19 Amendments of Catherine STIHLER related to 2015/2346(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas only 2 % of young SMEs and micro enterprises have undertaken cross- border expansion through foreign direct investment;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas only 2 % of young SMEnew SMEs and start-ups have undertaken cross-border expansion through foreign direct investment;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas for consumers, gaps in the single market can lead to less product choice and to goods and services being more expensive;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas for businesses the costs are manifest in more expensive supply chains, leading to their own products being more expensivecostly, or in reduced access to business services, which harms their competitiveness; whereas innovation is encouraged through a competitive market;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds that this debate on NTBs should not be used as a cover-up for a political agenda on deregulation;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that national regulatory measures sometimes are the result of missing legislative proposals from the Commission;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that extended non-compliance with Union law by Member States is detrimental for the single market and EU citizens; considers also that the slow compliance process leads to some Member States benefiting from an undue prolongation of the transposition deadline; calls on the Commission to swiftly address the subject of non-compliance by Member States;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Draws attention to the issuUrges Member States to address the practice of ‘'gold- plating’', i.e. the tendency of national governments to load transposed directives with additional and often unfavourable rules that add to business burdens and costs;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that inconsistent enforcement of existing correctly transposed rules causes the same harm as slow transpositionrules by Member States causes harm to the single market; considers that compliance and enforcement are made more challenging when commonly used definitions are given different meanings in different pieces of legislation by Member States;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that unequal application of the same rules in different Member States has the potential to create new NTBs; considers that transposition workshops should be held and best practice shared, in order to minimise divergences at an early stage;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes the Commission should increase their use of guidelines in regards to the implementation of directives since this can be a useful tool to ensure a larger degree of uniform implementation;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that since economies of scale are reduced by the need to run different product lines, the burden falls disproportionately on SMEs and micro enterprises;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to focus on ground-level enforcement, making sure that rules are followed in thetake a strong approach to enforcement and use all available evidence and instruments at its disposal to ensure that single market rules are duly applied and implemented by Member States;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the importance of the principle of mutual recognition for ensuring market access to the single market for goods which are not harmonised at Union level, and in cases where Member States have national, very often different, rules on products, but with the same underlying objective; believes increased harmonization is a more effective tool to ensure equal access for goods and services on the single market;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to address the reform priorities of Member States in the area of professional services in the context of the European Semester and country- specific recommendations on deregulating certain professions in the Member States;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Points out that restrictive regulations on retail and wholesale activities create significant barriers to entry, leading to fewer new outlet openings, hampering competition and leading to higher prices for consumers; underlines in this regard that some fees, inspection charges and other measures may prima facie serve legitimate public policy objectives, but through the use of thresholds or other criteria function as NTBfunction as NTBs if they are not justified by legitimate public policy objectives; believes that all operational restrictions placed on retail or wholesale activities should not unduly or disproportionately restrict these activities, and must not lead to de facto discrimination between market operators;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission to establish teams of experts who can travel around to the Member States to help Member States to ensure a larger degree of uniform implementation;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Regrets that the Parliament's access to relevant information relating to pre- infringement and infringement procedures is still limited and calls for improved transparency in this regard, with due respect to confidentiality rules;