6 Amendments of Damien ABAD related to 2010/2051(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas a modern and flexible European standardisation system is a crucial component for an ambitious and renewed European industrial policy;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Maintains that it is of the utmost importance to draw a clear line between legislation and standardisation in order to avoid any misinterpretation with regard to the objectives of the law and the desired level of protection; stresses that the European legislator must be highly vigilant and precise when defining the essential requirements in regulation, while the Commission must clearly and accurately define the objectives of the standardisation work in the mandates; stresses that the role of standardisers should be limited to defining the technical means of reaching the goals set by the legislator, while as well as ensuring a high level of protection;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Holds the view that these European organnational standardisation bodies must obtain a stronger role within the ESOs; recommends that, without prejudice to the national delegation principle, all such organisations should be given a vote in the ESO technical bodies, on condition that they are associate members or cooperating partners of the ESOs and have participated in the respective work iplay a key role in promoting and reinforcing the participation of SMEs and societal stakeholders in the standardisation process, given that according to the "national delegation principle", the position statemd at technical level; considers also that such organisations should, under the same conditions, be given a symbolic vote in the formal adoption of standards, which would not necessarily be counted in the voting result but would serve as an indicatEuropean level by the national representatives results from the discussions that took place within the framework of the level of support for a given standard among all stakeholdernational standardisation bodies;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Asks the Commission and the ESOs to promote training programmes and to take all measures needed to enable weaker NSBs, which do not currently run technical-committee secretariats, to assume a more active role in the standardisation process in order to enhance confidence in the Internal Market by ensuring a level- playing field; considers that these programmes should also target SMEs by raising the importance of standardisation as a strategic offering marketing tool;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates that, although small and medium-sized enterprises form the backbone of the European economy, their involvement in standardisation is not always commensurate with their economic importance ; emphasises that standards should be designed and adapted to take account of the characteristics and environment of SMEs, in particular small, micro and craft enterprises; welcomes recent initiatives taken by the European and national standardisation bodies to implement the recommendations in the study on SME access to European standardisation; stresses that further measures should be taken to ensure that SMEs can participate fully in the development of standards and have adequate better and less costly access to them;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Emphasises that the regulatory dialogue is an important aspect of the external dimension of the Internal Market and considers thus the need to safeguard and enhance the European standardisation system's position in the international standardisation environment in order to promote the development of international standards with genuine global relevance, facilitate trade and increase European competitiveness;