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Activities of Olga SEHNALOVÁ related to 2016/2100(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Annual report on EU competition policy (debate) CS
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2100(INI)

Amendments (9)

Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission and Member States that competitiveness is a measure of economic ability to provide the European citizens with high and rising standards of living and high rates of employment on a sustainable basis1a ; __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52002DC071 4
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU competition law and authorities need to guarantee a level playing field for businesses and a real choice for consumers in the digital single market; calls on the Commission to pursue a policy of active, effective and acceleratedeffective enforcement of the competition rules, in particular in the online search services and mobile internet sector, in order to remove barriers to innovation and to enable EU consumers to seize all the opportunities that a genuine digital single market can offer; stresses that the Commission should also ensure that the digital economy e.g. platform economy are not being misused to undermine consumers and worker's rights on the single market. This can lead to resistance to developing a fair digital single market;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that EU transport legislation is often poorly implemented by Member States; believes that proper implementation of existing EU legislation would bring additional benefits to business and industryis key to the proper functioning of the internal market;
2016/10/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports the Commission action on anti-cartel enforcement, such as recent actions in retail food and optical disc drive sectors, to guarantee fair prices to consumers;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that ending roaming charges in the EU is not sufficient and that intra-EU calls must be also regulated on the same level as local calls; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for regulating intra-EU calls;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Commission to not only focus its efforts for fair competition on the high profile cases against large well-known companies, reminds the Commission that the enforcement of fair competition is also of importance towards SMEs;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Reiterates that all market players should pay their fair share of tax; Welcomes the Commission's in-depth investigations into anti-competitive practices such as selective tax advantages or excess profit ruling systems;
2016/10/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to devote sufficient attention to completing cross-border infrastructural projects and to coordinate their most important transport plans with neighbouring Member States
2016/10/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the need to finance sustainable, accessible, safe transport projects that could help to improve the functioning of the whole European transport system ;
2016/10/17
Committee: TRAN