Activities of Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES related to 2010/2109(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a more efficient and fairer retail market PDF (213 KB) DOC (136 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the number of persons employed per square metre in a retail shop decreases with increase in surface area, and therefore stresses that especially small shops contribute to the creation of more jobs;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the concern expressed by parts of civil society and SMEs about the increase in shopping centres and the decrease in local shops and markets in remote areas and town centres; stresses that retail planning should not sacrifice consumers' freedom of choicethe Commission and Member States should take all appropriate measures to cope with this problem;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that accessibility must be addressed in full respect of subsidiarity; underlines, however, that local planning must not circumis essential in preventing the Services Directive and create hidden barriers to the establishment of retailerdecrease of local shops in remote areas and town centres; stresses that local planning serves in this way as an important tool in increasing security and vivacity of both town centres and remote towns;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages local authorities to consider very carefully on which location the expansion of the retail sector is the most sustainable and effective, and to invest in a coherent manner, for example by only allowing retailers to establish a shop in the old town centre and prohibiting the establishment of retailers outside the town;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes with concern that retailers suffer from various forms of crime such as advertising fraud (i.e. sending false invoices about fake advertisements to entrepreneurs forcing them to pay by using illegal methods such as extortion) and criminal gangs operating at European level; asks the Commission and Member States to give greater attention to combating these forms of crime, in close cooperation with Europol and Eurojust;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recognises that companies have different market power, that they need to act in an economically sound way and that the EU needs economic champions to compete globally; calls at the same time on the Commission to base its retail market strategy on the principle of subsidiarity, in respect of local producers and the viability of SMEs;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Recognises that the retail market consists not only of businesses but also of its human capital, workers and consumers; calls on the Commission to promote policies for all three groups, strongly supporting the rights and collective agreements of the workers in the EU;