Activities of Liisa JAAKONSAARI related to 2010/2277(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Governance and partnership in the single market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Towards a Single Market Act for a highly competitive social market economy - 50 proposals for improving our work, business and exchanges with one another
Amendments (7)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly supports the efforts to pursue international trade negotiations; reiterates in this respect the importance of including social standards in all trade agreements concluded between the EU and third countries; emphasises, in this respect, the effective implementation of ILO standards and its Decent Work Agenda and the OECD Code of Conduct for Multinational Enterprises;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to considering the creation of project bonds to finance European projects; regrets, however, that the Commission is not acting with greater determination in this respect; is of the opinion that properly financed common European projects can contribute to EU competitiveness, exploiting the full potential of the single market and creating employment; calls on the Commission to conduct a study on expected results of such investments in terms of job creation;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to propose a directive introducing a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB), and believes that such an instrument would further improve the single market by avoiding unfair tax competition among Member States and companies; is convinced that a CCCTB will boost especially SMEs competitiveness by reducing burdens arising from administrative complexity and by reducing high costs of compliance with the different national tax systems, thus reaching a fairer balance between taxing capital and taxing labour;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to publish a VAT strategy; believes that better tax coordination between Member States is needed to avoid unfair tax competition and market distortions;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Regrets that the Commission has not planned to proceed against tax havens; urges the Commission to act decisively to create a regime of incentives and sanctions against tax evasion and illicit capital flight, which is hampering the European economy; reiterates the stance it took in February 2010 when adopting its report on Promoting Good Governance in Tax Matters;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Regrets that the Commission hast not included any reference to the introduction of a Financial Transaction tax as demanded by the European Parliament in October 2010;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of putting public procurement to better use in support of employment, social progress and innovation; urges the Commission to undertake initiatives to open up and facilitate access to public procurement for SMEs; urges the Commission to enhance the Community's capacity to ensure symmetry in access to public procurement; reiterates that all social and environmental standards to be respected in public procurement contracts.