20 Amendments of Derk Jan EPPINK related to 2013/2075(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular Articles 101, 102 and 107 thereof,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the elimination of obstacles to the free movement of goods, services, people and capital is a precondition for growth;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission report and its focus on the contribution of competition policy to fighteliminating barriers and irregulardistortive State aid measures for the benefit of the single market;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees that too many sectors are still largely divided by national borders and that competition policy has a fundamental role to play againstin fighting such fragmentation and in creating a level playing field in all sectors of the single market;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the actions of the Commission inspecting the supply of the white sugar market and looks forward to hearing the results of the investigation;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the Commission to treat competition issues in a complex environment such as multilateral payments with due care; believes that specific issues arising in this field should be addressed on a case by case basis;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges the Commission's initiative in the field of actions for damages under national law for infringements of competition law provisions; reaffirms the need for effective measures of redress throughout the Union.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to show due regard to self-regulatory and voluntary as well as informal dispute-resolution mechanisms to provide redress, as a way of preventing abusive litigation; welcomes therefore the inclusion of consensual dispute resolution in the Commission's proposal;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes however that the use of ever higher fines as the sole antitrust instrument may be too blunt, not least considering potential job losses as a result of an inability to make payments; emphasises that a policy of high fines should not be used as an alternative budget financing mechanism; favours a 'carrot-and-stick' approach with penalties that serves as an effective deterrent, in particular for repeat offenders, while encouraging compliance;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ConsidersWould like to see strong restraint exercised in the next Commission's overall budget. Recognises however that resources for the Commission's Directorate General for Competition should be made adequate to its increased workload and range of tasks; by shifting away resources from other, less vital, Directorates.
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Supports effective sharing of responsibility within the European Competition Network (ECN), given that some markets tend to have more national dimensions than others, due to different legal, economic and cultural conditions;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the European Parliament has urged the Commission to revise the rules on State aid to banks introduced in 2008 as temporary measures on several occasions. Therefore, welcomes the recent actions taken by the Commission in this field.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the Commission's initiative in the area of State aid to airports; encourages a timely implementation of measures aimed at increased scrutiny of State aid in the sector.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Urges the Commission to also investigate State aid from all levels of government to regional airports and low cost carriers, to ensure that state support does not unfairly benefit some airports and airlines to the detriment of others; underlines that support from EU Structural Funds may also constitute unlawful State aid; highlights that such aid has created a potentially unsustainable number of regional airports operating outside a proper competition framework.
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes in that light the Commission's recent inquiries into the oil sector, acknowledging that a violation of competition rules in this area has massive implications for consumers.
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 7 b (new)
Heading 7 b (new)
Agriculture
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Highlights, in the current absence of that situation, the need to avoid agricultural policy measures such as production quota, which divide national markets and prevent effective functioning of the internal market; urges the Commission, in cooperation with national competition authorities, to thoroughly scrutinize competition in the agro- industrial sector in terms of support, transparency and consumer price evolution at all levels of the value chain;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the Commission and the national competition authorities (NCAs).