that e-procedures will enhance simplification, reduce compliance costs and increase legal certainty; calls on Member States to foster the delegation of administrative tasks to officially accredited private bodies; calls on Member States to ensure full interoperability of their PSCs and make them known across borders; calls on the Commission to set out clear benchmarking criteria for the evaluation of PSCs and to regularly report to Parliament on progress made;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the fact that, where properly enforcedin some cases, the Services Directive has brought concrete results in terms of jobs and growth; supports, therefore, the exchange of best practices between Member States, including innovative solutions between competent authorities in border regions;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that inadequate implementation has a ‘borderless’ impact, with citizens across the EU paying the price; emphasises that all Member States have a responsibility vis-à-vis one another and the Union to effectively enforce the directive and should be confronted with their obligations on an equal footing;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the fact that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked in a way that damages the internal market for services; regrets that the proportionality assessment is rarely made; asks the Commission to clarify the concept of proportionality and issue practical guidance toguidelines for the Member States on how to apply it;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly supportcriticises the Commission’s zero tolerance policy; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensgain a clearer picture of the real reasons for the failure to fully enforcement of existing rules, in dialogue with Member States; calls for fast-track infringement procedures to be applied whenever breaches of the directive are identified;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to lose no time in identifying practical means of resolving the problems that have arisen in connection with the implementation of Article 12 (Selection from among several candidates), which, particularly in some Member States, is giving rise to serious concerns about the future of many small and micro-businesses; calls on the Commission to consider the advisability of submitting a fresh legislative proposal providing for the automatic renewal, under certain conditions, of existing authorisations and defining more clearly and broadening the criteria set out in Article 12(3) of the Services Directive;