21 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2011/0150(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The development of voluntary standards on servicesServices activities often correspond to national specificities. Therefore the development of voluntary standards on services should address well-defined and carefully assessed areas. It should be market- driven whereby the needs of the economic operators and stakeholders directly or indirectly affected by the standard prevail and should take into account the public interest and be based on consensus. They should primarily focus on services linked to products and processes.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Standards are important tools for undertakings and especially small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter ‘SME’) which, however, are sometimes under-represented and not adequately involved in the standardisation system so that the risk exists that standards do not sufficiently take into account the needs and concerns of SME. Consequently, it is essential to improve their representation and participation in all phases of the standardisation process, particularly in the technical committees.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) European standards are of vital interest for the competitiveness of SMEs which, however, are in general under- represented in standardisation activities, in particular at European level. Thus, this Regulation should ensure an appropriate representation of SME in the European standardisation process by an entity with appropriate qualifications. Granting SMEs effective membership of the European Standardisation Organisations, including voting rights is expected to have a positive impact on the involvement and participation of SMEs in standardisation.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Standards can have a broad impact on society, in particular on the safety and well-being of citizens, the efficiency of networks, the environment, accessibility and other public policy fields. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the role and the input of societal stakeholders in the elaboration of standards is strengthened, through the support of organisations representing the interests of consumers, the environment and societal stakeholders. Granting those organisations effective membership in the European Standardisation Organisations, including voting rights, will have a positive impact on the quality of standards.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Standards should as far as possible take into account environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of products and services. Important and publicly available tools for evaluating such impacts throughout the life cycle have been developed by the Commission's Joint Research Centre.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the building of consensus, to be ensured particularly through the recording of the views of the organisations referred to in Annex III;
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) the voting phase, whereby organisations referred to in Annex III are granted voting rights;
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The European Standardisation Organisations shall grant effective membership to the organisations referred to in Annex III. Effective membership shall include granting of voting rights.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. In order to ensure the appropriate representation of stakeholders, the transparency of affiliation of members shall be strictly monitored by standardisation bodies.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The draft European standardisation work programme referred to in this Article shall be published for consultation of the organisations referred to in Annex III.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant European standardisation body shall indicate, within onetwo months following its receipt, if it accepts the request referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall inform the relevant European standardisation body, within threone months following the receipt of the acceptance referred to in paragraph 2, about the award of a grant for drafting a European standard or European standardisation deliverable.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Either on proposal from a public authority referred to in Directive 2004/18/EC or on its own initiative the Commission may decide to recognise technical specifications in the field of ICT which are not national, European or international standards and meet the requirements set out in Annex II, as ICT standards for use in policies and public procurement in order to promote interoperability in the field of ICT.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Recognised ICT standards referred to in Article 9 shall constitute common technical specifications referred to in Directives 2004/17/CE and 2004/18/CE, and Regulation (EC) No 2342/2002.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) SME, consumer organisations and environmental and social stakeholders are appropriately represented in European standardisation work and have effective membership of European Standardisation Organisations, as referred to in Article 5(1).
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Organisations referred to in Annexes I and III shall be invited to participate as observers at meetings of the Committee.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point c – point ii
Annex II – point 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) information on (new) standardisation activities was publicly and widely announced through suitable and accessible means.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point c a (new)
Annex II – point 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) appropriate representation: (i) the technical specifications were developed with the participation of all interested parties; (ii) representation of all categories of stakeholders was balanced.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – point b
Annex II – point 3 – point b
(b) availability: Specifications are publicly available for implementation and use on reasonable terms (including for a reasonable fee or free of charge) including the right of redistribution independently of the format used.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – point c
Annex II – point 3 – point c
(c) intellectual property rights essential to the implementation of specifications are licensedavailable to all applicants on a (fair) reasonable and non-discriminatory basis ((F)RAND), which includes, at the discretion of the intellectual property right-holder, licensing essential intellectual property without compensationroyalty-free basis. Ex-ante terms of compensation on a (fair) reasonable and non-discriminatory basis shall not exclude any development and distribution models.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point a – introductory part
Annex III – point a – introductory part
(a) A European horizontal organisation representing crafts and SME in European standardisation activities which: