Activities of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI related to 2015/2140(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (debate) IT
Amendments (9)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regards a transparent and competitive single market, including the digital single market, as a key factor for growth and for an effective recovery, and takes the view, therefore, that competition policy has a vital role to play in safeguarding the rights of consumers, citizens, businesses and workers in the broader context of a social market economy;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that EU rules on State aid must be geared to achieving the objectives of fairness and social cohesion and the goals of the Europe2020 strategy; regards it as important, therefore, that State aid should be used to invest in the real economy and foster the concentration of resources in key sectors, such as research and innovation, particularly in the digital economy, infrastructure development and measures to achieve climate and energy policy objectives;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the overhaulupdate of competition policy is needed partly in order to meet the challenges posed by the digital single market, a sector which is changing rapidly, hence the importance of overcoming the current fragmentation along national lines and doing away with barriers to access to the market; (Linguistic correction, concerns English only)
Amendment 24 #
3. Takes the view that the overhaul of competition policy is needed partly in order to meet the challenges posed by the digital single market, a sector which is changing rapidly, hence the importance of overcoming the current fragmentation along national lines and doing away with barriers to access to the market, increasing the confidence of consumers and businesses in the sector and facilitating innovation and dynamism in it;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it to be of fundamental importance that the Commission should continue to focus on, and step up the attention that it devotes to, the energy market, as energy is indeed a significant item of expenditure for households and businesses in Europe, in order to achieve better integration and greater affordability in that sector;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that the effective application of competition policy ought not to hamper the development of high-quality public services affordable to all, and full availability and public use of public goods;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Points out the importance of the ongoing sector inquiry into the e- commerce sector; underlines the need to introduce changes to existing competition law rules, for instance the Block Exemption Regulation, in order to tackle unjustified geo-blocking, including undesirable re-routing and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that competition policy should play an important part in making financial markets more secure and transparent for consumers; welcomes, furthermore, the legislative measures adopted in the field of electronic payments and particularly the introduction of ceilings on interbank commissions for card payment transactions;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that a genuine single market can function efficiently only in a more transparent, coordinated and cooperative fiscal context which ensures fair competition among the various businesses; deplores the fact that tax competition between Member States has created a form of unequal competition within the single market which places SMEs at a disadvantage in relation to large multinationals;