Activities of Jürgen CREUTZMANN related to 2010/2095(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on An Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era
Amendments (20)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Encourages Member States to assume a more pro-active role in managing the Single Market, by improving cooperation between national authorities and strengthening the transposition, application and enforcement of Single Market rules on the ground; asks Member States to reduce transaction costs through additional measures, such as more effective e-government;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Asserts that effective market surveillance throughout the internal market is crucial to protect European industry from unfair competition; encourages the Commission to submit ambitious proposals to reform the current system of market surveillance, strengthening the EU's role in the coordination of national market surveillance and customs authorities and ensuring that adequate resources are made available in all Member States;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to extend and continue the Better Regulation strategy, taking into account the particular needs of SMEs; states that ‘competitiveness proofing’ should be included in the impact assessments of future legislative proposalthe Commission should give greater importance to the impact of new legislation on industry competitiveness in its impact assessments, screen existing legislation and repeal it if it is found to be harmful to competitiveness;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that European industrial policy needs to take account of the entire supply chain, which is largely based on SMEs; calls on the Commission and Member States to extend and improve initiatives like the Enterprise Europe Network to make SMEs more aware of the potential benefits of cross-border cooperations and to increase the numbers of SMEs benefiting from support to access new markets, source new technologies and secure EU funding or finance;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that the European standardisation system has successfully contributed to the completion of the internal market and to the competitiveness of European industry; nevertheless calls on the Commission to propose measures to further improve the quality of European standards and to speed up the standardisation procedures in order to ensure that new technologies are translated more quickly into innovative products that can be sold throughout the internal market; notes that further improvements should keep the standard- setting processes close to the markets and strengthen participation and access of SMEs;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that pre-commercial public procurement can give a decisive initial push to new markets for innovative and green technologies while improving the quality and effectiveness of public services; calls on the Commission and Member States to better communicate existing possibilities for pre-commercial procurement to public authorities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it necessary to build up the competences of all workers in order to ensure reskilling and anticipate skills needs for new jobs. This should be financed by public and private spending and be coupled with a refocusing of the ESF, providing tailor-made solutions for education and training and therefore calls on the Member States and enterprises to provide common tailor-made solutions for education and training; notes that the scope of the ESF should not be extended further in this regard;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that protecting intellectual property rights is the cornerstone for protecting European know-how and promoting innovation within the EU, which notably entails stepping up the fight against counterfeiting and reducing the cost of patents in Europe; calls on the Member States and the Commission in this context to continue their efforts with a view to the earliest possible creation of a European Union patent and a suitable dispute-settlement system, and to strengthen resources and coordination between customs authorities and market surveillance authorities in order better to detect the entry onto the single market of counterfeit products;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for an improvement and simplification of the recognition of professional qualifications not only within the EU but also from third countries in order for the industry to more effectively meet its demand for skilled labour;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that access to financing for enterprises, particularly SMEs, remains inadequate and the EU should innovate in order to provide more favourable framework conditions for the development of investment in the real economy; takes the view that, in a context of budgetary crisis, it is more necessary than ever to explore new funding methods, notably by reducing the fragmentation of the capital risk market, developing innovative public- private partnerships such as joint technological initiatives and strengthening the role of the EIB;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure a global level playing-field for European industry in terms of regulatory requirements and market access and; therefore calls on the Commission to take into account external market conditions when devising internal market policies and to push for regulatory convergence and a wider adoption of international standards in its external policies; asks the Commission to draw up a strategy to support the internationalisation of SMEs.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, with the EUurope 2020 Strategy and the communication on an Integrated EU industrial policy, the Commission is finally acknowledging the importance of man ufactiveuring industrial policy for sustainable growth and employment in Europe and committing itself to an integrated industrial Policy based on the principle of a social market economy;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with the European Parliament and the Council, a qualitative and, where possible, quantitative vision for European industry in 2020, which looks towards sustainable development in the long term and lays down guidelines, for example for energy and resource efficiency, with a view to ensuring that European industry becomes more stable and competitive and jobs are created as a result;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the new, integrated approach calls for extremely effective collaboration within the Commission, and calls on the Commission to set up a permanent industrial policy task force to this end; furthermore calls on the Commission to focus more on competitiveness aspects during the impact assessment process (“Competitiveness Proofing”) as well as to evaluate ex post the cumulated impact of legal acts and to implement this essential part of smart regulation as quickly as possible;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 3
Paragraph 8 – indent 3
· must reflect not the product alone, but also demand and use, with a view to integrated development and more target- oriented production, leading to tangible benefits for consumers, businesses and the whole of societybe technology-neutral;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
· developing a standard form of business sustainability report which will analyse the "environmental rucksack" – resulting in economies and making firms more competitive in consequence – and group together and standardise existing reporting requirements and possibilities (e.g. EMAS), and which should be mandatory wherever possiblepromoting the use of voluntary environmental management systems such as ISO 14001 or EMAS;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a stronger, coordinated EU policy on lead markets, such as the environmental industEU initiatives that identify what drives (some 3.5 million employees, EUR 300 billion turnover, up to 50% of the global market); stresses that many "traditional" markets – steel, automobiles and shipbuildgrowth, innovation and competitiveness in different sectors, and then bring, for example – have a strong capacity for innovation and/or offer comparative advantages, of which full use should be made; for these purposes, product-specific legislation such as the eco-design directive should be developed further, and industry-stimulating iniward market-based policy responses which foster favourable and predictable framework conditions for growth, innovation and competiatives such as the "green car initiative" put in placeness in all sectors without picking winners;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the establishment of a task force on restructuring operations and a stronger role for the European structural funds in restructuring processes so that employees and firms can be offered a future; calls for research and development in furtherance of conversion processes to be intensifiedTakes note that restructuring is the primary responsibility of companies and social partners; calls on the Member States for a social cushioning of the economic transition by improving mobility on the labour market in the context of the “Flexicurity” concept, retraining and other measures;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that sectoraleffective aind policy should not only be seen in the context of competition law, but must, in the interests of Europe, be used proactively, transparently and with clear rules to strengthen innovastrict EU rules on competition and state aid constitute the indispensable basis for a competitive European industry; undistorted competition andin the roll-out of new products, and in connection with industrial restructuring operationsEU single market leads to innovation and increases efficiency and productivity;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that European industry, which profits from these political efforts and the favourable framewnote that social responsibility becomes a more and more important competitive factor fork conditions, should assume more responsibility for sustainable growth and employment in Europe; believes that industry should enter into clear voluntary commitments tompanies: ranging from innovative capability, risk management, strategic orientation, marketing to employee motivation; calls on European companies and entrepreneurs to continue their extensive corporate and social engagements, as well as their investments in Europe, sustain its own research efforts, contribute to a new culture of qualifications, develop even more innovative, sustainable products and processes, and enter wherever possible into strategic partnerships in order to ensure the increase of employment, innovation, further education and prosperity in Europe;