Activities of Kay SWINBURNE related to 2015/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (A8-0371/2015 - Kaja Kallas, Evelyne Gebhardt)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Towards a Digital Single Market Act
Amendments (7)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that, for the digital economy to flourish, access to capital for both new and existing enterprises must be improved; welcomes the work of the Commission on the Capital Markets Union; encourages further legislative harmonconsultation and evaluation of existing and future legislation in areas such as crowd-funding and digital currencies so it can be tailored to encourage innovation while protecting investors;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for support to be given by ESMA to innovations in regulated sectors such as post trade infrastructure and data reporting to ensure that regulation is not used as a barrier to entry by existing market players to hinder development of new technologies which could increase efficiency and reduce costs, such as block chain and distributed ledger technology;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls upon the Commission to take full account of the specificities of financial data and the needs of global regulators and supervisors when negotiating data privacy and data sharing agreements;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that a cross-bordercoordinating taxation system is needed toacross the European Union would assist in createing a true European Single Market and help to prevent the tax avoidance practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to support extending the public country-by- country reporting regime on taxes for multinational companies to all sectors;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for support for small businesses and for the single market to be fit for purpose in a digital age; In this regard, stresses concern about VatMoss rules which are hampering small online entrepreneurs by obliging them to collect and process VAT payments, even if they conduct a small volume of overseas trade; Welcomes in this regard recent suggestions from the Commission on the introduction of minimum thresholds but believes that an interim solution is also urgently required;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the Commission’s decision to review internet platforms; encourages the Commission to create a legislative framework ensuring the development of innovative ideas, protection of work standards and compliance with existing fiscal rules; Acknowledges that the rapid rate of technological developments in the digital market calls for a technologically neutral framework for future initiatives;