Activities of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2013/2075(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual report on EU competition policy (debate)
Annual report on EU competition policy (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy PDF (255 KB) DOC (131 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in many Member States a severe credit crunch is affecting SMEs, which represent 98% of the EU firms;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that competition policy is a driver of economic growth and job creation, especially in crisis times;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Agrees therefore with the Commission that the crisis should not be a pretext to relax the enforcement of competition rules
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that it should have co-decision powers in competition policy; regrets that Articles 103 and 109 TFEU provide only for consultation of Parliament,; believes that this democratic deficit cannot be tolerated; proposes that this deficit be overcome as soon as possible through interinstitutional arrangements in the field of competition policy and corrected in the next Treaty change;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of treating Parliament and Council equally as regards access to meetings and the provision of information for the preparation of legislation or soft law in the field of competition policy, as provided for in the Framework Agreement; regrets that this has not been respected by the Commission
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Commission to continue to issue soft law guidelines in the field of competition policy, duly taking into account the existing ECJ case law, in order to ensure some legal certainty for stakeholders; considers, however, that soft law cannot replace legislation in areas where legal certainty is crucial;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the Commission should put forward a proposal in order to regulate the competition issues related to minority shareholding.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of fostering the global convergence of competition rules; encourages the Commission to conclude bilateral cooperation agreements on competition enforcement such as the recent agreement with Switzerland; welcomes the new rules on information exchange contained in this agreement;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Supports the ongoing cooperation within the European Competition Network (ECN) which allows EU-wide coherence of public enforcement of competition rules and encourages its further development;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that NCAs and other national sector regulators should continue to cooperate to ensure complementary action, particularly in sectors where liberalisation is not yet completed or fully operative; suggests the creation of a wider network for European regulators including NCAs and sector regulators for the exchange of best-practices;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Invites the Commission to increase its cooperation with national courts to facilitate private enforcement and the correct resolution of State aid disputes; welcomes the Commission training programmes for national judges;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Acknowledges the important role played by State aid control since the beginning of the crisis as a restructuring and resolution mechanism for distressed banks;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that DG COMP experience in the field of bank crisis should be considered a best practice and be used in the future more to prevent than for ex- post interventions
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the Commission should take into account the possibility for state aid to banks to be sometimes be linked to conditionality on credit to SMEs; .
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that, particularly in the case of banks receiving state aid, the refinancing of loans should take fully into account the viability of the receiver; in the case of multinational corporations, the selling of assets and shares on participated companies should be put as a condition for loan refinancing.
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that AMCs should try to sell their assets as soon as possible in order to regain market normality and end public intervention in a specific sector.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure open and fair competition in all transport modes.
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that the Commission should further strengthen the links between competition policy and transport policy to improve the competitiveness of the European transport sector;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to increase their efforts in order to guarantee the opening of the railway transport sector to fair competition, as well as a better quality of services.
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -21 (new)
Paragraph -21 (new)
-21. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to revise the EU aviation and airport state aid guidelines by the end of 2013 which will have to eliminate any distortion of competition and establish a level playing field for all market participants
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -23 (new)
Paragraph -23 (new)
-23. Believes that the Commission needs to be strict with the introduction of energy market reforms to reduce its prices, particularly in those Member States under the excessive deficit procedure.
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 7 a (new)
Heading 7 a (new)
State aid to football
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the Commission to open up investigations against the existence of state aid in football as it creates a distortion on the use of public resources.
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Recalls that net neutrality is of the uttermost importance to ensure that there is no discrimination between internet services and competition is fully guaranteed.
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Believes that the Commission should carefully study any loan or any refinancing of loans from banks that have received state aid directed to football clubs; particularly the loan rates compared to the average rate in lending and its size compared to the debt of the football club in question