8 Amendments of António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS related to 2010/2109(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that retailers are offering diverse and modern ways of selling goods and services and contribute to wider consumer choice and flexible employment opportunities, in particular for youth;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU institutions to give the highest political prominence to the retail sector as a pillar of the Single Market Act and a vehicle for restoring public confidence in the single market;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that retailers and suppliers have a shared responsibility in achieving a more efficient, transparent, and fairer retail market;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned that restrictive national rules, divergent interpretations and inadequate enforcement impede free movement of goods and services in the EU; stresses that requirements for extra tests and registrations, non-recognition of certificates and standards, territorial supply constraints and similar measures create extra costs for consumers and retailers, in particular SMEs, thus limiting the potential usefulness of the single market to European citizens and the business world;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the need to further analyse price differences in the EU, in order to ensure price transparency and comparability for consumers, without prejudice to national fiscal and labour market rules, thereby making for more enlightened choices while fostering greater confidence in cross-border trade;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages business federations, supported by the Commission, to provide more information, training and legal advice to stakeholders on their rights and the instruments at their disposal, such as SOLVIT, and to support the exchange of best practice among themselves;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a fragmented payment system is an obstacle to trade; calls on the Commission to improve SEPA in order to develop a basic payment service available for all cards, increasing transparency in transaction costs and reducingmaking for fair redistribution of interchange fees, and to ensure faster bank transfers within the EU, and to impose an obligation on payment card management and issuing companies to allow access to their networks on competitive terms, so as to remove obstacles to competition;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the concern expressed by parts of civil society and SMEs about the increase in shopping centres and the decrease in local shops and markets in remote areas and town centres; stresses that retail planning should not sacrifice consumers’ freedom of choice, especially when they live in less accessible regions, such as islands, mountain areas, or sparsely populated regions, or their mobility is reduced;