2015/2147(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of interoperable Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) ~~will b~~are key tools to make the European transport system more efficient and productive, and as a result daily transport and logistics will be more fluid, safe, resource-wise and sustainable;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the important role of data in ensuring that the transport sector can benefit from the Digital Single Market; therefore welcomes the Commission's announcement of its Free Flow of Data initiative intended to remove existing barriers to the cross-border flow of data;

Amendment 11 #

Franck PROUST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Acknowledges that over-cumbersome administrative procedures in some countries may be an obstacle to burgeoning high-potential transport projects (including start-ups and digital projects); calls for the Digital Single Market to include a specific dimension aimed at reducing administrative formalities (taxation, statement of starting a business, recruitment, etc.) particularly when projects are launched;

Amendment 12 #

Dominique RIQUET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance for global trade of the development of e-logistics, which has enabled the whole logistics chain to become fully integrated at operational, administrative and financial level;

Amendment 13 #

Pavel TELIČKA, Dominique RIQUET, Jozo RADOŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Is convinced that digitalisation offers large potentials to intensify integration approaches, such as to improve interoperability, seamless intermodality and more efficient (cross-border) interconnectivity; emphasises that digitalised European intermodal (real time) information, booking and ticketing systems are a core opportunity for getting transport and mobility more sustainable;

Amendment 14 #

István UJHELYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the digitisation of the transport and tourism sector provides Europe with new business opportunities and jobs; points to strong growth in the ITS sector, with an expected global annual growth rate of 16.4 % for the period 2014 - 2019;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the digitisation of the transport sector provides Europe with new business opportunities and jobs, as well as plays a central role in transforming European cities into smart cities; points to strong growth in the ITS sector, with an expected global annual growth rate of 16.4 % for the period 2014 - 2019;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the digitisation of the transport sector provides Europe with new business opportunities and jobs; points to strong growth in the ITS sector, with an expected global annual growth rate of 16.4 % for the period 2014 - 2019; emphasises therefore the need to develop appropriate infrastructures and simplify the access to finance for innovative SMEs and start- ups of the transport and tourism sector; Believes that the EFSI should play a major role in the digitisation of the sector;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the digitisation of the transport sector provides ~~Europe~~the Member States with new business opportunities and jobs; points to strong growth in the ITS sector, with an expected global annual growth rate of 16.4 % for the period 2014 - 2019;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the digitisation of the transport sector provides Europe with new business opportunities ~~and jobs~~, particularly where start-ups and small businesses are concerned; points to strong growth in the ITS sector, with an expected global annual growth rate of 16.4 % for the period 2014 - 2019;

Amendment 19 #

Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the digitisation of the transport sector, together with the necessary strategic decisions by businesses and substantial investment, will provides Europe with new business opportunities and jobs; points to strong growth in the ITS sector, with an expected global annual growth rate of 16.4 % for the period 2014 - 2019;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is aware that digitalised transport and mobility systems bear also a risk of loss of jobs in certain transport services and therefore emphasises that social plans towards the development of other more attractive and sustainable jobs are necessary;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Welcomes the 16 September 2015 announcement of an "EU Industry Dialogue on automated and connected driving"; stresses that a partnership between the automotive and telecom industries is needed to order to ensure that connected vehicles and connected vehicle infrastructure is developed on the basis of common standards across Europe as well on the global scale;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out, nevertheless, that the transport sector has been one of the pioneers in using and implementing new information technologies and intelligent and automation systems (satellite navigation in the aviation sector and logistics monitoring, ERTMS, fleet management, tolls, digital tachographs, safety cameras, etc.); points out, however, that the digitisation of the transport sector does not per se imply an improved service for users, and political will is crucial in order to put an end to the dominant positions held by incumbent operators, and to state-imposed trade and regulatory barriers;

Amendment 23 #

Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that the full benefits of using digital systems in the transport sector can be realised only if widespread, open access to knowledge and skills is made available; takes the view that provision should be made in the digital single market strategy for digital technology training for staff in all sectors of the economy, in particular low-qualified workers in the transport sector;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that better access is needed for consumers and businesses to online goods and services and that this can be achieved only by improving the high-speed internet network so that it reaches all citizens in Europe;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that the digitisation of the transport sector will pave the way for the creation of new, less mechanised jobs, providing potential for more creative tasks; points out that in-service training programmes for workers are essential in order to keep pace with developments in technology;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights that interoperability and standardisation are basic elements for a digital single market and asks therefore the Commission to identify existing shortcomings in this regard;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Takes the view that urban public transport should provide citizens with easy and fast access to services on all local forms of public transport;

Amendment 28 #

Jill SEYMOUR, James CARVER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Welcomes the establishment of digital platforms to link supply and demand more closely in the transport and tourism sector, thereby encouraging the sharing economy;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) will be key tools to make the European transport system more efficient and productive, and as a result daily transport and logistics will be more fluid, safe, resource-wise and sustainable; by integrating telecommunications, electronics and information technologies with transport engineering, ITS do help to improve environmental performance, efficiency, including energy efficiency and safety and security of road transport of all kinds, whilst ensuring the functioning of the internal market, as stated in Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote true competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, including those based on the sharing economy, whil~~e creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of~~st recognising high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer choice and protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote true competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, including those based on the sharing economy, while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants (in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs) in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 32 #

Franck PROUST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote true competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, in~~cluding those based on the sharing economy,~~ order to expand supply and thus meet new user demands (the sharing economy, urban mobility, instant ordering, etc.) while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote true competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, including those based on the sharing economy, ~~whil~~by regulating new business models without stopping innovation, while at the same time creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 34 #

Dominique RIQUET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; a~~sks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order~~nd in particular to the growth of the sharing economy in the transport sector; takes the view that such action should seek to promote ~~true~~fair competition, whether between modes ~~and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, including those based~~ of transport or between the various entities along the ~~sharing economy, while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high~~value chain, and that such competition should respect European standards regarding safety, working conditions, ~~fair~~ taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects; also believes in respecting the principle of technological neutrality and not hampering innovation;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 36 #

Deirdre CLUNE, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote true and fair competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility ~~and~~management and green logistics, including those based on the sharing economy, while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer interests, data protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 37 #

Claudia ȚAPARDEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote ~~true competition between modes~~a sustainable multimodal system and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, including those based on the sharing economy, while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote true competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics like that of single transport documents in electronic form, including those based on the sharing economy, while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects; highlights the importance of journey planning, accessible multimodal information and clear and transparent ticketing through digital and online platforms; Stresses that Geo-blocking of transport linked services should be prevented;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the ~~Commission~~relevant bodies of the Member States to assess the need to modernise EUtheir regulations and adapt them to the digital age; ~~asks the Commission~~leaves it up to the Member States to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote ~~true~~healthy competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, including those based on the sharing economy, while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the need to modernise EU regulations and adapt them to the digital age; asks the Commission, in looking at the effectiveness of initiatives that have already been introduced in some Member States involving the unification of transport infrastructure and better online access for users and businesses, to harmonise the regulatory framework of different transport modes in order to promote true competition between modes and to encourage new innovations and services for mobility and logistics, including those based on the sharing economy, while creating a level playing field for existing market actors and new market entrants in terms of high European standards regarding safety, working conditions, fair taxation, consumer protection and the prevention of harmful environmental effects;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises the need to embrace new business models in the transport sector, particularly in the demand driven sharing economy, that increase competition and improve the quality, affordability, range and flexibility of transport options for users;

Amendment 42 #

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Pavel TELIČKA, Karima DELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of adequate infrastructure in ensuring that the transport sector can become a beneficiary of the Digital Single Market; stresses that a cross-border Digital Single Market needs transparent transport and portability criteria for data, as well as appropriate cross-border mechanisms; calls on the Member States to devise a modern and future-proof regulatory framework to stimulate further investment in the network infrastructure that will be needed for a digital and interconnected transport sector;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the importance of well- defined and transparent passenger rights in transport; urges therefore the Commission to bring forward a proposal for a Charter of Passengers' Rights covering all forms of transport, including a clear and transparent protection of passengers' rights in the multimodal context;

Amendment 44 #

István UJHELYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out to the Commission that more effective support in the European tourist sector may be achieved by better exploitation of digitised and innovative technologies;

Amendment 45 #

Jozo RADOŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that tourism sector is strongly affected by and dependent on developments in digital technologies through changes in market conditions and behaviour of travellers; calls on the European Commission and Member States to further promote digitalisation of the sector through projects such as access to Wi Fi, elimination of 'geo-blocking' and in that context commends the decision to abolish roaming charges by June 2017;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Encourages the Commission to propose the soonest a regulatory framework on fair competition and cross- border services for taxi services, including satisfactory solutions on the 'Uber' digital business, with regard to minimum requirements in the social, competition, safety, insurance fields as well as for quality of services, in compliance with Transport's regulations;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Supports the development of new digital technology for the self-assessment of transport services and for the improvement of these services in the interests of users;

Amendment 48 #

Deirdre CLUNE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Takes the view that digitisation in the transport sector must also help improve professionals’ quality of life, cutting down on repetitive, tedious tasks and enabling staff to concentrate on other, more enriching tasks;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that dismantling barriers to the cross-border development of transport and tourism e-commerce is of the utmost importance; Calls on the commission to ensure the interoperability of systems and the use of common standards so as to build a truly inclusive Digital Single Market;

Amendment 5 #

Dominique RIQUET, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS), River Information Systems (RIS) will be key tools to make the European transport system more efficient and productive, and as a result daily transport, mobility and logistics will be more fluid, accessible, safe, resource- wise ~~and~~ sustainable and lead to better capacity use of existing transport infrastructure;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to put forward measures aimed at the simplification, and the more affordable and transparent pricing, of cross-border parcel delivery;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that the digitisation of transport services leads to savings in terms of costs to citizens as well as greater efficiency and speed;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Commission to ensure that the EU strategy for a European single market is developed in cooperation with states that are the frontrunners in the field of good digitisation practices in the area of transport so as to easily factor in technological innovations made by countries outside the EU, thereby improving interoperability and increasing opportunities for the growth and expansion of European companies on the international market;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that EU-wide multimodal travel information, planning and ticketing services enabling smart and seamless door-to-door mobility constitute a major contribution to a globally competitive European Digital Single Market;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Recognising the increasingly digital market for transport tickets, urges the transport sector to further develop and promote multimodal and cross border online ticket purchasing, which will further enhance competition and consumer choice;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Urges the Commission, in helping bring the transport sector into the digital age, not to eliminate the human element by ensuring that it is possible at all times for intelligent and automation systems to be controlled by professionals in an emergency; firmly emphasises that the possibility of taking control over automated control and driving systems must not be left out of training for workers in the sector;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Takes the view that the establishment of a digital single market in Europe is a significant driving force for the promotion of tourism through digital services which should be made available to all travellers at stations, ports, airports and other transport interchange platforms;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines that fair and equal access to multimodal travel and traffic data is a prerequisite for EU-wide multimodal travel information, planning and ticketing services and asks therefore the Commission to present a proposal requiring all providers to make available all the information needed for putting in place a comprehensive service allowing the travellers a choice between the most sustainable, best-value or fastest connection;

Amendment 58 #

Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Olga SEHNALOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls on the Member States to promote the digitisation of transport services for users with disabilities, so that such services are a help and not a further hindrance;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Emphasises that comprehensive, reliable real-time information enabling travellers to be informed about possible disruption and alternative travel options before and during the journeys is of outmost importance and calls thereby for more attention to be paid to the needs of people with disabilities or limited mobility as well as to the special requirements of elderly people;

Amendment 6 #

Claudia ȚAPARDEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), including initiatives to promote and make available to passengers multimodal travel information and ticketing services, will be key tools to make the European transport system more efficient and productive, and as a result daily transport and logistics will be more fluid, safe, resource-wise and sustainable;

Amendment 60 #

Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Olga SEHNALOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Points out that digital applications relating to the transport sector should be easily comprehensible and available in all EU languages to ensure that they are as accessible and can be as widely used as possible, including by elderly or less educated population groups;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Stresses that costumers should be able to make ticket reservations and payments online for national and cross-border journeys and is therefore of the opinion that existing fragmentation and limitations have to be set aside and geo- blocking should not be permitted;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that confidence and solid data protection are prerequisites for c~~rea~~ompleting the Digital Single Market; emphasises, in this context, the need to ensure high standards as regards data capacity, accessibility and security by providing a comprehensive, reliable and interoperable data infrastructure and by ensuring the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storage; stresses that interoperability plays a crucial role in the context of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and urges its implementation and the increase of interoperability in the various transport systems in the EU. Furthermore a common understanding of interoperability in the Union and a holistic approach towards interoperability solutions in the EU should be promoted;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that in the light of Article 16 TFEU and Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, confidence and solid data protection are prerequisites for creating the Digital Single Market; emphasises, in this context, the need to ensure high standards as regards data capacity, accessibility and security by providing a comprehensive, reliable and interoperable data infrastructure and by ensuring the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storage;

Amendment 64 #

Dominique RIQUET, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 65 #

Claudia ȚAPARDEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that confidencetiality and solid data protection are prerequisites for creating the Digital Single Market; emphasises, in this context, the need to ensure high standards as regards data capacity, accessibility and security by providing a comprehensive, reliable and interoperable data infrastructure and by ensuring the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storage;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that confidence and solid data protection are prerequisites for creating the Digital Single Market; emphasises, in this context, the need to ensure high standards as regards data capacity, accessibility and security by providing a comprehensive, reliable and interoperable data infrastructure and by ensuring the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storagethe growing digitisation of transport entails a threefold challenge: confidence, connectivity and capacity; calls therefore for the establishment of an effective data protection system; stresses the need to develop standards capable of ensuring interoperability between countries, but also between services and industry, and to ensure the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storage; underlines the importance of having the necessary infrastructure to manage the quantity of new data flows generated, which will require investment in broadband, full exploitation of the possibilities offered by Galileo and more efficient use of frequencies;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that confidence and solid data protection are prerequisites for creating any inter-state cooperation in the Ddigital ~~Single Market~~field; emphasises, in this context, the need to protect individual freedoms and ensure high standards as regards data capacity, accessibility and security by providing a ~~comprehensive,~~ reliable and interoperable data infrastructure and by ensuring the security and credibility of data collection, processing, usage and storage;

Amendment 69 #

Deirdre CLUNE, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of high speed internet access, especially for rural and peripheral areas so that everyone can benefit from the advantages offered by a digitised transport network;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) will be key tools to make the European transport system more efficient and productive, and as a result daily transport and logistics will be more fluid, safe, resource-wise and sustainable; Notes that tools are at different stages of development and implementation for transport by sea (SafeSeaNet7, Directive 2010/65/EU on reporting formalities, Blue Belt8, e-Maritime), inland waterways (RIS9), rail (TAF-TSI10), road (ITS11), air (SESAR12); calls on the commission to readily implement these tools so as to have smooth information flows;

Amendment 70 #

Pavel TELIČKA, Dominique RIQUET, Jozo RADOŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the fact that the digitisation of the transport sector enables further development of the concept of Mobility as a Service; Acknowledges that it may lead to structural changes in the transport sector; Encourages therefore the Commission to start an in-depth analysis of the prospects of the concept of Mobility as a Service, as regards for instance consumers behaviours, transport infrastructures and urban planning;

Amendment 71 #

Dominique RIQUET, Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that the transport and tourism sectors will only benefit fully from the digital revolution if many more wi-fi access points are created, and calls on the Member States to respect their commitments to ending roaming charges in Europe;

Amendment 72 #

Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that the opportunities presented by the digital revolution can only fully be taken advantage of if widespread, cheap and easy internet access is made available; stresses that access to up-to-date information on delays, obstacles and weather conditions is extremely important for travellers and commuters; calls for proper account to be taken in the digital single market strategy of the need for internet access to be made available free of charge in stations, airports, ports, hotels and motorway service stations;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on Member States and local municipalities to make provision for and always to include the digital dimension of transport when drawing up urban mobility plans, ensuring that it is fully accessible and available to users;

Amendment 74 #

Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that broadband access, the development of information and communication technologies and better connectivity, in particular in rural areas, stimulate economic development and improve quality of life;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that the use of new applications for smartphones, tablets and computers can bring considerable added value to the development of European tourism and enhance the use of transport; in this regard, the Commission and the Member States should work together to identify common standards that would ensure fair competition and considerably reduce existing red tape;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Welcomes the introduction in the transport sector of applications to enable car-sharing, car-pooling, bike-sharing and other forms of shared transport;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Points out that greater digitisation of freight delivery systems in Europe would make parcel transport services more efficient and traceable across borders;

Amendment 78 #

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Pavel TELIČKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Karima DELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Calls on the Commission to consider setting up European digital systems to implement medical and health care with improved transport accessibility in hard- to-reach areas;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transport sector will become one of the largest fields of implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT).; thus underlines the importance of foresight and ex ante impact assessment in decision-making both for the regulation and infrastructure investments to build an applicable foundation for automatized transport;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; regrets that it is not entitled ‘Strategy for better digital cooperation between the nations of Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) ~~will be key tools to make the European~~must first and foremost take into account users’ expectations by making transport systems safer, more efficient ~~and productive, and as a result daily transport and logistics will be more fluid, safe, resource-wise and sustainable~~, more fluid and more economical;

Amendment 80 #

István UJHELYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transport and tourism sector will become one of the largest fields of implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT).

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transport sector will become one of the largest fields of implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT). ; thus, considers the adoption of a European Web Accessibility Directive to be vital to address issues of accessibility across Europe; Reminds that the latest report (2011) from the "Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe" (MeAC) study estimates that only one third of the content generated by public authorities across the EU is accessible; Underlines that web accessibility is not just a question of technical standards and of web architecture and design, but it is vital in order to ensure that no one is at risk of being partially or totally excluded from society as it becomes more digitised;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transport and tourism sectors will become ~~one~~two of the largest fields of implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT)., making travel planning easier, improving interconnections between modes of transport and preventing geography being an obstacle in the procurement of services by means of multimodal integrated ticketing;

Amendment 83 #

Merja KYLLÖNEN, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Pavel TELIČKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Karima DELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. recalls, as written in the report on delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe, the need to ambitiously promote the multi-modal travel information, planning and ticketing services with the vision of seamless door- to-door mobility;

Amendment 84 #

Deirdre CLUNE, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that digitisation in the transport sector can result in the exclusion of some social groups for whom it is difficult to get to grips with new technologies, such as elderly people, those who are not digitally literate, and people with disabilities; calls on the Commission, in implementing the digital single market, to take account of the risk of those users being excluded;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Expects the Commission to present a comprehensive report encompassing an assessment of the current state of play of digitalisation in the EU tourism market with a view to identifying and addressing challenges and opportunities of the various public and private players at national, regional and local level; Considers that such a report should include appropriate recommendations to ensure fair competition and a level playing field for all actors and to protect consumers by providing for transparency, neutrality and accessibility;

Amendment 86 #

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of digitization in the tourism sector and the necessity to make all digital infrastructures easily accessible in particular with regard to SMEs, taking into account also the development of sharing economy platforms;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that ICT tools should be accessible and easy to use for all users, including people with disabilities and ageing population, not to create new barriers;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to review the establishment and optimise its management of EU tourism web portals, which have hitherto not given any added value to European tourism but have only been an ongoing cost to EU taxpayers;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that there is a need for improved accessibility as regards the internet and IT applications in stations, airports and, as far as possible, in hotels and other forms of accommodation;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; emphasises that the implementation of digitisation and the enhanced deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) will be key tools to make the European transport system more efficient and productive, and as a result daily transport and logistics will be more fluid, safe, resource-wise and sustainable; Supports a holistic approach on telecoms, transportation and smart energy networks regarding the development of new types of digital services for consumers and suppliers;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States to look closely at the growing digitisation of Western societies and the risks of alienation that this process could entail; expresses its wish for constructive criticism on this issue to be taken into account by the relevant bodies; recalls the saying of the French sociologist Jacques Ellul: ‘… True technique* will know how to maintain the illusion of liberty, choice, and individuality in a way that satisfies man's needs for liberty, choice and individuality; but these will have been carefully calculated so that they are merely an illusion integrated into the mathematical reality’; *Translator’s note: See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ell ul#On_technique .

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Emphasizes that for full use of the digitalization capacity in transport sector, it is necessary to eliminate the practice of restricting access to content based upon the user's geographical location (known as a "Geo-blocking");

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses the need for strong cyber- security measures and requirements on connected vehicles; notes that this is not just a question of data protection, but the physical security of a vehicle and its passengers;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated strategy on connectivity in transport sector and assess its impact on road safety, efficient use of infrastructure, taking into account important issues such as privacy, security and accessibility of data;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Stresses the need for an active part by the EU in the UN World Forum on automotive regulations, but especially in the informal working group on intelligent transport systems and automated vehicles (WP.29); Believes it is vital to engage there to ensure that EU connected vehicle standards are the basis for global standards; believes equally that we should strengthen cooperation with the United States on connected vehicles standards and regulations;

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2015/09/24 JURI 114 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Evelyn REGNER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Mary HONEYBALL

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Urges the Commission to ensure that the EU strategy for a digital single market is developed in cooperation with States that are the frontrunners in the field of good digitisation practices so as to easily factor in technological innovations from countries outside the EU, especially with regard to intellectual property, thereby improving interoperability and increasing opportunities for the growth and expansion of European companies on the international market;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth and the creation of quality jobs, innovation, and consumer choice ~~and competitiveness~~ is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; ~~calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals;~~

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that iInternet service providers should bear ~~greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet~~strictly specified obligations and be held responsible for take down of any illegal content detected by authorities on their webpages and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses;

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers should ~~bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling~~cooperate with content producers and with all other actors in the supply chain, such as payment providers, to support the fight against illegal content made available on the internet. Suggests a review of the role of online service providers and intermediaries in order to clarify their legal status and liability with regard to copyright ~~abuses~~;

Amendment 102 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should~~, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses~~ play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses; in this way, suggests a review of the liability of online intermediaries in the forthcoming legislative proposal on copyright in 2015 in order to clarify their legal status and liability with regards to copyright, in order to guarantee and ensure a fair remuneration for creators and rightholders within the EU;

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses; considers it necessary, in this regard, to reconsider the responsibilities of Internet intermediaries by means of a review of the e-Commerce Directive;

Amendment 104 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that ~~internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should~~consideration should be given as to how internet service providers and online intermediaries, along with other actors in the supply chain, such as payment providers, could play a ~~significant role in~~greater role in facilitating action against illegal content and tackling copyright abuses on a commercial scale;

Amendment 105 #

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 106 #

Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses; Encourages the actors of the supply chain to exchange information and good practices, and to take coordinated and proportionate actions to fight commercial scale infringement on the basis of sector agreements;

Amendment 107 #

Kaja KALLAS, Cecilia WIKSTRÖM, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that ~~internet service providers should~~ the Commission, together with membear ~~greater responsibility for illegal content made available~~ states, should promote due diligence along the ~~internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a signif~~supply chain, including internet service providers, domain registrars and payment providers, as well exchange of best practices, guidelines and better public an~~t role in tackling copyright abuses~~d private sector cooperation to combat illegal content, tackling copyright abuses, and reduce divergences of enforcement across Europe;

Amendment 108 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers ~~should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supp~~must be neutral toward the information they transmit; reminds that online intermediaries should not bear responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet unless they obtain actual knowledge or awareness of illegal activity and upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, fail to act expeditiously; c~~hain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses~~onsiders that no review of the relevant framework should be undertaken without thorough, targeted and evidence-based analysis, while taking into account all relevant public consultations already conducted by the Commission on the issue and avoiding any privatisation of law enforcement;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers should ~~bear greater responsibility~~not be held liable for illegal content made available on the internet ~~and should, along with other actors~~ ; takes the view that online copyright infringements should be dealt with by the courts, while fully respecting the ~~supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tack~~rights and freedoms enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; stresses that administrative authorities may not adopt measures to prohibit access to onlinge co~~pyright abuses~~ntent, unless specifically authorised to do so by the competent court;

Amendment 11 #

Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, József SZÁJER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and digital technologies bring tremendous opportunities; believes that the dDigital sSingle mMarket Strategy is key to achieving this objective by ~~removing barriers to trade~~targeting the most significant remaining barriers to trade with a particular focus on SMEs, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for future-proof regulation and the competitiveness tests on all new proposals;

Amendment 110 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that ~~internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made availab~~further measures are needed to target illegal content; stresses that the role onf the internet ~~and should, along with other act~~services providers needs to be clarified; Supports in the ~~supply chain such as paym~~principle that all traffic should be treated equally whent provid~~ers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abus~~ing internet access services;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on~~ Calls on the Commission to consider, in an evidence-based manner, whether a ‘duty of care’ should be introduced in order to ascertain whether inter~~net and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuse~~mediaries can be required to exercise greater responsibility in the way the manage their networks;

Amendment 113 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

(3a) Stresses that the growth of online platforms has been driven by consumer demand; notes, however, the importance of taking action against piracy;

Amendment 114 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

(3b) Recognises the clarity that intermediary liability has enabled in terms of the growth of online platforms and warns that the creation of new legal uncertainty in this area could have a negative impact on economic growth;

Amendment 12 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, ~~innovation, consumer choice~~the creation of high-quality jobs, innovation and co~~mpetitiveness~~nsumer is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses, and in particular by supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for ~~competitiveness tests on all new proposal~~fair and appropriate remuneration for creators and rightholders;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses, facilitating legal access to knowledge and creative works, and supporting creators, researchers, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals;

Amendment 15 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Emil RADEV, Mary HONEYBALL, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating ~~growth~~sustainable development, prosperity, innovation, consumer choice and ~~competitiveness~~employment is of the utmost importance and believes that the implementation and growth of the digital single market is ~~key to~~now vital for achieving this objective; this should be done by: removing ~~barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposal~~obstacles to accessing and exercising online activities, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises and creative people, ensuring respect for fair competition, consumer protection and respect for the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, in particular, ensuring the protection of personal data and freedom to express thoughts;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for ~~competitiveness tests on all new proposal~~all new proposals to be subject to competitiveness tests and to detailed impact assessments examining their effects on growth, SMEs and employment as well as their potential costs and benefits;

Amendment 17 #

Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, new decent jobs, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market under the condition of social security and a strong democracy is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes and for online businesses ~~and~~. It has to support~~ing~~ creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for ~~competitiveness tests on all new proposal~~the guarantee for fair and appropriate remuneration for creators;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

(1a) Stresses that online security is one of the preconditions for a digital single market, and for this precise reason believes it necessary for network and information security to be ensured on this rapidly-expanding market; welcomes, in this respect, the Commission’s initiative to establish a public-private partnership on cybersecurity in the field of technologies and solutions for online network security;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

(1a) Points out that it is crucial to get rid of regulatory barriers and move from 28 national markets to a single one, as this could generate €415 billion per year to European economy and create hundreds of thousands new workplaces;

Amendment 2 #

Evelyn REGNER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Mary HONEYBALL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, while at the same time strengthening workers’ socio-economic rights, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals as well as assessment of their environmental and social impact;

Amendment 20 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

(1a) Underlines the importance of the creative sector to the economy and its contribution to growth and employment; recalls that the copyright intensive activities account for a significant part in the economy;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Asks for a stronger involvement of employees and the creative sector in developing and implementing digital technologies;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that particular attention will be paid to issues that prevent consumers and businesses from benefiting from full range of products and services, whether digital or those offered through digital channels in the EU, and prevent businesses from starting and scaling up, operating across borders and innovating;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that copyright is the guarantor of Europe's creative and cultural diversity and stresses that the position of originators should continue to be the starting point for discussions on the further development of copyright;

Amendment 24 #

Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD, József SZÁJER, Mary HONEYBALL, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the communication of the Commission" Towards a Connected Digital Single Market Act" and the included commitment to modernise the copyright framework to adapt them to the digital age while at the same time ensuring the right balance between a fair remuneration of the author, the public interest of dissemination of knowledge and preserving cultural diversity;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Supports the establishment during 2016 of an EU-wide dispute resolution platform for consumer protection; emphasises that consumer rights cannot be guaranteed without effective legislation and access to legal instruments; takes the view that e-commerce could also flourish if consumers are able to shop online with similar terms applying throughout Europe;

Amendment 26 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that copyright is the tangible means of ensuring that creators are remunerated and that the creative process is funded;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that the European cultural and creative industries are an engine for economic growth, innovation and job creation in the EU, as they employ more than 7 million people and generate more than 4.2% of EU GDP; highlights the fact that the cultural and creative industries continued to create jobs during the economic crisis of 2008-2012 and have played an important role in boosting the Union’s competitiveness;

Amendment 28 #

Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD, Constance LE GRIP, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the potential of the Digital Single Market to stimulate social and generational inclusion which requires a regulatory framework that makes private investment in creative infrastructure commercially attractive as this will ultimately be beneficial to creators and end-users;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Shares the Commission’s view that the digital single market has major potential in terms of Europe’s growth and competitiveness, calls on the Commission to seize the opportunities presented by digitisation and takes the view that in this regard the Commission ought in particular to support and harness the potential that the green and social economy has for a sustainable European single market;

Amendment 3 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses ~~and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposal~~, ensuring fair competition and a high level of consumer protection and personal data protection, and supporting creators, investors and consumers;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Underlines that copyright and related rights constitute the legal framework for the European cultural and creative industries (CCIs) and form the basis for their ability to generate economic activity, competitiveness, employment, creativity and innovation;

Amendment 31 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Evelyn REGNER, Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)

-2a. Reminds that the European cultural and creative industries are a key driver for the development of the information society, technologies and investment in digital infrastructure and services, which thus foster innovation, growth and creativity, asks then that copyright modernisation allow the cultural and creative industries to benefit from the digital revolution while safeguarding a balanced value-chain;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)

-2a. Stresses that the digital single market should give the opportunity to ensure accessibility for all, especially people with disabilities, to products and services protected by copyright and related rights; is therefore deeply concerned by the lack of progress of ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty facilitating access for the visually impaired to published works; urges the Council to ensure ratification of the Treaty as soon as possible;

Amendment 33 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Emil RADEV, Mary HONEYBALL, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Marc JOULAUD, Kaja KALLAS, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)

-2a. Calls on distributors to publish all available information concerning the technological measures necessary to ensure interoperability of their content;

Amendment 34 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD, Kaja KALLAS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 a (new)

-2a. Stresses the importance of ensuring balanced development in the digital single market, of strengthening exceptions for bodies of public interest, such as libraries, museums and archives, also to protect and promote access to cultural content for special categories such as visually impaired and blind people;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 b (new)

-2b. Insists on the need to pursue the Commission’s Work Programme with a view to the adoption of a series of digital- market-related measures to modernise copyright rules, adapting them to the digital era;

Amendment 36 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD, Mary HONEYBALL, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph -2 c (new)

-2c. Underscores the crucial role played by the legal framework for copyright in sustaining the creative process and enabling authors to earn a living as professionals in the cultural and creative industries; with reference in this regard to the recent studies by, respectively, the European Parliament on Contractual Arrangements applicable to Creators and the Commission on remuneration of authors, calls on the Commission to ensure that the core element of any reform of copyright law is the equitable remuneration of authors for the use of their work on line;

Amendment 37 #

Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content but stresses th~~e importance of not mandating pan- European licences~~at the principle of territoriality must remain an essential pillar of the copyright system; calls instead for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content ~~but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead~~and for further efforts to develop and modernise the EU´s intellectual property laws, in particular in the area of copyright, in order to accommodate them to the digital age, and calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;

Amendment 39 #

Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content ~~but~~, and stresses th~~e importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead for~~at reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content toshould be prioritised; at the same time stresses the importance of this being possible without a pan-European licence;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and ~~competitiveness~~job creation is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market ~~is key~~can contribute to achiev~~ing~~e this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators whose rights to protection must continue to apply in the digital age, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for ~~competitiveness tests~~an exhaustive ex- ante assessment of impact onf all new proposals; in terms of growth and jobs creation as well as its potential social benefits;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content ~~but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised~~; recognises the need for more harmonisation at the European Union level in order to improve free movement of services and products based on creative content; highlights the fact that legislative differences in Member States cause legal uncertainties hindering the creation of Digital Single Market and cross-border accessibility of copyright content;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content ~~but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised~~; calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised; stresses that for the well- functioning DSM, reforming Copyright laws is vital; in this regards, calls on the Commission to emphasis, in its upcoming Copyright reform proposal, provisions on the harmonisation of exceptions and limitations, including private copying, to tackle issues such as unjustified geo- blocking and to ensure freedom of panorama, linking and quoting;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content ~~but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead~~; calls for reforms to remove the remaining barriers to the free circulation of goods and services sold on-line and tackle unjustified discrimination on the grounds of geographic location; calls for reforms to enable the ~~enhanced~~ portability ~~of legally acquired content to be prioritised;~~ and facilitate cross- border access to copyright content while ensuring a level playing field for intellectual property rights holders and consumers;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, sector-specific and evidence-based reforms to enhance cross- border access to legally available online content ~~but stresses the importance of~~, while stressing that pan-European licences must not be mandat~~ing pan- European licences; calls instead~~ed, but, rather, should continue to be used only where it makes economic sense to do so and there is demand for them; calls therefore for reforms to enable the enhanced cross-border portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be ~~prioritised;~~ elaborated taking into account the need not to jeopardise cultural diversity and the national footprint of most European players;

Amendment 47 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ~~targeted, evidence-based~~ reforms to enhance cross- border access to legally available online content ~~but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead~~; also calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised, as well as to improve cross-border access to services;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content but stresses the importance of not ~~mandat~~indiscriminately promoting the issuing of pan- European licences~~; calls instead for reforms to enable the~~, given the importance of territorial licencing in the EU and particularly in the field of audiovisual and cinematographic productions; calls, therefore, for reforms designed to enhanced the portability, within the EU, of legally acquired ~~content to be prioritised;~~ and legally available online content services to be prioritised, with full respect for intellectual property rights and related rights;

Amendment 49 #

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content but stresses the importance of not imposing on European enterprises the obligation of mandating pan- European licences; calls instead for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers, by reducing the gap between the interests of companies and consumers, minimising red tape, but above all facilitating the creation of new jobs and establishment of new start-ups; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals;

Amendment 50 #

Kaja KALLAS, Cecilia WIKSTRÖM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ~~targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance~~ensuring cross-border access to legally available online content ~~but stresses the importance of no~~; considers that in addition to enabling portability of online services, cross-border access to works that mcan~~dating pan-European licences; calls instead for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;~~ not yet be legally accessed from every member state is necessary for completing the Digital Single Market; stresses that efforts to facilitate fair and reasonable licensing terms across the EU, to be conducted by both market players and the legislator, are necessary in order to enable new legal offers and new business models, better access to cultural diversity and greater legal certainty;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the announced reform of the copyright framework, to improve access to digital content, adapt to the changes in users' behaviours, and make it fit for the digital age ; Calls for targeted, evidence- based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content ~~but~~, stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences~~; calls instead~~ but believes the Commission should reduce the complexity of pan-European licensing so that it is accessible to small businesses ; calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised;

Amendment 52 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Emil RADEV, Marc JOULAUD, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for targeted, evidence-based reforms to enhance cross-border access to legally available online content but stresses the importance of not mandating pan- European licences; calls instead for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally acquired content to be prioritised, and for the introduction of commercial models for flexible licensing, benefiting consumers without undermining either the principle of territoriality for exclusive rights or that of freedom of contract, both of which play a fundamental role in the financing of audiovisual works;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance of bringing more clarity and transparency of the copyright regime for copyright users, in particular with regard to user-generated content and copyright levies, to foster creativity, the further development of online platforms, and ensure appropriate remuneration of copyright holders;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Welcomes the plan to press ahead with legislative proposals for copyright reform at EU level and thus reconcile the interests of originators, collecting societies and users; stresses the importance of fair and appropriate remuneration for authors, culture professionals and performing artists;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that territorial fragmentation may require users aspiring to offer content related services across the EU to secure multiple licenses; emphasises the fact that differences in limitations and exceptions create additional legal costs and legal uncertainty; recalls that consumers may be denied access to certain content services on geographical grounds; therefore urges the Commission to propose adequate solutions for the better cross-border accessibility to copyright content for consumers;

Amendment 57 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Underlines that any modification of the current legal framework on copyright should be considered in a targeted way and with a focus on economic growth, competitiveness and enhanced consumer experience;

Amendment 58 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

(2b) Points out that the creative sector has specificities and different challenges, notably arising from the different types of content and creative works and from the business models used; therefore calls on the Commission to better identify these specificities and take them into account when proposing modifications and solutions;

Amendment 59 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

(2c) Calls on the Commission to make sure that any reform of the copyright directive is evidence based and carefully assessed; considers that it should take into account the results of the ex-post impact assessment of the Directive of 2001, and be based on solid evidence including an assessment of the possible impact of the modifying elements; takes the view that a proper economic analysis including the impact with regards to jobs and growth must be carried out;

Amendment 6 #

Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, incorporating innovations more effectively, increasing productivity, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals;

Amendment 60 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

(2d) Takes the view that any modification of the audiovisual media services directive should take into account new ways of access to audiovisual content and should be consistent with the current reform of legislation relating to copyright;

Amendment 61 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

(2e) Underlines the importance of ensuring accessibility of the Digital Single Market for people with disabilities; in this regard, notes the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty, which will facilitate access for the visually impaired to books, and encourages swift ratification thereof;

Amendment 62 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

(2f) Maintains that the approach of copyright exceptions and limitations should be balanced, targeted and format neutral and should not undermine the interests of right holders;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Recalls that copyright law should balance the interests of all actors in the distribution chain;

Amendment 64 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)

(2g) Emphasises that any European-wide exception for text and data mining should be limited to accredited academic and public-funded research and should not undermine revenue streams or be extended to commercially owned data;

Amendment 65 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)

(2h) Points out that the rapid rate of technological development in the digital market calls for a technologically neutral framework for copyright;

Amendment 66 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)

(2i) Notes the importance of transparency of copyright levies in those Member States which choose to apply them;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Europe's cultural and creative industries should be strengthened by improving legal certainty in the digital sphere for all involved parties, including rightholders, businesses and users, and by setting incentives for innovative licensing schemes online and new business models for online distribution of content, thus allowing the sector to benefit from the digital revolution while safeguarding a balanced value chain;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the important role of content providers, who make a vital contribution to the development and dissemination of works, including on the internet;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that current industry practices prevent cross-border access to works, particularly in the audio-visual sector, thus discriminating against cultural minorities and potentially conflicting with the free movement of services; welcomes the initiative of the Commission to conduct a public consultation on Directive 93/83/EEC on satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission, to explore extending the directive's scope to online communication of audio-visual works via streaming and video-on-demand, which would significantly benefit the ability of public broadcasting services to fulfil their public interest mission in the digital age and contribute to the completion of the digital single market;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade and access, streamlining processes for online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness and accessibility tests on all new proposals;

Amendment 70 #

Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD, Constance LE GRIP, József SZÁJER, Mary HONEYBALL, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises that any reform of the copyright framework should take as a basis a high level of protection, since rights are crucial to intellectual creation and provide a stable, clear and flexible legal base that fosters investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector, whilst removing legal uncertainties and inconsistencies that adversely affect the functioning of the internal market;

Amendment 71 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Condemns the practice of geo- blocking applied to the sale of goods and services online in that it runs counter to the fundamental principle of free movement of goods and services within the European Union;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Views territoriality as a cornerstone for the generation of value, employment, growth and innovation in the European audiovisual industries; considers that pan-European licences could lead to a decrease in the content made available to users and, ultimately, to the generation of less content across Europe, thereby posing a risk to activities, employment and cultural diversity itself; points out that there is no incompatibility between the principle of territoriality and measures designed to promote the portability of content;

Amendment 73 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Emil RADEV, Marc JOULAUD, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any initiative to modernise copyright is preceded by a wide-ranging study of its likely impact on the production, financing and distribution of audiovisual works, and also on cultural diversity;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Believes that achieving a digital single market is closely aligned with the reform of the EU legal framework applicable to copyright, which should be conducted in accordance with a fair balance between all the interests involved;

Amendment 75 #

Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD, Constance LE GRIP, József SZÁJER, Mary HONEYBALL, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Asks the Commission to ensure in this respect fair remuneration for creators and rightholders and to guarantee that persistence and perseverance is exercised throughout the creative supply chain;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls upon the Commission to follow the recommendations adopted by the Parliament in the own-initiative report of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (2014/2256(INI));

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Recalls that exceptions from and limitations to copyright are a key aspect of the copyright system and that a notable contribution to economic growth, innovation, and job creation in the EU is generated by institutions relying on such exceptions and limitations; considers that a harmonised framework for exceptions and limitations should be able to address the fragmented market, to improve legal certainty and to foster cross-border accessibility of knowledge and culture, to allow equal access to cultural diversity across the EU, and to conform to consumer expectations;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Welcomes the European Commission's ambition to strengthen European research and innovation by improving cross-border use of copyright- protected material through a more transparent and harmonised legal framework; considers that this effort is central in enhancing access to knowledge and online education, and in improving the global competitiveness of European educational institutions;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Stresses that innovation in research for any purpose, based on the use of text and data mining (e.g. copying of text and datasets in search of significant correlations or occurrences), needs greater legal certainty to enable researchers and educational institutions to make wider use of copyright-protected material, including across borders, so that they can benefit from the potential of these technologies and from cross-border collaboration;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, creation of jobs, consumer choice and competitiveness is of the utmost importance and believes that the digital single market is key to achieving this objective by removing barriers to trade, streamlining processes for safe online businesses and supporting creators, investors and consumers~~; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals~~, while ensuring net neutrality;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2g. Notes that the distinction between commercial and non-commercial purposes, when applying copyright exceptions and limitations, has led to significant legal uncertainty; stresses that such ambiguity should be avoided in the definition of exceptions and limitations;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)

2h. Highlights that efforts to update the copyright framework should not solely be based on economic considerations, but also on the need to facilitate the creation of a European public sphere and ensure the protection of fundamental rights;

Amendment 82 #

Julia REDA, Max ANDERSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)

2i. Notes that 56% of Europeans use the internet for cultural purposes, highlights the importance of several copyright exceptions such as news reporting, quotation, freedom of panorama, caricature, parody and pastiche for cultural exchange online within the Union;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 j (new)

2j. Stresses that the digital single market should give the opportunity to ensure accessibility for all, and especially for people with disabilities, to products and services protected by copyright and related rights; urges the EU to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities, which requires a harmonised mandatory exception to the benefit of persons with print disabilities and allows for the cross-border exchange of accessible format copies;

Amendment 84 #

Julia REDA, Max ANDERSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 k (new)

2k. Notes the obstacles created by patent protection and licensing terms on interoperability, in particular for software; considers that the promotion of ICT-standards must not discriminate against open source software in order to support the digital single market and associated development of innovative SMEs in Europe, especially when based on open source business models;

Amendment 85 #

Kaja KALLAS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Cecilia WIKSTRÖM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance of improving clarity and transparency of the copyright regime, in particular with regard to copyright levies;

Amendment 86 #

Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines that the revision of copyright exceptions should only be based on proven needs and without prejudice to the European cultural diversity, to its financing and to the fair remuneration of authors;

Amendment 87 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

(2a) Strongly believes that creators should be granted appropriate remuneration and that copyright should keep its primary function of allowing creators to gain rewards for their efforts through others making use of their work, and therefore to encourage future creativity;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reminds the Commission of the overwhelming support of the Parliament for the introduction of minimum standards in the exceptions from and limitations to copyright, and the ensuring of the proper application of those set out in Directive 2001/29/EC;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to respond promptly to Parliament's report on the ‘harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright’ by proposing a comprehensive revision of Directive 29/2001; calls on the Commission in particular to propose appropriate solutions for better cross- border access to digital content and services and to solve the problem of geo- blocking;

Amendment 9 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Marc JOULAUD, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that stimulating growth, innovation, ~~consumer choice and competitiveness~~and citizen and consumer choice with a continuing high level of protection is of the utmost importance and believes that establishing the digital single market is key to ~~achieving this objective by removing~~that, since, as a result, barriers to trade~~, streamlining~~ will be removed, processes for online businesses ~~and supporting creators, investors and consumers; calls in this regard for competitiveness tests on all new proposals~~will be streamlined and creators, consumers and those who work in the digital economy, including logistics businesses, will be strengthened; calls in this regard for all new proposals to be tested for innovative potential, consumer-friendliness and social balance;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States, in the context of overall VAT reform, to consider the possibility of making e-books subject to the same rate of VAT as cultural goods;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -3 a (new)

-3a. Emphasises the need to overhaul and harmonise copyright law to ensure it is suited to a modern and increasingly digitalised society; points out that a harmonised framework must ensure that copyright holders are legally protected and receive adequate remuneration for their works, including within the digital single market; takes the view that a modern copyright law reform involves striking a balance between the interests of rights holders and users; welcomes the proposals in the harmonisation measures on the portability of legally acquired material and the ‘follow the money’ approach for those who infringe intellectual property rights on a commercial scale;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -3 b (new)

-3b. Supports the Commission’s view that there is a need for further analysis of certain areas before decisions on specific measures are taken, and thus calls on the Commission to carry out thoroughgoing evidence-based impact assessments before new proposals are brought forward;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers should ~~bear greater~~assume responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses; suggests that a relevant supervisory authority should be established to that end;

Amendment 97 #

Constance LE GRIP, Marc JOULAUD, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Believes that internet service providers should bear greater~~Calls on the Commission to launch a discussion on responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and ~~should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling c~~tackling harmful content especially for minors; but stresses that unauthorized sources of copyrighted materials should not be treated in the same way as criminal and illegal activities such as the sale of fake medicines or guns, which possess a real threat to the society, invites the Commission to evaluate targeted and appropyri~~ght abuses~~ate measures to improve the legal certainty in line with the Commission´s objective for better regulation;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. BStresses the need to adjust the definition of the status of intermediary in the current digital environment; believes that internet service providers should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment providers, play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses;

Amendment 99 #

Axel VOSS, Sabine VERHEYEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that internet service providers ~~should bear greater responsibility for illegal content made available on the internet and should, along with other actors in the supply chain such as payment provid~~must make their contribution towards tackling: (a) illegal content made available on the internet; (b) illegal conduct on the internet; (c) copyright abuses, along with other actors in the supply chain. With regard to the fundamental rights of users, such as freedom of opinion, for example, the legislative authority must lay down appropriate provisions, howevers, ~~play a significant role in tackling copyright abuses;~~ as to how and on the basis of what criteria a balance must be struck between competing interests.

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Amendment 115 #

Constance LE GRIP, Marc JOULAUD, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls its resolution of 9 July 2015 on the implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights; stresses that it should be used as a guide for much needed copyright reform;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Takes the view that the legislature should consider solutions for the displacement of value from content to services;

Amendment 117 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Evelyn REGNER, Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Further suggests that the forthcoming legislative proposal on online platforms should take as a basis the interests of consumers, creators and the digital workforce, in particular the protection of the vulnerable;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasis that the agreements between the actors of the supply chain as well as the process to fight commercial scale infringements should be transparent for the authorities, the online services and the consumers;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that in order to allow for a fair competition in the data driven economy, internet companies with a relevant market position, as defined by the EC competition standards should make available their user generated data set as open data in an anonymized and aggregated form, while respecting all privacy requirements;

Amendment 120 #

Philippe JUVIN, Constance LE GRIP, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to propose alternatives (solutions) that will make it possible to address the displacement of value from content to services, and that will make it possible for authors to be fairly remunerated for the use of their work on the internet; stresses the need to adjust the definition of the status of intermediary in the current digital environment;

Amendment 121 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for the status of and arrangements governing the responsibility of intermediaries and online platforms to be clarified as part of the future reform of copyright law in order to restore the balance of interests involved, which is not safeguarded at present; takes the view that these online intermediaries generate income from cultural works and content, but this income is not shared with the creators; considers it vital, therefore, not to hamper the development of the digital single market, while at the same time guaranteeing fair remuneration for creators;

Amendment 122 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that creative works are one of the main sources of income for the digital economy, for both search engines and social networks or user-generated content platforms, but there is no proportion between the value transferred to these intermediaries and the remuneration received by the holders of the rights to these creative works;

Amendment 123 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marc JOULAUD, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that creative works, which represent one of the main sources that guarantee the functioning of the digital economy and sustain information technology sector stakeholders, should be the subject of a fair transfer of value to the benefit of their authors;

Amendment 124 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Insists that any measures taken by the actors of the supply chain to fight commercial scale infringements should be justified and include the possibility of effective and user-friendly remedies for adversely affected parties;

Amendment 125 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Takes the view that particular attention should be paid to online platforms, whose economic model poses genuine economic and social risks, in particular the undermining of qualifications and increasingly precarious work;

Amendment 126 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Points to the growing power of some internet intermediaries and the negative impact of this dominant position on the creative potential of authors, fair remuneration for their work, and the development of the services offered by other distributors of works;

Amendment 127 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Emil RADEV, Marc JOULAUD, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission to consider solutions aimed at remedying the displacement of the value of creative works from content to services; stresses the need to adjust the definition of the status of intermediary to match the current digital environment;

Amendment 128 #

Marc JOULAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recalls that coercive measures taken by the actors of the supply chain to fight copyright infringements should be a last resort solution and should not include the non-judicial blocking of websites;

Amendment 129 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Points out that digital technologies have redefined the value chain in the cultural economy, in favour of online communication service providers and to the detriment of authors, performers and producers of copyrighted works, who do not receive fair and appropriate remuneration for their work; calls on the Commission to investigate the extent and impact of this transfer of value to internet intermediaries; calls for the e-Commerce Directive to be revised in order to tackle this transfer of value;

Amendment 130 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recalls that under Article 5 of Directive 2000/31/EC, providers of online services are obliged to clearly indicate their identity, and that compliance with this requirement is vital to ensuring consumer confidence in e-commerce;

Amendment 131 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Recalls, in the Member States in which this is permitted by law, the practical limitations and the current limited effectiveness in the long run of judicial blocking of websites and of the notice and take down system; Emphasise therefore the need to reinforce the efficacy of these measures or to find new measures to fight copyright infringement, without prejudice to the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and to the principle of proportionality;

Amendment 132 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Suggests a review of the liability of service providers and intermediaries in order to clarify their legal status and liability with regard to copyrights, guarantee that due diligence is exercised throughout the creative process and supply chain, and ensure a fair remuneration for creators and rightholders within the European Union;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, which must be proportionate and comply with fundamental rights such as the right to the presumption of innocence, the right to a fair trial, the right to privacy and the right to the confidentiality of communications, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 134 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers ~~that copyright enforcement is important~~it necessary to guarantee the portability of copyright-protected online material and facilitate cross-border access to it; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s initiative aimed at submitting legislative proposals to reduce the differences between national copyright regimes and allow for wider online access to works by users across the EU, including through further harmonisation measures; takes the view, further, that adequate protection of intellectual property rights is a prerequisite for the development of the digital economy and of the digital single market, which makes it necessary to enforce copyright, and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement; proposes, moreover, introducing tougher sanctions for commercial-scale infringements of intellectual property rights online;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright renfor~~cement~~m and harmonization is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement while avoiding the privatisation of law enforcement by Internet Service Providers (ISP´s) and ensuring the proper legal and judicial oversights are always in place;

Amendment 136 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement, as laid down in Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 137 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement; calls on the Commission to ensure that intellectual property rights do not pose excessive barriers to the digital single market but must be seen as an advantage, in order to protect intellectual property while at the same time removing barriers in innovative sectors in order to resolve problems in the area of services and content;

Amendment 138 #

Evelyn REGNER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Mary HONEYBALL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright ~~enforcemen~~is only as effective as the enforcement measures in place to protect it is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 139 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online,; particularly ~~with regard to commercial- scale infring~~following the principle of „remuneration instead of prosecution" through new, contemporary exceptions in Directive 2001/29/EC; offering future- oriented business models, adjusted to user requirements;

Amendment 140 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement is extremely important and therefore calls for an effective, sustainable and modernised approach to the enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 141 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a ~~moder~~harmonised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 142 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online~~, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement~~;

Amendment 143 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 144 #

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~copyright enforcement~~the enforcement of copyright and neighbouring rights is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 145 #

Kaja KALLAS, Cecilia WIKSTRÖM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that uniform copyright enforcement across Member states is important and therefore calls for a modernised European approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement;

Amendment 146 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Considers that copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforc~~Welcomes the Commission’s action plan to modernise the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, with regard to commercial-scale infringement, highlights in this context that the concept of "commercial scale" needs to be precisely defined, while enabling full transparency of the infringement procedures, the status of the validity of the rights and the identity of the owners involved in each situation; emphasizes the duty of the European Observatory on Infringements of iIntellectual pProperty rRights ~~online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement~~to generate reliable data and objective analysis of the real impacts of infringements for economic actors;

Amendment 147 #

Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Mary HONEYBALL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Considers that copyright enforcement is importan~~Notes the importance of copyright in the context of the Digital Single Market and therefore calls for a modernised approach to the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, ~~particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement~~which should take account of the principle of public interest in the dissemination of and free access to culture and knowledge;

Amendment 148 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~copyright enforcement is important and therefore calls for~~in order for the copyright law to be respected in the digital age, a modernised approach to the ~~enforcement~~implementation of intellectual property rights online, particularly with regard to commercial- scale infringement should be adopted; EU faces a significant number of intellectual property rights infringements; according to the European Commission’s data from July 2014 - customs authorities noted as many as 87 000 detention cases in 2013, while the worth of the 36 million articles seized is estimated at more than EUR 768 million;

Amendment 149 #

Axel VOSS, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of standardisation for the development of the digital single market in Europe; points out that standard-essential patents represent a significant source of income for European undertakings and research bodies, and that they create incentives to participate in standardisation with patented-protected technologies; is concerned at the increasing infringement of these patents and the lack of willingness to pay licence fees for standard-essential patents on FRAND terms; calls on the Commission, in this context, to work towards a legal framework – in line with the balanced approach taken by the European Court of Justice (see Huawei-ZTE (C-170/13)), which is proposing a licence agreement between standard users and standard- essential patent holders in order to prevent future patent infringements;

Amendment 150 #

Kaja KALLAS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Cecilia WIKSTRÖM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that in order to achieve a meaningful enforcement of copyright, full information as regards to the identity of the rightholders and, where relevant, to the duration of the legal protection, should be easily accessible for the public;

Amendment 151 #

József SZÁJER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the intention of the Commission on boosting competitiveness through interoperability and standardisation and invites the Commission to support the implementation the judgment of the European Court of Justice has delivered a preliminary ruling in the case C-170/13 (Huawei v. ZTE] in July 2015, which strengthens the European standardization system by striking the right balance between the interests of the holders of standard-essential patents and standard implementers in order to avoid potential abuses on either side, most importantly to avoid patent infringements;

Amendment 152 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that the announced ICT standardisation plan should also aim at enabling multidevice interoperability;

Amendment 153 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that lack of evidence underpinning copyright enforcement measures has been identified by the Commission as a problem1 a which should be rectified; __________________ 1aEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Digital Economy Working Paper 2015/01

Amendment 154 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that copyright infringing activities pose a serious threat to the functioning of the digital single market, to the development of the legal supply of diversified cultural and creative content online and to maintaining activity and jobs;

Amendment 155 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Notes that copyright infringements committed by the public find one of its sources in the difficulty to find easily the desired content within the legal offer; calls, therefore, for a wide range of user- friendly legal offers to be developed and promoted to the public;

Amendment 156 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to address abusive uses of notice and takedown procedures in the framework of copyright online infringement claims; stresses that these procedures must not undermine copyright exceptions and limitations;

Amendment 157 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Believes that a common coordinated effort should be made to combat copyright infringement in the EU in order to ensure the protection of copyright and fair remuneration; considers it necessary to raise consumer awareness of the consequences of infringement of copyright and related rights, and urges a proper solution to ensure that no-one makes a profit out of copyright infringement;

Amendment 158 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes also the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade; insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales.

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 160 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 161 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; ~~notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade; insists on the need for~~underlines that the forthcoming proposal must be based on comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders ~~before this approach is pursued~~, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales and on potential additional complexity to the legal regime for consumer sales law because it would only apply to online sales.

Amendment 162 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; ~~notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade;~~ insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales.

Amendment 163 #

Axel VOSS, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 164 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to ~~withdraw th~~counteract a fragmentation of digital markets as part of a future proposal on ~~a Common~~ European Sales Law and ~~the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade~~recalls, in this context, Parliament’s position at first reading, which was adopted on 26 February 2014 and should provide the starting point for a future proposal; welcomes the proposal for a harmonisation of key contractual rights for the sale of goods and the introduction of EU-wide contract law rules for online businesses in favour of consumer protection; considers it important to avoid any risk of creating a legal divide between online and offline contracts and different distribution channels, also bearing in mind the consumer acquis REFIT; insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the ~~current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in t~~remedies currently provided under national law to protect consumerms ~~of remedies for~~in the event of failures to comply with the terms of contracts ~~for online sales.~~ .

Amendment 165 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home’ option~~’ in order to br~~ with targeted harmonisation as mechanism for bringing down barriers to cross- border trade; but insists on the need for ~~comprehensive~~thorough evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular ~~as regards~~on the impact ~~it would have~~ on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially ~~in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales.~~with regard to remedies for non-conformity with the contract for online sales; believes that rules on Consumer Rights for Digital Content need to be principles based in order to be technologically neutral and future proof, focused on remedies to concrete problems which have been clearly identified, limited to paid for content only, realistic regarding quality expectations, and fully recognise the differences between digital content and traditionally acquired content; stresses furthermore with regard to future Commission proposals in this area, the importance of avoiding inconsistently and overlap with existing legislation;

Amendment 166 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; ~~note~~categorically rejects the proposal to introduce the ~~‘home option’ in order to bring down barri~~country of origin principle, which is the most unfavourable option for consumers, t~~o cross- border~~ he weakest party in the contradect; insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers ~~under national law~~, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales.

Amendment 167 #

Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Jean-Marie CAVADA, József SZÁJER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the~~Asks for the careful consideration of the Commission’s proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade; insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of ~~remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales.~~legal certainty as to the choice of law and the application of the Rome I Regulation;

Amendment 168 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes~~Regrets that the Commission~~’s aim to~~ withdraew ~~the~~its proposal onfor a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade; insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales.without consulting the European Parliament, recalls that Parliament adopted its first reading position with vast majority on 26.02.2014, Welcomes however the Commission’s intention to propose rules for digital content; reiterates Parliaments repeated request that any new proposal should be based on EP’s first reading position;

Amendment 169 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s aim to withdraw the proposal on a Common European Sales Law and the intention to propose rules for digital content; notes the proposal to introduce the ‘home option’ in order to bring down barriers to cross- border trade; insists on the need for comprehensive evidence and consultation with stakeholders before this approach is pursued, in particular as regards the impact it would have on the current protection provided to consumers under national law, especially in terms of remedies for failure to comply with the terms of contracts for online sales.calls for a further approximation of legally binding and exclusively applicable rules in European legislation on guarantees, regardless of whether they concern cross- border or home sales contracts, contracts concluded online or offline, or contracts relating to physical objects, digital content or goods; stresses the need for legally binding rules on guarantees in relation to digital content contracts, to the extent that their specific nature requires such rules and their adoption will close legal loopholes; is concerned that a Commission proposal to amend the legislation on guarantees in sales law could lead to different rules for online and offline sales contracts on the one hand, and between cross-border and home sales contracts on the other hand; is convinced that harmonisation of sales law should always lead to a simplification of guarantee rules for online and offline contracts whose application for individuals is mandatory, and that is therefore transparent;

Amendment 170 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the ultimate goal of the e- government, which is to offer an increased portfolio of public services to citizens in a transparent and efficient manner, but calls on the Commission to deeply analyse all the possible negative consequences regarding specific constitutional traditions and cultural differences of member states, potential lack of privacy for civilians, vulnerability to cyber-attacks, and disturbances in this area as well as the strategy how to guarantee access for those living in remote areas, individuals with disabilities and those living on poverty line incomes.

Amendment 171 #

Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls that, in view of article 345 TFEU, Member States are free to establish, maintain and develop publicly operated provision of digital services.

Amendment 172 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

(5a) Stresses the need to improve the processes for businesses to establish and operate online across all Member States which should be streamlined and digitalised and calls on the Commission to consider this further in its forthcoming Internal Market strategy;

Amendment 173 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

(5b) 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 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 174 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for modern and practicable legislation on the passing of risk as part of the reform of sales law concerning digital content and goods;

Amendment 175 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls the utmost importance of Article 345 of TFEU in the field of digital services and thus recalls the freedom of each Member State to develop public operators in the field of digital services.

Amendment 176 #

Heidi HAUTALA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Encourages the Commission’s pursuits in ensuring interoperability between digital components and emphasizes the importance of standardization that can be achieved both via SEPs and open licensing models; welcomes the Commission’s efforts in the development of a balanced framework for negotiations between right holders and implementers of standard essential patents in order to ensure fair licensing conditions; invites the Commission to take note and apply the spirit of the CJEU ruling C-170/13 (Huawei v. ZTE), which strikes a balance between the SEP holders and standard implementers, to overcome patent infringements and to ensure the effective conclusion of FRAND licensing agreements.

Amendment 177 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of access to information and content in the public domain; underlines that public domain content in one Member State should be accessible in all Member States; believes that European Institutions’ public content, wherever possible, should be placed in the public domain;

Amendment 178 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Encourages the European Commission to analyse the protection level of substantive EU consumer protection laws within the so called "sharing economy" and to come forward with legislative proposals which tackle imbalances between parties in "C2C" contractual relations which are being fostered by an ever wider use of services provided through sharing economy platforms;

Amendment 179 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Welcomes the increased use of open government data by the Member States and asks the Commission to further strengthen the availability of such open data at the European level and between Member States; at the same time, calls for further discussions on what data should be subject to controlled access and cyber security measures;

Amendment 180 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Believes that free competition is vital to the Digital Single Market; stresses that this will require the liberalisation and opening protected national sectors to cross-border competition; regrets attempts to introduce or strengthen national legislation that prevents or limits access by new market entries;

Amendment 181 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to promote the ‘Once Only’ principle for data entry for government services; asks the Member States to fully implement this principle in their public administration while ensuring a high-level of cyber security to prevent unjustified access to personal data;

Amendment 182 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Notes the use of long and prescriptive End-User Licencing Agreements (EULAs) and other terms and conditions by e- commerce and other services, and the evidence that most users do not read them before accepting; calls on the Commission to work to address this issue and to investigate if limitations or standardised conditions are needed;

Amendment 183 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)

5f. Notes that more than 15 years since its adoption, the European guaranty directive (1999/44/EC) is still a subject of confusion by businesses and consumers due to differences in its transposition by the Member States; believe that, as part of the Digital Single Market strategy, this directive should be subject to review;

Amendment 184 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Member States to apply common standards and good practice with regard to digital administration, focusing in particular on judicial bodies and local authorities;

Amendment 185 #

Emil RADEV, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Constance LE GRIP, Marc JOULAUD, József SZÁJER, Mary HONEYBALL, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that digital developments also provide for a meaningful change in public administration, establishing much more effective, simplified and user-friendly e- administration. In this regard it is very important for the citizens and the business to have interconnected commercial registers;

Amendment 186 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Sajjad KARIM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

(5c) Considers that the amended proposal by the Commission should also clarify how the existing rules apply in a digital environment when selling online cross- border, including the application of the Services Directive to address unfair online price discrimination based on nationality or location;

Amendment 187 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

(5a) Calls for a more efficient legal framework for European funding for ITC trainings in order to enable an increase of the European competitiveness.

Amendment 188 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

(5b) The technological gap existing in Europe has to be tackled threw the legal framework of the digital single market policies. A proactive approach is needed to reduce the gap between regions, between the rural and urban areas or between generations.

Amendment 189 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

(5c) I order to support a strong legal framework on digital single market policy, a direct support for development and innovation in European Companies is needed. Therefore SMEs have to be stimulated in using digital technologies and developing ITC skills and services.

Amendment 190 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

(5d) Digital innovation generates growth and a strong legal framework on digital market policy has to stimulate entrepreneurship. Stimulating programs designed for young innovators have to be developed to take advantage of the potential of young Europeans.

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2015/10/01 EMPL 194 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1

- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions "A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe" (May 2015),

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that ~~whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape~~digital technologies bring tremendous opportunities; acknowledges the importance of the digital revolution as a fuel for entrepreneurship, digital transformation of industry, development of new business models, ideas and innovative start-ups and its ~~course;~~ a driver for growth and jobs creation;

Amendment 100 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that some Member States have introduced rights which guarantee workers minimum entitlements to paid educational leave as a measure to improve workers' access to education and training; calls therefore on the European Commission to consider, in close cooperation with Member States and social partners, whether such rights should also be introduced at European level;

Amendment 101 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the opportunities that a ‘New Working Culture 4.0’ presents to young entrepreneurs, start-up entrepreneurs small businesses and start-ups;

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Encourages the Member States to develop the digital skills of teachers as part of their training;

Amendment 103 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. draws attention to the problem that, according to official Commission data, there are significant shortages of skills acquisition. The mismatch between skills supply and demand opportunities and the development of the digital economy hinders the creation of jobs which has a huge impact on the competitiveness of the EU;

Amendment 104 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA, Thomas MANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the Commission, inter alia, to use appropriations from the Youth Employment Initiative to support associations (grassroots movements) which teach disadvantaged young people digital skills; calls on Member States to provide support by making premises available;

Amendment 105 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Stresses that lifelong learning for workers of all ages must be a standard in the digitized area, including the legal right to lifelong training and further training measures (e.g. through part-time education); recalls that the qualification and training requirements must apply to all employees via European framework legislation;

Amendment 106 #

Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, David CASA, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Thomas MANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Calls on Member States to make appropriations available to employers from all possible funds in order to invest more in the digital training off their less qualified staff or to recruit low-qualified staff with a promise of further training financed from these sources;

Amendment 107 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Recalls that women are underrepresented in the field of information and communication technologies; points out that women in Europe studying rare ICT-based subjects, rarely find employment in this sector and rarely hold a leadership positions in technology companies; calls on Member States, to promote the qualification and training of women in the ICT sector;

Amendment 108 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Calls on the Commission and Member States, jointly with private industry, to develop free, freely accessible, standardised and certified on-line training courses in order to teach participants a minimum of digital skills;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. believes that new funding opportunities for lifelong training, including funding models as already exist in some member states, are needed, especially for micro and small enterprises;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that ~~whilst it is impossible to hold back~~the digital revolution is transforming Europe's economy and is changing labour markets and whereas new jobs requiring digital skills will emerge; emphasizes that the digital revolution, i~~t is possible to shape its course~~s an opportunity for the European economy;

Amendment 110 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Encourages Member States to make these on-line courses an integral part of the Youth Guarantee;

Amendment 111 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Encourages Member States to promote cooperation between universities and technical colleges with the aim of developing common eLearning curricula, in order to award ECTS points for study programmes, courses or completed modules to successful learners;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to join;~~deleted

Amendment 113 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Pavel TELIČKA, Morten PETERSEN, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcom~~Notes the establishment of the Europe- wide grand coalition for digital jobs~~, and encourages businesses to join~~;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages ~~businesses to join~~the social partners' active participation with the aim of realizing the potential of the digital economy to create growth and new jobs leading to quality employment; encourages the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs to develop recommendations for new forms of learning, i.e. online learning, employer- designed short-courses etc., to keep pace with the evolving digital technology and changes; encourages additionally educational institutions to respond to the opportunities in the digital economy by developing flexible learning profiles including enhanced opportunities for vocational training which match the demands of the labour market;

Amendment 115 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marju LAURISTIN, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, ~~and encourages businesses to join~~in order to promote education and training in digital skills; encourages companies to join this coalition; Calls on companies to finance training opportunities;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide ~~gran~~broad coalition for digital jobs, calls for greater involvement of artisans and small businesses, and encourages businesses to join as a matter of principle;

Amendment 117 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages ~~businesse~~all key stakeholders to join;

Amendment 118 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA, Thomas MANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to join; calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate suitable instruments for active participation by SMEs in this coalition; draws attention to the necessary role of private industry in overcoming the shortage of education in digital skills, and notes the vital role of dual training in this context; welcomes the Commission’s e- skills campaign and calls on all participants to further develop these jointly with educational establishments and undertakings;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to join; observes that SMEs and micro undertakings require special support for training and the application of digital skills, and encourages the Commission and Member States to create appropriate instruments for active participation by SMEs in this coalition;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shap~~Welcomes the Commission's Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the great employment potential of the digital revolution, particularly concerning the inclusion of the elderly and people wit~~s course~~h disabilities;

Amendment 120 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to join in order to address the issue of geo-blocking and territorial discrimination;

Amendment 121 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses – both large companies and SMEs – to join;

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Emphasises the potential of digitalisation for the implementation of flexible forms of employment, and particularly for facilitating the return to the labour market of women who have completed a period of maternity leave;

Amendment 123 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that digitalisation represents an opportunity to shape a more inclusive labour market; with a view to match demand for new competences, calls on the Commission and the Members States to develop innovative and accessible e-skills training programmes, in which the needs of the people who are most excluded from the labour market, such as young people, long-term unemployed, people with disabilities and people from rural areas, are fully taken into consideration;

Amendment 124 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 125 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 126 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Points out~~Emphasises that ~~the~~ digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law represents an opportunity for work to be organised in new ways enabling greater efficiency in the performance of tasks and a better work/life balance;

Amendment 127 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 128 #

Ulrike TREBESIUS, Anthea McINTYRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law; of the economy can offer more flexible working arrangements for both employers and employees which can result in high participation rates amongst groups that might otherwise be excluded from the labour market; stresses in this regard the importance of striking a balance between worker protection with the ability for individuals and employers to agree ways of working that suit both their needs; notes that since 2000 the average labour productivity growth in the ICT industry has been 43%, beating every other sector 1 a ; underlines that growth in productivity leads to corresponding wage growth; __________________ 1aEU Structural Change Report 2015 page 48

Amendment 129 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that ~~the~~ digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law can also take account of the desire for more flexible working arrangements and better reconciliation of family life and work; stresses that existing protection standards in the workplace are also maintained in the digital world of work; observes that the principle of codetermination must be preserved; notes that self-employed persons can themselves choose when and where to work, as well as who to accept work from;

Amendment 13 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that ~~whilst it is impossible to hold back~~employment policies must support the digital revolution ~~, it is possible to~~and shape its course;

Amendment 130 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that the digitalisation~~-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious~~ of the economy may give rise to new and flexible forms of employment to which the current ~~standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and~~legislative and non-legislative employment ~~protection~~framework no longer ~~apply~~correspond; calls for ~~self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed~~ an assessment on how to modernise employment legislation to these new conditions and e~~qual footing with employed persons under employment law~~ncourages the social partners to modernise collective agreements accordingly;

Amendment 131 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 132 #

Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Renate WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to ~~precarious~~new forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employment rules do not correspond, calls for assessment of how to modernise employment regulations while ensuring employment flexibility as well as maintaining protection for workers including self-employed persons ~~under employment law~~;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 134 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that the digital revolution is also changing the ways of working, which leads to an increase of atypical and flexible employment relationships; recognizes a positive effect and more flexible working arrangements for some people allowing them a better work-life balance and the possibility of a caregiver leave; draws attention to the problem that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, minimum wages, worker participation and ~~employment~~health and safety protection no longer apply; calls ~~for self-employed persons with quasi-employee~~on Member States, social partners and the Commission to develop stratuegies to ~~be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law~~ensure that these self-employed workers who work under similar circumstances are treated equally under labour law, including the right of collective bargaining;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Points out~~Notes that ~~the~~ digitalisation~~-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to whic~~ brings with it greater flexibility in organising work, which may represent an opportunity for both employees and employers; calls, nonetheless, on the Commission and the Member States to remain vigilant concerning compliance with current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection ~~no longer apply; calls for~~; recommends that self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law;

Amendment 136 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 137 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Points out~~Stresses the need to develop new regulation and extend collective bargaining in order to ensure that the digitalisation-driven trend towards ~~more flexible~~new working practices ~~may also~~does not give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, health and safety at the workplace, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law;

Amendment 138 #

Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment ~~to which~~and insists that current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection ~~no longer apply~~in those areas, too, must not be lowered; calls for self-employed persons with quasi- employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law;

Amendment 139 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices ~~may~~is likely to also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to ~~hold back~~entirely quantify the effects of the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course with a view to reach positive results for employers and employees;

Amendment 140 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Points out~~Stresses that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious forms of employment to which current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation and employment protection no longer apply; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed on an equal footing with employed persons under employment law; stresses that persons performing work as if they are workers - regardless of whether their official status is self-employed or other- are workers; calls on policy makers to comply when defining who is a worker with the definition by the European Court of Justice 1 a of what is a worker, which is a person who under supervision performs a service for remuneration; __________________ 1asee ECJ C 596/12, Paragraph 17 and ECJ C 232/09, Paragraph 39

Amendment 141 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 142 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 143 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 144 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to adopt an Accessibility Act that guarantees the accessibility of online goods and services for people with disabilities;

Amendment 145 #

Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the necessity for a definition of the term 'worker' in order to distinguish between self-employment and bogus self-employment; calls on the Commission to promote the exchange between Member States on the various forms of self-employment, taking into account the mobility and delocalization of digital work; believes that this issue should be taken up by the Platform on Undeclared work as a priority task;

Amendment 146 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marju LAURISTIN, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

Amendment 147 #

Ulrike TREBESIUS, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the potential of the platform economy to generate jobs and flexible complementary income; emphasizes that this kind of flexible income is especially needed in those areas most hit by the economic crisis;

Amendment 148 #

Jean-Marie CAVADA, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is of the opinion that the digitalisation of work makes new forms of flexibility possible that can bring about new opportunities for workers and employers, including as regards future working time arrangements, working locations, social protection, codetermination and workplace health protection;

Amendment 149 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasises the need to protect the continuity of cultural and creative jobs in the digital era by ensuring that artists and creators receive fair value for cultural and creative works disseminated on Internet platforms;

Amendment 15 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that ~~whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution,~~the digital revolution will have an increasingly significant impact with regard to changing the labour market and that it is possible to shape its course to some extent;

Amendment 150 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that the sharing economy requires a rethinking of social relations in the working world;

Amendment 151 #

Georgi PIRINSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Points out that ICTs provide new opportunities for persons with disabilities to overcome barriers regarding both employment, as well as social involvement that they encounter in the offline world; calls on the Commission to integrate specific measures in favour of persons with disabilities in the design and implementation of the Digital Single Market Strategy;

Amendment 152 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Draws attention to the increase of sharing economy companies; is concerned that this may lead to a loss of tax revenues; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to develop strategies to ensure all relevant information is made available to national authorities and that taxes are paid for all forms of work, including non-standard forms of employment;

Amendment 153 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that Member States need to adjust their labour legislation to the digital economy, and to the sharing economy in particular;

Amendment 154 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marju LAURISTIN, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Stresses that the intended harmonization on parcel delivery by the Commission should not lead to lower salaries and working conditions of the parcel deliverers irrespective of whether their employment status is self-employed, subcontractor, temporary staff member or contract worker; calls on the Commission and on Member States to ensure that workers in this sector have access to social security systems and to the right to exercise collective bargaining; considers that one key to appropriate transformation and adaptation measures lies in the development of compatible information systems and in employee training; regards it as the employer's task to properly acquaint employees obligation with new technologies such as IT and tracking applications and GPS systems, which can offer support as online delivery becomes more widespread and complex; in the case of temporary contracts, the agency supplying the staff must provide to employees adequate preparation and training;

Amendment 155 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the Commission to find appropriate measures for safeguarding labour law and social rights in European wide activities of self- employed persons taking into account the mobility and delocalization of digital work, while avoiding at the same time a possible trend to force self-employed persons to register in member countries with low or no social protection system;

Amendment 156 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

~~7. Stresses that freedom of association must apply in the context of new forms of employment;~~deleted

Amendment 157 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses th~~at freedom of association must apply in~~ e need to better align labour market legislation withe c~~ontext of new forms of employment~~hallenges arising from digitalisation;

Amendment 158 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Pavel TELIČKA, Morten PETERSEN, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that ~~freedom of association must apply in the context of new forms of employment~~company-level agreements are an important instrument for dealing with changing requirements within firms; stresses the importance of freedom of association as a fundamental right enshrined in national legislation;

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that freedom of association ~~must apply in the context of new forms of employment~~is a fundamental freedom that must apply in all sectors in all parts of the EU;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is our resposnsib~~le to shape its course~~ility and opportunity to shape its course; reminds policy makers both at EU and Member States level that they are responsible to steer its course in a socially just and sustainable way;

Amendment 160 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that freedom of association must apply in the context of new forms of employment and where needed that both the policy framework for new forms of employment and for the freedom of association must be adapted in a way that new forms of work come under similar protection as previously; stresses that this also applies for the right to strike, the right to conclude collective agreements on behalf of workers and the right to organize workers;

Amendment 161 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marju LAURISTIN, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out that digitization has promoted new forms of employment such as Crowd Working, where services of all kinds are mediated via digital platforms; Encourages the Commission to recognise the working conditions of Crowd Worker not only as a new form of employment but also as a new form of outsourcing; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to create a regulatory framework ensuring a high level of social security for all; stresses that social and labour law regulation is necessary at both national and European level; points out that European minimum standards are necessary where services are solely digitally rendered and where the Crowdsourcer (contractor) and the Crowd Worker (contractee) come from different Member States;

Amendment 162 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marju LAURISTIN, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the social partners to provide adequate information to workers on working conditions and workers' rights throughout Crowd Working platforms;

Amendment 163 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Brando BENIFEI, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Emphasises that work-related mental health problems such as burnout caused by the constant accessibility and the limitation of work represents serious risk; advocates therefore a "right to log off" for workers;

Amendment 164 #

Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

~~8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots);~~deleted

Amendment 165 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

~~8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots);~~deleted

Amendment 166 #

Anthea McINTYRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

~~8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots);~~deleted

Amendment 167 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Pavel TELIČKA, Morten PETERSEN, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses th~~e need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data coll~~at the digitalisation of work poses new challenges for both employers and employees and that this must be reflected in clear provisions on employee data protection in the new EU General Data Protection ~~(re~~Regulation~~s between humans and robots~~ (separately regulated in Article 82);

Amendment 168 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses th~~e need to develop employee data protection measures which~~at the Digital Single Market and EU privacy and data regulations should provide a covher ~~new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots)~~ent and stable framework to facilitate innovation, trade and entrepreneurship while ensuring adequate protection of data;

Amendment 169 #

Antanas GUOGA, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses th~~e need to develop employee~~at the Digital Single Market and EU privacy and data regulations should provide a coherent and stable framework to facilitate innovation, trade and entrepreneurship while ensuring adequate implementation of data protection rules for employees including data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (~~rela~~interactions between humans and ~~robot~~Internet of Things devices);

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course to the advantage of our companies, by promoting digital literacy among the broad section of the population that still has few, if any, computer skills;

Amendment 170 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection ~~(relations between humans and robots)~~, since these data are increasingly being put at risk by new forms of cybercrime;

Amendment 171 #

Georges BACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots); draws attention to the health and safety at work aspect of relations between humans and robots;

Amendment 172 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots); stresses that new relations between humans and robots also provide opportunities for removing burdens and providing backing for the inclusion of older and physically or mentally impaired workers;

Amendment 173 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures which cover new forms of data collection ~~(relations between humans and robots)~~;

Amendment 174 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the urgent need to discuss and develop better policy frameworks as regards data ownership of employees at the workplace; points to the risk that constant supervision using digital techniques can have for the working environment and for stress at work; Stresses in this context that research clearly indicates that higher pressure and supervision do not increase performance but health risks, mistakes and accidents;

Amendment 175 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that industry 4.0 provides the opportunity to increase the share of skilled labour in the factory and to eliminate monotonous work; points out, however, that this changes can only be made if the employees quickly prepare for a changing range of tasks, for which a solid technology assessment and derived quality requirements for education and training are necessary;

Amendment 176 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points up the opportunities, through digitalisation, to expand corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurs' personal and social responsibility within the tradition of the 'honourable merchant';

Amendment 177 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Emphasises that the guiding principle of decent work must also be promoted in the digital world, including enhanced co- determination rights in the workplace and worker's right to privacy and data protection; calls on the Commission to set high minimum standards under the EU Data Protection basic Regulation; points out that Member Stated must be allowed to go beyond the high EU minimum standards;

Amendment 178 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 179 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 18 #

Ulrike TREBESIUS, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course for aims such as the simplification of red tape and better management and protection of the personal data of consumers;

Amendment 180 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 181 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of ~~enhanc~~adapting social security ~~for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.~~to this new way of working, particularly in regard to self-employed workers in the context of the sharing economy;

Amendment 182 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to ~~suggest~~develop ways of enhancing social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.

Amendment 183 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, such as "self-dependent" and "solo self- employed" workers, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.

Amendment 184 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and regions and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing and improving social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard both the protection of the individual and the effectiveness of existing national systems.

Amendment 185 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA, Thomas MANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems; stresses the central role of the social partners in shaping an increasingly digitalised world of work; calls on both national and European social partners to monitor and support, in line with their 2015-2017 work programme, digitalisation and its impact on work.

Amendment 186 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to suggest ways of enhancing social security for self- employed persons in need of protection, in order to safeguard the effectiveness of existing national systems.; urges the Commission to take these recommendations by the Member States into account and to accord them the serious study they deserve;

Amendment 187 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that already the severe price competition on the parcel delivery markets is drastically influencing working conditions and wages of workers in this sector; warns again that competition on price alone will neither be beneficial for the EU economy nor for the labour force; calls for common minimum standards as regards working conditions including minimum pay to be fully enforced where existing and to be put into place where absent.

Amendment 188 #

Sven SCHULZE, David CASA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Welcomes Commission action to improve price transparency and regulatory oversight over cross-border parcel deliveries, but stresses that, as a result, there must be no adverse consequences for worker health and safety in that sector and jobs must not be relocated outside the EU.

Amendment 189 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that accessibility and inclusiveness of digital technologies and digital education, in particular for people with disabilities, must be ensured; recalls that combatting social exclusion and discrimination, and promoting social justice and protection, as defined in art 3 TEU, are objectives of the EU internal market; further recalls that the integration of persons with disabilities is a fundamental right of the European Union as set out in art 26 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course, ensuring improvements in productivity do not worsen working conditions, but contribute instead to their improvement, allowing also for higher wages and lower working times;

Amendment 190 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Brando BENIFEI, Evelyn REGNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recognises that there are very different forms of social protection for self-employed in the Member States; calls on the Member States to develop social security systems, together with the social partners and in accordance with national law and practice in order to provide better social protection in particular with regard to pensions, disability, maternity/paternity, sickness and unemployment.

Amendment 191 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points out that digitalisation, in particular, opens up entirely new possibilities for workers, as regards flexible arrangements for working times, working locations and working methods, in line with firms' interests, and that employers, too, must be given support to shape that process.

Amendment 192 #

Georges BACH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Believes that the effects of digitalisation on health and safety at work need to be assessed and existing health and safety measures adapted accordingly; stresses particularly the issue of accidents that persons teleworking or crowdworking from home may suffer.

Amendment 193 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the Commission to arrange for a study to be produced on the spillover effects of digitalisation, such as greater labour intensity, on workers' psychological wellbeing and family life and on the development of cognitive abilities in children.

Amendment 194 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Deplores that the Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe published by the Commission takes in no account the need to ensure a full, equal and unrestricted access for all to new digital technologies, markets and telecommunications, in particular with regard to people with disabilities.

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2

- having regard to the Own-initiative procedure "Social protection for all, including self-employed workers" (2013/2111(INI)),

Amendment 20 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course while retaining current labour standards and rights, so as to protect EU workers;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that the digital revolution has changed the labour market already to a great extent in some segments and this trend will further intensify over the next few years; highlights that on the one hand, digitization generates new business models and new jobs, especially for high- skilled but also low-skilled workers, but on the other hand, digitization also induces the outsourcing of jobs or part of a job to countries with low labour costs, points out, that due to automation, some jobs even completely disappear, especially medium skilled-labour;

Amendment 22 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Regrets and strongly criticizes that the European Commission in its communication on a digital single market strategy for Europe COM (2015) 192 has chosen to ignore the employment and social dimension limiting it to the skills dimension; stresses that this ignorance is even more regrettable, as digitalisation is a key driver in shaping new and different forms of work and life;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the Commission's initiative; stresses, that the Digital Single Market plays an important role as an engine for jobs and growth; stresses however that a comprehensive strategy is needed which goes beyond the technical aspects to take full advantage of employment and growth potential;

Amendment 24 #

Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Renate WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognises that the Digital Single Market can only become a reality when there is access to high performance broadband infrastructure throughout the regions of the EU in both urban and rural areas;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that barriers to do business digitally and across borders are barriers to growth and job creation;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Sees the deliberate, targeted digitisation of the world of work as a great opportunity to create a new working culture in Europe;

Amendment 27 #

Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Renate WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on Member States and the EU to urgently develop new mechanisms of protection which are adequate to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that only 1.7% of EU enterprises make full use of advanced digital technologies while 41% do not use them at all; stresses that if the EU is to maintain and improve its competitiveness digitalisation of all sectors is crucial;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that start-ups are important drivers of net job creation across the EU and that at times of high unemployment in many Member States the digital single market offers a unique opportunity for SMEs, micro-enterprises and start-ups to drive growth and job creation;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Citation 3

- having regard to the Opinion on Employment and Social Affairs for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on an integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e- commerce in the EU (2013/2043(INI)),

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that the digitisation of the world of work must follow social principles and focus more strongly on human beings;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Points out that new forms of work based on digitalisation often uncouple the place of work from the enterprise; stresses that in such cases the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same workplace is being challenged while it is of utmost importance to ensure just and fair wages; stresses that digitalisation has the potential to challenge the principle of lex loci laboris - which determines the law applicable to the worker's social protection according to connecting criteria related to the workplace - as regards wages and working conditions; considers that the protection of workers should not be reduced when applying the relevant rules of choice of law to new forms of work based on digitalisation;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Highlights the need to create a robust and thriving digital single market, within which unnecessary barriers are removed so that consumers and businesses are given the opportunities and confidence to operate across the EU which in turn will generate new long term sustainable employment opportunities;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Highlights the recent trend of companies returning production and services to Europe and the opportunities this brings for job creation; believes that the completion of the digital single market can help accelerate this trend of re- shoring jobs;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Points out~~Calls on Member States to ensure that employment and social polic~~y need to~~ies keep pace with the digitalisation of society, given the sector’s job creation potential;

Amendment 35 #

Ulrike TREBESIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that ~~employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society~~the digitalisation is an opportunity for job creation; acknowledges that there can be effects that require adjustments in labour and social policy; points out that there might have to be changes to the legal framework but that these have to be flexibly done on a national level to deal with the speed of upcoming change in the digital economy and specific issues of national industry structures;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society~~Demands that the Digital Agenda needs to become also a Social Digital Agenda as it has the potential to affect all elements of working and living conditions; points out that when shaping the digitalisation of society, employment and social policy need to be fully taken into consideration and adapted;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that employment and social policy need to ~~keep pace with~~anticipate the digitalisation of society, in order to prevent the appearance of new forms of social dumping;

Amendment 38 #

Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that employment and social policy ~~need to~~should keep pace with the digitalisation of society, bringing together in an effective manner the sector’s potential and the social protection standards developed in the Member States;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that regulation, including employment and social policy, needs to keep pace with the ~~digitalisation of society~~full extent of what is now possible for digital innovation and entrepreneurship;

Amendment 4 #

Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, David CASA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution,~~ Welcomes the Commission's Digital Single Market Strategy; stresses the opportunities for innovation and prosperity i~~s possible to shape its course~~t offers, particularly as greatest job growth is expected in the areas requiring digital literacy;

Amendment 40 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society;~~(Does not affect English version.)

Amendment 41 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that territorial, employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society;

Amendment 42 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. PRegrets that the effects of a common digital single market on employment and social protection are not addressed by the Commission, although in terms of the transformation of the working world digitization causes a considerable need for policy-making on EU level and in the Member States; points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society, without neglecting instruments such as a guaranteed basic income for citizens, which are vital for providing decent support for people who are trying to return to the labour market;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society in order to take the best possible advantage of the opportunities that digitalisation creates for employers and employees, and to minimise the dangers associated with it;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society, bearing in mind the demographic situation and the fight against long-term unemployment;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that ~~employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of society~~the digitalisation of society needs to be properly regulated so that businesses and training approaches can keep up and the necessary adjustments can be made without employability and the employment rate being adversely affected;

Amendment 47 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that employment and social policy need to keep pace with the digitalisation of ~~soci~~the labour markety;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that specific measures aimed to address the needs of people with disabilities should be included as an essential part of the Digital Single Market strategy;

Amendment 49 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Demands a permanent European Forum composed of all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss how such a European digital vision can be developed and how to shape the future digital Europe, how to design industry 4.0, workplaces 4.0 and smart digital services, on the basis of a clear roadmap;

Amendment 5 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its cours~~Welcomes the new Commission strategy for a digital single market that will bring growth and jobs to Europe;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that all new policy initiatives are innovation friendly and are subject to a digital stress test as part of their impact assessment; and that the existing legislation including in the area of employment and social policy should be reviewed to ensure it is still fit for purpose for the digital age;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on people living in rural areas set away from economic hubs to take full advantage of the new forms of employment and teleworking generated by the digitalisation of society;

Amendment 52 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marju LAURISTIN, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Elena GENTILE, Siôn SIMON, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment ~~of the impact which digitalisation will have on~~in co-operation with the nuMember ~~and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking~~States, business and other relevant stakeholders to identify on new forms of employment and required skills sets in digitally-driven economies and to develop recommendations leading to required changes in the Member States' education systems;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a ~~thorough assessment of the impact which~~comprehensive analysis of the qualitative and quantitative development of types of employment, which are triggered by digit~~alis~~ization ~~will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking~~in order to better seize the opportunities and to meet the challenges; stresses that there is a need for a detailed analysis regarding the sustainable sectors, including new forms of employment and jobs in the health and care sector, and the geographical distribution as well as the consequences of digitization;

Amendment 54 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Pavel TELIČKA, Morten PETERSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment ~~of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather inform~~in cooperation with Member States and consultation with regional and local authorities and the social partners to identify new forms of employment and required skills in the digitally-driven economy and to develop recommendations on ~~new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking~~how to better match skills and jobs in the digital economy; stresses in this regard the importance of vocational training as a tool proven to increase the match between skills with jobs;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a ~~thorough~~n assessment of the projected impact which digitalisation will have on ~~the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking~~job opportunities across the EU and the skill sets required to fulfil these opportunities;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Calls on~~Invites the Commission to undertake a ~~thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather inform~~n appropriate qualitative and quantitative assessment of digitalisation oin ~~new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking~~due course;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available ~~and to gather~~, taking account of the sector's potential as a creator of new jobs and enabling a greater flexibilisation of working time; feels that this is important from the perspective of such normative objectives as supporting family- friendly working time, active ageing and work/life balance; feels that the gathering of information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking, is also important;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake athe thorough and regular assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation does have and will have on the number and types of jobs a~~vailable~~s well as the quality and the skills profile both as regards existing and new jobs and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking; calls on the Commission to make sure that workers, who are recruited via crowdsourcing and crowdworking platforms are granted the same rights and social protection, as regular workers do; stresses that these rights need to be transnational;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course~~Welcomes the wide range of opportunities in terms of new jobs that the digital revolution has brought;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 61 #

Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, David CASA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation has and will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking; highlights that the development of new digital tools may give rise to the concentration of business and new forms of social dumping; calls in this respect on the Commission to study the effects of its digital agenda on this trend and the deterioration of working conditions in sectors such as an e- commerce and those shaped by new digital platforms, including transport, lodging, creative and cultural production or shipping, amongst others;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking; calls on the Commission to keep an open mind about both the positive and the negative effects of digitalisation; stresses the need to take account of both the short- term and the long-term impact of the digitalisation of society;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking; calls on the Commission to promote greater social security for the category of freelance workers, who are the real key players in crowdsourcing;

Amendment 65 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Siôn SIMON, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather information on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworking, and to appreciate the new employment possibilities and economic activities which are appearing in the place of rationalised jobs and those where human workers have been replaced and which do not result in increased unemployment;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Draws the Commission's attention to the urgent need for more detailed and regularly updated statistics that show the spread and distribution of income as well as nonstandard forms of employment, including data on practices such as "Crowdsourcing / Working Crowd";

Amendment 67 #

Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Renate WEBER, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls Member States to take necessary actions and to reform training systems in order to improve their efficiency in raising the skills and competences needed in the digital economy to help unemployed people to better anticipate and meet the changing needs of labour markets;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that 35% of the EU population is at risk of exclusion from the Digital Single market in particular those over 50 and people with disabilities and in this context stresses that accessible technologies can help deliver digital inclusion and improve access to the labour market;

Amendment 69 #

Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Renate WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Is convinced that accessibility is best achieved and most cost effective when incorporated from the outset using a universal design approach and that it also represents a potential business opportunity;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that ~~whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course~~a well-thought-out policy on the process of digital revolution may be a source for the creation of new jobs; believes that access to cyber technology and related infrastructure could be a stimulus, especially to SMEs, for the creation of new and innovative jobs; feels that cyber technologies have the potential to lead to the creation of jobs in structurally weaker regions as well;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that ~~as job and ski~~to embrace the fulls p~~rofiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education~~otential of digital technology there is a need for information and communications technology (ICT) skills in the labour market as these skills are essential to operate and function in fully digitised information society; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring specific ICT training courses content up to date and develop skills strategies that are needed for unemployed people, young people in particular, to find a job;

Amendment 71 #

Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the need to support lifelong learning for workers in the area of digital technologies; feels that the objective should be the effective prevention of digital illiteracy, which has a negative impact on workers’ chances of finding work; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance of s~~ocial dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategie~~tronger synergies between European and national initiatives, involving the various education and training sectors, the social partners and businesses, with a view to keeping curricula in tune with future labour market needs;

Amendment 73 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Pavel TELIČKA, Morten PETERSEN, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that asnew job and skills profiles ~~become more complex, new demands are being placed~~will emerge, placing new demands on training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training, vocational training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to ~~bring course content up to date and~~ensure a better match between skills and jobs; is concerned that according to the Commission 47 % of the EU- workforce lack sufficient digital skills and that this skills-shortage might cause up to 900.000 unfilled vacancies until 2020; calls on the Commission, as a matter of urgency, to develop a skills ~~strategies~~-strategy which can meet this skills-shortage through education for the younger part of the population, vocational training, exchange of best practices and through training in partnership with the social partners for the older part of the population;

Amendment 75 #

Ulrike TREBESIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises th~~e importance of social dialogue~~at social dialogue takes place on a subsidiary level in close cooperation between employees and employers in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles ~~become more complex, new demands are being placed on~~change, training and further education must develop; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date ~~and~~, develop skills strategies and foster dual classroom- and business- based learning concepts (dual training schemes) throughout Europe;

Amendment 77 #

Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles ~~become more complex~~change, new demands are being placed on training and further education; ~~emphasises the importance of~~points out that digital skills are constantly developing and must be kept up to date through lifelong learning; emphasises the importance of new job-related teaching and learning models, further teacher training and social dialogue in efforts to ~~bring~~adapt course content and bring it up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 78 #

Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, David CASA, Thomas MANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles ~~become more complex, new~~change, ever-changing demands are being placed on training and further education; points out that further training should be job-related and in the common interest of workers and employers; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands ~~are being place~~for changes to basic and continuous training a~~nd further education~~re emerging; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date ~~and~~, develop skills strategies and update the skills required to use, and to create, new services;

Amendment 8 #

Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Pavel TELIČKA, Morten PETERSEN, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that ~~whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course;~~ digital technologies bring tremendous opportunities for productivity gains, growth and job-creating leading to quality employment; acknowledges the importance of the digital revolution as fuel for enterpreneurship, digital transformation of industry, the development of new business models, ideas and innovative start-ups; stresses that according to the European Commission, The Digital Single Market has the potential to generate Euro 250 billion in additional growth in Europe thereby creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs; stresses that productivity gains historically have resulted in overall employment growth and increased wealth and that the ultimate beneficiary of digital transformation of industry will be the consumer;

Amendment 80 #

Marian HARKIN, Ulla TØRNÆS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Renate WEBER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. PNotes that the demand for digitally skilled employees is growing by around 4% per year and that shortages of ICT professionals in the EU could exceed 800,000 by 2020 if no decisive action is taken; points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education which must be adapted to new market realities; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises that in this context existing gender and generational gaps need to be taken into account and tackled; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education, with a special focus on school- age generations; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and to develop a European skills strateg~~ies~~y;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education, including lifelong learning; emphasises the importance of social dialogue and strengthened cooperation with employers in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance of ~~social~~ dialogue between business and education in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies; this should include strengthening inclusive education, taking account primarily of differences in characteristics based on gender and the particular needs of students with disabilities;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date and develop skills strategies; stresses the importance of arranging for this dialogue as soon as possible, so as to give those already in employment the skills they require to keep their jobs and young people entering the labour market the skills they require to find a job;

Amendment 88 #

Ulrike TREBESIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Acknowledges that digitalization will lead to structural change; points out that structural change is a continuous process and that digital skills are more flexible in regards to diverse industry needs and are less affected by structural change;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that for a successful transition from education or training to employment, it is of great importance to equip people with key transversal competences that will enable them to take informed decisions and develop a sense of initiative and self-awareness; stresses the importance of social security systems which are adapted to the needs of those using them, to new forms of work and which provide for quality transitions, be it from education to work, between jobs, or after career breaks;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that ~~whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course~~the digital revolution and its manifestations present an opportunity for society and the economy; adds that Europe should take a leading role on the global stage in this regard;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account, in their digital skills strategies, of the fact that new professions will arise over the next few years for which high-level ICT qualifications will be required, and that it will also be necessary for almost all groups of workers to possess basic digital skills;

Amendment 91 #

Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, David CASA, Thomas MANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States to adapt educational systems not to the needs of the labour market but rather to promoting teaching and interest in mathematics, IT, science and technology in all educational institutions and to provide incentives for women to work in the field of ICT; calls on the Member States to harmonise digital skills, job profiles and training Europe-wide and to recognise digital skills that are often acquired outside formal training;

Amendment 92 #

Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Agnes JONGERIUS, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marju LAURISTIN, Georgi PIRINSKI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Elena GENTILE, Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reminds the Commission that the long-promised, long-awaited European Accessibility Act would only be feasible in an inclusive digital society which takes into account the need for equal access to platforms for users with disabilities; in addition, digital diversity must not be accompanied by the exclusion of people with disabilities;

Amendment 93 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Renato SORU, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that education and training curricula must aim at the development of a critical thinking, approach, usage and thorough understanding of new media, digital and information devices and interfaces, whereby people can be active users of these new technologies and not simply end users;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes further that public and private investment in vocational education and life- long-learning training for all groups of employees has to be promoted in order to provide the EU workforce, including the 'digital workforce' working in non- standard forms of employment;

Amendment 95 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jérôme LAVRILLEUX, Sven SCHULZE, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. stresses the importance of 'Arbeit 4.0' and the digital future it presents in creating a family-friendly work environment and achieving a better work- life balance;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on Member States to adjust their education systems in response to these new labour market requirements and to promote the acquisition of digital skills;

Amendment 97 #

Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, David CASA, Thomas MANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Encourages Member States to provide further training for teachers to develop their digital know-how and to make available to them the means to put into practice curricula for the acquisition of digital skills;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Draws the Commission’s attention to the fact that, when it draws up a specific legislative package, it must, with regard to the internet of things, pay particular attention to the special requirements of users with disabilities, first and foremost in terms of the everyday, independent conduct of their lives;

Amendment 99 #

Brando BENIFEI, Renato SORU, Elena GENTILE, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Believes that European citizens should be offered an education in line with the needs of a modern, globalised society, therefore enjoying the opportunity to learn and to develop new skills, including digital ones, which will allow them to compete in today's labour market; stresses the need to ensure that teachers are enabled to improve their skills, especially digital ones, and are supported in facing the challenges this entails; therefore believes that an overall re-design of educational systems, training curricula and work methods in a holistic and ambitious way is necessary, with the aim of properly addressing the challenges of the digital revolution;

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2015/10/02 CULT 183 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)

– having regard to the Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts,

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas technical media convergence has now become a reality – particularly for broadcasting, the press and the internet – and whereas European policies concerning media, culture and networks urgently need to adapt the regulatory framework to the new conditions and ensure that a uniform level of regulation can be established and enforced, including as regards new entrants to the market from the EU and third countries;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes every initiative which simplifies cross-border access to digital content;

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Recalls that the reform of copyright must ensure fair and appropriate remuneration of authors, as well as protection of creative works and consumers’ rights;

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission to abolish media release windows with the aim to create a European single market of content, whilst ensuring that content creators are fairly rewarded, and right- holders can operate within a clearly defined legal framework;

Amendment 103 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Marc JOULAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that though unjustified geoblocking should be eliminated, the territoriality of copyrights should be preserved as important tool for preventing monopolisation of the market by big enterprises and a corner stone of existing European license model which is strictly linked to financing of cultural production, particularly small and independent;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines the importance of the territoriality principle for Europe’s film culture, for example, and calls for financing models for audiovisual works based on national licensing models not to be destroyed by binding, pan-European licences; instead, the cross-border portability of legally-acquired content should be promoted;

Amendment 105 #

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that activities which violate copyrights are a serious threat to the operation of the digital single market, to develop the legal offer of cultural and creative contents diversified online and to maintain the activity and employment;

Amendment 106 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines that "premium access" through the presale of rights is one of the core conditions for financing audiovisual content, as it allows a return on investment and new resources to finance future audiovisual content;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Reiterates that the access point for value-additions should not be moved any further from the original creators towards their intermediaries;

Amendment 108 #

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Continues to support in this context the continued use of a variety of business models;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Considers that a common and coordinated effort should be made to combat the violation of copyright in the EU to ensure their protection and fair remuneration; considers it necessary to raise consumer awareness of the consequences of the infringement of copyright and related rights, and calls for an appropriate solution to ensure that nobody benefits from breach of copyrights;

Amendment 11 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to accelerate the digitalisation in Europe; emphasizes that the digitalisation affects all aspects of the lives of the European citizens;

Amendment 110 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Underlines that audiovisual content may have different market value from a Member State to another, depending on the characteristics of the national market, and requires targeted and specific promotion campaign to get the content to its public;

Amendment 111 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls for EU-wide rights management to be further developed and made more attractive, without removing the possibility of territorial limitation where this is deemed necessary for objective reasons;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Calls the Member States to extend the scope of the quotation exception, without prejudice to the authors' moral rights, to short audiovisual quotations for non- advertisement and non-political uses, provided that the work used is clearly credited, that the quotation does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and does not prejudice the legitimate interests of the authors;

Amendment 113 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. States by way of clarification that territorial limitation seems necessary where the cost of cross-border provision, the demand for which is not met, could not be refinanced;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Calls for further dialogue between the rightholders, the online platforms and the creators relying on these platforms in order to achieve a mutually beneficial cooperation, where copyrights are protected while allowing and encouraging innovative ways of creating;

Amendment 115 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Notes that there are configurations in the acquisition of sports broadcasting rights which make geoblocking necessary;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3f. Supports the Commission’s attempts to enforce the portability and interoperability of downloaded content as widely as possible and to ensure the accessibility and cross-border functionality of subscriptions, for example for video-on-demand platforms;

Amendment 117 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)

3g. At the same time, points out that many independent European film productions are not pre-financed but pre-promoted, and that the licences granted are territorially and temporally limited; this form of financing should not be called into question;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)

3h. Notes that the vast majority of radio and TV broadcasters, DVD dealers and online video stores in the EU are organised in national markets;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)

3i. Calls on the Commission to safeguard fair compensation for creators of works by means of further harmonisation measures and also to protect the fair distribution of payments in the case of collective management organisations;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Emphasises that the basis for a media framework for the 21st century should be technology neutrality and assuring better access to digital content and digital services;

Amendment 120 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)

3j. Calls, however, on the Commission to develop innovative new forms of licencing which better reflect the online use of creative content;

Amendment 121 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market. __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).deleted

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the ~~legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content~~key principle of portability of goods and services in the single market should be promoted and that consumers should be able to access a wide range of lawfully available content on fair and reasonable terms across the EU, recognising that portability of goods and services is fundamental to the Single Market that should be reflected in the digital s~~ingle market.~~phere; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 123 #

Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Mary HONEYBALL, Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Believ~~Stresses that ~~the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to~~any reform of Directive 93/83/EEC2 should be aimed at fairly remunerating artists, creators and right- holders for the multiple exploitation of their works, whilst enhancing the portability and cross-border access to legally acquired and legally made available content in the digital single market.; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 124 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure fo~~Encourages the Commission to take on further measures to improve cross-border access to legal content in the digital single market.; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 125 #

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Believes that~~Calls on the Commission to check whether the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market. __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 126 #

Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC~~2 provides~~, after further assessment is conducted, might be a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market. __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 127 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC~~2 provides~~ after further assessment is conducted, might be a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market. __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 128 #

Philippe JUVIN, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 already provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market, and stresses that the principle of this directive was to address a technology – namely satellite technology – which is no longer relevant in an on-demand digital market. __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 129 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market, particularly by regulating geo-blocking in order to give consumers a wider choice and equal prices while protecting the specific cultural identities of the Member States. __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services, encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of- origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulationConsiders that the review of the Directive 2010/13/EU1should be based on an assessment of the changes in technology, business models but also changing viewing patterns to ensure the regulatory framework meets cultural policy objectives and incentivises investments in cultural content and in platforms disseminating that content; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 130 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market. without calling into question the principles of freedom of contract, fair compensation, exclusivity or territoriality; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 131 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2, based on the principle of contractual autonomy, provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market. __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 132 #

Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the legal thinking behind Directive 93/83/EEC2 provides a suitable point of departure for measures to improve cross-border access to content in the digital single market., bearing in mind the need to make an effort to harmonise provisions so as to reconcile legitimate cross-border accessing of on-line content and services by European citizens with the requirements of viability and economic sustainability of audiovisual businesses, whose economic models are to a large extent based on the principle of territoriality; __________________ 2 Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable transmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, p. 15).

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure compliance with the principles of internet neutrality, which is vital where media convergence is concerned;

Amendment 134 #

Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Mary HONEYBALL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to deliver a targeted strategy aimed at empowering all citizens through the expansion and reinforcement of their technical, cognitive, social, civic and creative skills, enhancing critical understanding of media, informed and active interaction with media, media works creation, and other forms of active citizens' involvement, notably focusing on low- skilled people and people at risk of being socially marginalised;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that the European cultural markets are naturally heterogeneous due to the European cultural and linguistic diversity, notes that this diversity should be considered as a benefit rather than an obstacle to the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 136 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the European Commission's ambition to improve cross- border access to digital content by facilitating the easier clearing of rights and creating more legal certainty;

Amendment 137 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Urges Member States to urgently address the lack of essential digital skills by enhancing the recognition of digital skills and qualifications and by increasing the level of ICT professionalism in Europe;

Amendment 138 #

Silvia COSTA, Luigi MORGANO, Petra KAMMEREVERT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that including classes in IT skills in the school curriculum would be extremely useful and stresses in this context the parallel need for constant training for the teachers;

Amendment 139 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission, bearing in mind the results of the current consultation, to specify the scope of so- called unjustified geoblocking practices, in order to ensure that absolute removal does not benefit large distribution platforms to the detriment of cultural diversity in the industry;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, ~~doing away with~~keeping the distinction between linear and non-linear services~~, encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of- origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social~~ and fleshing out and detailing the full range of interlinked social, cultural and economic objectives ofsought by audiovisual regulation; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 140 #

Marc JOULAUD, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrea BOCSKOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that when the Member States introduce the list of major events, including sports and entertainment events that are of general interest, it should be mandatory to notify this list to the European Commission; listed events should be accessible and in line with the prevailing quality standards;

Amendment 141 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to set the basis for mutual recognition of the digital skills developed by European citizens through the education system or through training programs.

Amendment 142 #

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that the EU Digital Single Market Strategy should underline the important role of public broadcasters and take into account that their regimes require the content to be made freely available to the population of the Member State as they are subsidised by those; however in order to make the public broadcasters´ content freely available to consumers in other Member States, appropriate scheme should be designed so that consumers be served in the best possible way and broadcasters compensated accordingly;

Amendment 143 #

Philippe JUVIN, Marc JOULAUD, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Encourages the Member States to provide people with the digital skills that enable them to make full use of new digital technologies.

Amendment 144 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to encourage portability of content and interoperability while respecting economic models based on territoriality of rights in Europe, particularly as regards the financing of audiovisual production; observes that territoriality is at the heart of the economy in this sector of copyright, and that therefore it must not be jeopardised, particularly not by a system of pan- European licences;

Amendment 145 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that copyright law is essential to enabling Europe's creative and cultural industries to compete on a global scale and that the economic benefit of copyright is only as effective as the means to enforce it; stresses that an effective and balanced civil enforcement system against infringement of copyright is therefore central to investment in innovation and job creation;

Amendment 146 #

Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal, in accordance with the commitments given and as soon as possible, to reduce rates of VAT for the press, digital publishing, books and on- line publications.

Amendment 147 #

Martina MICHELS, Curzio MALTESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to authorise a reduced VAT rate on e-books, e-papers and other electronic information media to promote improved access to information and cultural goods;

Amendment 148 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that extensively ensuring net neutrality is a key part of a socially-just DSM strategy and should therefore not be partially sacrificed for the goal, necessary in the short term, of abolishing roaming fees;

Amendment 149 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Emphasizes that a harmonised framework for exceptions and limitations is a key aspect to improve legal certainty, to overcome the fragmentation of the market, to foster cross-border accessibility of knowledge and culture and to allow equal access to cultural diversity;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, ~~doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services, encourag~~aligning linear and non-linear services, by levelling-up for the benefit of consumer protection, continuing theo use ofthe distinction of whether or not content is editorially screened ~~content to which~~and protecting the country-of- origin principle ~~applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulation~~of audiovisual regulation; takes the view that any modification of the audiovisual media services directive should take into account new ways of accessing audiovisual content and should be consistent with the current reform of legislation relating to copyright; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 150 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Marc JOULAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the need to address the problematic boundaries that exist between the right of reproduction of works and the right of communication to the public, and the need to clarify the concept of 'communication to the public' in light of the recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union; highlights the need for a common definition of 'public domain' so as to ensure the widespread dissemination of cultural content across the EU;

Amendment 151 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Notes that, in the teaching of digital skills, particular consideration should be given to ‘vulnerable populations’ 1 a and calls for projects for the teaching of digital skills specifically to these people to be more intensively and sustainably promoted; __________________ 1a Defined as in the Tunis Agenda and the Geneva Declaration of Principles of the World Summit on the Information Society.

Amendment 152 #

Silvia COSTA, Luigi MORGANO, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Renato SORU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Considers it necessary for the Commission to adopt a bidirectional approach to the subject of digital skills and abilities, investing in digital education programmes (starting with the training of teachers) and in digital infrastructure which serves educational purposes, inter alia including digital content and methods in existing school curricula;

Amendment 153 #

Marc JOULAUD, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrea BOCSKOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls the Commission and the Member States to set up a European certificate or grading system to establish a common assessment of the digital skills developed by European citizens, following the example of the European common framework of reference for language learning and teaching.

Amendment 154 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Encourages the Member States to boost ICT education by promoting specialised training for teachers and ensuring the availability of appropriate devices and future-proof learning materials in schools.

Amendment 155 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Daniel DALTON, Vicky FORD, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recommends a continued focus on improving how children are protected online, through transparent self- regulatory measures in accordance with existing national and EU legislation where appropriate, such as flexible parental controls based on the informed consent of parents, and by collaboration between stakeholders including regulatory authorities, industry, charities and other appropriate entities, including through the implementation of proportionate "notice and takedown" policies in accordance with Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography;

Amendment 156 #

Martina MICHELS, Curzio MALTESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge the importance of media education by improving the quality of equipment in line with needs, particularly at kindergartens, pre-schools, schools and universities, ensuring the age-appropriate accessibility of technology, and investing sufficiently in teaching staff and knowledge multipliers in the transfer of media skills;

Amendment 157 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Supports, from a cultural perspective, the Commission’s aim of hastening the roll-out of broadband, particularly in rural areas, and calls for the promotion of public WLAN networks in both large and small municipalities, as this approach provides an indispensable infrastructure for their future operation in the interests of social and cultural integration, modern educational and information processes, and tourism and the regional cultural economy;

Amendment 158 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Stresses that linking from one resource to another is one of the fundamental building blocks of the internet; calls on the EU legislator to make clear that, as a technical tool, linking may be used both for copyright non-relevant activities and for copyright relevant activities that require rightholders' permission; therefore building business models based on mass linking to illegal content should be regarded as copyright infringement;

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Reminds that a fair balance of rights and interests between the different categories of rights holders and users of copyright-protected subject-matters must be safeguarded;

Amendment 16 #

Marc JOULAUD, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Philippe JUVIN, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrea BOCSKOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services, ~~encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of- origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulation~~in order to bring about convergence of regulation of audiovisual services with similar functions, which are currently regulated differently; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 160 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Underlines the importance of proper training for teachers on digital skills, on the way to teach these skills efficiently to students, and on how to use these skills to support the learning process in general.

Amendment 161 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make learning opportunities available for all generations so that they can acquire the appropriate skills and confidence to deal with large volumes of information;

Amendment 162 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Welcomes the Commission’s approach of prohibiting geo-blocking and restrictions on portability;

Amendment 163 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Urges the establishment of mandatory limitations and exceptions provided for in existing copyright legislation, such as those in the field of education, research, libraries and museums, to allow for the more widespread dissemination of content across the EU, while taking into account the freedom of expression and information, freedom of the arts and sciences, religious and linguistic diversity.

Amendment 164 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Notes that current industry practices prevent cross-border access to works, particularly in the audio-visual sector, thus discriminating against cultural minorities and potentially conflicting with free movement of services;

Amendment 165 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Underline the importance of enhancing the portability within the European Union of online services of legally acquired and legally made available content, whilst fully respecting copyrights and the interests of right- holders.

Amendment 166 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Stresses that the ability to use media in a confident and critical manner is a trans- generational learning task which is constantly changing along with the development of the media and today constitutes a key qualification;

Amendment 167 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Considers there is a need to stimulate an open debate between businesses, public institutions and consumers with a view to reaching a definitive conclusion on what constitutes ‘unjustified’ geo-blocking;

Amendment 168 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to conduct a public consultation on Directive 93/83/EEC on satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission, to explore extending the directive's scope to online communication of audio-visual works via streaming and video-on-demand, which would significantly benefit the ability of public broadcasting services to fulfil their public interest mission in the digital age and contribute to the completion of the digital single market;

Amendment 169 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Stresses that cross-border access to legally made available audiovisual content should not hinder its financing process and subsequently the European cultural diversity.

Amendment 17 #

Dietmar KÖSTER, Mary HONEYBALL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services, ~~encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of- origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulation~~nevertheless a high level of regulation for socially relevant content should be maintained; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 170 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Calls on the Commission to invest more in the creation of European networks for the transmission of media skills, aimed at promoting the exchange of best practices and ensuring the Europe- wide visibility of national, regional or indeed local exemplary initiatives;

Amendment 171 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Welcomes, particularly from a cultural sector perspective, the Commission’s efforts to reject restrictions on cross- border portability of content to which rights have been acquired;

Amendment 172 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up research into the effects of digital media on cognitive skills, effective methods of self-control, and the success of play-based digital learning;

Amendment 173 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Stresses that the adaption of education and training systems is vital to meet the increasing demand for digitally skilled professionals in the EU and encourages Member States to integrate the acquisition of digital skills into their respective school curricula;

Amendment 174 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Underlines that the legal audiovisual online offer should be furthermore developed in order to enhance the accessibility to a wide and diverse content for the consumers, with various language and subtitle options.

Amendment 175 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Stresses that the living diversity of languages and growing multilingualism form a crucial cultural basis of the European Digital Single Market; takes the view that digitally supporting the diversity of world – and specifically European – languages, increasing their accessibility and promoting and securing the relevant skills will be an essential precondition for enabling a Digital Single Market to develop in a socially sustainable way; considers therefore that, within a DSM strategy, more needs to be done on at least two levels to overcome analogue and digital ‘language blocking’;

Amendment 176 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Stresses that, in order to achieve a true digital single market in Europe, further efforts are needed in the field of improving media literacy among citizens, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote media literacy for all EU citizens, in particular children and minors, through initiatives and coordinated actions;

Amendment 177 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Calls the Member States to optimise the media chronology, in order to accelerate the availability of audiovisual content for the consumers, while maintaining a sustainable first and second window of diffusion.

Amendment 178 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Proposes, therefore, that research into and development of multilingual translation software combining statistical, learning-based and machine language technologies should be more broadly promoted;

Amendment 179 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)

4h. Looks to the Commission, in the DSM strategy as elsewhere, to step up its efforts towards a productive interaction with multilingualism, so as to permit speedier implementation of the technological basis for the active protection and productive application of European multilingualism in education, film, cultural heritage, research and public administration, as well as in everyday working and business life;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services~~, encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which~~ and extending its scope to all services for the distribution of audiovisual content, encouraging the use of editorially screened content, introducing guarantees that the unjustified application of the country-of- origin principle ~~applies~~will not preclude the attainment of the social and cultural objectives of the relevant regulation and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulation; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 180 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)

4i. Welcomes the Commission’s thoughts on constructing new knowledge storage systems for the public sector by means of cloud technologies and text and data mining that are certified and secured under data protection law; takes the view that using such technologies in educational establishments, public libraries and archives calls for special training efforts in the library, archiving and documentation professions, and for corresponding multilingual accessibility for users;

Amendment 181 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)

4j. Proposes that efforts to enhance media skills should be permanently complemented by the teaching of wide- ranging internet skills, including knowledge about accessibility, source security and source tagging, data protection, developments in intellectual property rights and rights protection for one’s own content production;

Amendment 182 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)

4k. Urges that more efforts be made as part of the DSM strategy to verify the implementation of free and open software in educational establishments and public administration, as the accessibility and visibility of source codes enhances the resource-saving participation of the public authorities in decisions on the use of collaborative innovations; takes the view that more open software may make it possible to certify the digital skills of users, particularly within educational establishments;

Amendment 183 #

Silvia COSTA, Luigi MORGANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)

4l. Calls for digital forms of collaborative work and communication – using and developing CC licences – to be taught and applied across national and linguistic borders in education and training and in public research establishments, and promoted in public procurement procedures;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission, taking into account the results of the current consultation, to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, adopting an approach which does away with the distinction between linear and non-linear services~~, encouraging the use~~ and extends the concept of editorially screened content to ~~which~~those media service providers which are currently not covered by the Directive, with due regard for the country-of- origin principle ~~applies~~ and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulation, with particular reference to the financing of the creation and promotion of European works and of cultural diversity and the protection of minors; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on 20 October 2005,

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, ~~doing away~~with a focus on its scope and on the nature of the rules applicable to all market players, in particular measures for the promotion of European works, and the rules on protection of minors and advertising rules, doing away as far as possible with the distinction between linear and non- linear services, promoting accessibility of European works in on-demand services through additional repertoire and financial contributions made by such services to the production and rights acquisition of European works, encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of-origin principle applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulation; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Commission to overhaul Directive 2010/13/EU1 without delay, doing away with the distinction between linear ~~and non-linear services~~services (television broadcasting services) and non-linear services (on demand audiovisual media services), encouraging the use of editorially screened content to which the country-of-origin principle laid down in the Bolkestein Directive (2006/123/EC) applies and fleshing out the general social objectives of audiovisual regulation; __________________ 1 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1).

Amendment 22 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers, however, that the scope of the directive should not be extended to audiovisual content which is not the principal purpose of the information service;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Asks the Commission to assess the appropriateness of the Country-of-origin principle in the digital era;

Amendment 24 #

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that the audiovisual industry makes a vital contribution to Europe in both the economic and cultural spheres, and calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to support this industry more amply in its efforts to take advantage of digital opportunities, to expand its public and to promote growth in the industry;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that territoriality is the cornerstone of the European audio-visual industry to create value, employment, growth and innovation; estimates that pan-European licenses could reduce the supply of contents available to users and finally also reduce the creation of European contents, jeopardizing the activity, employment and cultural diversity itself; stresses that there is no contradiction between the principle of territoriality and measures to promote the portability of contents;

Amendment 26 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recommends reviewing the level of regulation for the areas of Directive 2010/13/EU in which the aims of the legislation are not being achieved; believes that European-level minimum requirements for all audiovisual media services should be put in place; stresses that high standards should apply to all audiovisual media services to ensure youth protection, consumer protection and data protection;

Amendment 27 #

Philippe JUVIN, Marc JOULAUD, Sabine VERHEYEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the economic importance of the cultural and creative industries, which, with a turnover of EUR 535.9 billion and 7.1 million jobs, and as the third largest source of employment in the EU, are a driving force behind growth in Europe; considers that this sector, whose cornerstone is intellectual property and particularly copyright, requires a consolidated and enhanced regulatory framework in order to guarantee the vitality, influence and above all diversity of European culture;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission for the creation of a single European Code of Copyright and of a unitary optional copyright title on the basis of Article 118 TFEU, bearing in mind the fundamental distinction between audiovisual sector and information society;

Amendment 29 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Daniel DALTON, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines the importance of the creative sector to the economy and its contribution to growth and employment; recalls that copyright intensive activities account for a significant part of the creative sector's economy;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

– having regard to Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)1, 1 OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1.

Amendment 30 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

Stresses that the aim of amending Directive 2010/13/EU must be to review the regulatory objective of the existing media-specific legal framework for audiovisual media and bring this framework into line with current realities in markets which have converged;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Encourages Europe's audiovisual industry to keep on developing attractive and complementary on-line services, so as to enrich the range of European audiovisual content on offer;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considers it to be of fundamental importance to increase access to public digital services in remote regions and to ensure that citizens, including people with disabilities, can access the Internet and electronic services;

Amendment 33 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Dietmar KÖSTER, Julie WARD, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Regrets that the requirements of Article 13 on the promotion of European works by on-demand services have been implemented in different manner by many Member States resulting in the absence of clear obligations and monitoring; combined with the country of origin principle, it has encouraged forum shopping for on-demand services;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Welcomes the review of the AVMSD initiated by the Commission, in particular its extent and the consistent application of rules to all players operating in the market, regardless of their status;

Amendment 35 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that the country of origin (or country of broadcasting) principle enshrined in the Audiovisual Media Services Directive is still a significant prerequisite for the provision of audiovisual content across borders and a milestone on the way to a common market in services; emphasises, however, the need to adapt EU law to the realities of the internet and the digital environment, and to pay special attention to companies offering audiovisual content on-line or on-demand which try to evade taxation and audiovisual regulation in certain Member States by basing themselves in countries with a very low tax rate or audiovisual regulation;

Amendment 36 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Daniel DALTON, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Points out that the creative sector has specificities and different challenges, notably arising from the different types of content, creative works and business models used; therefore calls on the Commission to better identify these specificities and take them into account when proposing modifications and solutions;

Amendment 37 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Emphasises that, in this environment in which many services are on offer, it is important that the best possible referencing is provided for European services, which are essential to promoting European cultural diversity;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Stresses the dual character of audiovisual media as cultural and economic assets;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls the European Commission to analyse the possibility for the strengthening of Article 13 by introducing a combination of clear requirements, including a financial contribution, and monitoring tools for the promotion of European works by on-demand services;

Amendment 4 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)

– having regard to the resolution of 4 July 2013 on Connected TV,

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Stresses that the country of origin of the advertising profit, the language of the service and the targeted public of the advertisement and content should be considered as part of the criteria to determine the audiovisual regulation to be applied to audiovisual media services or to contest the initial determination of the competent Member State;

Amendment 41 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Strongly believes that creators should be granted appropriate remuneration and that copyright should keep its primary function of allowing creators to gain rewards for their efforts through others making use of their work, thus encouraging future creativity;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Considers that an amendment to Directive 2010/13/EU should create fair competitive conditions by bringing the rights and obligations of broadcasters into line with those of other market operators by means of a cross-cutting legal framework applicable to all media;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Calls on the Commission, by removing regulation in quantitative advertising provisions for linear audiovisual content, to ensure that the aims of Directive 2010/13/EU are accomplished more successfully by increasing flexibility and strengthening co- and self-regulation;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Urges that access to diverse, high- quality media and cultural and linguistic diversity and quality should not increasingly depend on the economic means of the individual;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Observes that the need for future European media regulation arises not from a shortage of avenues of communication but primarily from the need to ensure diversity;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)

1h. Defines ‘platform provider’ as an operator who puts together his own content or content from third parties with the aim of affording access to this package as an overall package;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)

1i. Defines ‘user interface provider’ as an operator who makes it possible for users to obtain an overview of audiovisual media content and comparable online content and to select directly from it;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)

1j. Observes that the role of both digital platforms and user interfaces in maintaining diversity is rapidly gaining in importance, so that the democratic objective of preserving diversity should particularly be taken into account in addition to competition policy and regulatory aspects;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 k (new)

1k. Calls for obligations in relation to ensuring diversity to be imposed equally on providers of platforms and of user interfaces as soon as audiovisual media services are, to any extent, involved;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)

– having regard to the resolution of 12 March 2014 on Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World (2013/2180(INI)),

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 l (new)

1l. Calls once again on the Commission and Member States to develop the concept of media services defined in Article 1 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive in such a way that, while Member States retain an appropriate degree of discretion, more account is taken of the potential socio-political impact of services and specific features of that impact, particularly their relevance to opinion- forming and to diversity of opinion, as well as the question of editorial responsibility;

Amendment 51 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 m (new)

1m. Calls for the ban on the violation of human dignity, the ban on incitement to hatred, protection against discrimination and the principle of barrier-free access to apply equally to, and be implemented effectively in respect of, all forms of media content;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. BWel~~iev~~comes th~~at platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimin~~e Commission’s initiative to analyse (inter alia, on the basis of public consultation) t~~o a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened content~~he role of online platforms in the digital single market and in a context of media convergence, and calls on it to establish a definition of the term ‘online platform’;

Amendment 53 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that ~~platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee th~~the European Commission should develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition and innovation for online platforms and intermediaries to ensure fin~~dability of editorially screened~~creased creation and dissemination of cultural content;

Amendment 54 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened content~~Is encouraged by the Commission's intention to bring forward a legislative proposal on the regulation of platforms and intermediaries; believes that any legislative proposal should take as a basis the interests of creators, consumers and the digital workforce; insists that the question of responsibility of intermediaries for provision of illegal content must be addressed, as intermediaries are a key part of the supply chain;

Amendment 55 #

Silvia COSTA, Luigi MORGANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to r~~ule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened content;~~ eflect their substantial difference; in this regard, considers of paramount importance to apply rules aimed at enhancing the dissemination of content and information in order to strengthen media freedom, pluralism and independent research, as well as to guarantee the respect of the non- discrimination principle essential for the safeguard of linguistic and cultural diversity;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that the regulation of on-line platforms and intermediaries should be ~~regulat~~harmonised in such a way as, taking account of the results of the current consultation, to create a genuine level playing field and to rule out discrimination between undertakings to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened content and access to it for citizens;

Amendment 57 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to r~~ule out~~educe discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of legal, editorially screened content; and services; believes that consideration should be given to how internet service providers and online intermediaries, along with other actors in the supply chain, such as payment providers, could play a greater role in facilitating action against illegal content and tackling copyright abuses on a commercial scale;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that DTT and DTH platforms and intermediaries should be regulated on a common and shared basis in such a way as to rule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened content;

Amendment 59 #

Julie WARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that platforms and intermediaries should be regulated in such a way as to rule out discrimination to a large extent and guarantee the findability of editorially screened content; stresses the need to adjust the definition of the status of intermediaries in the current digital environment;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

A. whereas in some Member States the implementation of Article 13 on the promotion of European works by on- demand services is not prescriptive enough to meet the cultural diversity objective spelled out in the Directive;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls to ensure that audiovisual media services are made accessible for people with disabilities and to avoid any forms of discrimination as set by article 21 of the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union;

Amendment 61 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for a review of the liability of service providers whose services are used by a third party to infringe a copyright or related right to guarantee protection of intellectual property and believes that any revision of copyright law should be accompanied by narrowing the scope of liability exemptions provided by Directive 2000/31; underlines that existing system of notice-and-takedown and follow the money agreements - though should be further developed - are not sufficient means to fight Internet piracy;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises, in this regard, that the Commission should be guided by the overarching objectives of non- discrimination, freedom of contract, accessibility, findability, technology and net neutrality, transparency and the establishment of a level playing field;

Amendment 63 #

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights the increasing power of some internet intermediaries and the negative impact of their dominant position on the creative potential of the authors, the fair remuneration for their work and the development of services offered by other distributors of works;

Amendment 64 #

Philippe JUVIN, Marc JOULAUD, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that the privilege of findability for media services could be made contingent on criteria geared not only to ensuring cultural and linguistic diversity, diversity of information and opinion and media diversity but also to the protection of children, young people or minorities and to consumer protection generally;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance of the contribution made by cultural content to the development of the European digital economy; observes that a large part of the revenue generated by Internet intermediaries is directly or indirectly linked to the use of this cultural content;

Amendment 66 #

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Urges the Commission to stimulate the legal offer of audiovisual media content, by favouring independent European works and to discourage derogations granted by Member States concerning the obligation of European production quotas;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Reminds that digital technologies have redefined the value chain in the cultural sector in favour of service providers and online communication to the detriment of authors, performers or producers of copyrighted works, who do not receive fair and appropriate remuneration for them; asks the European Commission to investigate the extent and impact of this transfer of value to Internet intermediaries and requests a review of the Directive on electronic commerce to deal with this transfer of value;

Amendment 68 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Points out that, in a context of media convergence, platforms can facilitate access to content and thus to diversity, or can restrict it;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission to make stipulations about the volume of advertising more flexible and to consider prioritising the principle that advertising should be clearly recognisable and distinguishable from programme content over the principle of separating advertising and programmes in all types of media;

Amendment 7 #

Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the recent study entitled ‘Territoriality and its impact on the financing of audiovisual works’, published in September 2015 by the European Audiovisual Observatory, has, inter alia, demonstrated the important role played by exclusive territorial licences and by the country-of-origin principle in the system for financing European cinematographic works;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Reaffirms the net and technological neutrality to favour future technological solutions in the audiovisual media sector; believes that for the protection of the public interest only the competent judicial authority could limit the content circulation, fully respecting the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union; underlines that any administrative authority cannot adopt provisions directed to inhibit the access to online content, unless they enact a specific order issued by the competent judicial authority;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls for the diversity of cultural and audiovisual work to be easily accessible to, and findable by, all Europeans, in particular where the content on offer to users is prescribed by device manufacturers, network operators, content providers or other aggregators;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard by law the integrity of digital content, and in particular to prohibit the overlaying or scaling of these services by third parties with content or other services, unless the latter have been explicitly initiated by the user and, in the case of content which is not covered by the definition of individual communication, have been authorised by the content provider; points out that unauthorised interference by third parties with the content or broadcast signals of a provider and their unauthorised decryption, use or dissemination must likewise be prevented;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Demands that no restrictions be placed on users’ ability to sort and prioritise content;

Amendment 74 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls on the Commission to check, when the Audiovisual Media Services Directive is being revised, whether it is still useful and pertinent to adhere to section 6.7 of its communication on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Points out that Member States should be allowed to introduce specific rules to ensure that audiovisual content which is in the public interest is appropriately visible;

Amendment 76 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Marc JOULAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Notes that search algorithms especially can have such a restrictive effect on digital depictions of reality that it becomes impossible for people fully to exercise the constitutional right to self- determination and the freedom of personal development; and that exercising any form of freedom is, nonetheless, fundamentally contingent on being able, to decide for oneself, to search impartially for truth and to make free choices;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Points out that, in dynamically developing digital markets, rigid rules on platform regulation can undermine the innovative potential of new business models; notes moreover that it is preferable to take a case-by-case approach to the use of statutory instruments for regulation;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Calls on the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to examine more closely the distribution channels and types of marketing used by content delivery and/or distribution networks in the EU and how they affect media diversity;

Amendment 79 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Dietmar KÖSTER, Julie WARD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2g. Recommends that, given the changed market relationship between content providers and platform operators, non- discriminatory access to content should nonetheless be ensured;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) is important in terms of EU media regulation and for the promotion of European works, and is based on the principle of technological neutrality, ensuring a level playing field;

Amendment 80 #

Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Mary HONEYBALL, Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media;~~ Calls for the adoption of a regulatory framework that excludes any geoblocking practices and in particular the use of technologies and contractual models limiting the access to content; calls on the Commission to stimulate the free circulation of legally acquired content throughout the whole EU;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to ~~overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media~~strike a balance between all key actors including creators, right holders, users and intermediaries and that any revision of copyright law should take as a basis a high level of proportional protection, since rights are crucial in promoting creativity and innovation and provide a stable, clear and flexible legal base that foster investment and growth in the creative and cultural sector, whilst removing legal uncertainties and inconsistencies that adversely affect the functioning of the digital single market;

Amendment 82 #

Philippe JUVIN, Marc JOULAUD, Sabine VERHEYEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that ~~further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media;~~ it is necessary to make the appropriate amendments to the regulatory framework of copyright in order to tackle the true problem of the cultural and creative industry, namely that of rebalancing the transfer of value within the digital economy;

Amendment 83 #

Marc JOULAUD, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Andrea BOCSKOR, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses th~~at further efforts ar~~e needed to ~~overhaul~~review copyright law ~~and that any revised provisions should apply to all~~only where it is strictly necessary, while taking into account the convergence of media;

Amendment 84 #

Jana TOOM, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Kaja KALLAS, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law ~~and that any revised provisions should apply to all media~~while taking into account the differences between the digital and the analogical environment;

Amendment 85 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Julie WARD, Dietmar KÖSTER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that ~~further~~due to significant technological changes efforts are needed to overhaul and modernise copyright law and that any revised provisions should ~~apply to all media~~take into account specificity of each sector (music, audiovisual etc.) as well as ensure that authors and performers are provided with legal protection for their creative and artistic work and appropriate remuneration linked to the exploitation of their works paid by those who gain commercial profits from such exploitation; any solutions in this regard should not lead to a dramatic increase in prices for consumers, should not discourage the use of legal providers, and should not create excessive obstacles to legal sharing services;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media;~~ Welcomes the Commission's intention to overhaul copyright law; stresses that any revised provisions should apply to all media and should be future-proof, as well as being balanced; urges the Commission to ensure fair remuneration for creators; further urges the Commission to take into account the overwhelming support in the European Parliament for the introduction of minimum standards across the exceptions from and limitations to copyright, as well as the need to ensure that where an exception or limitation already applies, new usages of content which are made possible by technological advances or new uses of technology should be, insofar as possible, construed in line with the existing exception or limitation, provided that the new usage is similar to the existing one, in order to improve legal certainty;

Amendment 87 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Daniel DALTON, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to ~~overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media~~reform copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media; points out that the rapid rate of technological development in the digital market calls for a technologically neutral framework for copyright; underlines that any modification of the current legal framework on copyright should be considered in a targeted way and with a focus on economic growth, competitiveness and enhanced consumer experience; calls on the Commission to make sure that any reform of the copyright directive is evidence based and carefully assessed; considers that it should take into account the results of the ex-post impact assessment of the Directive of 2001, and be based on solid evidence, including an assessment of the possible impact of the modifying elements; takes the view that a proper economic analysis, including the impact on jobs and growth, must be carried out, in line with the Commission's objective of better regulation;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and ~~that any revised provisions should apply to all media~~in particular supports the Commission in the presentation of a reformed regulatory plan in relation to the 2011 copyright directive, and welcomes the proposal to guarantee copyright-holders adequate remuneration in a digital environment without favouring any type of technology;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law so as to adapt it to the digital era, and that any revised provisions should apply to all media;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas, by acceding to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the EU, in addition to all of its Member States, has committed itself to ensuring by effective means that media diversity does not only depend on economic market opportunities;

Amendment 90 #

Franz OBERMAYR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media and should take account in a balanced way of the interests of both the creators and the recipients of cultural content;

Amendment 91 #

Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that further efforts are needed to overhaul copyright law and that any revised provisions should apply to all media and should aim to strike a balance between the rights and interests of all stakeholders;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to consider establishing a new system of remuneration of audiovisual authors for the on-line exploitation of their works, which would release the potential of the European audiovisual sector and develop a durable means of remunerating audiovisual authors;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Commission to overhaul the rigid and fragmented regulatory frameworks that limit access to creative content for European citizens and prevent European researchers, educational establishments and cultural heritage institutions from adapting their activities to the digital era; stresses that this overhaul must be governed by a clear distinction between profit-oriented and non-profit activities, and that this latter category should be stimulated and promoted;

Amendment 94 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Marc JOULAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges that reform of copyright, particularly steps to harmonize copyright law taken to reduce barriers to trade and to adjust the framework to online environment should be predated by extensive sector-by-sector and cross- country impact assessment; in particular, impact on cultural industries of small nations and countries whose production due to language barriers is less popular in the European and world scale should be assessed in order to preserve and develop cultural diversity of Europe;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that copyright is both the economic basis for creative activity and the guarantor of Europe’s creative diversity and broad knowledge base;

Amendment 96 #

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that copyright and all rights related to copyright constitute the legal framework for European cultural and creative industries and are the basis of their ability to generate economic activity, competitiveness, employment, creativity and innovation.

Amendment 97 #

Marc JOULAUD, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Sabine VERHEYEN, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, Philippe JUVIN, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that the financing of audiovisual content relies for a significant part on the principle of territoriality of rights, which allowed a strong cultural diversity within the European production.

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights the importance of strengthening the provision of access services for persons with disabilities, such as captions, audio description and sign language interpretation, in all kinds of audiovisual media provision, by establishing binding targets, i.e. a gradual implementation.

Amendment 99 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emma McCLARKIN, Andrew LEWER, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Daniel DALTON, Vicky FORD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the importance of ensuring accessibility of the Digital Single Market for people with disabilities; in this regard, notes the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty, which will facilitate access for the visually impaired to books, and encourages swift ratification thereof;

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that sustainable economic growth in Europe can only be achieved ~~through productivity gains and developing sectors characterised by high added value~~by channelling resources towards long-term investment in research and development, especially in socially useful sectors with a low environmental impact; encourages in this sense all the efforts made by the Commission in supporting the transition towards a digital economy;

Amendment 10 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Alain CADEC, Antonio TAJANI, Alain LAMASSOURE, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Sees the digitisation of the economy as an ineluctable and beneficial development – spurring progress, growth and innovation among European companies, not least SMES – and believes it should be supported;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level of competition and plurality of service providers, and underlines that the presence of network effects allows for the creation of semi-monopolistic positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and ~~punish~~sanctioning abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to ~~the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant~~EU competition law have been found to abuse their dominant position; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors, as well as net neutrality, as a further way of opening the market to competition.

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level of competition and plurality of service providers~~, and u~~. Considers some digital initiatives as an opportunity to modernise existing legislation while ensuring and safeguarding social rights. Underlines that the presence of network effects allows for the creation of semi- monopolistic positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.

Amendment 102 #

Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level of competition and plurality of service providers, and underlines that the presence of network effects allows for the creation of semi-monopolistic positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant and at the same time impede its development; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level of competition and plurality of service providers, and underlines that the presence of network effects allows for the creation of semi-monopolistic positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant; stresses the importance of the judgement on October the 6th 2015 of the ECJ, to abolish the EU-US data sharing agreement known as Safe Harbour and the chance it provides for innovative European start-ups and newcomers to the digital market; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.

Amendment 104 #

Alfred SANT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level of competition and plurality of service providers, and underlines that the presence of network effects allows for the creation of semi-monopolistic positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant; considers that state aid under conditions of full transparency might be an optimal solution in ensuring that first entries in the digital market are able to consolidate their market position; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry to the field of the digital economy in sectors where a few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant; welcomes in this connection the sectoral investigation of e-commerce launched as part of the strategy for a digital internal market; calls on the Commission to take measures to combat discriminatory practices in all sectors of on-line shopping and on-line payments;

Amendment 106 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Philippe JUVIN, Dariusz ROSATI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the launch of the Public Consultation on Modernising VAT for cross-border e-commerce by the Commission in September 2015 and perceives it as a crucial first step in order to facilitate the way VAT is settled cross- border online transactions. Calls on the Commission to report and assess the results of this public consultation to the Parliament and a wider public after it ends.

Amendment 107 #

Elisa FERREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that consumers should enjoy the same level of protection regardless of what products and where they purchase them, i.e., on e-commerce platforms or in traditional commerce.

Amendment 108 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that a thorough analysis of different types of 'Sharing Economy' platforms should be carried out, with a view to ensuring that relevant legislation allows the development of these services to enable new forms of consumption and production, while at the same time, guaranteeing high levels of consumer protection;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. welcomes the Commission's initiative for a new e-Government Action Plan; notes that interoperable e-signatures and the related eIDAS Regulation is highly relevant for the digital single market in financial services, providing new tools for banks and insurance companies, such as electronic identification for the digital onboarding process or e-signature instruments for contracts or payments;

Amendment 11 #

Anneliese DODDS, Catherine STIHLER, Richard CORBETT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Welcomes the Commission's 'Free flow of data' initiative that tackles restrictions on the free movement of data for reasons other than the protection of personal data within the EU and unjustified restrictions on the location of data".

Amendment 110 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes that, while more should be done to remove barriers to entry for new and emerging digital businesses, those businesses must at the same time be required to respect longstanding domestic regulations such as those covering taxation, health and safety legislation and workers' rights, and must operate to the same high standards that existing businesses are required to in these areas.

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. stresses the importance of accompanying the development of a Digital Single Market with an up to date and effective framework to ensure e- business continuity and protection against cybercrime particularly in critical areas such as banking services;

Amendment 112 #

Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Michał BONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the economic principles which have defined the development and spread of the Internet, namely network neutrality, openness, and non-discrimination, are being undermined by the spread of closed ecosystems within the Web; maintains that the emergence and growth of such ecosystems, and the oligopoly-based structure that they have created on the market in digital services and goods, are adversely affecting consumer interests and innovation and in the long term, therefore, might even jeopardise the development of the DSM;

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to quickly take the initiative to amend the law to reflect technological progress and eliminate a serious obstacle to the development of the e-book and e-paper market;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to avoid different VAT rates for paper books and digital books.

Amendment 115 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Dariusz ROSATI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Notes that Commission launched, already in May, an antitrust competition inquiry into the e-commerce sector in the European Union; Supports the Commission's decision to launch a public debate with two public consultations: on geo-blocking and other geographically based restrictions when shopping and accessing information in the EU and on the regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy; Calls on the Commission to report to the European Parliament and general public in the first quarter of 2016 with the results of those consultations and preliminary findings of the e-commerce sector inquiry;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that the Commission must continue to enforce antitrust rules, particularly the Regulation on Vertical Restraints and the accompanying guidelines, to ensure that the special rules on selective distribution are not used to restrict the availability of products via online commerce channels and to prevent competition to the detriment of consumers;

Amendment 117 #

Dariusz ROSATI, Michał BONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Considers that the distinguishing characteristics of the digital economy, resulting in particular from the fact that marginal costs tend to diminish, falling down to zero, and network effects are strong, are conducive to economies of scale and hence to concentration; calls on the Commission to devise a competition policy taking into account the specific features of the digital economy and the related challenges;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission to prepare a bold proposal to review the VAT Directive (2006/112/EC) in order to make cross- border VAT system clearer and less burdensome for businesses, especially SMEs.

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Points to the importance of the data economy for the development of the DSM; notes that the only way to surmount the challenges and threats to the establishment of a digital single market which have arisen out of the Court of Justice’s ‘Safe Harbour’ ruling is to adopt a common legislative approach at European level, and therefore calls on the Commission to work towards a regulatory framework serving both to ensure respect for user rights as regards data processing and to develop this sector of the digital economy;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Invites the EC to promote the "Digital first" approach in the functioning of public Institutions and in designing legislative acts; considers that the digital first strategy could bring benefits in terms of cost savings, environmental sustainability and better services, thus reducing the gap between citizens and European Institutions;

Amendment 120 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Maintains that all data related to users and user-generated content constitute a historic, social, and economic heritage of intrinsic value to the reference communities and should therefore be considered a common good for the use of those communities;

Amendment 121 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Welcomes the opportunities offered by the collaborative economy model, which makes for more efficient use of resources and environmentally and economically sustainable economic growth; points out that this model is particularly well suited to the management of public assets; calls on the Commission, therefore, to encourage public authorities to develop and use models of this type;

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Points out that overlapping collaborative and market economy models could distort free competition on some markets; calls on the Commission to work towards a regulatory framework which, while promoting the development of the collaborative economy, will keep the ‘playing field’ level and ensure compliance with EU legislation, in particular on tax and labour law matters;

Amendment 123 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6g. Notes that the development of the DSM could be helped if there were innovation clusters within the EU, that is to say, geographical areas with a high concentration of digital enterprise and skills; calls on the Commission to encourage the further development of such areas and the dissemination of best practice and knowledge;

Amendment 124 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6h. Points to the importance of business incubators, business angels, and a variety of stakeholders and agencies, both public and private, working to develop businesses in the digital sector; calls on the Commission to establish a strategy enabling these stakeholders to become involved in the development of the DSM and laying the foundations for a European network of business incubators;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Notes however that the threat to personal privacy constitutes a major challenge for it affects trust in the digital environment in general, and in particular in digital financial services,

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Considers that for innovation and the digital economy to thrive the protection of personal data must take into consideration a context where services require a large amount of data and request actions be taken to encourage an inclusive big data eco-system for growth,

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Stresses the need to effectively adopt high data protection standards without being bound to geolocalization.

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to ~~achiev~~revitalise economic ~~convergence through~~growth and employment, combat social exclusion, and reduce socio-economic disparities among European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies, especially SMEs; encourages further public and private investment in ~~infrastructure; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’s intended efforts in this area~~research and development;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence throughout all European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and ~~access to the internet~~internet access must be guaranteed to all European citizens ~~and companie~~, businesses and public institutions; encourages further public and private investment in digital infrastructure; welcomes the foreseen contribution of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)~~’s intended efforts in this area~~ and its capacity to provide greater access to finance of projects with high added value;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence through European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and fair, open and non-discriminatory access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies; ~~encourages~~stresses that further public and private investment in infrastructure is needed, and calls on the Commission in this context to reconsider the current application of State aid rules; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’s intended efforts in this area;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence through European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies; encourages further public and private investment in infrastructure, particularly by establishing a regulatory framework which creates more incentives for private investment in electronic communications infrastructure; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’s intended efforts in this area;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that sustainable economic growth in Europe can only be achieved through ~~productivity gains and~~ developing sectors characterised by high social, environmental and economic added value; encourages in this sense all the efforts made by the Commission in supporting the transition towards a digital economy;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence through European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies by promoting programmes and funds to enable the development of the Internet to reach as far as the EU’s outlying areas; encourages further public and private investment in infrastructure; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’s intended efforts in this area;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence through European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies; Stresses that digital technologies such as the internet are more than a market since the crucial infrastructure is a public good that is part of the "commons" increasingly important to normal daily life; encourages further public and private investment in infrastructure; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’'s intended efforts in this area;

Amendment 22 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence through European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies; stresses that internet access for all can be assured only with the right infrastructure in place; therefore, encourages further public and private investment in infrastructure; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’s intended efforts in this area;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence through European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially and access to the internet guaranteed to all European citizens and companies; encourages further public and private investment in infrastructure; considers that these investments should serve to strengthen EU competitiveness in key growth sectors in the Digital Single Market; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)’'s intended efforts in this area;

Amendment 24 #

Elisa FERREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers that for an effective establishment of a Digital Single Market, end-users must be confident that consistent protection standards are safeguarded and businesses need to be assured that they can rely on a common and fair regulatory framework that enforces similar rules for similar services;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that Member States are not taking sufficient advantage of the opportunities offered by digitisation to facilitate the direct purchase of sovereign public debt by small savers and investors;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Welcomes the adoption of the review of the payment services directive; stresses that if the Union is to enhance EU wide e- commerce, pan-EU instant e-/m-payments under a common standard and the appropriate implementation of the review of the payment services directive must be achieved without delay,

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that in spite of the high unemployment rates in the EU, many jobs remain vacant owing to the shortage of matching skills; notes that if the economic opportunities offered by the DSM are to be exploited, it is essential to pursue employment and education policies designed to improve Europeans’ digital skills; calls on the Commission to draw up programmes to help achieve those aims;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Urges the Member States accordingly to consider the establishment of a pan- European digital platform for the direct online sale of sovereign debt securities;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Considers that pan-European e-/m- payment systems ("e-SEPA") spur crossborder e-commerce through more efficient and faster retail payments. Notes that valuable lessons can be taken from experiences such as Faster Payments or PayM.

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that sustainable economic growth in Europe can ~~only~~in particular be achieved through productivity gains and developing sectors characterised by high added value; encourages in this sense all the efforts made by the Commission in supporting the transition towards a digital economy; stresses the need to establish global links.

Amendment 30 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Philippe JUVIN, Dariusz ROSATI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that, for the digital economy to flourish, access to capital for ~~both new and existing~~SMEs and micro enterprises must be improved~~; welcomes the work of the Commission on the Capital Markets Union; encourages further legislative harmonisation in area~~ and the emergence of start-ups must also be encouraged; notes that, to that end, the development of innovative financing channels such as crowd- funding and ~~digital currencies~~peer- to-peer lending needs to be supported and encouraged;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
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 harmonisation~~a key pillar of the Investment Plan, aiming to tackle investment shortages head-on by in acreas ~~such as crowd-funding and digital currencies~~ing and diversifying the alternative funding sources for Europe's businesses and long-term projects including capital markets, venture capital and crowd- funding;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
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 harmon~~consultation 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 33 #

Draft opinion
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 harmonisation in areas~~ and the Investment plan for Europe; encourages further legislative improvements supporting better financing of the economy such as crowd-funding, private investment and digital currencies;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
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 harmonisation in areas such as crowd-funding and digital currencies; underlines further the need to stimulate the venture capital regime in the EU.

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that, for the digital economy to flourish, access to capital for both new and existing enterprises must be improved; in this respect involvement of financial instruments, such as venture capital for best projects is crucial; welcomes the work of the Commission on the Capital Markets Union; encourages further legislative harmonisation in areas such as crowd-funding and digital currencies;

Amendment 36 #

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that, for the digital economy to flourish, access to capital for both new and existing enterprises must be improved and the administrative burden reduced; welcomes the work of the Commission on the Capital Markets Union; encourages further legislative harmonisation in areas such as crowd-funding and digital currencies;

Amendment 37 #

Olle LUDVIGSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that an efficient and customer-friendly payment system is a crucial underpinning of the Digital Single Market; welcomes the progress that has in recent years been made in enabling access, enhancing competition, improving security and facilitating cross-border activities in the payment services market (for example through SEPA, the new payment accounts directive, the new regulation on interchange fees and the revised payment services directive); underlines that additional measures should be considered in the coming years in order to keep up with innovative developments and to pave the way for further cross-border integration;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal, in accordance with the commitments given and as soon as possible, to reduce rates of VAT for the press, digital publishing, books and on- line publications;

Amendment 39 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Philippe JUVIN, Dariusz ROSATI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the digital single market and the single capital market complement each other strongly;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that sustainable economic growth in Europe can only be achieved through productivity gains and developing sectors characterised by high added value; encourages in this sense all the efforts made by the Commission in supporting the transition towards a digital economy; considers it essential to remedy the current fragmentation of national rules on digital services and to build a more innovative and transparent Digital Single Market based on fair competition and providing a high level of consumer protection; calls on the Commission to comply with the planned schedule aimed at achieving a true Digital Single Market, in order to contribute to the EU's economic growth and improve its competitiveness;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
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 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that cybersecurity is central to the establishment of the digital single market, especially in the banking and financial sector, payment systems, and e- commerce, and therefore calls on the Commission to monitor threats, first and foremost computerised fraud and cyber- attacks, strengthen prevention measures, lay down a framework making for a Europe-wide coordinated response to cybercrime, and devise Europe-wide awareness campaigns to alert EU citizens to the threats to cybersecurity;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
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 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that it is essential to have simple, efficient, and safe payment systems to enable the digital single market to develop and grow; welcomes the advances in terms of EU legislation on payment systems; and calls on the Commission to take these developments into account when implementing its DSM strategy;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Considers that digital technologies will open up access to credit to many who have traditionally been excluded from the banking and financial system, thus promoting social and economic development; calls on the Commission to devise an inclusion strategy enabling weaker population groups to gain access to the digital single market and hence to new financial and banking services;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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;deleted

Amendment 46 #

Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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;deleted

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~a cross-bord~~digitalisation of cer taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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 sectorsin aspects in the field of taxation across the EU could help to counter tax avoidance practices by capturing tax-related data in more efficient manner while also abiding the principle of subsidiarity and data privacy; stresses the fact that on 26th of June, 2017 an EU wide register for beneficial ownership has to be operational, aiding in tracking down possible tax avoidance and profit shifting; emphasises the significance of digitalisation in the process of setting up the register of beneficial ownership;

Amendment 48 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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;the increasing use of digitalisation across the European Union will facilitate the more efficient and timely capture of tax-related data and information; encourages the Commission to promote the digital economy which will also provide greater transparency over tax-related data and information so as to prevent the tax avoidance practices used by several digital platforms.

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a coordination of cross- border tax~~ation~~ systems, while respecting the fact that tax-related issues are fully national competences, is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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;; encourages the Commission to promote the digital economy which will provide greater transparency over tax-related information in order to prevent tax avoidance practices.

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that sustainable economic growth in Europe can only be achieved through ~~productivity gains and~~higher levels of productivity and innovation, developing sectors characterised by high added value; encourages in this sense all the efforts made by the Commission in supporting the transition towards a digital economy;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that, a ~~cross-border taxation system is needed~~s such fields of policy as the digital internal market are regulated supranationally, there is also a need for greater cooperation among Member States and coordination of tax policies to create a true European Single Market and to prevent the tax avoidance practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission ~~to support extending~~, after a careful ex-ante assessment, to consider whether the public country-by- country reporting regime on taxes for multinational companies ~~to all sector~~should be extended to all sectors, without imposing additional notification requirements on SMEs and mid-cap undertakings;

Amendment 51 #

Nils TORVALDS, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to ~~create a true European Single Market and to~~ prevent the tax avoidance and evasion practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to do more to support extending the obligation of public country-by- country ~~reporting regime on taxes~~accounting and tax data reporting for multinational companies to apply to all sectors;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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 53 #

Anneliese DODDS, Catherine STIHLER, Richard CORBETT, Neena GILL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~a cross-border~~coordinating taxation system ~~is needed to~~across 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 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a truly pan-European approach to cross-border taxation ~~system~~issues is needed to create a true European Single Market and to prevent the ~~tax avoidance~~aggressive tax planning practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to ~~support extending th~~make public country-by- country reporting ~~regime on taxes~~mandatory and public for multinational companies toin all sectors;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and to prevent the tax avoidance practices ~~used by several~~that can be used by digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to ~~support~~consider extending the public country-by- country reporting regime on taxes for multinational companies to ~~all~~other sectors where deemed necessary and appropriate;

Amendment 56 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Michał BONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~a cross-border taxation system is nee~~the pan-European problem of tax avoidance and tax evasion needs to be tackled in ordedr to create a true European Single Market and 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 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a ~~cross-border taxation system is needed to create~~harmonisation of taxation levels could enhance the creation of a true European Single Market and 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 58 #

Petr JEŽEK, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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 as well as a CCCTB;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and to prevent the tax avoidance practices used by several digital platforms, as highlighted by recent inquiries; calls on the Commission to provide a clear definition of R&D investments and of permanent establishment in order to restore the link between taxation and economic substance, thus taking into account the specificities of the digital economy; calls on the Commission to support extending the public country-by- country reporting regime on taxes for multinational companies to all sectors; asks the Commission to take into account the result of its consultation conducted on this subject and, at a minimum, the OECD anti BEPS project latest recommendations on CBCR when drafting its proposal;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the fact that functioning of digital economy with maximum benefits and high added value for the consumers and the businesses across the EU can be achieved only if current legal fragmentation is overcome; emphasizes that current differences in rules, such as VAT rules applicable to the sale of goods and services, in the EU hamper cross- border sales, therefore, reducing the potential economic growth and competitiveness, which could be reached if the EU would not have barriers that exist today;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that a cross-border taxation system is needed to create a true European Single Market and 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; Calls for the same exemptions that are applied to offline trade to be applied in the online environment, for example by extending exemptions from VAT for hardcopy books to electronic books;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to establish appropriate reference points for taxation of digital content and services; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for amending the VAT Directive in order to ensure that goods are treated equally, irrespective of whether they are in physical or digital form;

Amendment 62 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Philippe JUVIN, Dariusz ROSATI

Draft opinion
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 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reiterates the need for renewed efforts to combat fraud and tax avoidance and evasion, and therefore calls for more emphasis to be placed on good tax governance in the Single market; reminds that savings of EUR 9 billion per year could be generated through measures such as the standardisation of electronic invoices and coordination of cross-border tax systems; stresses therefore the need to strengthen and improve tax coordination, with due respect for national competences, so as to prevent unfair competition and market distortions and ensure equal opportunities in the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines the need to foster innovation and to promote a level playing field with respect to the same operational, security and capital requirements for all financial operators in the digital economy;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points to the taxation problems in particular small and medium enterprises face when operating across borders. In light of this, calls on the Commission to explore options to tackle these obstacles SMEs are being confronted with;

Amendment 66 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Alain CADEC, Antonio TAJANI, Alain LAMASSOURE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Invites the EC to bring forward a legislative proposal to adjust the definition of "permanent establishment" so that companies cannot artificially avoid having a taxable presence in Member States in which they have economic activity. In particular, this definition should address situations in which companies engaging in fully dematerialised digital activities, are considered to have a permanent establishment in a Member State if they maintain a significant digital presence in the economy of that Country;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that the existing tax framework cannot continue to be applied given the specificities of the digital economy, and therefore calls on the Member States to come up with a new taxation policy suitable for the digital economy; emphasises that, with a view to ensuring fair competition and boosting EU citizens’ confidence in the fairness of tax systems, a European strategy for adapting existing tax arrangements to make them applicable to digital companies is urgently needed;

Amendment 68 #

Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that, to move towards a true digital single market, it is necessary to create a suitable tax framework to achieve VAT harmonisation in the digital sector, also ensuring fiscal equilibrium with a view to preventing fiscal relocation in the European Union as being discussed within the OECD;

Amendment 69 #

Philippe DE BACKER, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers as a priority the development of a simplified online VAT system to reduce compliance costs for small and innovative companies operating across Europe; Calls in addition on the Commission to facilitate exchange of best practices between tax authorities and stakeholders to develop appropriate solutions for payments of taxes in the sharing economy.

Amendment 7 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB, Philippe JUVIN, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that the positive impacts of the digitalisation of the financial services in terms of cost effectiveness and improved "tailor-made" services for customers have the potential to provide friendly financial products and services that simplify consumer's experience.

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses that dismantling barriers to the cross-border development of e- commerce is of the utmost importance due to the fact that cross-border parcel delivery and VAT rules applicable to the sale of goods and services – which, due to their fragmentation and a lack of transparency, hamper cross-border e- commerce; believes that the interoperability of systems, and the use of common standards are needed to ensure in order to build a truly inclusive Digital Single Market;

Amendment 71 #

Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to put emphasis on reducing VAT-related burdens. In this regard, appreciates the work of the OECD and their international VAT/GST guidelines, recommending tax for online transactions to be collected in the consumer's home country;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to submit legislation regarding cross-border contracts encouraging measures to lighten administrative burdens and overcome obstacles in the way of businesses and consumers conducting market transactions, especially those resulting from the existence of different VAT systems, in a bid to achieve a genuine digital single market;

Amendment 73 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Dariusz ROSATI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Underlines that there is a need for EU Single Market rules to be workable for the digital era, and that this entails implementation of Single Market rules for online payments, development of safe e- solutions Europe-wide (e.g. e-invoicing and digital signature), and clarifying VAT requirements where appropriate, in order to generate trust in e-commerce, improve the quality of information provided to European consumers about their rights, and ensure that the same level of protection is available to consumers online as that which they are used to in their traditional markets;

Amendment 74 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Stresses the importance of electronic identification and trust services for increasing the volume and quality of electronic trade with a view to growth; recalls, therefore, on the Member States to take all necessary measures to implement the Regulation (EU) N° 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market by 1 July 2016;

Amendment 75 #

Jill SEYMOUR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 76 #

Nils TORVALDS, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 77 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Philippe JUVIN, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Supports the Commission’'s decision to ~~review internet platforms~~launch a public debate with two consultations on geo-blocking and on platforms, online intermediaries, data, cloud computing and the collaborative economy; encourages the Commission to create a ~~legislativ~~n appropriate framework ensuring the development of innovative ideas~~, protection of work standards and compliance with existing fiscal rules~~ and creating the right conditions and a level playing field for digital networks and innovative services to flourish; and maximise the growth potential of the digital economy;

Amendment 78 #

Philippe JUVIN, Alain CADEC, Antonio TAJANI, Alain LAMASSOURE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Supports the Commission’s decision to review internet platforms; and encourages it~~he Commission~~ to create a suitable legislative and tax framework ~~ensuring the development of innovative ideas, protection of work standards and compliance with ex~~for these new business models, setting out in particular a new concept of territoriality in order to prevent unfair competition and tax optimisation~~g fiscal rules~~;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
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 rulesWelcomes the consultation initiated by the Commission on the role of platforms in the digital economy; encourages the Commission first to assess thoroughly whether further regulation is needed in order to ensure fair competitive conditions for all market operators, the development of innovative ideas, protection of work standards and compliance with existing fiscal rules; stresses that a definition of the platform concept is needed in order to have a clear point of departure for a review under competition law;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that, when measures are proposed in the context of the DSM, care must always be taken to ensure that people who cannot or do not wish to use digital goods and services are not unreasonably disadvantaged in terms of economic or social participation;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Supports the Commission’s decision to review internet platforms; encourages the Commission to ~~create a~~make sure that the legislative framework ensur~~ing~~es the development of innovative ideas, protection of work standards and compliance with existing fiscal rules;

Amendment 81 #

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Draft opinion
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~~research and innovation, protection of work standards and compliance with existing fiscal rules;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Supports the Commission’s decision to review internet platforms; encourages the Commission to create a legislative framework specifying the exact role of intermediaries, ensuring the development of innovative ideas, protection of work standards and compliance with existing fiscal rules;

Amendment 86 #

Anneliese DODDS, Catherine STIHLER, Richard CORBETT, Neena GILL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Regrets the long duration of the investigations into Google's practices and the fact that these investigations have already dragged on for several years without any final results; welcomes, therefore, the Statement of Objections sent by the Commission to Google on comparison shopping service; calls on the Commission to continue to examine determinedly all concerns identified in its investigations, including all other areas of vertical search, as it is ultimately part of ensuring a level playing field for all market players in the digital market;

Amendment 9 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Andreas SCHWAB

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Highlights the importance of the Digital Single Market for the European economy; recalls that according to estimates from the EC the development of the DSM could contribute € 415billion a year to the European economy and create 3.8 million new jobs. Underlines that not only is the digital sector growing at sustained rates, but that digital technologies offer new possibilities also in traditional sectors of the European economy;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to put an end to unjustified geo-blocking practices that reduce consumer choice; finds it essential to ensure the appropriate implementation of Article 20.2 of the Services Directive, which forbids discrimination in the provision of services on the basis of nationality and/or place of residence, and Article 8 (3) of the Consumer Rights Directive, which requires trading websites to indicate at the latest at the beginning of the ordering process whether any deliver restrictions apply and which means of payment are accepted.;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges the Commission to help Member States make the necessary public investment in research and development in order to promote digitisation of the economy and, to that end, to allow them to exclude such investment from the calculation of budgetary parameters for the purposes of the European Semester;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that access to certain web content from a number of Member States is being denied; urges the Commission to take steps to eliminate this inadmissible practice;

Amendment 93 #

Elisa FERREIRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to assess the levels of transparency, use of information and abusive use of personal data on online platforms, and to propose adequate regulation if needed;

Amendment 94 #

Anneliese DODDS, Catherine STIHLER, Richard CORBETT, Neena GILL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that given the borderless nature of the digital environment there is a need to ensure coherence and coordination between regulators, law enforcement agencies and the judicial system; within the EU, but also globally;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to immediately suspend the new rules on place of supply for VAT on digital services for the first €20,000 of cross-border digital sales and allow businesses to return to being subject to their domestic VAT rules for that revenue; calls for this suspension to apply for as long as it takes the Commission to introduce the common EU-wide Digital VAT threshold which was promised in the Digital Single Market Strategy, and again at the FISCALIS conference in September 2015;

Amendment 96 #

Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Philippe DE BACKER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that digital payment services are crucial to the economy; calls on the Commission to remove any barriers to paying online in the Union and to ensure that all commercial EU websites that accept payment services such as online banking and credit cards do not discriminate on the basis of the Member State of registration of these payment services;

Amendment 97 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level of competition and plurality of service providers~~, and underlines that the presence of~~; observes that certain features of the digital economy, such as network effects, can allows for ~~the creation of semi-monopolistic~~, and consolidate, dominant positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a sufficient level of competition and plurality of service providers, and underlines that the presence of network effects allows for the creation of ~~semi-~~potentially monopolistic positions; supports the Commission’'s efforts in preventing ~~and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players,~~market abuses and upholding consumers' interests; according to the Commission’'s competition standards~~, are dominant~~; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.;

Amendment 99 #

Nils TORVALDS, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the development of a European digital economy requires a ~~sufficient level of~~European framework which fosters competition and plurality of service providers, and underlines that the presence of network effects ~~allows for the creation of semi-monopolistic~~can lead to abuses of a dominant positions; supports the Commission’s efforts in preventing and punishing abuses; encourages the Commission to remove barriers to entry ~~in the field of digital economy in sectors where few players, according to the Commission’s competition standards, are dominant~~; supports actions for stronger interoperability and portability across all digital sectors as a further way of opening the market to competition.

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2015/10/20 LIBE 110 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for compliance with data protection legislation of all initiatives developed under the Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the fact that respect for fundamental rights and data protection are key elements in building citizens’ trust and security, which are necessary for a balanced approach allowing the development of the economy and should thus be considered as creating opportunities and a competitive advantage; right to privacy needs to be explicitly mentioned to be protected, according to the role and the objectives of the EDPS (European Data Protection Supervisor), that should be more involved in this regard;

Amendment 10 #

Emilian PAVEL, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recalls the importance of jointly adopting data protection regulation and directive in order to protect and empower citizens, while taking into account its economic impact, especially for SMEs and start-ups;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Reminds that under the Horizon 2020 programme, the EU is supporting research into innovation in applying ICTs to public sector services and that one of the initial research calls is 'Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens' (SC7), that will look at managing personal data and preserving privacy in an open government context; highlights the importance of communicating the result of this research and the implications to e- government systems;

Amendment 101 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for steps to be taken to ensure high standards of data protection providing for a level essentially equivalent to European data protection legislation when pursuing cooperation with ~~the~~ third countries within the Digital Single Market Strategy.

Amendment 102 #

Michał BONI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Axel VOSS, Carlos COELHO, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Barbara MATERA, Heinz K. BECKER, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for steps to be taken to ensure high standards of data protection when pursuing cooperation with the third countries within the Digital Single Market Strategy; calls on the Commission to swiftly ensure a coherent and permanent framework for safe international transfer of data as it is necessary for legal certainty, as well as to unlock the full potential of the Digital Single Market, while at the same time guaranteeing a high level of protection of personal data for EU citizens, and which could be a good reference point for future global solutions.

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for ~~steps to be taken to ensure high~~ensuring that EU standards ofn data protection are fully respected when pursuing cooperation with the third countries within the Digital Single Market Strategy. In particular, recalls that personal data of European citizens must be processed in Europe and that transfer of such data to third countries constitute exceptions to this principle and must meet a number of conditions.

Amendment 104 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point a (new)

(a) urges the EU, the Member States and their international partners to work together and to restore legal certainty on data transfer rules within and outside the European Union while fostering a high standard of data protection for European citizens;

Amendment 105 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point b (new)

(b) calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a new framework for transfers of personal data from the EU to the US which meets Union law data protection requirements and provides for the required high level of protection, as defined in the judgement of the European Court of Justice in the case C-362/14 (Schrems);

Amendment 106 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Welcomes in its ruling of 6 October 2015 the Court of Justice declaring invalid the Commission Adequacy Decision 2000/520 on the US Safe Harbour which has confirmed the long standing position of the Parliament regarding the lack of adequate level of protection of this instrument; calls on the Commission, taking into account any indiscriminate mass surveillance activities, to immediately take the necessary measures to ensure that all personal data transferred to the US is subject to an effective level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the European Union.

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Welcomes the ruling of the ECJ of 6 October 2015 in its case C-362/14 where the court has invalidated the Safe Harbour decision;

Amendment 108 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Recognises the global nature of the data economy; recalls that the creation of a Digital Single Market is incumbent upon the free flow of data within and outside the European Union; therefore underlines the necessity for sound legal safeguards for the transfer of personal data to third countries in compliance to the EU Acquis;

Amendment 109 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Considers that free flow of data is essential for the development of the digital single market and it concerns all aspects of citizens' lives. Calls therefore on the Commission and on the Member States to work on alternatives to the Safe Harbour agreement in order to ensure legal certainty for consumers and business;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Is of the opinion that personal data cannot solely be reduced to a monetised commodity;

Amendment 110 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Urges a major overhaul of government surveillance practices and reminds that law enforcement authorities currently have the necessary tools to access to data, such as Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) that respect the rule of law and decrease the risk that governments will act improperly when attempting to access to data that is stored in foreign territory.

Amendment 12 #

Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to tackle illegal content on the internet that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information and with the principle of due process; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, to consider the role of intermediaries, and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 14 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to tackle illegal content on the internet that will be proportional and in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, to consider the role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to tackle illegal content on the internet that will be in compliance with the rule of law and fundamental rights, in particular the right to freedom of expression and information, and the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, ~~to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, to consider the role of intermediaries~~ and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 16 #

Ignazio CORRAO, Laura FERRARA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. CRecalls ~~for~~that any measures to tackle illegal content on the internet tsha~~t will be in~~ll fully compl~~iance~~y with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that~~, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools,~~ appropriate standards and protocols are provided to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, ~~to consider the role of intermediaries~~ and to promote education and awareness- raising campaigns;

Amendment 17 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to tackle illegal content and materials on the internet, that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, torespect the fundamental rights and freedoms set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information, the right to protection of personal data, and the freedom to conduct a business, the rule of law and due legal process; considers th~~e role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;~~at, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to:

Amendment 18 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the establishment of an appropriate legal framework of measures to tackle illegal content on the internet that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support ~~public- private partnerships and cooperation~~and strengthen cooperation and dialogue between public and private entities, to consider the role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 19 #

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to tackle illegal content on the internet that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, to consider the role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns; stresses the need for special measures to combat the sexual exploitation of children online and for steps to be taken to ensure that any illicit content is promptly removed and reported to law enforcement authorities;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 20 #

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls ~~for measur~~on the European Commission to advance policies and legislative initiatives to tackle cybercrime, illegal content on the internet and other advanced threats to the safety and security of Europe's digital economy and society that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate and efficient law enforcement tools for the European and national police agencies and law enforcement authorities, to support public- private partnerships ~~and~~, to further enhance international cooperation, to consider the role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 21 #

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for measures to tackle illegal content on the internet with special regard to hate speech that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support public- private partnerships and cooperation, to consider the role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 22 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Jutta STEINRUCK, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)

(a) provide clear guidelines with regards to which online content is illegal, including a definition of hate speech;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Welcomes the creation within Europol of the European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) in charge of identifying and referring relevant online content towards concerned internet service providers and supporting Member States with operational and strategic analysis. Encourage national referral units and internet service providers to cooperate closely with Europol in the fight against illegal content on the Internet.

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point b (new)

(b) support public-private partnerships and cooperation within the framework of due legal process;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point c (new)

(c) clarify the role of intermediaries and online platforms with respect to the right to freedom of expression and information, the right to intellectual property, the right to protection of personal data, and the freedom to conduct a business as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and in conformity with the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union;

Amendment 26 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point d (new)

(d) collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including NGOs, private sector, the civil society, in promoting education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 27 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Reiterates the importance of the EU agencies in this regard, such as Europol;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Urges the Commission and Member States not to undermine the rule of law, legal certainty, and freedom of expression by encouraging or coercing intermediaries to interfere arbitrarily with online communications for public policy goals;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Asks the Commission to specifically clarify the role of intermediaries in balancing rights and obligations under the European Charter of Fundamental Rights in the digital environment when those access providers monitor or filter content;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for compliance with data protection legislation of all initiatives developed under the Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the fact that respect for fundamental rights and data protection are key elements in building citizens’ trust and security, which are necessary for a balanced approach allowing the development of the economy and should thus be considered as creating opportunities and a competitive advantage; emphasises further that data protection in essence means control over personal data;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that cybercrime often includes child labour and abuse and has become one of the main facilitators and financers of terrorism and organised crime;

Amendment 31 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Highlights that measures limiting fundamental rights on the internet need to be necessary and proportionate, in line with Union and Member State legislation; recalls that illegal online content should be removed on the basis of due legal process;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Stresses that the removal of websites and the deletion of content on the internet should be based on judicial authorisation;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Calls for an update on the status of the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, following the understanding reached between the Council and the European Parliament on 29 June 2015;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Recalls that, in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC), "where an information society service is provided that consists of the transmission in a communication network of information provided by a recipient of the service, or the provision of access to a communication network, Member States shall ensure that the service provider is not liable for the information transmitted, on condition that the provider does not initiate the transmission, does not select the receiver of the transmission, and does not select or modify the information contained in the transmission";

Amendment 35 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls that encryption is an important method that helps to secure communications and the people using them. Urges the EU to counter the criminalisation of the use of encryption, anti-censorship and privacy tools, by refusing to limit the use of encryption within the EU;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Considers that the mass surveillance of electronic communications by intelligence agencies both in Europe and the U.S. has severely damaged citizens' trust in the safety and security of digital services;

Amendment 37 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2 d. Underlines that the unrestricted possibility for citizens to use strong encryption in electronic communications is indispensable for the right to privacy.

Amendment 38 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data; recalls in this regard the need for requirements for companies to ensure basic levels of security such as the routine encryption of data and regular updating of software;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks ~~and acts of cybercrime~~ calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of ~~cyber~~security of IT systems; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure~~, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline~~; believes that this requires a ban on backdoors in software and to ostracise the use of zero day exploits and to promote the widespread deployment of encryption and independent auditing; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for compliance with data protection legislation of all initiatives developed under the Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the fact that respect for fundamental rights ~~and data protection ar~~, including, in particular privacy and the protection of personal data are among the key elements in building citizens’ trust and security, which are necessary for a balanced approach allowing the development of the economy and should thus be considered as creating opportunities and a competitive advantage;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of c~~ybercrime~~rime in an online environment calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of ~~cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting~~ networks and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal datainformation security;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; welcomes the establishment of a European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) within Europol which is the focal point in the EU's fight against cybercrime, contributing to faster reactions in the event of cyber attacks; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data; urges the Commission to present a legislative proposal in order to reinforce the mandate of the European Cybercrime Centre notably by facilitating the exchanges between Europol and private companies;

Amendment 43 #

Carlos COELHO, Michał BONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline while protecting networks and critical infrastructure and fighting criminality; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity, namely through the adoption of the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive1 a; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure (which requires stronger cooperation with national authorities and EU agencies), the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined and articulated with the right to privacy, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data; __________________ 1aCOM(2013)048 final - Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union

Amendment 45 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet ~~means~~entails the protectingon of networks and critical infrastructures, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, the illicit online trade and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data; underlines that fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law needs to be protected in cyberspace;

Amendment 46 #

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a ~~harm~~robust responise~~d EU response~~ from EU member states with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data;

Amendment 47 #

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure, to strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to efficiently fight criminality online and offline, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the targeted use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data and is therefore a necessary basis in order to establish a competitive digital single market;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks, information, and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, and limiting the use of data to what is strictly necessary to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data;

Amendment 49 #

Michał BONI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Axel VOSS, Carlos COELHO, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Barbara MATERA, Heinz K. BECKER, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Considers that the data protection rules and standards should be harmonised and comprehensive for all sectors and to this end, calls for swift revision and alignment of the ePrivacy Directive to the General Data Protection Regulation;

Amendment 5 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Jutta STEINRUCK, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for compliance with ~~data protection legislation~~all legislation pertaining to fundamental rights of all initiatives developed under the Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the fact that respect for fundamental rights ~~and~~such as data protection and privacy are key elements in building citizens’' trust and security, which are necessary for a balanced approach allowing the development of the economy and should thus be considered as creating opportunities and a competitive advantage;

Amendment 50 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL, Miriam DALLI, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Highlights that cybersecurity measures that involve the handling of personal data, need to respect the protection of EU civil liberties and fundamental rights, ensuring the utmost respect for privacy and data protection;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Reiterates that, in accordance with Article 15(1) of Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC), Member States shall not impose a general obligation on providers of transmission, storage and hosting services to monitor the information which they transmit or store, nor a general obligation actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity; reiterates in particular that the Court of Justice of the European Union, in its Judgments C-360/10 and C-70/10, rejected measures for the 'active monitoring' of almost all users of the services concerned (internet access providers in one case, a social network in the other) and specified that any injunction requiring a hosting services provider to undertake general monitoring shall be precluded;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Considers that children are vulnerable consumers and calls therefore on the industry and relevant stakeholders to take their shared responsibility to refrain from misleading and aggressive advertising online towards children. Recalls that information provided to children in order to give their consent for the processing of their data online should be easy to understand and child friendly and that profiling on children should be prohibited;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Stresses that commercial software and hardware producers shall be held responsible despite non liability clauses in users' agreement in case of gross negligence regarding safety and security;

Amendment 54 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Points out that the trust of citizens in digital services which is a precondition of the successful development of the digital single market can be seriously undermined by government activities of mass surveillance and unwarranted access to commercial and other personal data by law enforcement authorities; underlines the necessity for the strict compliance with fundamental rights when using commercial data for law enforcement purposes;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Warns for the obvious downward spiral for the fundamental right to privacy and personal data protection when every bit of information on human behaviour is considered to be potentially useful in combatting future criminal acts, necessarily resulting in a mass surveillance culture where every citizen is treated as a potential suspect and leading to corrosion of societal coherence and trust;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Welcomes the European Commission's initiative to establish a Public-Private Partnership on cybersecurity, a strong collaboration between the public and private sector can enhance cyber resilience and can better combat cybercrime; strongly suggests good case practices sharing from Member States that already set up effective public- private partnerships;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to actively contribute to reach an ambitious agreement for the final adoption of the Directive on the Network Information Security with a view to adopt a new consistent regulatory framework to secure strategic and operational cyber security both at EU and national levels while ensuring data protection for businesses, public administration and citizens;

Amendment 58 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Regrets the closing of the European Public-Private Partnership for Resilience (EP3R), aimed at enhancing the preparedness and response to infrastructure disasters or failures by coordinating the efforts among telecom operators, after only 4 years of existence and practically 3 years of operations; requests an evaluation of this partnership as it was the first attempt at Pan- European level to use a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), to address cross- border security and resilience concerns in the telecom sector, as the learnings can be used for further PPPs;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3 e. Regrets the delay in the transposition of Directive 2013/40/EU of 12 August 2013 on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA, aimed at fighting against illegal access to information systems, illegal interference with systems or data, and illegal interception of data transmissions, also aimed at improving operational cooperation between Member States' national law enforcement services and relevant EU agencies (Eurojust, Europol, EC3 and ENISA); the deadline for its transposition was set on 4 September 2015, but to date, only 10 out of the 28 MS have confirmed they have fully transposed the Directive into their national legislation and two countries have reported partial transposition of the directive;

Amendment 6 #

Emil RADEV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for compliance with data protection legislation of all initiatives developed under the Digital Single Market Strategy; underlines the fact that respect for fundamental rights and data protection are key elements in building citizens’ trust and security, which are necessary for a balanced approach allowing the development of the economy and should thus be considered as creating opportunities and a competitive advantage; to this end, stresses the need for cooperation between technologies, business and public authorities to ensure compliance with the applicable EU legislation;

Amendment 60 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3 f. Highlights the urgent need for a legal basis for the activities of the Internet Referral Unit launched within Europol to ensure that its activities are within the mandate of Europol, as described in the Treaties, that they respect fundamental rights, namely the freedom of expression, protection of personal data and privacy, and that they do not contradict the principles of due legal process of the Member States; requests the Commission to draft a legislative proposal to this end as soon as possible;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector; requires for an easier access to data registration systems by citizens, in order to permit them to be more confident with such useful instruments; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data-sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk- based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEs;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that effective data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust for citizens and consumers in the data-driven economy sector; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data-sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEs;

Amendment 63 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector; ~~stresses the need to raise awareness~~calls for R&D to include research ofn the ~~role of data and data- sharing~~ consequences of using big data in certain ways, including the ~~econom~~risk of drawing wrong conclusions based on merely rand ~~to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of person~~om correlations, and also to address the ethical and moral questions, such as statistics-based "normaliszation" of scer~~vices and products that should be developed as a balanced solu~~tain behaviours and the impact on individual freedoms; calls on the Commission to review the EU's regulatory framework on consumer protection, in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEsparticular the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, in light of the risks of fraudulent or discriminatory behaviour linked to the use of big data, in particular regarding the personalised tracking, targeting and pricing;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that ~~data protection safeguards and~~compliance with data protection legislation and the use of state of the art IT security are crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector; stresses th~~e need to raise awareness of the role of data and data- sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules~~at the essence of data protection is control over personal data and that the generation of new personal data through profiling is one of the biggest challenges for privacy and trust in the digital economy; underlines th~~e role of~~at personalisation of services and products ~~that~~ should be developed ~~as a balanced solution~~ in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a ~~risk-based approach in d~~dopting the General Data pProtection lRegisulation~~, especially for SME~~ by the end of 2015, both in the interest of data subjects and businesses;

Amendment 65 #

Carlos COELHO, Michał BONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 66 #

Michał BONI, Monika HOHLMEIER, Axel VOSS, Carlos COELHO, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Barbara MATERA, Heinz K. BECKER, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data-sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEs; recognises that putting in place additional safeguards, such as pseudonymisation or anonymisation can help reduce risks and create support for processing when personal data are used by big data applications and online service providers;

Amendment 67 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Jutta STEINRUCK, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that~~Believes that balancing fundamental rights, data protection safeguards and security ~~are~~is crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data ~~and~~, data-sharing and data aggregation in the economy and to ~~clarify~~define data ownership rules, best practices, and voluntary standards; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotection of privacy by default ~~and by design~~; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEs, as well as a democratic oversight and constant monitoring by public authorities;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~big data, cloud services~~technological innovations like big data analytics, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, as well as research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that ~~data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust in~~ the data~~-driven~~ economy sector; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data- sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEshould be built with the citizen at the centre and in control of personal data;

Amendment 69 #

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data-sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, ~~especially for SMEs~~which avoids unnecessary bureaucracy, especially for SMEs, provides legal clarity across the EU; stresses the need to establish a culture of data protection and privacy by design which accommodates the need to allow for innovation, economic growth and creativity to flourish without excessive regulation and bureaucracy;

Amendment 7 #

Monika HOHLMEIER, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for compliance with data protection legislation of all initiatives developed under the Digital Single Market Strategy while recognizing its added value to the economy of the EU; underlines the fact that respect for ~~fundamental rights~~privacy and data protection are key elements in building citizens’' trust and security, which are necessary for a balanced approach allowing the development of the ~~economy~~data driven economy to embrace the potential of the digital sector and should thus be considered as creating opportunities and a competitive advantage;

Amendment 70 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point a (new)

(a) considers that the security and data protection safeguards are crucial for building trust in the data-driven economy sector and information should be protected both in flow and at rest;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point b (new)

(b) stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data-sharing in the economy and, through the 'free flow of data' initiative, to clarify the rules on the use, access to and control over data;

Amendment 72 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Miriam DALLI, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point c (new)

(c) underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d (new)

(d) calls for the adoption of privacy by default and by design;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point e (new)

(e) requires the clarification of the meaning of 'personal data' in the big data environment;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data-sharing in the economy and urges the Commission to clarify data ownership rules; emphasises that ownership rules do not apply to personal data; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements leaving the sovereignty of decision making on personal data to the concerned individual, the execution of a contract or the provision of a service shall not be made conditional on the consent to the processing of data that is not necessary for the execution of the contract or the provision of the service;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Urges the Commission to also consider that secondary uses of personal data and thus the generation of new personal data through profiling increases the ability of governments and for profit owners of big data to influence citizens' identities and therefore poses the biggest challenge for privacy and trust in the digital economy;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls for a global coherent approach by regulators to the Digital world; (Justification: There are several regulators in the digital world, whose actions can influence one another. Their action can be more effective and beneficial, for both consumers and economic operators, if taking more into account each other roles.)

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses that new technologies offer large possibilities for profiling and data mining, which could lead to discrimination on grounds of religion, gender, ethnic origins or other grounds, in a private/business context but also in the context of law enforcement; welcomes a proactive approach and a readiness to remedy any unintended discrimination or inequality;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls on the Commission to protect citizens' identity and control over their data in a data driven economy where consumers' habits can generate detailed histories of every single interaction and data analytics are able to shape consumers' identity by personalising every step of the interaction;

Amendment 8 #

Emilian PAVEL, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses the need for an effective partnership approach and information exchange between law enforcement agencies, judicial authorities, the ICT industry, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the banking sector and non- governmental organisations to ensure the rights and the protection of children on internet considered as vulnerable person in law;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Stresses that the principals of 'data minimisation', 'purpose specification', 'limitation', as well as transparency and consent are fully compatible with a big data, cloud computing and IoT environments and they should be fully implemented;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Subheading 4.1 a (new)

4.1 a. Calls for the promotion of privacy and data protection by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation taking into account the nature scope, context and purpose of the processing, including small and micro enterprises;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Encourages privacy-conscious engineering that implies the design and implementation of algorithms that conceal identities and aggregate data in order to respect the dignity and rights of the individual at the same time as harnessing the full potential of big data;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Subheading 4.1 b (new)

4.1 b. Stresses that personal data needs special protection, as enshrined in Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and that the digital single market can and should to a huge extent be based on anonymous or anonymized data;

Amendment 84 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Underlines the vital importance of the right to data portability in guaranteeing people the full ownership and choice concerning their personal data and its use; calls for the further development in interoperability of commonly used data formats to allow the further use of such personal data without hindrance, further to the specification of the data subject;

Amendment 85 #

Emilian PAVEL, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Acknowledges the economic potential of computing innovations such as telematics and ambient intelligence; urges full compliance with privacy, data protection legislation and safeguards, including in particular the purpose limitation requirement, as possible intrusiveness of embedded devices includes function creep and processing of data the data subject is not aware of, or data processing for new purposes; insists that added value services shall be activated on a voluntary basis, and the information given to the data subject will enable him to give his unambiguous consent to the processing or simply refuse it; calls for telematics and ambient intelligence systems to make use of privacy enhancing technologies, as well as to adopt safeguards to prevent surveillance and misuse of the data;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that any processing of personal data through solutions based on interoperability, i.e. operated by the ISA² programme, must comply with the requirements of EU data protection laws; ~~calls for common standards to be developed for the data-driven economy, which should include security, respect for privacy and data protection;~~

Amendment 87 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that any processing of personal data through solutions based on interoperability, i.e. operated by the ISA² programme, must comply with the requirements of EU data protection laws; calls for common open standards to be developed for the data-driven economy, which should ~~includ~~prioritize security, respect for privacy and data protection;

Amendment 88 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls for a collaboration on global standards for the data-driven economy which would include data protection safeguards as well as security and respect for privacy;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the digitalisation of public services in Europe and the development of e-government, e-democracy and open data policies based on high data protection standards while ensuring public participation and consultation in these processes, as well as access and reuse of public documents; calls for placing transparency of the public sector always as a priority while building a policy Towards a Digital Single Market Act;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)

(2) Welcomes the European Strategy for a Better Internet for Children presented in May 2012 and the CEO coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids launched in December 2011. Calls on the Commission to pursue its works with member states and companies to create a safe environment for children.

Amendment 90 #

Carlos COELHO, Michał BONI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the digitalisation of public services in Europe and the development of e-government, e-democracy and open data policies based on high data protection standards while ensuring public participation and consultation in these processes, as well as access and reuse of public documents; stresses the importance in this regard of exchange of best practices between all relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the digitalisation of public services in Europe and the development of e-government, e-democracy and open data policies based on high data protection standards while ensuring public participation and consultation in these processes, as well as access and reuse of public documents; Recalls that e- government contributes for real participation, more transparent, accountable and efficient public administration as well as economic growth;

Amendment 92 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the digitalisation of public services in Europe and the development of e-government, e-democracy and open data policies based on high data protection standards as envisaged in the Data Protection Reform package, fully in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, especially Articles 7 and 8 while ensuring public participation and consultation in these processes, as well as access and reuse of public documents;

Amendment 93 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Dennis de JONG, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Emphasises the importance of data protection as a fundamental right, and more precisely the purpose limitation principle, in any e-government action plan that includes 'once only principles'; is concerned that a widespread adoption of 'once only principles' could make it easier for member state governments to process personal data for other purposes, including profiling of citizens without their explicit consent using the existing public interest exception in European data protection law;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that the Commission promotes the "once only" principle for public administration according to which public authorities should never ask citizens and business for information that is already in the possession of a different authority in this Member State;

Amendment 95 #

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Supports the digitalisation of public services in Europe and the development of e-government, e-democracy and open data policies based on high data protection standards fully in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, especially Articles 7 and 8 while ensuring public participation and consultation in these processes, as well as access and reuse of public information/data;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Emphasises that an e-government action plan relying on 'once only principles' for increased efficiency and cost reduction in the public sector should also consider the potential increase in the cost of protecting personal data in the systems infrastructure needed to support 'once only', and the implications of 'once only' for the new privacy and security by design requirements in the proposed General Data Protection Regulation;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Draws attention to the serious risks for privacy, data protection and IT- security when public authorities process data of citizens which those have not provided to these institutions;

Amendment 98 #

Emilian PAVEL, Dan NICA, Birgit SIPPEL, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Urges that primary attention should be paid to the security of e-Government systems, especially in light of the proposed "once-only" principle, so as to ensure citizens' privacy and protection of their personal data, such as through 'privacy by design and by default', regular use of data anonymisation techniques, performing mandatory privacy impact assessments;

Amendment 99 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Points out that public sector databases which entail all or considerable amounts of personal data of each and every citizen become easy targets for IT criminals, which bears the danger of an increasing number of identity thefts and the possibility to build precise profiles;

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

- having regard to Article 3(3) of the TFEU, which includes full employment among the objectives of the Union,

Amendment 10 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to Parliament's resolution on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2015 (A8-0037/2015),

Amendment 100 #

Clare MOODY, Flavio ZANONATO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas a similar lag affects the inclusion of citizens in the digital environment, i.e. "digital inclusion", where many studies point out that it is essential to act proactively and generously towards senior citizens, inhabitants of rural areas, minorities and other citizens in a situation of comparative socioeconomic weakness; whereas their inclusion must be understood as a great opportunity for enhancing market development, strengthening social fabrics, and increasing all kinds of participation throughout all the European Union and its area of influence;

Amendment 103 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas widely available advanced communications infrastructures form the basis of an inclusive digital economy, and levels of network investment in Europe remain significantly below those in other developed world regions;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas a clear connection is present between internet usage and coverage and in 2014 the 18,1% of Europeans never used the internet;

Amendment 105 #

Flavio ZANONATO, Clare MOODY, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Renato SORU, Pina PICIERNO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas there is significant increase in the use of online platforms for comparing products and prices by consumers;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in 2013 the market size of sharing economy was around 3.5 billion worldwide and today the European Commission is forecasting a growth potential that goes over 100 billion;

Amendment 107 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Roberta METSOLA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas reasons for European citizens not shopping online include trust, privacy, protection and security concerns as well as choice concerns, as consumers often don't now or find it difficult to understand the different options and rights they have in the digital environment or problematic to find a solution and redress when things go wrong;

Amendment 108 #

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas rules that have been crucial in the classical (offline) business world must be appropriately translated into rules for the digital world;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas e-commerce is an important complement to offline trade, providing opportunities for small companies to grow as well as greater access to goods and services also in remote areas, the countryside and for people with disabilities and less mobility;

Amendment 11 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

- having regard to President Juncker's political guidelines of 15 July 2014 addressed to the next Commission and entitled 'A New Start for Europe: My Agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas consumer organisations confirm significant consumer detriment to buy online due to problems with parcel delivery;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas proper implementation and enforcement of consumer rights for online purchases and consumer redress are important for the effective functioning of the digital single market;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas Europe must become one of the leaders of the fourth industrial revolution; whereas, in this respect, the emergence of major European champions in the digital field, the transition to the digital economy of European companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, and entrepreneurship must be supported, and whereas an ambitious and tailored long-term investment policy, particularly as regards intangible infrastructure, should be implemented;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the targets for the introduction of broadband by 2020 set as part of the Digital Agenda will probably not be met, and whereas internet connections with a speed of more than 100 Mb/s are still available for only 2.7 out of every 100 people, or 6% of all households (end of 2014); whereas, moreover, this figure conceals major geographical disparities; whereas the digital agenda targets state that 50% of households are to be provided with 100 Mb/s internet by 2020, which calls for additional investment totalling some EUR 90 billion;

Amendment 114 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the innovative technical nature of many of the issues regarding the Digital Single Market require a special effort to reach out to European citizenship, communicating towards them in an accessible way, and making sure that the DSM implications are understandable for the average citizen; insofar such understanding is a prerequisite for the generalised, active involvement and participation that the Union strives to achieve;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas in 2014 only 15,8 computers per 100 students were available in Europe in 2014;

Amendment 116 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. having regard to the huge impact which the digital economy has had on traditional value chains, particularly on those in the cultural and creative industries;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas a growing number of services are migrating towards the internet and digital technologies are becoming increasingly pervasive in everyday lives;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, quality, flexibility, information and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 119 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, ~~information and trust in~~transparency, information, interoperability and a secure online environment;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 10 October 2012 entitled 'A stronger European industry for growth and economic recovery' (COM(2012)0582),

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails information, choice, flexibility~~, information~~ and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high and consistent level of consumer protection and satisfaction across all digital services entails necessarily ~~entails~~ choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails ~~choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secur~~an online environment providing a balanced combination of safety and security for all participants (especially minors and other vulnerable cohorts), wide choice, equal access opportunities, legal certainty, operational flexibility, transparency, interoperability and reliable information (both top-down and peer-to- peer); whereas such a balance, properly monitored and enforced, is key for breeding rational trust in the online environment;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction that goes beyond the e-commerce sector necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high, uniform level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure and accessible online environment;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure and accessible online environment;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer empowerment, protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, transparent information and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 129 #

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction entails necessarily ~~entails~~ choice, flexibility, information, responsibility of all operators along the value chain and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 13 #

Eva KAILI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 d (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2014 on reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability1a, __________________ 1a Text adopted, P7_TA(2014)0032

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high and consistent level of consumer protection and satisfaction across all digital services necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information and trust in a secure online environment;

Amendment 131 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Antonio TAJANI, Roberta METSOLA, Anne SANDER, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a high level of consumer protection and satisfaction necessarily entails choice, flexibility, information ~~and~~, trust in a secure online environment, and compliance with existing or upcoming EU legislation on data protection and privacy;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas a regulatory environment which creates incentives for investment in network and telecommunications infrastructure is a prerequisite for a flourishing digital single market;

Amendment 134 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas a sophisticated network infrastructure is the basis and the prerequisite for a flourishing digital economy, and whereas there is much less investment in the development of digital infrastructure in Europe than in other parts of the world;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas investment in fixed and mobile electronic communications infrastructures is essential for a thriving Digital Single Market;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas investment in fixed and mobile communication networks is an important precondition for the development of the digital single market and whereas EU policy and the EU regulatory framework should encourage this;

Amendment 137 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the planning and development of digital infrastructure must be technology-neutral; whereas, however, preference must always be given to technologies which can meet the requirements of the gigabyte society in the long term and which generate the highest level of social and economic value added, looking ahead to the establishment of a genuine digital single market and an interconnected continent;

Amendment 138 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Emil RADEV, Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas a regulatory environment which better incentivizes investments in fixed and mobile electronic communications infrastructures is an essential requirement for a flourishing Digital Single Market; Widely available advanced communications infrastructures is essential for an inclusive digital economy;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas fast, secure and reliable connections are the backbone of the Digital Single Market; whereas a regulatory framework that encourages investment in fixed and mobile electronic communication infrastructure is therefore essential for a prosperous Digital Single Market;

Amendment 14 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 e (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 25 February 2015 entitled 'Energy Union Package' (COM(2015)0080),

Amendment 140 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas for the Digital Single Market to be competitive and to deliver its benefits to citizens and businesses, a level playing field for operators must be created. Market players need a reliable, fair, transparent and proportionate regulatory framework that allows them to compete fairly and equitably and to come up with innovative ideas and products without facing burdensome regulation;

Amendment 141 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eva KAILI, Emilian PAVEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas with 5G on the horizon and with Europe's strong industrial base, Europe may regain its position as a global technology champion and an IoT pioneer;

Amendment 142 #

Gunnar HÖKMARK, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas 5G is the key to a connected society and the services of tomorrow, enabling whole new fields of application and innovative solutions for society;

Amendment 143 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Gunnar HÖKMARK, Anne SANDER, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the timely roll-out of future communication networks in Europe, such as 5G will depend on the creation of an investment-conducive environment;

Amendment 144 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the increasing development of e-commerce and online activities provides new possibilities for consumer protection and IPR enforcement; whereas the application of a duty of care along the supply chain would reinforce consumer and business trust online[CE1] by increasing cooperation and exchange of information and best practices to combat illegal goods and content;

Amendment 145 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas creativity and innovation are the engines of the digital economy and must therefore be encouraged and rewarded; whereas a high level of protection of intellectual property rights allows authors and creators to further develop their activities in the European digital market;

Amendment 146 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas creativity and innovation are the drivers of the digital economy, and whereas it is essential therefore to ensure a high level of protection of intellectual property rights;

Amendment 147 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, Eva KAILI, Edouard MARTIN, Emilian PAVEL, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas regions in the EU are on very different levels when it comes to their digital connectivity, human capital, use of internet, integration of digital technology by businesses, and digital public services as shown by the Digital Agenda Scoreboard; Whereas the regions which score low on these five indicators are at the risk of missing out on benefits of the digital era;

Amendment 148 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI, Edouard MARTIN, Emilian PAVEL, Martina WERNER, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas access to digital infrastructure allowing high speed connectivity is increasingly important to both businesses and consumers, and especially remote, rural, and mountainous/island areas, which could be left behind in this 'regional digital divide';

Amendment 149 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Emilian PAVEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas 44.8 % of households in the EU1 a do not have access to fast internet and current policies and incentives have failed to deliver adequate digital infrastructure, particularly in rural areas; __________________ 1a [1] Eurostat 2014: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Information_society_ statistics_at_regional_level#People_who_ never_used_the_internet

Amendment 15 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 f (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2015 on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy1a, __________________ 1a Text adopted, P8_TA(2015)0051

Amendment 150 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, Evelyne GEBHARDT, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Emilian PAVEL, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)

De. whereas the digital divide will continue to grow between those who are connected and are not connected, those who have the skills and who do not have the skills, as well as those who have capabilities to access digital single market and those with disabilities, if more focus is not put into getting all citizens 'internet ready' and a truly holistic approach is launched and supported by the EU, based on boosting investments in infrastructures and skills;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the digitalisation of the Single Market will bring drastic changes which are not only structural or technical in nature, but which will affect citizens directly and all spheres of human life and interactions;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas across-the-board availability of broadband connections in Europe is integral to modern arrangements for the provision of basic services, whereas by providing fast internet access the European Union is meeting its social responsibility, and whereas access to broadband internet is becoming more and more important for rural and outlying regions in particular;

Amendment 153 #

Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Terry REINTKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas consumers of the Single Market are first and foremost citizens who take on various roles of actors within society;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies have a recognised importance and enormous impact on the empowerment of women and girls, as they allow women to access information and knowledge beyond the traditional means, across local or national boundaries and cultures, provide information on their situation and the violations faced, raise awareness, interact and campaign to defend their human rights and freedoms;

Amendment 155 #

Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Terry REINTKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the single digital agenda should encounter the enormous economic potential of better including women, as, according to a study commissioned by the EC, women participation in the EU digital sector at the same rate as man would generate a gain of around 9 billion EUR for the European GDP each year1 a; __________________ 1a Commission (2013), Study on 'Women active in the ICT Sector'

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Digital Single Market poses a major challenge in terms of governance that has to be taken into consideration from the outset;

Amendment 157 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas building a data economy heavily depends on a legal framework that encourages the development, curation, maintenance and augmentation of databases and is therefore dependent on a legal framework that is innovation friendly and practical;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas small- and medium-sized companies have the most to gain from the digital economy but also have the most to lose from burdensome regulation;

Amendment 159 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the 2013 joint study by the the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market and the European Patent Office entitled 'Intellectual property rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in the European Union' shows that, between 2008 and 2010, these sectors generated 35% of all jobs in the EU and 39% of economic activity; whereas pay in these sectors is considerably higher, with 40% bonuses;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the Directive 2013/37/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2013 on re- use of public sector information (PSI Directive)1b, __________________ 1bOJ L 175, 27.06.2013 p.0001

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the ambitious programmatic development of the Digital Single Market imposes on European Union policy- makers the need to have available state- of-the-art, independent scientific and technological advice regarding issues on stake, in order to assess adequately the corresponding opportunities, challenges and risks;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas crowdfunding is a new, innovative and market-led approach to reducing barriers to investment in new projects and ideas, which has great potential to create jobs and growth, as well as facilitate socially beneficial investments;

Amendment 162 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas in rural and outlying parts of the European Union in particular fast and secure broadband connections must be affordable for final customers as well, in order to forestall the emergence of a digital divide in Europe;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the European cultural and creative sector is generating economic growth and job creation in the European Union, employing over 7 million and people and accounting for over 4.2% of GDP, being the sector with the third largest number of workers in the EU, as revealed by the 'Creating Growth' study; whereas cultural activities continued to generate employment during the economic crisis of 2008-2012, while jobs were being lost in other economic sectors;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas media rights are often exclusively sold to one media provider or broadcaster per Member State, which very often leads to broadcasting in the most spoken and predominant language of that state; whereas this media policy can restrict the consumers` right to access media in their preferred language, and especially the right to access media by linguistic minorities;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas such complex combination of factors must be seamlessly embedded in a solid overall frame of guarantees regarding the fundamental rights of our citizens (especially in the fields of privacy and data protection), in order to truly and efficiently achieve its goals regarding consumer protection and satisfaction;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘'A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’'; ~~believes that~~supports the horizontal approach taken, and is convinced that it needs to be strengthened in its design, implementation and controls as the digital ~~sector~~environment where the Digital Single Market takes place affects every dimension of the society and the economy;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects ~~every dimension of society and the economy~~apart from the economy, each citizen and every dimension of society; stresses therefore that the digitalisation of the Single Market has to be developed together with all citizens and for their benefits; reminds in this respect that technological modernisation of the Single Market must not be an end in itself or solely for economically reasoned benefits;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy, and the exchange and sharing of innovation need to be fostered to contribute to the general transformation of growth models;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, including the amendments brought by Regulation (EC) 1882/20031, __________________ 1 OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31–50

Amendment 170 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Antonio TAJANI, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy;

Amendment 172 #

Nicola DANTI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Patrizia TOIA, Catherine STIHLER, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Pina PICIERNO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’ and recognises the advantages of the digital era, particularly in terms of participation and the quality and quantity of services and employment; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; considers that a fair and effective Digital Single Market, based on a harmonised set of rules, could foster EU competitiveness, have positive effects on growth and jobs, relaunch the Single Market and make the society more inclusive offering new opportunities to citizens and businesses; believes that the horizontal approach taken in the Communication needs now to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy;

Amendment 174 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy and stresses the importance of high speed internet access especially for rural and peripheral areas so that everyone can benefit from the advantages offered by the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 175 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy; calls on the Commission to comply with the planned schedule and launch the 16 initiatives aimed at achieving a true Digital Single Market for Europe, in order to contribute to the EU´s economic recovery, improve its internal and external competitiveness and promote social cohesion;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that this "digital revolution" can bring enormous positive changes to the European economy, by raising productivity, dramatically reducing marginal costs for companies, creating millions of jobs and bringing unprecedented new economic opportunities; Is of the opinion that those opportunities can only be embraced through concerted efforts of the European institutions, Member States, business and the society;

Amendment 177 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Jutta STEINRUCK, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Emilian PAVEL, Maria GRAPINI, Marlene MIZZI, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Lucy ANDERSON, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Maria João RODRIGUES, Catherine STIHLER, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Agrees with the Commission that the governance and timely delivery of the Digital Single Market is a shared responsibility of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission; encourages the Commission to engage with societal and social stakeholders and to involve them in the decision making process to the widest extent possible;

Amendment 178 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Michał BONI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Carlos COELHO, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that in order for Europe to fully seize the potential for growth, jobs and global competitiveness in all sectors of the economy of new developments or technologies such as Cloud Computing, 5G development, Big Data or the Internet of Things, the completion of the Digital Single Market must be a priority;

Amendment 179 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Suggests that the digitisation of the Single Market is a trend to be welcomed due to increased choice, competition, innovation, growth potential and lower costs for consumers and larger markets for businesses; emphasises the need to consider the Digital Single Market as a development of the traditional Single Market and not as something separate or different;

Amendment 18 #

Dennis de JONG, Jiří MAŠTÁLKA, Cornelia ERNST

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that the Digital Single Market should primarily serve the interests of citizens and SMEs;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers it essential to take all measures needed to create the Digital Single Market and to reduce digital barriers in order to eliminate regional disparities, allow national, regional and local economies to connect to the European market, open up new opportunities for young people and small businesses and stimulate growth and employment throughout the EU;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for a holistic approach to the digital single market agenda accompanied by efforts to attain socially, environmentally and economically sustainable development in the EU; calls for better legislation on the digital single market aimed at reinforcing the EU’s social model and creating the preconditions for employment, the establishment of SMEs and a high level of consumer protection;

Amendment 183 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Emilian PAVEL, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reminds that an inclusive digital infrastructure allowing high speed connectivity for all, connecting 100 per cent of European citizens and companies, and covering all parts of the European Union including rural and remote areas is a crucial prerequisite of an efficient digital single market; Encourages the Commission to take connectivity for all as a basis of its further activities in the related sectors in order to avoid the digital divide;

Amendment 184 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Emilian PAVEL, Marlene MIZZI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Lucy ANDERSON, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Marju LAURISTIN, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study which explores the wider impact of digitalisation on European societies in order to establish how and to which degree the phenomena has altered life in each and every Member State and to share these findings with all EU institutions and Member States; on this basis to assess whether and to which extent further action in the respective policy fields is required;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that right from the outset, the development of the DSM needs to ensure equal and unrestricted access for all citizens by paying special attention to the particular needs and diverse requirements of persons with disabilities and the elderly, including all others who belong to vulnerable groups;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Emphasises furthermore that the EU citizens' human autonomy and dignity have to be safeguarded and protected through prudent legislative or regulative measures in order to build the basis for trust needed in the new digital environment and e-interactions and to pre-empt negative consequences as far as this is possible; perceives in this respect also the need to ensure the right to privacy, the citizen's individual private sphere and their right for being off-line and off-supervision in an digitalised environment;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 188 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Andreas SCHWAB, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation ~~should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of~~in the digital age requires principle-based legislation coupled with complementary non-regulatory actions to effectively adapt to new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)

- having regard to Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector,

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation ~~should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the~~in the digital sector should encompass the stringent adaptation of existing legislation and enforcement frameworks ~~in the light of new technologies and new business models~~, and should only take place following balanced consultation with all stakeholders in order to prevent fragmentation of the single market and reduce regulatory burden on businesses;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should ~~help to examine policy through a digital lens~~ensure that the design and implementation of policies systematically includes a digital perspective, in order to encompass all existing realities and many of the upcoming possibilities, and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in ~~the~~ light of new technologies and new business models to ~~prevent fragment~~ensure a sustained integration of the digital single market;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Endorses the Commission´s Better Regulation policy and welcomes its application to the digital sphere; Believes that bBetter rRegulation ~~should help to~~necessarily involves examineing policyies and proposals through a digital lens and facilitat~~e the~~ing the implementation and, where appropriate and following the necessary consultations and ex-post impact assessments, adaptation of existing legislation and enforcement frameworks in ~~the~~ light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market, boost innovation and promote growth;

Amendment 193 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in ~~the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market~~order to prevent fragmentation of the single market and foster the introduction of new technologies and social models;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should ~~help to~~serve as an examineing policy through a digital lens and ~~facilitate the adaptation of~~assess whether legislation and enforcement frameworks ~~in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market;~~, such as in the area of competition law, the Services Directive and the consumer protection acquis, are fit for purpose in a digital era in light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market; stresses that legislation should aim to be principles based and technology neutral in order to be relevant for future technological developments; considers that any initiatives proposed by the Commission must go through a competitiveness test an innovation test and an SME test; notes that wherever a REFIT exercise is taking place, including the forthcoming REFIT of financial services regulation, the digital perspective must be taken into account:

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better and future oriented regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of a principles-based and technology neutral legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better and more future- proof regulation should help to examine and develop policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation faster and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market;

Amendment 197 #

Anne SANDER, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation, taxation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market, tax base erosion and profit shifting of digital actors;

Amendment 199 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

- having regard to Article 9 of the TFEU, which specifies the importance of a high level of employment,

Amendment 20 #

Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Pavel TELIČKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)

- having regard to the Commission communications of 15 May 2003 and of 7 March 2007 on the implementation of the Data Protection Directive, Communication to the European Parliament and the Council COM (2003)0265 final and COM(2007)0087 final,

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market; calls on the Commission to apply a technology neutral innovation principle to all future legislation in order to make sure this legislation will provide room for innovation; calls on the Commission to present a strategy on reviewing existing legislation according to the same innovation principle;

Amendment 201 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market; Considers that regulation in this field should be flexible and smart without creating any additional barriers while at the same time assuring proper protection for companies and consumers;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 203 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better and simpler regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market;

Amendment 204 #

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Patrizia TOIA, Miloslav RANSDORF, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market; stresses however that it is essential to establish whether the new challenges cannot be effectively tackled with the use of existing legislation;

Amendment 205 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 206 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market; in this sense, considers that it is necessary to update certain elements of the Directive 2000/31/EC to cope with challenges that we face in the digital economy;

Amendment 207 #

Renato SORU, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Simona BONAFÈ, Patrizia TOIA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recognises that the digital revolution has the potential to empower individuals, entrepreneurs and consumers in a way that was never previously possible;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that, in order to ensure the quality of European Legislation, the European Institutions should adopt and disseminate a "digital first" principle, re- designing all activities around the opportunities and challenges posed by digital technologies;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission, in that connection, to take account of digital mainstreaming when drawing up future legislative proposals; emphasises that future legislation should not be at odds with the Union’s digitisation strategy and must always be consistent with stringent consumer and data protection standards;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 b (new)

- having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2015/758 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 123, 19.05.2015 p.0077

Amendment 210 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Emil RADEV, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the European commission to propose initiatives that will overcome legal fragmentation and allow companies to reap the benefits of the single market, giving consumers a wider choice;

Amendment 211 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to include, as it has undertaken, provisions in its subsequent proposals which facilitate the development of the Digital Single Market, in particular through the elimination of discriminatory tax provisions against digital media;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes a digital single market must be built on a free, open and global internet; is concerned about the mounting digital protectionism;

Amendment 213 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes a digital single market must be built on a free, open and global internet; is concerned about the mounting digital protectionism; stresses that Europe will not gain competitiveness through digital sovereignty, a European cloud or any other restrictions to the free flow of data globally;

Amendment 214 #

Marc TARABELLA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that the Digital Single Market can only function properly if the ‘offline’ single market is correctly established; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure the proper implementation of the relevant existing legislation, since achieving the Digital Single Market will require first and foremost that the existing legislation is reviewed and the criteria and requirements are adapted to take into account the fact that economic realities are constantly changing;

Amendment 215 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that ~~reinforcing~~digital businesses live and die based on thate trust ~~should be at the basis of both public policy and business model~~of their users, and therefore legislative responses need to be tailored to recognising this;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing ~~that~~ trust should be at the basis ~~of both~~ public policy ~~and business models~~;

Amendment 217 #

Nicola DANTI, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Catherine STIHLER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital environment and services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and ~~that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both~~a precondition to fully unlock the potential of a Digital Single Market; is strongly convinced that public policy and business models should ensure that trust;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is, the digital economy and integrated digital business models are vital to innovation and growth in both the digital and the real economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that ~~user~~citizens’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and ~~growth in~~development of the digital economy ~~and that reinforcing that trust~~; stresses that continuously reinforcing that trust, through appropriate, integrated consideration of the plurality of social, legal and communicative factors conditioning it, should be at the basis of both public policy and business models;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 c (new)

- having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Regulation on consumer ODR)1, __________________ 1 OJ L 165, 18.06.2013 p.0001

Amendment 220 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that ~~users’ trust~~trust of citizens and businesses in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and ~~that~~ reinforcing that trust for both consumers and economic operators should be at the basis of ~~both~~ public policy and business models;

Amendment 221 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Anne SANDER, Markus PIEPER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing t~~hat trust~~rust-building measures should be at the basis of both public policy and business models; believes that while digitalisation and Big Data promise great possibilities, such trust-building measures have to include high quality technology standard guarantees; proposes in this regard to consider the testing of algorithm programming codes of interface software systems on their 'road worthiness' as part of an error prevention monitoring management;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust, i.e. through data protection and security standards, should be at the basis of both public policy and business models;

Amendment 223 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is ~~vital~~a prerequisite to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust ~~should~~must be at the basis of both public policy and business models; also considers that users' trust is not for free and is based on objective notions of security and safety;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the security of networks and information as well as users’ trust in digital services isare vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models;

Amendment 225 #

Antonio TAJANI, Paul RÜBIG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is, and their security, are vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models, one prerequisite in that process being to allow for the needs of specific user groups and vulnerable consumers in particular;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital public and commercial services is vital to innovation, in particular open innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust, also by promoting best practices, i.e. in the area of e- governance, should be at the basis of both public policy and digital business models;

Amendment 227 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models; notes that for users this will depend in particular on a high level of consumer protection, better understanding of consumer rights and how to exercise them and effective remedies being available to them, and for businesses it will depend in particular on smart, strong and up-to-date laws which allow them to do business in a constantly changing environment;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models; shares the objectives of harmonizing and improving the protection of European consumers in the field of online shopping. However, reform of the legal framework must be based on evidence. Therefore, before addressing this reform it is necessary to ensure the effective implementation and impact assessment of the rules contained in Directive 2011/83/EU;

Amendment 229 #

Martina WERNER, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy ~~and that~~; highlights that the level of mistrust in digital services and solutions is especially high amongst SMEs and mid-caps in the traditional manufacturing industries; reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models;

Amendment 23 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 45 a (new)

- having regard to the 28 September 2015 agreement on 5G partnership between China and the European Union and related agreements,

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models; adds that regulations providing strong protection of personal data and which more generally offer credible guarantees with regard to the control of data published and disseminated by Europeans on the net would not be a burden but rather a comparative advantage for European companies;

Amendment 231 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that users’ trust in digital services is vital to innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust should be at the basis of both public policy and business models; suggests that proper implementation and enforcement of competition law, the Services Directive and the consumer protection acquis could do much to achieve this but recognises that targeted clarification of existing rules may be required;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)

(a) Considers that a competitive broadband environment is a crucial precondition to the achievement of the goals of a Digital Single Market insofar it enables consumers take-up, business diversity, economic pluralism, choice and ultimately the fundamental rights in the digital environment;

Amendment 233 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers that a competitive broadband environment is a crucial precondition to the achievement of the goals of a Digital Single Market insofar it enables consumers take-up, business diversity, economic pluralism, choice and ultimately the fundamental rights in the digital environment;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that a competitive broadband environment is key to achieving the goals of the Digital Single Market, insofar it enables business diversity, economic pluralism and consumer choice;

Amendment 235 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Joachim SCHUSTER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Emilian PAVEL, Maria GRAPINI, Lucy ANDERSON, Marc TARABELLA, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marju LAURISTIN, Maria João RODRIGUES, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 (new)

- Points out that the impacts of the digital revolution on social standards and labour conditions have to be taken into account while adapting current laws and regulations in order to protect citizens and companies alike; encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the quantitative and qualitative effects of digitalisation on employment conditions;

Amendment 236 #

Andreas SCHWAB, Pascal ARIMONT, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Axel VOSS, Philippe JUVIN, Othmar KARAS, Inese VAIDERE, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. reminds in this context that the build- up of any kind of trust is slow and gradual, whilst loss of trust can be steep, almost instantaneous, and very difficult to recover; points out that a variety of business-related issues are unfortunately eroding that trust, such as lack of tariff transparency, difficult portability, purposefully induced obsolescence, and increasing spam and undesired publicity, among others; accordingly, they must be tackled in the development of the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises that the lack of a European digital framework has fostered developments which have highlighted the failure to reconcile the interests of large and small providers and, more recently in particular, the need to establish a level playing field;

Amendment 238 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Catherine STIHLER, Lucy ANDERSON, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that free and effective competition, which gives consumers more choice and lower prices, must be the foundation of the digital economy; supports the Commission's plan to ensure its competition policy fully applies to the digital single market, including through sector inquiries such as the one currently undertaken into e-commerce;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of creating the best possible business environment to allow digital companies, including SMEs and start-ups, to operate; believes that accelerator programmes for digital start- ups are vital to ensure new companies are given the time and space needed to grow their business models and that these should be available in both rural and urban areas;

Amendment 24 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 a (new)

- having regard to the Directive 89/552/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 19891a and the Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20071b on the pursuit of television broadcasting activities, __________________ 1a OJ L 298, 17.10.1989 p. 23 1bOJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 27–45

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Bearing in mind that the e-commerce directive 2000/31/EC and consumer rights directive 2011/83/ EU have points in common, and taking into account the clear commitment made by the European Commission for a better regulation, considers that it might be more appropriate to merge into a single legal instrument both rules;

Amendment 241 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that building trust in the digital single market in the minds of citizens not only requires effective guarantees and protection of their rights and freedoms but also depends on citizens’ own perception and awareness of these guarantees and this protection;

Amendment 242 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Ulla TØRNÆS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines that the primary objective of the Strategy must be the creation of a true digital single market free of barriers and not an occasion to create new ones through new regulation whose absolute necessity would have not been proven;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers that all users, including people with disabilities, have a right to access digital goods and services;

Amendment 244 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Carlos COELHO, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 245 #

Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Clare MOODY, Renato SORU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish ~~and for companie~~, start-ups to enter the market at an increasing rate, and established SMEs to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised integrated regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses and civil society's initiatives, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, digital inclusion, research and innovation;

Amendment 246 #

Kaja KALLAS, Michael THEURER, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA, Michał BONI, Philippe DE BACKER, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Antanas GUOGA, Ulla TØRNÆS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten PETERSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence ~~and scale- up~~, scale-up and access to market in a level playing field of innovative businesses, ~~and~~ a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; underlines that the development of e-commerce represents a new frontier for businesses, especially SMEs;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, in particular start-ups, small businesses and young European firms, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 a (new)

- having regard to the study conducted by the European Parliament Research Service on Mapping the Cost of Non- Europe, 2014 – 19 (10.2861/52903 March 2014,

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; considers it important, in this context, that Member States should promote the business environment for start-ups, which in many cases are launched by relatively young people, for example by providing readily available advice and assistance;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to ~~promote~~remove barriers to allow a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 252 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Andreas SCHWAB, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Roberta METSOLA, Barbara KAPPEL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the European Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and ~~for~~ companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework for the digital market supporting investment in enhanced digital infrastructures by simplifying and reducing regulation and fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, ands well as a long term ~~investment strategy in~~strategy to boost digital infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory ~~framework~~and non-regulatory framework for the digital economy that is fit for investments in enhanced digital infrastructures fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy into boost digital infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 254 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised, integrated regulatory framework fit for the requisite investment in network technologies and standards and for the emergence and scale- up of Europe’s innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for European companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised integrated regulatory framework supporting investments in infrastructures and fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; to this end, calls for considering the possibility of financing through the EFSI;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; adds that investment in digital fulfils all the criteria to qualify under the EFSI and encourages participants in the sector to seek this funding; calls for the development of venture-capital instruments to support innovative SMEs at the seed stage;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation, in particular by making use of the European Fund for Strategic Investments;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation, in particular open innovation, to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the implementation and development of e- govern~~ment~~ance, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 259 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, an holistic modernised future-proof regulatory framework f~~it for~~or the digital economy in respect of the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in digital infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 10th December 2013 on the evaluation report regarding BEREC and the Office1a, 1a Text adopted, P7_TA-(2013)0536

Amendment 260 #

Pina PICIERNO, Flavio ZANONATO, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; believes that such actions and investments could boost the economic recovery and jobs creation, mostly youth employment, in those regions where is urgently needed, contributing to strengthening the Union's economic, social and territorial cohesion;

Amendment 261 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 262 #

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Vicky FORD, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Branislav ŠKRIPEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation; calls on the Commission to consult specialists in the field of human sciences as the disruptive nature of technology will have a profound impact on the society;

Amendment 263 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI, Emilian PAVEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and ~~for~~ companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, for the digital transformation of existing businesses, a cohesive and inclusive society, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States in particular, to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation, also based on best practices from other Member States;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies not to remain confined to their national markets and to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 267 #

Dan NICA, Patrizia TOIA, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for European companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that Smart Specialisation Strategies should put more focus on R&D and clusters. An integrated approach to clusters across Member States would increase innovation on Digital Single Market. Calls on the Commission to propose actions to bring IT in non-IT areas (such as agriculture, expert systems, smart cities etc.)

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create technology centres in Europe’s least industrialised regions in order to reduce regional disparities, support innovation and ensure access to information for start-ups and SMEs seeking to develop in these regions;

Amendment 27 #

Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 a (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006,

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for a renewed commitment by the Commission to research and innovation, which represents the building blocks of a competitive European Digital Single Market;

Amendment 271 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Roberta METSOLA, Anne SANDER, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Carlos ZORRINHO, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to support the digitalisation of industry through an agenda for smart industry, including by facilitating EU and global standards- setting and interoperability;

Amendment 272 #

Martina WERNER, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is convinced that the global leadership of Europe in high-quality industrial goods and a re-industrialisation in the European Union can only be ensured respectively realised, if there is a holistic support effort from the EU level to the digitalisation of the manufacturing industry and SMEs;

Amendment 273 #

Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Renato SORU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that improving connectivity has beneficial effects on employment and economic growth; therefore calls on the Commission to support investments in ultra-broadband in order to promote the European social and industrial fabric and new-generation electronic communication services that place citizens and consumers at the centre of the stage;

Amendment 274 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Carlos COELHO, Michał BONI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills and services combined with a comprehensive Text and Data Mining legal framework are needed to support open science and innovation, and leverage both public and private investments in research;

Amendment 275 #

Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Theresa GRIFFIN, Martina WERNER, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Emphasises that digital skills go hand in hand with a successful and competitive Digital Single Market, and calls on the Commission to dedicate investment to skills and education both in schools and through lifelong learning; as we need to ensure older and vulnerable workers are not left behind in the digital shift, as well as ensuring that our children are equipped with the future skills they will need in a digital workforce;

Amendment 276 #

Dan NICA, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Considers that the implementation of the Digital Single Market is a chance for the EU to have a single digital brand for each digital services provided within the EU area, regardless if we talk about e- commerce, e-government services online platform, big data, etc. Labelling digital services with " EU digital brand " can be achieved through a unitary legislative and standardization framework and through the certification of services and suppliers;

Amendment 277 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Emil RADEV, Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the need for cross-border financial instruments of venture capital which can support innovative SMEs in the scale up phase encouraging the emergence of European leaders in this new digital environment.

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that the future Digital Single Market must be inclusive to all EU citizens, and calls the Commission and Member States on strengthening efforts to ensure an appropriate level of accessibility that can enable the participation of disadvantaged groups, including persons with disabilities;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship ~~that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture~~; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 b (new)

- having regard to the Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of data bases (OJ L77, 27.03.1996 p20),

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship ~~that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to~~, including the promotingon of an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship ~~that range~~and active participation in the digital scene, from changing the mind-set on how success is defined, measured and rewarded, to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture where a vast majority of citizens, businesses of all dimensions, and social agents participate; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs c~~ould~~an be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU ~~if they are~~, when effectively interconnected;

Amendment 282 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, Dan NICA, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship and all forms of innovation, business-oriented or for the common good, that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined, to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture with a special attention given to the start-ups; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs and innovation models could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU, if they are effectively interconnected;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 285 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, inon the basis of constructive cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;

Amendment 286 #

Kaja KALLAS, Michael THEURER, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Philippe DE BACKER, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Antanas GUOGA, Ulla TØRNÆS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten PETERSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 288 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Kaja KALLAS, Roberta METSOLA, Anne SANDER, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 289 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are ~~effectively~~ interconnected and share results effectively, doing more to promote the digitization of SMEs and enabling them to get the most out of the digital economy;

Amendment 29 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 b (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1211/2009 of the European Parliament and of The Council establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications and the Office,

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected; therefore more focus should be put on building innovative ecosystems where different sectors, i.e. financial, medical, transport, real estate, biotechnology, of the economy cooperate together in implementing new technologies; in this respect involvement of financial instruments, such as, venture capital for best projects is crucial;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers it essential to bring about a paradigm shift as regards industrialisation and urges the Commission and the Member States to encourage the digitalisation of industry and Industry 4.0, as this would enable the EU to create a distinctive, innovative ‘brand’ to help it tackle the challenges of competition in today’s world;

Amendment 292 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission and, in particular, the Member States to implement measures and share good practices to support the development of digital training programmes, including web development (e.g. coding) for SMEs and individuals (especially children, disabled people and the elderly) and to improve e-learning models and the educational platforms that are essential for an inclusive European digital economy;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that, according to the Innovation Union scoreboard, although EU performance in the field of innovation has improved, halving the US lead over it, it is still lagging behind regarding relations between academia and the business world; calls on the Commission to adopt a comprehensive approach to open innovation and knowledge transfer (e.g. through public-private partnerships, European technology platforms or joint technology initiatives);

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Considers the Digital Single Market to be an opportunity to develop a European digital identity and the basics of a common digital language;

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Considers it necessary to promote micro-financing for social entrepreneurship and innovation in the European Union to encourage the creation of digital start-ups in a bid to bridge the gap with other economic entities in the world regarding the development of such emerging companies; calls for them to be turned to account, if necessary increasing available financing from the Employment and Social Innovation programme , the Structural Funds, Horizon 2020 and the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI);

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Is concerned about th~~Recognises that there are different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; ~~urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;~~

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Is concerned about the different~~Welcomes the diversity of national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; ~~urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for~~calls for Member States to cooperate with a view to preserving Europe’s independence in communication and innovation;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Is concerned about~~Takes note of the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; ~~urge~~asks the Commission to ~~take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation~~encourage a debate among Member States to coordinate their approaches, if necessary;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to pr~~eserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innova~~omote net neutrality, transparency and fair competition;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to Article 16 of the TFEU,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 b (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Fund for Regional Development and on specific provisions concerning the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006,

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned ~~about~~by the different national approaches taken ton regulating the internet ~~and the sharing economy~~; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open ~~and~~, global, neutral, inclusive platform for communication ~~and innovation~~, participation and innovation, based on fair competition and consistent consumer protection standards;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned ~~about~~by the different national approaches taken ton regulating the internet ~~and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innov~~but recognises that opportunities and challenges associated with the collaborative economy often relate to member state competences, such as taxation or employment; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation using existing Union law, in particular competition law and the Services Directive, as well as the full implementation and enforcement of the recently agreed open internet chapter of the 'Telecoms Single Market" Regulation;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Is concerned about~~Notes the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; and urges the Commission to take ~~action~~initiatives to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open ~~and global platform for~~ communication and innovation platform while preserving European economic and cultural diversity;

Amendment 304 #

Nicola DANTI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Patrizia TOIA, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the long-term integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken so far by Member States to regulating the internet and the sharing economy~~; urges the Commission to take action to~~. Therefore, calls on the Commission to propose a coordinated and homogeneous European legislative framework which will be able to create a fair and competitive market for both consumers and businesses while preserveing the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation. This harmonized set of rules shall have the purpose of stimulating a proper environment for innovative European start-ups and SMEs, exploiting all the potentialities offered by new platforms and sharing economy and, at the same time, preventing possible disruptive effects on traditional sectors of the economy;

Amendment 306 #

Lucy ANDERSON, Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Is concerned about~~Notes the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; recognises the need for EU legislation that reflects the fundamentally international nature of the internet; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 307 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned ~~about~~by the different national approaches taken ton regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an trusted and secured open and global platform for communication and innovation while safeguarding citizens' interest in consistent consumer protection standards across all digital services and fair competition in the digital economy;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken towith reference to the possibility of regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned ~~about~~by the different national approaches taken ton regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation as well as safeguard citizens' interest in consistent consumer protection standards across all digital services and fair competition in the digital economy;

Amendment 31 #

Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Flavio ZANONATO, Nicola DANTI, Patrizia TOIA, Marlene MIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 c (new)

- having regard to the First evaluation of Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases,

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market ~~and~~, to effectively protect consumers and workers' rights and to promote the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission and Member States to take action to preserve the ~~integrity of the single market and the~~ internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Is concerned about~~Notes the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy and the private initiatives which are most often organised on a national basis; urges the Commission to take action to preserve social cohesion and the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 316 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Carlos COELHO, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and specially the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; calls for legislation on the sharing economy which guarantees legal protection for consumers, employees’ rights and social protection; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;

Amendment 32 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 c (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1300/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006,

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 321 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Dan NICA, Emilian PAVEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market, the cohesiveness and inclusiveness of European society and the internet as an open and global platform for communication, production and innovation;

Amendment 322 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation; notes in this regard the need for businesses engaging in the sharing economy to comply with EU and national legislation on social and labour standards as well as taxation; encourages new innovative business models for the digital economy, but underlines the importance that these are developed taking into account existing legislation on social and labour standards and taxation;

Amendment 323 #

Michał BONI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Roberta METSOLA, Anne SANDER, Markus PIEPER, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to remove barriers to digital trade, as well as preserve the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation, based on the principle of fair competition;

Amendment 325 #

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Vicky FORD, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Branislav ŠKRIPEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 326 #

Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market, the cohesiveness and inclusiveness of European society and the internet as an open and global platform for communication, production and innovation; as well as safeguard citizens' interest in consistent consumer protection standards across all digital services and fair competition in the digital economy;

Amendment 327 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Aims for an holistic approach when adapting European legislation to the digital age;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is convinced that the European Union can become a pioneer in the area of digital technologies if Europe focuses on its own strengths and takes a holistic approach which sees digitisation as a cross-sectoral task which embraces all areas of society and the economy and creates economic and social value added;

Amendment 33 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Gunnar HÖKMARK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 d (new)

- having regard to the Communication from the Commission on Unleashing the potential of Crowdfunding in the European Union (COM(2014)0172final),

Amendment 330 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, Carlos ZORRINHO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Eva KAILI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Martina WERNER, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the European Commission to fight legal fragmentation by significantly increasing the co-ordination of different DGs while drafting new regulation and strongly encouraging the member states to secure that the way they are implementing the regulation stays coherent;

Amendment 331 #

Patrizia TOIA, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Dan NICA, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Flavio ZANONATO, Simona BONAFÈ, Renato SORU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to increase the availability and an efficient use of radio spectrum across the Union, with the aim to achieve a EU harmonised radio spectrum policy;

Amendment 332 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, Dan NICA, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI, Miriam DALLI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Emilian PAVEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with European industry, to show ambition and commitment towards Europe's future technology development and to establish a clear target for 5G deployment in Europe;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious and firm targets for 5G rollout, setting as European milestone - for inspiring a speedy development of 5G;

Amendment 334 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Jutta STEINRUCK, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Emilian PAVEL, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Biljana BORZAN, Brando BENIFEI, Marlene MIZZI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Lucy ANDERSON, Marc TARABELLA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Catherine STIHLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Julia REDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Regrets that the Commission's strategy neglects the accessibility aspect; reminds the Commission that there are 80 million EU citizens with disabilities and an aging population of 190 million of 50+; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure an appropriate level of accessibility in all legislative and non- legislative proposals related to the Digital Single Market; emphasises that accessibility is best achieved and cost- effectively introduced when incorporated from the outset;

Amendment 335 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Marc TARABELLA, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Emphasises the need to swiftly adopt a proposal on the accessibility of public bodies' websites; regrets that the Council is not proceeding on this proposal and calls on the Commission to facilitate the finding of a common agreement;

Amendment 336 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Catherine STIHLER, Lucy ANDERSON, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Considers the adoption of a European Web Accessibility Directive to be vital to address issues of accessibility across Europe; reminds that the latest report (2011) from the "Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe" (MeAC) study estimates that only one third of the content generated by public authorities across the EU is accessible; underlines that web accessibility is not just a question of technical standards and of web architecture and design, it is vital in order to ensure that no one is at risk of being partially or totally excluded from society as it becomes ever more digitised;

Amendment 337 #

Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Terry REINTKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Reminds the Commission of its obligation to assess the impact of any legislative proposal on fundamental rights as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; in this context, urges the Commission to perform gender impact assessments and include a gender perspective in its consultations regarding any legislative proposal put forward under the Digital Single Market Act, in order to achieve progress in closing the digital gender gap, overcome gender stereotypes, protect women´s position in the labour market, and promote women´s digital literacy and empowerment, women's rights and freedoms and gender equality;

Amendment 338 #

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Patrizia TOIA, Renato SORU, Nicola DANTI, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that it is important that the creation of the Digital Single Market should not aggravate the digital divide but rather enhance and create infrastructure and training courses to enable all European citizens to benefit from the new opportunities made available, irrespective of age, gender, income or provenance from remote or peripheral regions;

Amendment 339 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is concerned by the different national fiscal approaches regarding the digital and sharing economy;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 51 d (new)

- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005,

Amendment 340 #

Nicola DANTI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Patrizia TOIA, Silvia COSTA, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Catherine STIHLER, Lucy ANDERSON, Renato SORU, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Asks the Commission to address the different tax challenges raised by the digital economy and to closely monitor its continuous evolution to assess the impact on tax systems; in particular, urges the Commission to guarantee an effective level playing field and a fair fiscal treatment among all actors present in the digital market, aligning taxation with the economic activities and guaranteeing that taxes are paid where profits are generated;

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the Commission’s assertion that cultural and creative activities are among Europe’s strengths in international competition and are vital to the development of the Digital Single Market, stimulating employment, innovation and growth in the European economy, and highlights in this respect the importance of the direct and indirect revenue generated by the use of cultural content on digital networks;

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses the need to rebalance the transfer of value resulting from the exploitation of creative works by online intermediaries with a view to promoting the vitality and sustainable growth of the digital economy and industry;

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to assess how high-quality journalism can be safeguarded in the digital age and, on that basis, to put forward a proposal with the aim of guaranteeing media pluralism, not least in the light of the important role played by journalists, authors and media service providers, such as newspaper publishers;

Amendment 344 #

Nicola DANTI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Renato SORU, Lucy ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that Europe´s Digital Single Market should be part of the new globally connected marketplace, with the aim to be a global centre open to foreign companies, ideas, knowledge and investments, enabling European companies to succeed globally; calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious digital trade strategy to benefit European innovation and competitiveness globally;

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes that Member States and the Commission should actively promote a broad process of reform of the global governance of Internet in order to reach a new, transparent and inclusive model of multi-stakeholder governance, based on the principle of Internet as a unique, open and free network;

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recognises that the collaborative economy can provide a significant economic boost, at virtually no cost, primarily by matching surplus capacity with unmet demand;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that this open model of internet is the basic substrate for developing the Digital Single Market, as well as a sharing, innovative economy and, at the same time, a variety of factors involving digital citizenship and a broad range of participation modes, ranging from the fully commercial to the non- profit;

Amendment 348 #

Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for a defragmentation of the telecommunications market and for an economic assessment of the implications for the digital single market as a whole of mergers and takeovers, in order to clear the way for the necessary consolidation of the market;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that, in order to achieve economic convergence through European regions, the digital divide must to be reduced substantially; in this context, encourages further public and private investment in infrastructure; considers that these investments should serve to strengthen EU competitiveness in key growth sectors in the Digital Single Market; welcomes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)'s intended efforts in this area;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the ~~use~~advent of the ~~internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by sma~~digital world will fundamentally change how societies work and interact; and how the digital world will impact not just markets but society, and will coimpa~~nies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new idea~~ct people not just as consumers, but as citizens and workers;

Amendment 350 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marlene MIZZI, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that in most Member States public and private investment is insufficient; urges the Commission to take additional measures to improve and facilitate access to finance for SMEs, particularly in respect of key sectors, including the emerging digital sector; asks the Commission to respect the timetable for the launch of the EFSI immediately, so that it has the intended effect of stimulating the real economy and boosting recovery in the Member States; considers that these investments will serve to strengthen EU competitiveness in key growth sectors such as the Digital Single Market, services, energy and transport;

Amendment 351 #

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Michał BONI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Miloslav RANSDORF, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is of the opinion that digital economy will revolutionize every sector in the European economy and will change the life of every European citizen; Stresses, therefore, that the Commission and Member States need to provide additional support to help citizens better understand how to benefit from the digital revolution by using smart technologies and services and prepare the businesses in particular SMEs for the digitalisation of traditional industries so that Europe is equipped for the tasks and demands of the future;

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to put emphasis on the implementation of the European Commission's Better Regulation program so that all the legislative initiatives undertaken in the framework of the strategy for a digital single market meet the requirements of the program. This is particularly important in the digital environment, where excessive regulations cannot go hand in hand with innovation and where dynamic changes of the environment require efficient and technologically neutral solutions, able to survive the test of time;

Amendment 353 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes that the digital economy has brought greater consumer empowerment especially through the increasing use of online reviews, peer reviews and customer information prior to purchase;

Amendment 354 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI, Miriam DALLI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the stakeholders to fully utilize the means at hand to promote innovations, to facilitate the growth of European industrial internet and facilitate industries' transformation to digital era; Underlines that trust, data protection and cybersecurity are essential elements of digital economy and society; Recognizes that the employment and social welfare policies need to be updated for the digital era;

Amendment 355 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the need to combat cybercrime and to increase the security level of the computer sites and servers of administrations and strategic companies in order to preserve the integrity of states and Europe as a whole with regard to the risks of cyber-attack;

Amendment 356 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Deplores the absence of international regulation in key sectors of the digital market, such as the management of domains and network standards, and the fact that, instead, this role is entrusted to private bodies which are not subject to adequate monitoring and supervision; calls on the Commission, therefore, to intervene to establish a strategy for regulating digital activity;

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges the Commission to adopt all measures necessary to ensure effective implementation of the principle of net neutrality, treating all Internet traffic equally, without discrimination, restrictions or interference, regardless of sender, recipient, type, content, device, service or application, controls being carried out only in exceptional circumstances and within clearly defined statutory limits;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines that the digital economy and technologies are not new phenomena, they are already today a fundamental base of our societies, having changed the logics of economy, business, innovations and information;

Amendment 359 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Believes that reducing administrative burdens and red tape, making it easier to establish an online retail presence and simple, secure, reliable payment systems also contribute to creating growth in e- commerce; notes that easy online access for businesses and consumers about different legal rights and responsibilities at national, regional and local level is key to enabling the performance of the Single Market; notes that the Points of Single Contact were established under the Services Directive with the ambition to provide such information; expresses deep disappointment in the results of the recent "mystery shopping" exercise conducted by Eurochambres, which identified severe deficiencies in many Member States; believes that Member States must urgently act to rectify this situation;

Amendment 36 #

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Patrizia TOIA, Renato SORU, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the continuously expanding use of the internet and mobile communications has deeply changed the way ~~users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by sm~~citizens interact with each other, with the government, with businesses and with civil society, and has dynamically co~~mpanies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas~~nformed a new concept of "digital citizenship" still very unequally distributed among geographic areas, age groups, and socioeconomic cohorts of the Union;

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for measures to promote and encourage, by means of the creation of the Digital Single Market, the development of new models of work which will make it possible to reconcile the requirements of private and working life more effectively;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Stresses the need for an entrepreneurial and industrial perspective regarding the development of new services, new business models and new markets, if Europe is to be in the lead; calls for European leadership regarding the resources for mobile broad band as regards availability of spectrum for new supply and increased demand;

Amendment 362 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jeppe KOFOD, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Renato SORU, Flavio ZANONATO, Eva KAILI, Miriam DALLI, Emilian PAVEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission to secure that proposed regulatory actions minimise the barriers of entry for SMEs operating in the digital markets, leave enough room for innovation in the targeted sectors and respect the principles of technological, business model and content neutrality;

Amendment 363 #

Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Observes that the Digital Single Market can help to attract trade and investment, enabling the EU to set global standards with regard to transparency, competition and net neutrality;

Amendment 364 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Heading 2

2. BETTER ~~ONLINE~~ ACCESS FOR CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES ACROSS EUROPE TO THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -7 a (new)

-7a. Points out that e-commerce generates EUR 500 billion per year in the European Union; points out that net security and consumer trust are the cornerstones of the digital single market, and urges that progress be made on building genuine cross-border e-commerce;

Amendment 366 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’'s initiative to improve ~~the~~consumers' legal protection ~~of consumers as regards~~concerning intangible digital content; believes any such improvements must be targeted to specific needs and be proportionate; points out that while consumers buying tangible digital content are protected by consumer protection laws, ~~consumer rights when buying~~there could be greater clarity regarding rights associated with intangible digital content ~~remain largely unregul~~in many Member Stateds; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline; suggests that where possible existing definitions should be used in any new proposals on consumer rights, with particular regard to the definition of 'digital content' in Article 2 (1) of Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights; suggests that, as a guiding principle, if a consumer uses a digital good or content in a manner equivalent to a tangible good, then this digital good or content should be accompanied by equivalent consumer rights; suggests however that it is important to focus on rights associated with the quality of a digital good, not the service providing that good on the basis that service provision is dealt with in a different regulatory context;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to improve the legal protection of consumers as regards ~~intangible~~ digital content; points out that while consumers buying ~~tangible digital content~~content on a tangible medium are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying ~~intangible~~ digital content online remain largely unregulated; ~~agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline~~considers that this is due to digital content wrongly being classified as services due to the overly broad definition of Information Society services in Directive 98/48/EC; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase content online or offline; therefore recommends that the definition of services in Directive 98/48/EC be narrowed so as to exclude digital content provided at the request of the end-user, paid for by end-users for individual use, and received as digital files;

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’'s initiative to improve ~~the~~consumers' legal protection ~~of consumers as regards intangible digital content~~concerning intangible digital content, which should carefully analyse the differences between digital goods and services and tangible goods and the sometimes complex environment in which they operate; points out that while consumers buying tangible digital content are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline;

Amendment 369 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’'s initiative to improve ~~the~~consumers' legal protection ~~of consumers as regards~~concerning intangible digital content; points out that while consumers buying genuine tangible digital content, goods and services are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated; agrees that consumers should enjoy ~~a comparabl~~the same level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content ~~online or off~~, goods and services online or offline; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt the necessary measures against the sales of illicit content and goods online;

Amendment 37 #

Eva KAILI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has ~~expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas~~made it possible for small companies to access far more potential consumers than before;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to improve the legal protection of consumers as regards intangible digital content; points out that while consumers buying genuine tangible digital content and goods are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated; agrees that consumers should enjoy ~~a comparabl~~the same level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content and goods online or offline; therefore, calls on the Commission and Member States to take action against the proliferation of both illicit content and goods online, as it still constitutes a major obstacle to creating a sustainable and safe digital market for consumers and businesses;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 372 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 373 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to improve the legal protection of consumers as regards intangible digital content; points out that while consumers buying tangible digital content are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline; observes that, in addition, this comparable level of protection of consumers should extend beyond the field of e-commerce and form part of a holistic approach to the internal market; draws particular attention to the problems of undertakings which offer and/or provide these services, the problem of geo-blocking and the problems with the correct charging and payment of VAT at its various rates in cross-border transactions;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 376 #

Anne SANDER, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Antonio TAJANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 378 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Michał BONI, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SCHULZE, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 379 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the ~~use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users~~se new "digital citizens", together with government, business and civil society actors, have developed innovative ways to communicate, participate, invent, consume and share~~; whereas this~~, actively involving a significant part of their lives; and furthermore such a change has expanded the market place, facilitating a~~ccess by small~~nd speeding the access of companies to a potential customer base of 500 million European customers, and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 384 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Emil RADEV, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that consumers should be at the heart of the digital single market and calls for the adaptation of the current regulatory consumer protection framework for the digital age;

Amendment 385 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that the current consumer rights acquis should be updated where appropriate in light of the development of eCommerce and the purchasing of tangible goods online, be it a domestic or cross-border purchase;

Amendment 386 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out that in the absence of an appropriate uniform EU legal framework, national rules are addressing emerging issues in the digital market inconsistently, with the risk of allowing potentially harmful situations for the rights of citizens and businesses to arise, in addition to conflicts between taxation laws and labour laws;

Amendment 387 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Welcomes the important steps that have been taken in recent years on online dispute resolution and underlines that other areas of e-commerce still need to be addressed to ensure a level playing field and help European e-commerce to accelerate;

Amendment 388 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates that e-commerce provides consumers with greater choice, especially for citizens in rural, remote and peripheral areas who may otherwise not have access to a wide choice of goods, but reminds that consumers' trust and online security are fundamental aspects to enhance consumer engagement and empowerment in the digital single market;

Amendment 389 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for an effective digital single market to enable end users to rely on consistent standards of protection and to give undertakings an assurance that they are operating within a fair and reliable regulatory framework, which provides for similar rules for similar services and products;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users ~~communicate, invent, consume and share~~, companies and workers within companies communicate, invent, consume, share, design, manufacture, deliver, invoice and maintain material and immaterial goods; wWhereas this development has expanded the market place, facilitating the access byof small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers, and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas and of new business models;

Amendment 390 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that, in a truly functional Digital Single Market, consumers need to rely on consistent protection standards and businesses need to rely on a fair regulatory system that ensures similar rules for similar services;

Amendment 391 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that in a well-functioning Digital Single Market end-users need to rely on consistent protection standards and businesses need to rely on a fair regulatory framework that ensures similar rules for similar services;

Amendment 392 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Emil RADEV, Michał BONI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Believes that better consumer protection has to be balanced with the needs and capacities of business, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises. The rights and obligations of consumers and businesses go hand-in- hand and must come to a fair balance for both sides;

Amendment 393 #

Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Pavel TELIČKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes the findings of the EPRS report "Contract law and the Digital Single Market: Towards a new EU online consumer sales law?" published in September 2015, which states that "online sales contracts within the EU are by no means a legal lacuna. Whereas there is no legal instrument which specifically addresses the problems posed by such contracts, they are covered by existing legal instruments, both at EU and Member State level. In particular, consumers' information rights and the right of termination at will (cooling- off period) are regulated in the Consumer Rights Directive; the seller's liability for non-conformity of the object sold, as well as guarantees, are regulated in the Consumer Sales Directive; the legality of fine-print terms in a sales contract falls within the scope of the Unfair Terms Directive; and the e-Commerce Directive provides the legal framework for online consumer transactions. Furthermore, the Unfair Commercial Practices directive protects consumers from rogue traders, including those active in the digital environment."

Amendment 394 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Believes that cross-border E- commerce and a digital economy can only flourish if non-digital trade barriers are also successfully addressed in the internal market, such as rules regarding labelling or warranty terms;

Amendment 395 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Philippe JUVIN, Roberta METSOLA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of reliable information and transparency as consumers must be able to compare not only prices, but also quality and sustainability of goods and services online;

Amendment 396 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Considers it advisable for the Commission to assess whether the current competition rules are adequate for meeting the emerging challenges of a rapidly changing digital market, in particular to prevent operators in a dominant position from abusing that position to the detriment of smaller operators, or to prevent restrictions to competition itself, at the expense of citizens;

Amendment 397 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Considers that dismantling barriers to the cross-border development of e- commerce is of the utmost importance. This concerns, in particular, cross-border parcel delivery and VAT rules applicable to the sale of goods and services – which, due to their fragmentation and a lack of transparency, hamper cross-border e- commerce;

Amendment 398 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Marc JOULAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Believes that building a truly inclusive Digital Single Market requires the interoperability of systems, the use of common standards and the application of the same rules online as offline;

Amendment 399 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance for consumers to be better informed of the use of their data, in particular in the case of free services;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to Article 9 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UN CRPD), ratified by the EU on 23 December 2010 (2010/48/EC),

Amendment 40 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Antonio TAJANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, ~~invent, consume~~ access information and knowledge, innovate, consume, do business, participate in the political life of the Union and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Points out that boosting consumer trust in online purchases is crucial, and the main causes of distrust are: lack of security when making payments, doubts as to the possibility of returning goods and products, location, and availability for delivery; calls on the Commission to ensure that practical steps are taken to remedy these causes of distrust;

Amendment 401 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Believes that a regulation seems to be the best legal instrument in order to ensure full harmonisation of rules for online purchases of digital content products in business-to-consumer transactions;

Amendment 402 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 403 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 404 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Michał BONI, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SCHULZE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Believes that a full harmonisation of~~Emphasises that developing the rules and the legal framework ~~gov~~concerning online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approachshould be done in a technology neutral manner, which allows consumers and businesses to choose the appropriate technology for each purpose; welcomes the efforts to boost e-commerce irrespective whether cross-border or domestic sales;

Amendment 405 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework governing ~~online~~ sales, irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, ~~while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach~~is the best way to protect consumers effectively;

Amendment 406 #

Vicky FORD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a ~~full harmonisation of the legal framework~~n appropriate level of harmonisation of key consumer rights governing online sales, irrespective of ~~whether they are~~ cross- border or domestic sales, while ~~maintain~~avoiding a race to the regulatory bottom and keeping the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach; notes however that there are longstanding Member State practices in the area of remedies, damages and limitation periods and suggests therefore that consumers should not have fewer rights in these areas than they do in their own traditional market; believes that much of this could be achieved through targeted amendments to existing consumer legislation, including the Consumer Rights Directive and the Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive;

Amendment 407 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 408 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a ~~full~~ harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;

Amendment 409 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that ~~a full~~minimum harmonisation of the ~~legal framework~~most essential rules governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;

Amendment 41 #

Catherine STIHLER, Marlene MIZZI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has not only expanded the market place, facilitating access by ~~small~~ companies to a customer base of 500 million customers ~~and the development by entrepreneurs of~~, but also changed the market , promoting the development by entrepreneurs of new industrial models, new actors and new ideas;

Amendment 410 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that ~~a full~~further harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales of digital content irrespective of whether they are in a tangible or intangible format and irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach in order to close any legal gaps and improve the conditions for the functioning of the internal market;

Amendment 411 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that ~~a full~~ harmonisation of the legal framework governing ~~online sale~~the supply of tangible goods irrespective of ~~whether they are~~ cross- border or domestic ~~sale~~transactions, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules ~~regarding legal remedies~~, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach; Believes that EU action on this matter should be undertaken in 2016 and be complementary with the REFIT measures on the Consumer law, in particular on Directive 1999/44/EC on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees;

Amendment 412 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a ~~full~~ harmonisation of the legal framework governing online ~~sales irrespective of whether they are~~ cross- border ~~or domestic~~ sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;

Amendment 413 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that ~~a full~~ harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approachB2C digital content purchases irrespective of whether it is embodied on tangible mediums or intangible format, in particular rules on conformity, remedies in case of lack of conformity, termination and modification of B2C digital content contracts, irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach in order to close legal gaps and to improve the conditions for the functioning of the internal market;

Amendment 414 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework governing ~~online sales~~the supply of digital content irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic ~~sale~~transactions, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules ~~regarding legal remedies~~, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;

Amendment 415 #

Eva KAILI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework to protect consumers in the Internet economy including the rules governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach, underlines that such rules need to be proportionate and not impose unreasonable costs for business;

Amendment 416 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework to protect consumers in the Internet economy including the rules governing online sales irrespective of ~~whether they are~~ cross- border or domestic sales, while ~~maintain~~keeping the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical a~~nd proportionate approach~~pproach, underlines that such rules need to be proportionate and not impose unreasonable costs for business;

Amendment 417 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the ~~most practical and proportionate approach~~approach that is best able to meet the expectations of businesses and citizens; calls, moreover, for greater consistency, particularly with regard to taxation, the absence of which on the one hand allows large companies to exploit the diversity of rules in order to avoid tax and to pay taxes that are often negligible compared to the profits made, and on the other, induces national authorities to increase the tax burden on operators which are easier to monitor, such as small businesses or family businesses;

Amendment 418 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach; acknowledges that a harmonised approach is efficient only if it reconciles efficient protection of final consumers with minimised and proportionate costs for undertakings; draws attention, in this context, to the problems with the correct charging and payment of VAT on digital products and services;

Amendment 419 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and ~~the development by~~allowing individuals the opportunity to develop new, entrepreneur~~s of new~~ial ideas;

Amendment 420 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ulla TØRNÆS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 421 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales~~, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies,~~ constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;

Amendment 422 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that a full harmonisation of the legal framework governing online sales irrespective of whether they are cross- border or domestic sales, while maintaining the coherence of online and offline rules regarding legal remedies and provided that it aims at the highest level of consumer protection, constitutes the most practical and proportionate approach;

Amendment 423 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 424 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Believes that dismantling barriers to the cross-border development of e- commerce is of the utmost importance due to the fact that cross-border parcel delivery and VAT rules applicable to the sale of goods and services – which, due to their fragmentation and a lack of transparency, hamper cross-border e- commerce; believes that the interoperability of systems, the use of common standards are needed to ensure in order to build a truly inclusive Digital Single Market;

Amendment 425 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Suggests that the Commission introduces an "e-commerce test" for internal market proposals, in order to ensure that they do not create additional obstacles or fragmentation both to offline and online commerce;

Amendment 426 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Emilian PAVEL, Marlene MIZZI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Draws attention to the need to adjust intellectual property rights when online sales of B2C digital content products are being newly regulated; stresses that digital content products or services supplied to the consumer must be free of any rights of a third party;

Amendment 427 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Maria GRAPINI, Emilian PAVEL, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Underlines the need to define liability of the seller of digital products and services in B2C contracts for any failure to supply or to provide access to the digital content product or service and for any lack of conformity; points to the obligation of the seller to have the burden of proof with respect to the conformity of the digital content product or service;

Amendment 428 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Lucy ANDERSON, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Draws attention to the need for equivalent legal remedies for intangible digital goods and services which are offered to consumers ostensibly for free;

Amendment 429 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points out that the greatest difficulties in cross-border trade, especially in the digital sector, are due to the uncertainty as to which national law is applicable to specific transactions; reminds the Commission that a balance needs to be struck between the need for certainty and simplicity for manufacturers and distributors on the one hand and consumers/purchasers on the other, and that therefore the possible application of the principle according to which the rules of the state of origin must apply should not ultimately reduce the level of consumer protection;

Amendment 43 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small and medium-sized companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;

Amendment 430 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Is concerned about the intention to create a separate legal instrument for online sales of tangible goods, as such an instrument would inevitably create an undesirable disparity between the applicable laws for offline and online purchases and believes that these questions should be addressed within the REFIT process;

Amendment 431 #

Philippe JUVIN, Sven SCHULZE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Considers that there is a need for further improvement and harmonisation of consumers' protection rules for both on-line and offline purchases of tangible goods and believes that this should be done together. Consumers should have the same rights and remedies regardless if they buy these goods on-line or offline;

Amendment 432 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marlene MIZZI, Emilian PAVEL, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Is concerned that the implementation of legislation applicable to B2C online sales contracts, which would give priority to the national law of the seller's seat or residence (country of origin principle) is inconsistent with Article 6 of the Rome I Regulation;

Amendment 433 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases;~~deleted

Amendment 434 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases~~Welcomes the Commission's commitments to adopt a strong proposal on digital contracts covering both tangible and intangible goods and services sold online; stresses the need to adopt clear and understandable rules which can be easily applied by consumers and businesses alike;

Amendment 435 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that ~~there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases~~legal standards for offline and online purchases should ensure consumers have the same high level of protection;

Amendment 436 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. CoInsi~~ders that there is a risk~~sts that the Commission’s future proposals ~~entail~~should avoid the risk of a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases;

Amendment 437 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that there ~~is a risk that the Commission’s proposal~~should be no solutions entail ~~a grow~~ing disparityies between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases;

Amendment 438 #

Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Axel VOSS, Philippe JUVIN, Othmar KARAS, Inese VAIDERE, Lambert van NISTELROOIJ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases and for movable goods and digital content; points out that the Commission is planning a REFIT of the whole consumer acquis for 2016; calls on the Commission in this context once against to consider whether the Commission’s planned proposals ought not to be launched at the same time as the REFIT;

Amendment 439 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Michał BONI, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SCHULZE, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases; believes that online and offline sales should be treated equally and that the consumer protection framework should be updated for the digital age to ensure a level playing field for consumers and for businesses;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small ~~compani~~and medium-sized enterprises to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas; whereas digitisation must serve the interests of everyone;

Amendment 440 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases, when, conversely, also in terms of consumer perception, these two forms of trade should be made as equal as possible;

Amendment 441 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’'s proposals for consumer sales law entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for consumers' offline and online purchases;

Amendment 442 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that there is a risk that the Commission’s proposals entail a growing disparity between the applicable legal standards for offline and online purchases, which is in contradiction to the functioning of the internal market;

Amendment 443 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that digital products such as e-books should be subject to the same VAT-rate as the equivalent product in physical format in order to avoid discrimination in the single market;

Amendment 444 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Regrets the imprecision of the Commission’s proposal regarding a legislative measure for a more comprehensive online sales law that covers digital content products as well as tangible goods;~~deleted

Amendment 445 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Regrets the imprecision of the~~Asks for the forthcoming Commission’'s proposal ~~regarding a legislative measure~~ for a more comprehensive online sales law ~~that~~ coversing digital content products a~~s well as~~nd tangible goods to take into account the weaknesses of the Common European Sales Law;

Amendment 446 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Regrets the imprecision of~~Awaits the Commission’s proposals regarding a legislative measure for a more comprehensive online sales law that covers digital content products as well as tangible goods;

Amendment 447 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Regrets the imprecision of the Commission’s proposal regarding a legislative measure for a more comprehensive online sales law that covers digital content products as well as tangible goods; suggests the Commission should approach consumer rights for digital content and online purchases of tangible goods separately since they present different challenges, taking into account the need to ensure regulatory certainty for businesses and consumers ahead of the REFIT of the consumer acquis in 2016;

Amendment 448 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Emilian PAVEL, Maria GRAPINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Regrets the imprecision of the Commission’s proposal regarding a legislative measure for a more comprehensive online sales law that covers digital content products as well as tangible goods; the latter in particular are adversely affected by the different national standards applied, such as required technical specifications, which oblige producers and distributors to adapt their products and packaging if they want to sell across borders; this involves an inevitable increase in costs, particularly for SMEs;

Amendment 449 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Regrets the imprecision of the Commission’s proposal regarding a legislative measure for a more comprehensive online consumer sales law that covers ~~digital content product~~intangible digital goods as well as tangible goods;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas; whereas the digital economy is no longer only an important part of society, it is society;

Amendment 450 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Regrets the imprecision of the Commission’s proposal regarding a legislative measure for a more comprehensive online sales law that covers digital content ~~products~~ as well as tangible goods;

Amendment 451 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes that risks to consumer security are often mitigated by supplier-led provision of software upgrades or patches and therefore encourages better promotion by suppliers of security-related upgrades or patches;

Amendment 452 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Believes the future-proofed approach of the e-Commerce Directive has enhanced trust and clarity with regard to the responsibility of stakeholders acting in online marketplaces and suggests that re- opening the directive could risk destabilising that trust;

Amendment 453 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding online sales of tangible goods in the absence of statutory regulation;~~deleted

Amendment 454 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding online sales of tangible goods in the absence of statutory regulation;~~deleted

Amendment 455 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding online sales of tangible goods in the absence of statutory regulation;~~deleted

Amendment 456 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding online sales of tangible goods in the absence of statutory regulation;~~deleted

Amendment 457 #

Philippe JUVIN, Sven SCHULZE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding online sales of tangible goods in the absence of statutory regulation;~~deleted

Amendment 458 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding online sales of tangible goods in the absence of statutory regulation;~~deleted

Amendment 459 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Michał BONI, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SCHULZE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Is sceptical about the legal nature of~~Believes that the model contracts regarding online sales of tangible goods ~~in the absence of statutory regulation~~could be one of the tools to spread best practices;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas European citizens want a high-quality and affordable provision of public services and whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;,

Amendment 460 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Maria GRAPINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding online sales ~~of tangible goods~~ in the absence of statutory regulation;

Amendment 461 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is sceptical about the legal nature of model contracts regarding consumers' online sales of tangible goods in the absence of statutory regulation;

Amendment 462 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Believes that model contracts and online review tools are realistic and targeted measures which can ensure consumer trust in digital goods;

Amendment 463 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative initiative on cross-border contracts, promoting measures designed to reduce the administrative burden on businesses and consumers in relation to sales made within the single market; this initiative should in particular simplify the burdens and procedures arising from different VAT regimes for consumers and businesses, in order to build a genuine digital single market;

Amendment 464 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 465 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Requests an ‘Active Consumers’ strategy to assess in particular whether consumer switching is facilitated in the online world, and whether action is needed to make this more accessible and consumer switching easier, in order to boost competition in online markets;

Amendment 466 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Requests an ‘Active Consumers’ strategy to assess in particular whether consumer switching is facilitated in the online world, and whether action is needed to make consumer switching easier, in order to boost competition in online markets; particularly regarding the need for open standards ensuring data portability;

Amendment 467 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marlene MIZZI, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Nicola DANTI, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Catherine STIHLER, Julia REDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Requests an ‘Active Consumers’ strategy to assess in particular whether consumer switching is facilitated in the online world, and whether action is needed to make consumer switching easier, in order to boost competition in online markets; points further to the need to ensure accessible e-commerce services through the whole value chain, including accessible information, accessible payment mechanisms and customer service;

Amendment 468 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to establish a regulatory framework in which it is clear what the rights of buyers and duties of sellers are with regard to transactions carried out on platforms that enable users to play both roles, in which the role of seller is not always regarded in the same way as that of a professional trader, leaving a grey area as regards the proper application of the relevant and generally accepted buyers’ rights;

Amendment 469 #

Emilian PAVEL, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;~~deleted

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers in the EU as well as to global markets, and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;

Amendment 470 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;~~deleted

Amendment 471 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;~~deleted

Amendment 472 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. C~~alls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sale~~onsiders that a European trustmark would be easy to fake and complex as well as costly to operate and to promote, that it would enter into unfair competition with existing trustmarks on the market and would then distort the market; Calls therefore on the Commission to prefer a more pragmatic approach and set up of a stakeholder group which would gather the representative stakeholders on a voluntary basis to set up common principles for trustmark schemes in order to respond to the current fragmentation; calls, in addition, on the Commission to work with national ombudsmen, better business bureaus and other consumer organisations, towards the creation of a common accessible database of consumer complaints;

Amendment 473 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to ~~explore the possibilitie~~assess the usefulness of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;

Amendment 474 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Emilian PAVEL, Biljana BORZAN, Lucy ANDERSON, Catherine STIHLER, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing ~~an EU trustmark for online sales~~ self-regulated profiles for companies selling o~~rder to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-bord~~n the European market, which should be assessed with a view to strengthening consumer con~~line sales~~fidence;

Amendment 475 #

Biljana BORZAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales; believes that such clear indication, especially for traders who operate under the Directive on Consumer Rights, will enhance consumer awareness on their rights and contribute to the growth on online cross- border sales;

Amendment 476 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales, points to the already existing Trustmark schemes in Member States and call on the Commission to draw best practices from these experiences;

Amendment 477 #

Vicky FORD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to encourage stakeholders to explore the possibilities of introducing ansector-specific EU trustmarks for online sales where they do not already exist in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;

Amendment 478 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to e~~xplore the possibilities of introducing an EU~~ncourage the introduction of trustmarks for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;

Amendment 479 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to explore the ~~possibilities of introducing~~opportunities created by an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by both social entrepreneurs and profit- maximising entrepreneurs of new ideas;

Amendment 480 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust~~, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales~~ and quality;

Amendment 481 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce trust primarily for the benefit of customers, particularly in relation to cross- border online sales;

Amendment 482 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibilities of introducing an EU trustmark for online sales in order to induce consumer trust, particularly in relation to cross-border online sales;

Amendment 483 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to adjust the different tax rates governing online and offline products of the same nature;

Amendment 484 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls for the same exemptions that are applied to offline trade to be also applied in the online environment, such as applying the same exemptions from VAT for hardcopy books to electronic book;

Amendment 485 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Considers that the principle of adequate information of consumers should apply in the field of e-commerce. Excessive information can lead to no information at all and may discourage consumers from buying online; considers therefor that current provisions should be adjusted to empower consumers to take informed decisions;

Amendment 486 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to establish an EU-wide online dispute resolution platform in 2016; believes that this measure will increase consumer trust in online purchases;

Amendment 487 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Appreciates Commission's overall efforts in preparing new online dispute resolution platform and reiterates the need for further improvements in regard to translation facilities, especially for less frequently used language combinations; calls on the Commission to monitor closely the process of the transposition and implementation of the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes (2013/11/EU) and Regulation on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (2013/524 (COD)); calls on the commission to strengthen the efforts and dialogue with Members States which did not transpose on time all provisions of these legislations and not to postpone the launch of the Online Dispute Resolution platform;

Amendment 488 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework for the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules, including fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified;deleted

Amendment 489 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework for~~Notes the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to ~~make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct~~respect Member States who do not wish to implement~~ation of~~ existing rules~~, including fast-track~~; believes that EU infringement procedures ~~whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified~~against Member States is, in fact, an infringement on national sovereignty;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communication has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; and has expanded the market place facilitating the access of small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers, and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;

Amendment 490 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls ~~for an ambitious enforcement framework for the Services Dir~~on the Commission to identify all barriers affecti~~ve;~~ng en-co~~urages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementatio~~mmerce, such as related to cross-border payments, ban of sale of certain types of goods or ban ofn e~~xisting rules, including fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified~~- commerce as a sales form, establishment requirements i.e. restrictions on the registration of country code top-level domains and others, and take decisive actions against them;

Amendment 491 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA, Catherine STIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework for ~~the Service~~legislation on consumer protection, especially the Services Directive, Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and Consumer Rights Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules, including fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified;

Amendment 492 #

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Sven SCHULZE, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework ~~for~~of the consumers' acquis and of the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure ~~the~~ full and correct implementation of existing rules, including fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive isare identified;

Amendment 493 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework ofor the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules~~, including fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified~~;

Amendment 494 #

Kaja KALLAS, Michael THEURER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA, Michał BONI, Philippe DE BACKER, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Antanas GUOGA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten PETERSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework for the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules, including developing enforcement guidelines to ensure, in particular ,uniform application of the mutual recognition principle in the field of services and fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified;

Amendment 495 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Considers that the Commission should be more proactive in identifying sectors with high potential for cross border trade and digitalisation and where the mutual recognition principle could apply; asks the Commission to make a list of the top ten regulations in each Member State which impede competition in the DSM;

Amendment 496 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses that the zero-tolerance principle as regards the transposition of EU regulations must be a fundamental rule for the Member States and the European Union; takes the view, nevertheless, that infringement proceedings should always be the last resort and should be opened only after several attempts at coordination and rectification have been made; emphasises that it is vital to shorten the duration of these proceedings;

Amendment 497 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Recognises that stepping up of e- commerce is vital for ensuring that start- up companies, SMEs, specifically innovation-based SMEs are able to set up and develop efficient business models online;

Amendment 498 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Welcomes a review of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation announced by the Commission; considers that extension of competencies of supervisory authorities and strengthening of their mutual cooperation is a prerequisite for the effective enforcement of consumer rules for online shopping;

Amendment 499 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Marc TARABELLA, Marlene MIZZI, Maria GRAPINI, Catherine STIHLER, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Welcomes further the Commission's initiative to review the Regulation on Consumer Protection Cooperation;

Amendment 5 #

Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission staff working document of 6 May 2015 entitled A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe - Analysis and Evidence - SWD(2015) 100 final,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU is more than a union of consumers or a marketplace, a Digital Single Market strategy must include a future for the citizen in the digital public space; a future for the worker in a digital economy; and a future for a digital European society beyond markets;

Amendment 500 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Biljana BORZAN, Catherine STIHLER, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Regrets the Communication's neglect of abusive and unfair lending practices targeting consumers via email, text messages or mobile applications while consumers are still bearing the costs of the financial market crisis, points out that due to the often very high interest rates of such credits even small amounts can quickly accumulate and lead to consumers excessive indebtedness;

Amendment 501 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Biljana BORZAN, Marc TARABELLA, Marlene MIZZI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Catherine STIHLER, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Calls for the introduction of guidelines on limiting excessive aggressive advertisement of abusive lending practices and amendment of the regulations on assessments of creditworthiness of consumers; welcomes the upcoming revision of the EU Directive on Misleading and Comparative Advertisement;

Amendment 502 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Brando BENIFEI, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Emilian PAVEL, Marlene MIZZI, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Catherine STIHLER, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Julia REDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Calls on the Commission to come forward with the proposal for a European Accessibility Act, which it has been preparing for several years and which would improve accessibility of goods and services in the single market, including the digital single market;

Amendment 503 #

Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Nicola DANTI, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Invites the Commission to extend the concept of "Universal Service" to data connectivity by establishing a minimum band power threshold guaranteed to all European citizens, in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 Agenda;

Amendment 504 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on an end to discrimination in VAT percentages between paper and digital books, as well as on other products;

Amendment 505 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for a thriving cross-border e-commerce; ~~supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both~~believes that parcel delivery services already work well in certain Member States; supports the industry-led measures initiated in 2013 which have contributed to the smooth functioning of the cross- border parcel delivery markets and ~~compliance with relevant social and labour rights~~have led to improved price transparency, interoperability, allowing enough flexibility ofor the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations, taking account of the fact that the underlying infrastructure used by operators to deliver parcels is a crucial factor in ensuring good service; argues that the Commission should continue to work with operators to find innovative solutions to improving services and avoid introducing top-down regulation, such as price caps; emphasises the need for a stable regulatory framework to encourage businesses to make infrastructure investments;

Amendment 506 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery service~~Points out that last year only 15% of consumers are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross- border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovaported buying online from online seller from another EU Member State, while 44% did it from domestic seller and inefficient delivery services were one of the most reported reasons of withdrawing from online transactions;

Amendment 507 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Stresses that~~Calls on the Commission and Member States to take appropriate action to enable accessible, affordable, efficient and high- quality delivery services which are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross- border e-commerce; supports the already proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target ~~both~~ the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets ~~and compliance with relevant social and labour rights,~~ allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; stresses that the aim must be a fully liberalised European market for postal services and parcel delivery's in order for consumers and business to benefit from a competitive environment and more transparency;

Amendment 508 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for a thriving cross-border e-commerce; and supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability ands well as the regulatory oversight that should target ~~both the smooth~~ the well-functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets ~~and compliance with relevant social and labour rights~~, allowing enough flexibility ofor the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; believes that this reform should improve competition in the parcel delivery and postal services sectors;

Amendment 509 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 51 #

Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Pavel TELIČKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas these deep changes have at its core a new figure of "citizen- consumer", whose active involvement in the digital market place goes way beyond the mere act of purchase of goods and services, generates a rich variety of interwoven, multidirectional flows (physical, monetary and informative), and brings new value, new challenges and new opportunities for the whole social, economic and politic fabrics of the Union;

Amendment 510 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve competition, price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets ~~and compliance with relevant social and labour rights~~, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations;

Amendment 511 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Catherine STIHLER, Maria João RODRIGUES, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability ~~and~~, delivery times and information schemes on liabilities in case of loss or damage as well as the regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations but calls upon the Commission to and Member States to refrain from further deregulating the parcel delivery and postal services sector in a way which could lead to unreliability and precarious working conditions;

Amendment 512 #

Lucy ANDERSON, Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; recognises the vital role of the parcel delivery workforce and the need for fair and consistent working conditions, in order to develop a stable and reliable delivery sector;

Amendment 513 #

Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Renato SORU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; underlines that the new measures should ensure that any variation in the prices between domestic and cross-border delivery should be permitted only if duly justified and if it reflects the variation in actual costs incurred by the providers for delivering the service;

Amendment 514 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; again points to the need to guarantee delivery at affordable prices in outermost and remote areas and hence ensure that physical barriers do not make distance an insurmountable difficulty, shortening distances being one aim of the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 515 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 516 #

Miriam DALLI, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, efficient and high-quality delivery services which are attractively priced and can be monitored are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high- quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e- commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations; and the needs of e-consumers;

Amendment 517 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient ~~and~~, high-quality and non- discriminatory delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross- border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations;

Amendment 518 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations and resulting in a more competitive and single European parcel delivery market;

Amendment 519 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Roberta METSOLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas digitalisation is faster than politics and politicians needs to see themselves as enablers and facilitators rather than just regulators in order to provide a future-proof digital framework;

Amendment 520 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce and increasing consumers’ willingness to buy online; supports the proposed measures to improve price transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross-border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations;

Amendment 521 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that accessible, affordable, efficient and high-quality delivery services are an essential prerequisite for thriving cross-border e-commerce; supports the proposed measures to improve price and information transparency, interoperability and regulatory oversight that should target both the smooth functioning of cross- border parcel delivery markets and compliance with relevant social and labour rights, allowing enough flexibility for the delivery market to evolve and adapt to technological innovations;

Amendment 522 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Notes that one of the major challenges facing e-commerce is physical delivery to the customer; notes, likewise, the expansion of e-commerce collection points other than the collection point at the store; calls for action to be taken to promote networks of collection points that will enable users to receive and collect e- commerce packages in multi-apartment buildings or public areas by means of automated terminals or lockers, and calls for action to promote convenient delivery points – for both deliveries and returns – that may offer significant benefits for both businesses and consumers by reducing costs and increasing the percentage of successful deliveries; considers, further, that these networks will contribute to environmental sustainability and the creation of new jobs;

Amendment 523 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to assess properly any other possible problems that consumers and businesses, notably SMEs, face in the delivery market, in particular unsatisfactory delivery times, lack of information or lack of clarity concerning liability for loss or damage;

Amendment 524 #

Biljana BORZAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Regrets the fact that on average, only 39% cross border online consumers are not refused at some point in the process of placing the order. Stresses the need for early notice on delivery options in process of making an order. Stresses the fact that only 5% of cross border deliveries are free, and that cross border delivery, especially in border areas, often does not take distance into account when establishing the rate;

Amendment 525 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Inadequacies of parcel delivery for online commerce could be solved only with a broader, European single market perspective, therefore more emphasis should be put on dismantling barriers postal operators encounter in cross- border delivery; in this context reminds the Commission that its report to the European Parliament on the implementation of the postal directive (2008/6/EC) is already 2 years overdue; calls on the Commission to carefully evaluate the state of implementation of universal service obligation and draw appropriate conclusions;

Amendment 526 #

Philippe DE BACKER, Michael THEURER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Calls on the Commission to report to the European Parliament on the result of public consultations on cross-border parcel delivery, that have been closed in August 2015 and to come up with a comprehensive action plan for parcel delivery and define goals to be realised by the end of 2020;

Amendment 527 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Relies upon the high level of competition in delivery markets to adapt to consumer needs online and to guarantee fair prices;

Amendment 528 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Emphasizes that increased competition on the parcel delivery market will lead to more efficient, affordable and expeditious services; calls on the Commission to ensure a sufficient level of competition when deliberating on a revision of the regulatory framework of parcel delivery;

Amendment 529 #

Philippe DE BACKER, Michael THEURER, Morten PETERSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to share best practices regarding logistic chains, especially when development was supported by existing European programs, in order to drive down costs and make them more efficient and lower their environmental impact;

Amendment 53 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas digitalisation is faster than policy making, politicians needs to see themselves as enablers and facilitators rather than just regulators;

Amendment 530 #

Philippe DE BACKER, Michael THEURER, Morten PETERSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Calls on the Commission to actively share best practices among member states in order to create the right conditions for a sufficiently flexible labour market to support the possibilities offered by e- commerce and related services;

Amendment 531 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Highlights that final mile delivery is the most difficult part of the delivery process for both consumer and delivery agent; options such as parcel points should be encouraged to allow flexibility for the consumer as well as reducing the number of delivery attempts by the delivery company;

Amendment 532 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Highlights that the parcel industry needs to adapt to modern living patterns and offer more flexible and consumer focused delivery patterns;

Amendment 533 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Points out that delivery is a major concern for those who buy online and for SMEs, and that certain time frames and clear traceability systems should therefore be guaranteed as far as possible, with efficiency improved and costs reduced; is of the view that in order to enable consumers to make informed choices, the environmental and social impact of the delivery services offered should be made clearer;

Amendment 534 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to draw up specific instruments to facilitate the adaptation of technology and encourage SME participation in cross-border online sales;

Amendment 535 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. While respecting the rights of businesses to set their own prices, asks the Commission to investigate the feasibility and to realise a costs/benefit analysis of the creation of common regional cross- border shipping agreements (rate zones) by which parcels are shipped at the same rate as national parcels between different Member States;

Amendment 536 #

Dan NICA, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to provide a dashboard/price comparator for parcel delivery prices across EU and to identify, if necessary, the legislative measures to harmonize the national legislations related to consumer rights on parcel delivery;

Amendment 537 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Calls on the European Regulators Group for Postal Services to investigate possibility of opening Member States' parcel delivery and postal markets to allow deliveries within border regions by the national operators of neighbouring Member States without passing through a national operator before delivery;

Amendment 538 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Welcomes the creation by the Commission of an ad-hoc working group on cross-border parcel delivery and, in addition, looks forward to the publishing the results of the public consultation on the topic; while taking take into account the results of the self-regulation exercise, which ended in June 2015, calls on the Commission to propose guidelines for best practices and, if necessary, a limited revision of the Postal Services Directive to make it fit for purpose in the digital age, including by strengthening the cooperation between the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the European Regulators Group for Postal Services (ERGP);

Amendment 539 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Welcomes the establishment of a joint ad-hoc working group on cross- border parcels delivery between the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the European Regulators Group for Postal Services (ERGP) to analyse whether regulatory insights from the electronic communications sector can be transferred to the cross-border parcels sector;

Amendment 54 #

Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Catherine STIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas digital economy together with innovative services and eco- industries holds the largest growth and employment dividends for the future and therefore represents a new frontier of the single market;

Amendment 540 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Argues that to encourage the growth of e-commerce both inside the Single Market and with third countries, the Union Customs Code should be implemented in a manner that does not impede trade flows and that allows for sufficiently long transition periods and targeted exemptions for all economic operators;

Amendment 541 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Insists that any Digital Single Market framework should be built around ensuring the same working rights enjoyed by workers in the offline economy are enshrined and enforced for workers in the online economy, with particular regard being paid to the integrity of union rights, working time, and proper regulation of real and false self-employment;

Amendment 542 #

Lucy ANDERSON, Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recognises the environmental implications of a growing parcel delivery market and the need to ensure sustainability and environmental protection is prioritised as the e-commerce sector continues to develop;

Amendment 543 #

Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. With regard to price transparency, it should be stressed that it is not the operator who charges the delivery price to the consumer but the e-seller. That fee often does not reflect the actual price paid by the e-seller to the operator, burdening the consumer with a significantly higher price. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to increase consumer awareness as to the cost structure of parcel delivery, which should have a positive impact on competition between e-sellers and thereby help to reduce delivery charges;

Amendment 544 #

Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. With regard to regulatory oversight, stresses that any intervention facilitating the development of the Digital Single Market should be balanced with respect to the Commission’s competence to ensure universal service in the Member States. Notes that full implementation of the existing instruments and provisions laid down in the Postal Services Directive is necessary for the proper functioning of the postal market in Europe;

Amendment 545 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.3

~~2.3. Preventing geo-blocking~~deleted

Amendment 546 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.3

2.3. Preventing geo-blocking , which does not enable EU citizens to use the online services available in other Member States and often guides citizens towards local shops;

Amendment 547 #

Sabine VERHEYEN, Andreas SCHWAB

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.3

2.3. ~~Prevent~~Reducing geo-blocking

Amendment 548 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.3

2.3. Preventing unjustified geo-blocking

Amendment 549 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.3

2.3. Preventing unjustified geo-blocking

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the growth of the European digital economy must produce more European innovation and increase investment in European employment and enterprises, while complying with labour and employment standards and promoting gender equality and equal access;

Amendment 550 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 551 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ~~ambitious~~targeted and proportionate actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices ~~and unfair price discrimination based on geographical loca~~, especially through enabling greater cross-border portability of a consumer's legally acquired content and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location, whilst recognising that just as in traditional markets, businesses have the right to decide whether to operate in any individual jurisdiction; also notes that the new rules on VAT collection for digital goods have been so burdensome on small traders that they have stopped trading across borders and calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce a de minimis threshold for micro-entities and for urgent work to be found with stakeholders for an interim solution;

Amendment 552 #

Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Axel VOSS, Philippe JUVIN, Othmar KARAS, Inese VAIDERE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices and un~~fair price discrimination based on geographical location~~justified price differences; points out in this connection that the correct and complete application of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive and Article 8(3) of the Consumers’ Rights Directive is essential; considers, at the same time, that certain practices may be justified on account of the fragmentation of the law which persists in the Member States;

Amendment 553 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Carlos ZORRINHO, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content~~, in particular by ending~~ and material and non-material goods which can be acquired on line, in particular by analysing and, if necessary, ending unjustified geo- blocking practices ~~and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location~~; notes at the same time that there are major differences in economic strength and price levels between EU Member States;

Amendment 554 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Emil RADEV, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Marc JOULAUD, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, and tangible goods and services by in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 555 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, goods and services, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices, without an obligation for small companies to offer EU-wide services if they want to operate locally, and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 556 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to ensure better application of the principle of non-discrimination and to improve access to legal online digital content, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices ~~and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location~~;

Amendment 557 #

Lambert van NISTELROOIJ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices and un~~fair~~justified price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 558 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ~~end~~limiting geo- blocking practices and putting an end to unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 559 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending unjustified geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 56 #

Clare MOODY, Flavio ZANONATO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Catherine STIHLER, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the growth of a European digital society could lead to more European research and innovation, greater investment in job creation, and more creativity and entrepreneurship across the EU;

Amendment 560 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 561 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 562 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 563 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 564 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to ~~legal digital content, in particular by ending~~goods and services sold online, including by increasing the effectiveness of the provisions of the Directive on Consumer Rights, guaranteeing that delivery costs for goods are in proportion to the real cost of transport, and ending unjustified geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location or nationality;

Amendment 565 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious and concrete actions are needed to improve access to both legal digital content and tangible goods and to enforce the prohibition of discrimination, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair ~~price~~ discrimination based on geographical location, including price discrimination;

Amendment 566 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Ulla TØRNÆS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal ~~digital content,~~goods and services sold online by in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location; calls on the Commission to investigate the practice of price discrimination and market segmentation and for the Commission to act against unethical, unfair or illegal business practices including on price discrimination where location, language, or nationality are used as factures;

Amendment 567 #

Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to ~~legal~~ digital content and to the purchase of legal goods and services, albeit by taking different approaches, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 568 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and ~~unfair price discrimination based on geographical location~~exclusive media rights marketing to one Member State, and unfair price and media access discrimination based on geographical location, which hinder consumers who wish to access media contents in their preferred language, especially in cases of linguistic minorities;

Amendment 569 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas new technological developments must address social inequalities and discrimination, create jobs and promote openness, transparency, equity, sustainability and social responsibility;

Amendment 570 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location; stresses that the digital single market must allow consumers to have the same information, compare prices and buy goods in all 28 Member States;

Amendment 571 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and ~~unfair~~ price discrimination based on geographical location that has led to the current market fragmentation;

Amendment 572 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 573 #

Renato SORU, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Simona BONAFÈ, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location, which often have the effect of building monopolies or oligopolies and, in some cases, conceal protectionist measures;

Amendment 574 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending without delay geo- blocking practices ~~and~~, unfair price discrimination based on geographical location and any practices that undermine country neutrality with regard to means of payments between Member States;

Amendment 575 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 576 #

Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Lucy ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location; believes enforcement of EU antitrust rules can play an important role in tackling unjustified geo-blocking practices; welcomes the European Commission consultation on the revision of the Cable and Satellite Directive and considers that online distribution of audio-visual content could be addressed in the framework of this Directive;

Amendment 577 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Roberta METSOLA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Takes the view that geo-blocking in the internal market de facto encourages piracy; Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 578 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve EU-wide access to legal digital content, in particular by ending geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 579 #

Nicola DANTI, Catherine STIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending without delay geo- blocking practices and unfair price discrimination based on geographical location;

Amendment 58 #

Clare MOODY, Flavio ZANONATO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas Europe must use the opportunity of the Digital Single Market to develop state of the art educational systems, better labour protection standards, better resource and energy efficiency, to support the Energy Union, research and innovation both for business and for science, and promotion of gender equality and equal access for the marginalised and for people living with disabilities;

Amendment 580 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Points out that geo-blocking is a specific set of practices that should not be confused with restrictions to access to a service; many restrictions to cross-order access to a service, such as restrictions to e-commerce delivery of physical goods, are caused by diverging national consumer, product or labelling requirements and are thus often the consequence of remaining barriers to the Single Market; underlines the need to remove these remaining barriers;

Amendment 581 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)

16d. Underlines that the end of geo- blocking should go hand in hand with an increase of cross border parcel shipping options at a better price in order to allow effective competition within the single market; stresses, therefore, the need for measures to improve price transparency and enhanced regulatory oversight of parcel delivery;

Amendment 582 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Considers that unjustified geo- blocking practices are harmful to both the proper functioning of the single market and encourage online piracy, particularly in cases where content is not legally available through any means in a member state;

Amendment 583 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop tools which are accessible to all consumers in order to safeguard maximum transparency and guarantee consumer confidence when making purchases whether online or not;

Amendment 584 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls for a complete end to geo- blocking, as consumers who do not have access to legally obtained content, will resort to illegal content which benefits no one;

Amendment 585 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Stresses the need for all consumers within the Union to be treated equally by online merchants selling in one or more Member States, including in access to discounts or other promotions;

Amendment 586 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Ulla TØRNÆS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses that creation of artificial or unjustified barriers in the online environment for consumers when accessing websites, services or goods has no justification;

Amendment 587 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a single regulation on geo-blocking, which would complement the e-commerce directive and give guidance as what is an unfair and illegal practice;

Amendment 588 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA, Marlene MIZZI, Maria GRAPINI, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Catherine STIHLER, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Supports the Commission's plan to address geo-blocking in an effective manner by supplementing the existing e- commerce framework; considers it vital to focus on technological measures and technical practices resulting in unjustified limitations on access to information society services provided across border, on the conclusion of cross-border contracts to buy goods and services, but also on adjacent activities, such as payment and delivery;

Amendment 589 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)

16e. Believes that the Commission must review not only business to consumers' relations, but also business to business relations that lead to geo-blocking practices, such as selective distribution and market segmentation;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)

Ag. whereas the digital environment is understood by a significant share of European citizens as a public good, therefore expecting to enjoy in this area high-performance, affordable public services available to a vast majority of citizens, if not all;

Amendment 590 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Constance LE GRIP, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Marc JOULAUD, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Asks the Commission to propose measures to end practices such as IP tracking or the deliberate non- interoperability of systems restricting the choice of consumers and to guarantee the portability of people's digital lives;

Amendment 591 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Supports the initiatives aimed at enhancing the portability, within the EU, of online services of legally acquired and legally made available content, whilst fully respecting copyrights and the interests of right-holders;

Amendment 592 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls for portability of legally bought content within the EU, whereby a consumer who has purchased digital content in their member state of residence may be able to access that content when in another member state;

Amendment 593 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Stresses the need for portability of legally brought digital content, including subscription services, across borders in either downloaded or streaming formats;

Amendment 594 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Regrets that while the Commission is attempting to build a European single market, there are still internal trade barriers that prevent citizens from using digital content that has been legally purchased in one Member State in the rest of the Union, freely and without restriction; stresses that these restrictions may act as an incentive to use online piracy systems to get around obstacles that are perceived to be unjust, having an adverse effect not only on the freedom of citizens but also on the profits of distributors; calls on the Commission better to coordinate the laws on copyright and licences, in order to put an end to such inequalities;

Amendment 595 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Asks for the creation of a single digital market for media providers and broadcasters, and a renewed copyright law on audiovisual and online media that guarantees cross-border services and retransmission over third party platforms, while integrating the rationale behind the "country of origin principle";

Amendment 596 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Acknowledges that geo-blocking may be justified in certain cases, for example in the audiovisual sector, where financing production depends to a large extent on territorial exclusivity;

Amendment 597 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Highlights, however, the key role played by territorial licencing in financing and producing audiovisual and cinematographic content and calls, therefore, for reforms designed to enhance the portability, within the EU, of legally acquired and legally available online content services to be prioritised, with full respect for intellectual property rights and related rights;

Amendment 598 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Recalls that the territoriality principle must remain the cornerstone of the copyright system; calls for reforms to enable the enhanced portability of legally- acquired content to be prioritised;

Amendment 599 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses that cultural diversity in Europe, as well as multilingualism, benefits from cross-border access to content;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), ratified by the EU on 23 December 2010 (2010/48/EC),

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the new model of deeply intensified interaction, by its own nature, goes beyond borders, distances and many other physical constraints, and as a consequence does not only connect "digital citizens" within the Union, but allows them to reach out to, and to be reached by, citizens and businesses all over the world; whereas this connectivity means that the Digital Single Market must be conceived and implemented in close interrelationship with the digital realities and on-going developments all over the world;

Amendment 600 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;deleted

Amendment 601 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of unlawful discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to ~~outlaw~~clarify what is unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 602 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their nationality or country of residence; ~~calls on the Commission to identify and define~~stresses the value of better coordination between the contact points designated by the Member States and of reinforcing joint action by the Commission and national authorities in targeted sectors in order better to verify the application of the above-mentioned article; calls on the Commission to identify and clarify concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 603 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’'s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive, in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case group~~s of~~ or general interests, such as public health (e.g. prohibition of selling tobacco products or alcohol to minors online) justif~~ied~~ying discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’'s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 604 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence; calls on the Commission to identify and define, in cooperation with economic operators, concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 605 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw ~~unjustified~~ discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 606 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence and the belonging to a certain linguistic minority or language group; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 607 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence or on the country of getting access to content; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 608 #

Miriam DALLI, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers based on their country of residence; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case groups of ~~justified~~ discrimination, justified in particular by public interest, under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 609 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Supports in particular the Commission’s planned scrutiny of the practical enforcement of Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to analyse possible patterns of discrimination against consumers and entrepreneurs based on their country of residence; calls on the Commission to identify and define concise case groups of justified discrimination under Article 20(2) of the Services Directive in order to outlaw unjustified discriminatory behaviour by private entities and in order to provide interpretative assistance to authorities responsible for applying Article 20(2) in practice; calls on the Commission to make concerted efforts to add the provision of Article 20(2) to the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 in order to utilise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network’s investigation and enforcement powers;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the management of such complexity involves harnessing informative flows of an unprecedented scale and richness, to which the whole society contributes, and from which the whole society must benefit;

Amendment 610 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses that a ban on geo-blocking should never oblige a retailer to deliver goods from his web shop to a certain Member State when he has no interest in selling his products to all Member States and prefers to stay small or only sell to consumers close to his shop;

Amendment 611 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Supports in particular the Commission's approach to address geo- blocking in an effective and targeted manner and considers that it is important to focus on technological measures and technical practices resulting in unjustified limitations on access to services provided across borders, on the conclusion of cross-border contracts, and also on adjacent activities, such as payment and delivery;

Amendment 612 #

Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Encourages the Commission to ensure that entrepreneurs from all Member States are provided with the possibility to sell their products on Europe's online marketplaces; practices that forbid entrepreneurs to be able to register and sell on specific online marketplaces should not be allowed; therefore, calls on the Commission to investigate such practices and to make use of all means at its disposal to address such a situation;

Amendment 613 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Further points out the importance of the ongoing competition sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector in order to investigate, inter alia, whether geo- blocking restrictions infringe the rules of EU competition law; stresses the importance of increasing consumer and business confidence by introducing changes to the Block Exemption Regulation, most importantly Article 4a and Article 4b, in order to limit undesirable re-routing and territorial restrictions;deleted

Amendment 614 #

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Further points out the importance of the ongoing competition sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector in order to investigate, inter alia, whether geo-blocking restrictions infringe the rules of EU competition law; stresses the importance of increasing consumer and business confidence by introducing changes to the Block Exemption Regulation, most importantly Article 4a and Article 4b, in order to limit undesirable re-routing and territorial restrictionsrestrictions of unjustified geo-blocking infringe the rules of EU competition law;

Amendment 615 #

Vicky FORD, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Further points out the importance of the ongoing competition sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector in order to investigate, inter alia, whether geo-blocking restrictions infringe the rules of EU competition law; stresses the importance of increasing consumer and business confidence by ~~introducing~~assessing whether targeted changes to the Block Exemption Regulation, most importantly Article 4a and Article 4b~~, in order to limit undesirable~~ could limit unjustified re-routing and territorial restrictions;

Amendment 616 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Further points out the importance of the ongoing cCompetition sSector iInquiry into ~~the~~ e- commerce sector in order to investigate, inter alia, whether unjustified geo-blocking restrictions infringe the rules of EU competition law; stresses the importance of increasing consumer and business confidence b~~y introducing~~ased on this sector enquiry results, changes to the Block Exemption Regulation, m~~ost importantly Article 4a and Article 4b~~ay be needed, in order to limit undesirable re-routing and territorial restrictions;

Amendment 617 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Further points out the importance of the ongoing competition sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector in order to investigate, inter alia, whether unjustified geo-blocking restrictions infringe the rules of EU competition law; stresses the importance of increasing consumer and business confidence by introducing changes to the Block Exemption Regulation, most importantly Article 4a and Article 4b, in order to limit undesirable re-routing and territorial restrictions;

Amendment 618 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA, Marlene MIZZI, Emilian PAVEL, Nicola DANTI, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Catherine STIHLER, Julia REDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Further points out the importance of the ongoing competition sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector in order to investigate, inter alia, whether geo-blocking restrictions, such as discrimination on the basis of IP address, postal address or country of issue of credit card as compared, infringe the rules of EU competition law; stresses the importance of increasing consumer and business confidence by introducing changes to the Block Exemption Regulation, most importantly Article 4a and Article 4b, in order to limit undesirable re-routing and territorial restrictions;

Amendment 619 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Further points out the importance of the ongoing competition sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector in order to investigate, inter alia, whether geo-blocking restrictions infringe the rules of EU competition law and the right to use and access all types of media in one`s native or preferred language, including film broadcasting rights for cinemas; stresses the importance of increasing consumer and business confidence by introducing changes to the Block Exemption Regulation, most importantly Article 4a and Article 4b, in order to limit undesirable re-routing and territorial restrictions;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the Union, together with the different levels of national, regional and local governments, must guarantee that no single player, either public or private, will be allowed to benefit unduly from the new all-encompassing digital environment;

Amendment 620 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Considers that greater scope should be created for the portability of content and services which have been acquired lawfully on the internet and paid for;

Amendment 621 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Emphasises the need to enhance the portability of legally acquired online content and services;

Amendment 622 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Considers that given the nature of service provision on the Internet, undertakings licensing information society services or providing information society services in exchange for payment by end-users in the EU should be wholly subject to provisions on the free movement of services insofar as limiting access to such services serves to form a barrier to trade between Member States;

Amendment 623 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to examine the situation of independent retailers who nevertheless are allowed under competition law to work together through their brick-and-mortar shops, to also provide joint e-commerce offerings;

Amendment 624 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Ulla TØRNÆS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to continue its work on competition law in the EU through its investigations into dominant positions on the internet, which deprive consumers of an overview and of tools for comparison which are necessary for making purchases and thus for the EU economy to grow;

Amendment 625 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Believes that the removal of unjustified geo-blocking for goods and services in the marketplace should not prevent the Member States from justified geo-blocking where required by national law to enforce, among others, the prevention of non-IPR related criminal actions, the display and sharing of sexually abusive images and representations, and the spreading of hate speech and hate symbols; calls on the Commission and the Council to adopt clear guidelines on what is a justifiable reason to geo-block;

Amendment 626 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. However takes note of the importance of territorial licenses in the EU, particularly with regards to audio- visual and film production which is primarily based on broadcasters pre- purchase or pre-financing systems;

Amendment 627 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.4

2.4. Better access to digital content - a modern~~, more European~~ copyright framework

Amendment 628 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.4 - Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines that copyright reform and harmonization is vital for a flourishing digital single market;

Amendment 629 #

Clare MOODY, Flavio ZANONATO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Catherine STIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.4 - Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls for expanding mandatory exceptions to copyright for public interest institutions, user-generated content, text- and data mining;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas particular attention must be paid to vulnerable citizens, workers in precarious employment, those caught in the digital divide, and isolated or poor communities, to ensure they too reap the full benefits of a Digital Single Market;

Amendment 630 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.5 - Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Supports Commission's intention to extend the current single electronic registration and payment mechanism to intra-EU and 3rd country online sales of tangible goods and to introduce a common EU-wide simplification measure (VAT threshold) to help small start-up e- commerce businesses;

Amendment 631 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.5 - Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Considers it necessary, in order to move towards a genuine digital single market, to create a suitable tax framework that will entail VAT harmonisation; believes that this framework should also guarantee balanced taxation that will prevent tax relocation in the European Union, as currently being discussed within the OECD;

Amendment 632 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2.5 - Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to prepare a bold proposal to review the VAT Directive (2006/112/EC) in order to make cross-border VAT system clearer and less burdensome for businesses, especially SMEs;

Amendment 633 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3.1 a (new)

3.1a. Antitrust proceedings and Abuse of dominant position:

Amendment 634 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -19 a (new)

-19a. Regrets the long duration of the investigations into Google's practices and the fact that these investigations have already dragged on for several years without any final results; welcomes, therefore, the Statement of Objections sent by the Commission to Google on comparison shopping service; calls on the Commission to continue to examine determinedly all concerns identified in its investigations, including all other areas of vertical search, as it is ultimately part of ensuring a level playing field for all market players in the digital market;

Amendment 635 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ETakes note that, according to the Commission's Strategy, there exists an investment gap in order to meet the digital agenda targets, and accordingly emphasises that incentivising a combination of public and private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is ~~a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining~~both a previous requirement and a pulling factor regarding any digital progress; in this context, stresses that safeguarding sustainable competition, together with bringing large-scale digital inclusion, remain the main ~~driver~~goals of infrastructure investments, and that they in turn drive innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networkpermanently flexible choices for consumers;

Amendment 636 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement ~~for~~to any digital progress, with competition ~~remaining~~and investment as the main drivers of ~~infrastructure investments,~~ innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; ~~considers that little evidence exists, in the still~~believes therefore in the need for an investment-friendly fragme~~nted European te~~work supporting sustainable com~~munications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in network~~petition with sustained investment; considers that regulation of prices for access to high-speed networks should be phased out in favour of commercial agreements concluded between the different market players;

Amendment 637 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 638 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 639 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; c~~onsiders that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European tel~~alls on the Commission to improve investment conditions in the field of network infrastructure and to revise the recomm~~unic~~endations ~~market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in~~and rules in this field in such a way as to promote investment and expansion of the networks;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas it is generally agreed that the informative flows generated by a fully functioning Digital Single Market can only be productively managed with a continuously increasing use of artificial intelligence, for aggregating data, identifying and interpreting patterns, and recognizing emerging structures; whereas such combination of activities could likely bring an unprecedented development of this field, which in itself is largely unregulated and even un-discussed, with enormous political, ethical, legal and technical implications;

Amendment 640 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 641 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 642 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with ensuring competition remaining the main driver of digital infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that ~~little~~basic evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 643 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in network; to this end, while guaranteeing fair and sustainable competition, the EU should promote a regulatory framework that will encourage infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and a diverse range of choices for consumers;

Amendment 644 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 645 #

Michał BONI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Barbara KAPPEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress~~, with competition remaining the main driver of~~; considers that, while maintaining sustainable competition, a regulatory framework should be established which creates incentives for infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; ~~considers that little evidence exists~~stresses that, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, ~~of a link~~political decision-makers should consider carefully the relationship between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 646 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress~~, with competition remaining the main driver of~~ especially in industry 4.0, IoT, mhealth and telemedicine solutions. To this end, while safeguarding sustainable competition, the EU should put in place a regulatory framework which incentivises infrastructure investments, innovation, and affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that ~~little evidence exist~~policy makers should carefully assess, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, ~~of a link~~the relationship between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 647 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Ashley FOX, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement ~~for~~to any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that ~~little evidence exists,~~ in the still fragmented European telecommunications market~~, of a link between consolidation of operators and~~ consolidation may increased investment in networks, however its potential impact on the competition and prices for consumers should be carefully assessed;

Amendment 648 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that more competition through liberalisation of telecoms markets has been associated with higher levels of investment and lower prices for consumers; notes that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks; notes the risk of creating telecommunications oligopolies at European level;

Amendment 649 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers and businesses; Stresses the importance of encouraging competition to achieve more broadband investment; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks, in fact, it is rather the opposite, that competition has proved to stimulate investments; calls on the Commission, therefore, to enforce competition rules in order to ensure that consumers and businesses can benefit from affordable high-quality services;

Amendment 65 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas a highly-participative, highly- inclusive Digital Single Market can only be designed and implemented through processes that are equally participative and inclusive, creatively summoning and combining the vision, values, strengths, knowledge, skills and experiences of the whole European society;

Amendment 650 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 651 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private and public investments in fast and ultra- fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, ~~with~~and that competition ~~remaining~~is not the main driver of infrastructure investments, and innovation, a~~ffordable prices and choices for consumer~~s was shown by information report No 704 of 6 February 2014 of the French national assembly, which underlined that most investment is not in network infrastructure but in modems and the purchase of frequencies; considers that little evidence exists, in the ~~still fragmented~~ European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 652 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private and public investments in fast and ultra- fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress~~, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers~~; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between co~~nsolidation of~~mpetition between operators and increased investment in networks, in particular concerning coverage for ‘dead zones’ or areas with insufficient coverage;

Amendment 653 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 654 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 655 #

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Michał BONI, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Patrizia TOIA, Miloslav RANSDORF, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; draws attention to the importance of investment in high speed and ultra-high speed communication networks in rural areas for the social and economic development of those areas; advocates the encouragement of such investment by private and public parties; calls on the Commission at the same time to devote attention to difficulties experienced by regional authorities on account of State aid rules in their efforts to promote and roll out such communication networks; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 656 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks, especially in rural and remote areas, is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 657 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Michał BONI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Philippe JUVIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress~~, with competition remaining the main driver of~~ and that consequently there is a need to foster competition at all levels, including new infrastructure deployment; Notes that the EU's regulatory framework must incentivise infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks; Considers that a stable and predictable regulatory environment is a precondition that must be guaranteed in order to promote the much needed investment;

Amendment 658 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement ~~for~~to any digital progress and must be part of the European integration effort, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 659 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communication has changed the way businesses interact with each other, and how governments interact, and will continue to do so;

Amendment 660 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that ~~incentivising~~ private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks isare a requirement for ~~any~~ digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that ~~little~~no evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 661 #

Anne SANDER, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of investment in modern, efficient infrastructure ~~investments~~, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;

Amendment 662 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 663 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress~~, with competition remaining~~; stresses that co- investment models enable actors of different sizes and financial situations to take part in this and are permitted under the 2009 regulatory framework; adds that competition, guided by the regulatory framework, remains the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks; calls on the Commission to make proposals for updating the Universal Service Directive with regard to ways and means of financing unprofitable areas (redistribution or other);

Amendment 664 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Maria GRAPINI, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Lucy ANDERSON, Catherine STIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Notes that scarce or no evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a correlation between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks; encourages a regulatory design which provides ample opportunities for new entrepreneurial players, and which discourages the formation of oligopolies and other forms of market distortion;

Amendment 665 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Welcomes the announced reform of the telecoms regulatory framework, but underlines that a level playing field also for small market players has to be ensured, and that deregulation can lead to dominant market positions raising prices for consumers as the examples of numerous non-EU markets show;

Amendment 666 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Commission to focus in the upcoming Review of the Telecom Framework on key aspects such as technological neutrality; allowing extra territorial use of numbering resources as well as on a light touch regulatory approach that does not hinder innovation but facilitate it;

Amendment 667 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Dan NICA, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)

19e. Underlines that while the current telecom framework has made substantial progress towards achieving its aims, the EU telecom regulatory framework remains fragmented; thus urges the next review to aim at a further evolution of the framework taking account of market, social and technological developments and future trends;

Amendment 668 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Observes that there is still a shortfall of investment which absolutely must be overcome in order to attain the objectives of the digital agenda; considers that, to this end, regulatory incentives are needed for private investors and existing incentives should also be reviewed;

Amendment 669 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Emil RADEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that the regulatory framework should better reward the risks of private investments in new infrastructures. This will ultimately be beneficial to the end-user also in remote areas;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the European Digital Single Market is an opportunity for consumers in terms of cross-border purchases of tangible and intangible digital content and whereas European copyright laws are therefore no longer appropriate;

Amendment 670 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Stresses that as technical and industrial developments and consumer behaviour are evolving rapidly, data traffic growing exponentially, and areas of use constantly widening, any new industry regulation needs to be principle- based, technology neutral and flexible;

Amendment 671 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Dan NICA, Jeppe KOFOD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Believes that investment in next- generation broadband infrastructure is clearly key to achieving a digital economy and society; in order to maximise investments, telecoms policies should enable all players to make efficient investments;

Amendment 672 #

Kaja KALLAS, Michael THEURER, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Angelika MLINAR, Pavel TELIČKA, Philippe DE BACKER, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Antanas GUOGA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten PETERSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Reminds the commitment of Member states to at least reach by 2020 the broadband targets of full deployment of superfast speeds (30 Mbps); calls on the Commission to evaluate if the current broadband targets meet the conditions to the development of a data-driven economy and if investments in Member States are part of a long term and future-proof investment strategy;

Amendment 673 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Commission to prioritise investment in the deployment of digital infrastructure that will provide high-speed connectivity, both fixed and mobile, for all citizens, covering the entire territory of the European Union, guaranteeing coverage for rural, remote and outermost areas, so that all European citizens can benefit from this type of connection regardless of their place of residence; takes the view that this investment offers a potential for convergence that should be encouraged by the Commission, with the financial instruments available to it;

Amendment 674 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that investment in next- generation broadband infrastructure and access for all players to non-duplicable network assets is fundamental for Europe´s innovation and competitiveness, in order to lead not to lag behind, and in order to be able to offer the highest broadband speeds, the highest penetration rates and the largest digital motorways enabling the development of new services, innovations and economic growth;

Amendment 675 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point a (new)

(a) Stresses that future rules affecting the development and functioning of global markets should be more focused on the interests of European end-users by allowing them to benefit from ultra- broadband access offers at affordable prices and, therefore, fostering the take- up of fast broadband services;

Amendment 676 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Stresses that future rules affecting the development and functioning of markets should be more focused on the interests of European citizens by allowing them to benefit from high-performance broadband access offers at affordable prices and, therefore, fostering both the take-up of broadband services and the entrepreneurial development of initiatives;

Amendment 677 #

Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Marlene MIZZI, Nicola DANTI, Pina PICIERNO, Lucy ANDERSON, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Highlights that in order to reap the full benefits offered by ICT and to keep up with other international markets, roll- out of high-speed fixed and wireless broadband networks, especially in rural and remote areas, should remain a key priority for Member States, creating a vital social and economic driver in areas which would otherwise face substantial and at times detrimental isolation due to a number of factors with poor provision of physical as well as digital infrastructure playing a key role;

Amendment 678 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Dan NICA, Jeppe KOFOD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that investments into broadband infrastructures should be boosted; where there is market failure, different possibilities exist to speed up connectivity, for example by stimulating demand though community based projects, attaching licencing to coverage requirements of the universal service, reviewing state aid and using existing EU funds;

Amendment 679 #

Anne SANDER, Antonio TAJANI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that a modernised framework should focus on infrastructure-based competition as the main driver for NGA roll-out, including the establishment of a regulatory framework to foster private investment;

Amendment 68 #

Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Emil RADEV, Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislations in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changeoffer EU citizens a larger variety of cross-border services, stimulate the creation of innovative online services at competitive prices and facilitate easier access for businesses, and in particular SMEs, to cross-border markets;

Amendment 680 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Emil RADEV, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Asks the Commission to take the necessary measures enabling all citizens to be connected to the internet at the highest speed and the lowest possible costs;

Amendment 681 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)

19d. Calls the Commission to assess the regulatory restrictions on operators that keep them from taking business risks and investing in sparsely-populated or geographically-challenging areas. In this respect, EU State Aid regime should play a key role where private investment alone cannot be ensured. Therefore, the current application of state aid rules must be reconsidered to enable a better roll-out of broadband and other solutions;

Amendment 682 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. considers investments in fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure as a priority while many rural, remote and border areas do not have access to sufficient connectivity; regrets in this respect that the European Commission did not set ambitious EU and national targets for fixed and mobile broadband coverage; asks the European Commission to define European connectivity targets, to be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council, broken down into national requirements for accelerating the deployment of fixed and mobile broadband networks in all territories, while adapting and clarifying State aid rules to ease joint public and private investments in areas subject to market failures;

Amendment 683 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Michał BONI, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SCHULZE, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Considers that where private investment alone cannot be ensured, citizens and businesses need to be enabled to participate in the Digital Single Market through other measures; an ambitious goal on full Internet coverage should be set;

Amendment 684 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Acknowledges the importance of public investment in the expansion of broadband, and calls in addition for priority to be assigned to private investment in the expansion of networks and cabling;

Amendment 685 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Believes that strong public investment in telecommunications infrastructure to promote the digital single market may also have the effect of attracting private investment in this field, which will help to strengthen the Europe- wide economic recovery, stimulate lasting growth and boost the EU’s global competitiveness; calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to guarantee strong and lasting public investment to this end;

Amendment 686 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Emil RADEV, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Believes that the financing instruments in the Juncker plan will be crucial sources of investment;

Amendment 687 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Stresses the importance of a successful implementation of EFSI in targeting projects with higher-risk profiles to maximise investments in digital infrastructure and better attract private investments for innovative companies; a particular focus should be given to information and support of innovative entrepreneurs, at the different funding stages of development of the company;

Amendment 688 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA, Emilian PAVEL, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Nicola DANTI, Catherine STIHLER, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Welcomes the allocations from the CAP Rural Development programs and European Structural and Investment Funds for ICT projects which will stimulate the modernization of existing digital infrastructure and creation of new digital infrastructure thus closing the gap between rural and urban broadband; Believes that a distinct financing instrument for digital infrastructure would accelerate the modernization of digital infrastructures;

Amendment 689 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Welcomes the upcoming review of the Universal Services Directive, which will provide an opportunity to re-examine the availability of broadband internet access, including in remote areas and consumers' rights related in the context of universal services provision; believes that access to broadband should be classified a service of general interest;

Amendment 69 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Antanas GUOGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 690 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marlene MIZZI, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Brando BENIFEI, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Catherine STIHLER, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Highlights in this context the need for the Commission to closely cooperate with the Member States, in order to establish performance indicators and guidelines pertaining the quality of the 112 service, paying particular attention to the need for interoperability between emergency services, for multilingualism and for timely and qualitative interventions by emergency services; emphasises that in this context the importance of accessibility to 112 services for all citizens and underlines the necessity of 112 access per SMS or comparable means for people with special needs; further calls on the Commission to promote knowledge of the EU-wide, universal and multilingual 112 system;

Amendment 691 #

Marlene MIZZI, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Stresses that a full revision of the Universal Services Directive is needed to enhance consumer rights in the digital world and to protect consumers from discriminatory behaviour and unfair service blocking;

Amendment 692 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen and enhance Digital Single Market end-user rights (consumer rights) in the upcoming revision of the Universal Services Directive, so that consumers' rights are addressed coherently in the context of the comprehensive review process of the electronic communications regulatory framework;

Amendment 693 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Carlos ZORRINHO, Flavio ZANONATO, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Edouard MARTIN, Dan NICA, Jeppe KOFOD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Considers that the next review of the Telecom Framework should include the overdue review of the universal service directive to fit digital age, including the obligation to offer broadband internet access at a fair price in response to the urgent need to reduce the digital divide;

Amendment 694 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to study the role that the development of networks and infrastructure characterised by operator and service provider neutrality might play in speeding up the deployment of broadband services, content and applications that will improve Europe’s competitiveness;

Amendment 695 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Michał BONI, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Paul RÜBIG, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Notes that the development of new services such as the Internet of Things requires new flexible, future focused policies that allow the Internet of Things to develop its potential for economic and social development in all countries;

Amendment 696 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Eva KAILI, Edouard MARTIN, Dan NICA, Jeppe KOFOD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)

19d. Stresses that The EU's goal of introducing 5G in 2020 lags behind some other countries; Considers using the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship as platform to showcase commercial 5G and the first IoT 5G applications;

Amendment 697 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to protect European manufacturers against the anti- competitive conduct of the Chinese Huawei and ZTE manufacturers, as has been done in the US; calls for the creation of a European preference for telecommunications infrastructure equipment in the Member States;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), ratified by the EU on 23 December 2010 (2010/48/EC),

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow and stimulate new opportunities for ~~users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve~~citizens, governments, businesses and civil society to emerge and become well-established realities; whereas the Union, acting institutionally in such direction, must take stock of the modern European society, strongly oriented to services, where citizens legitimately expect to have similar rules for similar services; whereas these actions must be guided by a holistic approach that pays the utmost attention to the transformative social dimension of such major, structural changes;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should ~~allow~~not restrict the emergence of new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, whil~~e taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they~~st recognising that these opportunities will inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge~~, especially within today’s~~ in industry and the service s~~ociety~~ector, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension ~~as they inevitably involve~~in order to anticipate and prevent potential harmful structural ~~change~~effects;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, wh~~ile taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension~~ose industrial component should be expanded once again, while taking a holistic approach that not only lays down similar rules for similar services, but also considers their social dimension and, above all, the moves to reindustrialise Europe as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and European businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society with a view to ensure the principle of similar rules for similar services, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should be aligned in order to allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge and develop, especially within today’s service s~~ociety~~ector, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users ~~and~~, businesses, and start-ups to emerge, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 77 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that considers the digital skills gap which will need to be filled quickly and their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society and based on similar rules for similar services, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 79 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2015 on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy1a, __________________ 1a Text adopted, P8_TA(2015)0051

Amendment 80 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and European businesses to emerge, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 81 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas all Union policies and legislation in the area of the Digital Single Market should allow new opportunities for users and businesses to emerge and grow, especially within today’s service society, while taking a holistic approach that considers their social dimension as they inevitably involve structural changes;

Amendment 82 #

Clare MOODY, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Theresa GRIFFIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas such emphasis on services must be balanced with a renewed, performing and sustainable industrial economy, which will also greatly profit from the digital transformation;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Digital Single Market is not just a step change in how business and industry works, but with the Internet of Things, Open Data, and Industry 4.0, represents a total reimagining of the functioning of the economy;

Amendment 84 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Emil RADEV, Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas there is a strong need for an improved and robust digital economy in Europe. Barriers between Member States must be removed to create a real 'Digital Single Market' which constitutes one of the cornerstones of growth and employment in the EU;

Amendment 85 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Digital Single Market is a key instrument for the relaunching of economic growth and quality job creation in the EU;

Amendment 86 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Mihai ŢURCANU, Roberta METSOLA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the digital revolution already is underway and empowers consumers, entrepreneurs every day and affects every aspect of our life;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the digital economy remains global by definition, and digitalization in Europe is integral to global development; whereas a Digital Single Market strategy should aim to create a common market open to the world, to ensure that European companies have the best possible business climate and the largest possible common home market;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the fact that different standards apply to online and offline commerce is leading to fragmentation and uncertainty within the Single Market;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, according to the European Parliament Research Service cost of non- Europe study, completing the Digital Single Market could contribute 415 billion Euro to European GDP;

Amendment 9 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Catherine STIHLER, Lucy ANDERSON, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regards to its resolution of 10 March 2015 on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy2, __________________ 2 Text adopted, P8_TA(2015)0051

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Digital Single Market represents a valuable opportunity to ensure full accessibility and participation for disabled people;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the technical developments, industrial digitalisation and consumer behaviour are evolving rapidly, data traffic growing exponentially, and areas of use constantly widening; whereas any new industry regulation therefore needs to be principle-based, technology neutral and flexible;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas addressing and supporting the exceptional growth in mobile data traffic is pivotal to securing the EU's competitiveness and global leadership in the digital economy;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas an open-mindedness in embracing new products and services from a digital society must be encouraged;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)

Be. whereas enhanced coordination and harmonisation of spectrum resources are necessary to fully exploit the potential of the internal market and to increase economic growth in Europe;

Amendment 95 #

Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Antonio TAJANI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas 75% of the value added by the digital economy comes from traditional industry; whereas ~~its integration of digital technology~~the transformation of traditional industry into digital remains weak, with only 1.7% of EU enterprises making full use of advanced digital technologies and 147% of SMEs using the internet ~~as a sales channel~~to sell online cross-border;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas although 75% of the value added by the digital economy comes from ~~traditional industry; whereas~~non-ICT industry, its integration of digital technology remains ~~weak~~much slower and weaker than desirable, with only 1.7% of EU enterprises making full use of advanced digital technologies and only 14% of SMEs using the internet as a sales channel;

Amendment 98 #

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Vicky FORD, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK, Branislav ŠKRIPEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas 75% of the value added by the digital economy comes from traditional industry; whereas its integration of digital technology remains weak, with only 1.7% of EU enterprises making full use of advanced digital technologies and 147% of SMEs using the internet as a sales channel, not least as a result of problems which arise when goods and services cross borders; whereas Europe has fallen behind other economic areas as regards the introduction of digital technologies, services and products, and whereas the potential which a digital single market offers for reindustrialisation and for making the European economy more competitive is enormous;

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

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Amendment 698 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition, although the diversity of services from different categories of providers has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, the development of over-the-top services has led to a fragmentation of consumer protection standards; notes, therefore, that modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should focus on consistent protection standards throughout the EU, irrespective of the type of provider, and should reflect the consumption habits of users, while also driving innovation, innovation, and fair and sustainable competition; considers, in this connection, that simplification and technology neutrality should be the key factors in launching this modernisation process;

Amendment 699 #

Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Flavio ZANONATO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Catherine STIHLER, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that ~~since~~ the development of over- the-top services has increased demand and competition ~~to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innov~~, and at the same time it has brought to the centre of the debate questions about essential issues like neutrality, privacy and data protection, and in general about fragmented consumer protection standards; underlines that the modernisation of the telecommunication framework should strive to design for the whole European Union carefully assessed and balanced regulatory burdens which take in account the needs of citizens, SMEs and entrepreneurs, and drive innovation, participation and fair competition;

Amendment 700 #

Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top (OTT) services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, therefore modernisation of the telecommunication framework should ~~not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competitio~~be future-proof, drive innovation and fair competition and ensure that comparable services are subject to the same rules, when it comes to content, access or privacy and data protection, ensuring a consistent level of consumer protection; Notes that everyone should get a fair share of the added value in the value chain;

Amendment 701 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should ~~not lead to mo~~allow for prudent regulation which does not limit the innovation of entre pre~~gulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competit~~neurial businesses but ensures that they are not exempt from appropriate European labour rights and legislation that provide fair employment conditions for all workers across the Union;

Amendment 702 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top (OTT) services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, therefore modernisation of the telecommunication framework should ~~not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competitio~~be future-proof, drive innovation and fair competition and ensure that comparable services are subject to the same rules, when it comes to content, access or privacy and data protection; Notes that everyone should get a fair share of the added value in the value chain;

Amendment 703 #

Amendment 704 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 705 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 706 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 707 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that ~~since~~ the development of over- the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, ~~modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should~~; welcomes the Commission review of the rules in force; stresses that a level playing field for operators providing competing services is essential to drive innovation and fair competition;

Amendment 708 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that ~~since~~ the development of digital services, including over-the-top services, has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, therefore modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but ~~should~~ drive innovation and fair competition; argues that OTT service providers should abide by the equivalent end user rights provisions as traditional operators, but that where appropriate and where necessary, the utility of such provisions should be reassessed in light of market and technological developments;

Amendment 709 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 710 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Antonio TAJANI, Roberta METSOLA, Anne SANDER, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that ~~sinc~~while the development of over-the-top and other digital services hasve increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, ~~modernisation of the telecommunication framework should~~consumer protection standards are fragmented. Therefore modernisation of the telecommunication framework should aim at consistent level of consumer rights across digital industry, not lead to more regulatory burdens, ~~but shoul~~and drive innovation and fair competition across digital markets;

Amendment 711 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Andreas SCHWAB, Michał BONI, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SCHULZE, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 712 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, as well as the demand for investment in digital infrastructure, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should ~~drive~~implement future-proof solutions that foster innovation and fair competition;

Amendment 713 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 714 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 715 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Andreas SCHWAB, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that ~~sinc~~while the development of over- the- top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, consumers are faced with new risks related to fragmented consumer protection standards; considers therefore that modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to ~~more~~unnecessary regulatory burdens, but should ensure a high level of consumer protection, drive innovation and fair competition for all actors across the EU;

Amendment 716 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that ~~sinc~~while the development of over- the- top services has further increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, consumers are faced with new risks; believes therefore that modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to ~~more~~unnecessary regulatory burdens, but ~~shoul~~ensure a consistent level of consumer protection, and drive innovation and fair competition across digital markets;

Amendment 717 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. SWelcomes the significant and continued investment from over-the-top services in Europe's physical internet infrastructure, particularly in hosting and delivery services; stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition;

Amendment 718 #

Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Clare MOODY, Patrizia TOIA, Renato SORU, Pina PICIERNO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 719 #

Amendment 720 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Marc TARABELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that since the development of ~~over-the-top~~digital services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition while increasing consumers protection and trust;

Amendment 721 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 722 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 723 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition among services to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, ~~but~~ should drive innovation and fair competition and ensure fair access to the networks;

Amendment 724 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 725 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Emphasizes that over-the-top suppliers must be subject to the same degree of regulation regarding content, access or data privacy and protection, and when providing services comparable to those currently on offer in the field of electronic communications;

Amendment 726 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Underlines that the modernisation of the telecommunication framework should strive to design for the whole European Union carefully assessed and balanced regulatory burdens which take in account the needs of citizens, SMEs and entrepreneurs, and drive innovation, participation and fair competition;

Amendment 727 #

Anne SANDER, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Antonio TAJANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses the need to ensure that end user rights laid down in the Telecoms Framework are coherent, proportionate and futureproofed; suggests that end users should benefit from the ability to switch providers with ease and that such a process should be winner-led;

Amendment 728 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Asks the Commission to elaborate a comprehensive framework for all digital services regardless of the provider or the way by which they are provided to ensure equal consumer protection and enable fair competition for all digital actors;

Amendment 729 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Eva KAILI, Edouard MARTIN, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Welcomes the various on-going public consultations launched by the DG Connect recently on the digital agenda for Europe, notably on the review of EU telecoms rules, on the need for internet speed and quality beyond 2020 and on Online platforms, cloud & data, liability of intermediaries, collaborative economy but urges the EC to ensure consistency among all these parallel initiatives;

Amendment 730 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls for a European strategy on termination rates and for the consistent implementation of the relevant Commission Recommendation 2009/396/EC; takes the view that asymmetric termination rates within the EU lead to major inequalities of treatment and distortions of competition, thus conflicting with the EU’s requirement to establish a digital single market and with the recent decision to abolish retail roaming charges (cost recovery clause);

Amendment 731 #

Patrizia TOIA, Dan NICA, Nicola DANTI, Renato SORU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Asks the Commission to guarantee equal treatment, also in fiscal terms, and the same level playing field between telecom operators and over-the-top services in order to assure non- discriminatory access to networks and contents;

Amendment 732 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments;~~deleted

Amendment 733 #

András GYÜRK, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Calls as a prio~~Notes that the radio spectrum is used by a large variety ~~for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments~~of suppliers varying from (digital) TV and radio to mobile communication; considers that the framework for spectrum allocation reflects the various national traditions in the Member States and therefore should remain a national competence; stresses that any policy decision to assign spectrum use should be based on a solid assessment of the cost and benefits of such change as well as of the actual market demand justifying such change;

Amendment 734 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls ~~as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments~~to respect the principle of subsidiarity regarding spectrum allocation since special characteristics of national markets should be taken into consideration, at the same time bigger focus on the enforcement and reform of existing legislation is recommended;

Amendment 735 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Ashley FOX, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for ~~a harmonised framework for~~improved coordination of spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments, whilst respecting Member State competences;

Amendment 736 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a ~~harmonis~~coordinated framework for spectrum allocation by the Member States in a European framework to boost long-term infrastructure investments;

Amendment 737 #

Michał BONI, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls ~~as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investment~~for a flexible and coordinated European spectrum policy where inefficient use of spectrum is addressed and where the exponential growth of mobile data traffic can be met by future re-allocations; emphasises that spectrum policy needs to be designed in a way which should not allow viable challenger operators actively investing in their own infrastructure to be squeezed out of the market by protectionist spectrum policy decisions;

Amendment 738 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation ~~to boost long-term infrastructure investments~~including harmonised rules for allocation design, allocation timeframes, license conditions and spectrum use to boost long-term infrastructure investments as well as simplify conditions for deployment of WI-FI hotspot networks and small cells; Emphasis that Europe should benefit from opportunities in the consolidation of the European telecom market; Further point out that the spectrum is an essential resource for the Internet of Everything era;

Amendment 739 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised and pro-competitive framework for spectrum, without slowing down the speed of allocation, to boost innovations and long- term infrastructure investments whilst ensuring a level playing field for all spectrum users;

Amendment 740 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls ~~as a priority~~for an examination of the need for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation ~~to boost long-term infrastructure investments~~and for harmonisation to be promoted only in the light of national competences and cultural diversity;

Amendment 741 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a practical and realistic harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long~~-term infrastructure investments;~~ term infrastructure investments, which also respects the on-going needs of individual Member States where different applications for certain spectrum sectors exist; reminds that accessible sectors of radio spectrum have already been allocated to supporting a wide range of public and private services which have value both culturally in supporting social cohesion and citizenship as well as economically; emphasises that whilst harmonisation is a valuable instrument in fostering the single market, Member States have varying needs particularly in the spectrum bands used for Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) where there is growing competitive pressures from Wireless Broad Band (WBB); recalls that these variations must be respected together with the need to maintain and protect the value of PSB in balance with the expansion of WBB;

Amendment 742 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Michał BONI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised European framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments; requests from the Commission a detailed updated inventory of any existing national roadblocks which could be hindering such harmonisation;

Amendment 743 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation~~Highlights that Radio spectrum is a critical resource for the internal market for mobile, wireless broadband communications in the Union and essential for the future competitiveness of the European Union; Stresses that it is urgent and crucial to address the conditions and procedures for granting spectrum licenses for wireless broadband communications, as well as the use of unlicensed spectrum at European level; Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for allocation, use and management of spectrum for electronic communications as well as for setting a minimum period of 25 years for spectrum rights and eliminating administrative costs for trading and leasing of harmonised spectrum to boost long-term infrastructure investments;

Amendment 744 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls ~~as a~~for spectrum allocation to be one of the priorityies for a harmonised ~~framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments~~European framework, and in particular for increased coordination on award criteria, the timing of auctions, licensing conditions and spectrum use; in this way, and potentially also with the involvement of EFSI, it should be possible to boost long-term investments in wireless network infrastructure;

Amendment 745 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments to strengthen the position of the European Union in standardization bodies, ensuring the suitability of Europe for pilot projects to develop 5G successor technologies; regrets that in recent years the Council has repeatedly refused to move forward on this and calls at the very least for the resumption of the process initiated under the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme, pending a fresh Commission legislative initiative;

Amendment 746 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments; considers it necessary in this connection to take account of the exponential growth in mobile data traffic in reallocating frequencies;

Amendment 747 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investments; stresses the urgency of maximising spectrum allocation in view of the enormous and growing expansion of mobile data traffic;

Amendment 748 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Stresses the need to encourage greater and more effective coordination of spectrum policy, so as to provide adequate scope for the development of the Digital Single Market and ensure a secure framework for investment; suggests, specifically, the need for increased coordination concerning the conditions, deadlines and duration of licenses;

Amendment 749 #

Anne SANDER, Michał BONI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Urges the Commission to undertake a comprehensive review of the spectrum framework with a view to providing consistency and predictability that would boost network investment across the EU, thereby enabling the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 750 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Considers that the rapid development of the Internet of Things might cause a spectrum congestion in the future; supports the European Commission initiative to conduct a thorough analysis of standardization and operating requirements of spectrum for connected objects;

Amendment 751 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Stresses that the development of data demand has consistently exceeded expectations meaning that future EU spectrum policy needs to be forward- thinking, in particular given the scarcity of a resource so essential for connecting all European citizens; calls for the elimination of spectrum policy fragmentation;

Amendment 752 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)

21c. Underlines the importance of spectrum allocation for mobile broadband and internet, paving the way for the speeds and capacities essential for the development and emergence in Europe of new services and innovations;

Amendment 753 #

Gunnar HÖKMARK, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)

21d. Points out that the services of today would not have been possible with the speeds and capacities of yesterday, meaning that the services of tomorrow will not emerge in a Europe still staying with present capacities and speeds;

Amendment 754 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)

21e. Points out that a harmonised, forward-looking and predictable spectrum management environment is critical for the long term investments necessary for 5G access networks to be rolled out;

Amendment 755 #

Gunnar HÖKMARK, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)

21f. Urges the Commission to push forward with 5G to ensure European leadership; emphasises the need for harmonised radio spectrum to ensure global interoperability regarding 5G rollout;

Amendment 756 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)

21g. Calls on the Commission to act in order to facilitate the allocation of the 700 MHz band together with other necessary frequencies as soon as possible, securing other parts of the spectrum for broadcasting and at the same time facilitating for meeting up with increased demands for IP Television, reminds of the importance to be in the global lead regarding preconditions for the rapid development of new services and technologies in Europe, requiring the best capacities for fixed and mobile broadband;

Amendment 757 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Recalls the suggestions made by the High Level Group chaired by Pascal Lamy; calls on the Commission to draw up a specific roadmap to clarify the future uses of the various bands of the spectrum together with clear timeframes, with a view to avoiding situations such as that seen with reallocation of the 800 MHz band, where wide disparities between different Member States have delayed the roll-out of 4G in Europe;

Amendment 758 #

Renato SORU, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Simona BONAFÈ, Patrizia TOIA, Nicola DANTI, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Believes that, in order to achieve a real Digital Single Market, it is necessary to ensure access for all citizens in Europe, calls therefore to improve the efforts towards the networks development for those areas where sufficient connectivity it is not yet available;

Amendment 759 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Stresses the need for a modern broadband infrastructure throughout Europe, taking into account the latest developments and the current state of technology; takes the view, in this context, that the comprehensive roll-out of fibre- optic broadband networks as a future- proofing technology is a particularly important political priority, taking account of the need for broadband which will continue to grow in future; with that in mind, however, stresses that broadband expansion must as a matter of principle be achieved in a technologically neutral way with the aim of providing comprehensive rapid internet connections;

Amendment 760 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Acknowledges the importance of expanding mobile network access solutions, particularly in rural areas; at the same time, however, stresses the need for the complementary roll-out of the landline network, since the performance of mobile applications is partly dependent on the comprehensive roll-out of rapid broadband networks;

Amendment 761 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)

21c. Stresses that, particularly in countries with a low investment rate, the ESI funds, in particular the Cohesion Fund, potentially have an important contribution to make to the creation of comprehensive broadband networks; stresses too, in this connection, the importance of support for rural areas by the European Agricultural Fund For Rural Development (EAFRD);

Amendment 762 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 763 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 764 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Stresses that uniform enforcement of~~Considers that the Connected Continent package, ~~including the~~which includes plans to end of roaming surcharges ~~and~~in the ~~net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single~~EU, will come at a great financial cost to mobile operators across Europe an ~~telecommunications regulator~~d will likely increase domestic tariff prices;

Amendment 765 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that ~~uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges a~~the Commission and all Member States should rigorously defend the net neutrality principle,; re~~quires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~grets that the outcome of the negotiations on the Telecom Single Market Regulation does not include a definition of net neutrality and that it will not lead to the complete abolition of roaming surcharges;

Amendment 766 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that a uniform enforcement of the ~~Connected Continen~~regulation concerning open internet pac~~kage,~~cess and roaming on public mobile communications networks, that includ~~ing~~es the end of roaming surcharges ~~and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~from 15 June 2017 and the introduction of net neutrality principle, is vital; Points out that further actions, referred in this regulation, are required in order to make 'roam like at home' reality for all consumers; this applies in particular to Commission's legislative initiative on wholesale roaming prices and measures regarding mobile termination rates;

Amendment 767 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that ~~uniform enforcement of the Connected C~~the institutional framework for enforcing EU regulationt in~~ent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single Europe~~ digital markets is in need of reform; insists on a clear division of competences between national regulatory authorities and regulatory bodies at EU level; believes that making regulation less complex can thel~~ecommunications regulator~~p to achieve a more consistent application of EU rules in the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 768 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Ashley FOX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulatorthe establishment of a single European regulating body will not in itself lead to a digital single market, which will remains fragmented as long as wide socio-economic gaps between the EU Member States remain (justifying the continued existence of national regulatory authorities ); takes the view therefore that that progress towards a digital single market will primarily consolidate and strengthen mechanisms enabling the poorest countries of the Union to catch up; believes that harmonized areas such as net neutrality should nevertheless be regulated uniformly;

Amendment 769 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that ~~uniform enforcement of the Connected Continen~~full implementation of the provisions within the Telecoms Single Market pPackage, including the end of roaming surcharges and on the ~~net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~Open Internet, requires the involvement of the Body of European Regulators in Electronic Communications (BEREC), which has been given an important role in developing European guidelines for the implementation of the net neutrality provisions, and has been requested to provide its technical expertise to inform implementing acts and further legislative proposals on international roaming to be adopted by the European Commission pursuant to the Regulation; believes that BEREC has played an important role in providing coordination of national regulatory authorities at an EU level;

Amendment 770 #

Kaja KALLAS, Michael THEURER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Pavel TELIČKA, Michał BONI, Philippe DE BACKER, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Antanas GUOGA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten PETERSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that the uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the ~~end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~net neutrality principle and the end of roaming surcharges, is essential to the functioning of the single market ;

Amendment 771 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that ~~uniform enforcement of~~the Commission and all Member States should rigorously defend the net neutrality principle; stresses that the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges ~~and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~should be uniformly enforced throughout all Member States;

Amendment 772 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, as well as the growing digitisation of industry and society, requires the est~~ablishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~rengthening of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC); with that in mind, also stresses the need to improve the financial and human resources of BEREC’s office;

Amendment 773 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, ~~requir~~stresses the ~~establishment~~need of a single and neutral European telecommunications regulator and, in this regard, emphasizes the work done by The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) in the field of telecommunications;

Amendment 774 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the ~~end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~net neutrality principle and the end of roaming surcharges requires strong role for the BEREC and the European Commission, in cooperation with the National Regulatory Authorities;

Amendment 775 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Carlos COELHO, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Stresses that uniform~~Calls for uniform and consistent enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, ~~requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~if necessary by means of a stronger coordinating role for the Commission and BEREC;

Amendment 776 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that the consistent application of EU rules in the Digital Single Market, such as uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the ~~establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~adaptation of bodies, such as the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications or the Radio Spectrum Policy Group;

Amendment 777 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires ~~the establishment of a single European telecommunications~~still closer coordination via the European regulator BEREC;

Amendment 778 #

Anne SANDER, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that a uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the drive towards the end of end- user roaming surcharges and the pledge to enforce the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single independent European telecommunications regulator, adequately empowered and resourced, and interacting actively and constructively with national regulators, under defined procedures, ensuring a consistent application over Member States of all rules and standards concerning the Digital Single Market;

Amendment 779 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the ~~establishment of a single European telecommunic~~reinforcement of the coordination between nationsal regulators;

Amendment 780 #

András GYÜRK, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires t~~he establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~o strengthen the role of BEREC in order to better contribute to the accomplishment of the digital single market;

Amendment 781 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Deirdre CLUNE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires ~~the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~a transparent application policy across the Member States, which takes into account all spectrum users;

Amendment 782 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the e~~stablishment of a single~~fficient coordination between European telecommunications regulators;

Amendment 783 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires ~~the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~full use of BEREC coordination capacity;

Amendment 784 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Stresses that uniform enforcement of~~Considers it advisable, when enforcing the Connected Continent package, to includ~~ing~~e the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle~~, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~;

Amendment 785 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires ~~the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator~~consistent implementation in the Member States;

Amendment 786 #

Dan NICA, Patrizia TOIA, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the effective application of the net neutrality principle, requires the EU wide coordination and guidance, possibly including the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator;

Amendment 787 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator; Calls on the Commission and Council to take into account the European Parliament's first reading position on spectrum, which was adopted as part of the 'Connected Continent package' in April 2014;

Amendment 788 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio TAJANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator, in which the current system of checks and balances between the European Commission and the National Regulatory Authorities is preserved;

Amendment 789 #

Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, is a crucial objective to establish a Digital Single Market and requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator;

Amendment 790 #

Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Lucy ANDERSON, Marlene MIZZI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, namely fair, open and non-discriminatory internet access, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator;

Amendment 791 #

Kaja KALLAS, Michael THEURER, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Michał BONI, Philippe DE BACKER, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Antanas GUOGA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten PETERSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission, in order to deepen the internal market for telecommunications, to establish a single European telecommunications regulator through a strengthening of the role and decisions of BEREC, in particular in enforcement of EU telecommunication rules, oversight of the single market and crossborder disputes ;

Amendment 792 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the implementing measures of the Connected Continent Package deliver the end of roaming charges for all European consumers by June 2017; Or.

Amendment 793 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Notes that measures leading to the ability to easily switch service providers for end users as well as transparency of contracts between service providers and users are of the utmost importance;

Amendment 794 #

Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Reminds that several key parts of the Connected Continent remain unresolved, such as easier switching between providers, remedies in case of non- performance of contractually agreed services, transparency regarding available payment methods and any associated charges, information about consumption and the availability of free of charge options to set pre-defined consumption limits, more accurate information about advertised and actual speeds for domestic data services and remedies for non- performance of contractually agreed services, and that the previously agreed contract term length cannot be restarted upon the addition of an extra service unless the extra service is set at a promotional price linked to the restarting of such a contract; Reminds that these issues should be included in the framework of a review of the Universal Services Directive;

Amendment 795 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Urges the Commission to address convergence of telecoms and audio-visual markets in updating the telecommunications framework;

Amendment 796 #

Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Regrets that international communications are not part of the Connected Continent package, especially since they often concern intra-European traffic, leaving it up to providers to set the tariffs, creating confusion and overly priced bills for consumers;

Amendment 797 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Nicola DANTI, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Takes the view that the forthcoming amendment to the telecommunications legal framework should seek to consolidate and simplify the plethora of directives and recommendations and/or adapt sector-specific rules to new market realities (e.g. new communications services such as Viber, FB Messenger etc.); to that end, the key themes should be the creation of a European single market with fair conditions of competition; the legal framework should seek to make Europe-wide investments attractive and render innovations possible;

Amendment 798 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls for the swift adoption of the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, which will bring greater security to, and confidence in, the digital domain and data protection;

Amendment 799 #

Dan NICA, Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to look at reviewing pricing on cross-border fixed line calls which can be prohibitive and impact directly citizens;

Amendment 800 #

Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Philippe DE BACKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses that the European Digital Single Market should make daily life easier for the end consumer; therefore, calls on the Commission to solve the problem of the cross-border handover of telephone calls, so that consumers will be able to perform uninterrupted telephone calls when crossing borders in the Union;

Amendment 801 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of financing digital infrastructure projects from surpluses of the European Fund for Strategic Investment;

Amendment 802 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3.3

3.3. A fit-for-purpose regulatory environment for ~~platform~~online service providers and intermediaries

Amendment 803 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3.3.1

3.3.1. Role of online ~~platform~~service providers

Amendment 804 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;deleted

Amendment 805 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ, Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Urg~~Appreciates the Commission ~~to develop an innovation-friendly policy th~~'s initiative to analyse the role of plat fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;rms in the Digital Economy as part of the up- coming Internal Market Strategy; notes the significant difficulties involved in the mere definition of what a platform is, and how should it be managed for the common good; accordingly:

Amendment 806 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition ~~between,~~ and innovation ~~in,~~between online platforms~~; considers that the priorities should be transparency~~ and to support the freedom, openness and accessibility of the internet; considers that transparency, interoperability, unbundling, common standards, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, ~~and~~ identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms should be priorities; Underlines the fact that, in order to allow new businesses to emerge and thrive in existing digital sector, an assessment of the role network effects play in the openness of the digital economy will be key;

Amendment 807 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that f~~osters~~acilitates market entry; fosters fair and effective competition ~~between,~~ and innovation ~~in,~~ between online platforms; considers that t~~he priorities should be transparency~~ransparency, good cooperation with all the actors, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, non-discrimination, access to platforms, ~~and~~ identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms and ensuring a level playing field between competitors should be priorities;

Amendment 808 #

Andreas SCHWAB, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission ~~to develop~~first of all to examine in detail whether there is any need for further regulation in the field of online platforms or whether many issues could not already be resolved by properly and fully implementing the existing legislation; takes the view that on this basis an innovation-friendly policy should be developed that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, and where appropriate facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 809 #

Catherine STIHLER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Nicola DANTI, Pina PICIERNO

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, ands well as innovation, in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, particularly in terms of the functioning of platforms, enabling consumer choice notably through the facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, and by guaranteeing a non- discriminatory access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 810 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that lowers barriers for entry, fosters fair competition ~~between,~~ and innovation ~~in,~~between online platforms; considers that ~~the priorities should be~~ transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, ~~access to platforms, and~~non-discrimination and access to platforms for end-users, as well as identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms should be priorities;

Amendment 811 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition ~~between,~~ and innovation ~~in,~~between online platforms; considers that ~~the priorities should be~~ transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, ~~and~~ identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms should be priorities; Stresses the need to ensure sufficient levels of transparency for consumers regarding the practices of digital intermediaries, and proactive monitoring and effective "backstop" powers for regulatory authorities where platform practices become a threat to plurality/diversity;

Amendment 812 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Catherine STIHLER, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, ~~facilitation of~~the removal of barriers to switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 813 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, prevention of preferential treatment of own services, prevention of discrimination against third parties' services and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 814 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Antonio TAJANI, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters fair competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services~~, access to platforms,~~ non-discrimination and access to platforms for end-users as well as B2B multichannel commerce platforms and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 815 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, fair rules to be followed by all operators, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 816 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 817 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, including through open standards, interoperability, data protection by design and by default, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 818 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Renato SORU, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Dan NICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms to ensure a level playing- field; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 819 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, the prevention of monopolies, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 820 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency regarding their announced search results, their rates and their treatment of user data, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 821 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters fair competition between, and innovation in, online platforms and facilitates market entry; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 822 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters fair competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, ensuring the ownership and control of users of their digital footprint and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 823 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters fair competition between, and innovation in, online platforms and simplifies market entry for undertakings; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 824 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters fair competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;

Amendment 825 #

23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters fair competition between, and innovation in, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and ~~identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of pl~~ensuring fair treatment for all operatforms;

Amendment 826 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 827 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Notes that the concept of platforms covers a wide range of heterogeneous infrastructure, services and markets in both the online and the offline world changing and developing very rapidly, and therefore, there is no clear and enforceable definition of this concept;

Amendment 828 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Highlights the confusion and uncertainty for both online and offline businesses and providers caused by the use of the term "platform" in the on- going political discourse; emphasises the ambiguous nature of the term and the lack of juridical or enforceable definition and calls for its swift clarification;

Amendment 829 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Notes that 'platform' regulation requires a clear definition of what is meant by this term;

Amendment 830 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Considers that the Commission's definition of platforms insufficiently distinguishes between online services and online service providers, as well as between companies and not-for-profit undertakings, therefore considers a more targeted regulation of online services based on the existing legal definitions to be more fit-for-purpose;

Amendment 831 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Emphasises that online platforms are digital spaces in which traditional commercial relationships between businesses, other businesses and consumers take place; suggests that for this reason online platforms should not be regarded as a delineated, identifiable sector, technology or type of infrastructure in themselves but instead should be assessed in terms of the services they are providing, including inter alia transport, hospitality, financial services, commerce or employment; suggests that in this context, there is already much relevant regulation affecting many types of platforms;

Amendment 832 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in, online service providers; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between online services, access to online services, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of online service providers;

Amendment 833 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Stresses that the reliability, transparency and independence of information provided to consumers through online platforms is essential;

Amendment 834 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Commission to expand this initiative into a wide-ranging, multidisciplinary, in-depth discussion, involving all stakeholders, including civil society, about the present and future role of the online platforms in the Digital Single Markets, including but not limited to the issues of stimulus to entrepreneurship, creation and innovation, regulatory control and enforcement, avoidance of distortions to the European market, interaction with third countries' markets, citizen participation and involvement, guarantees for fundamental rights; considers that only through such discussion processes it becomes possible to seize the opportunity to bring forward European strengths and specificities and therefore to aim towards a European leadership in the field;

Amendment 835 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition and innovation between online platforms, and active participation of citizens in them; considers that the priorities should be transparency, removal of all constraints to users switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, open standards, interoperability, data protection by design and by default, identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale up of platforms;

Amendment 836 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Emphasises the importance of ensuring unified application of competition law to ensure that all competition takes place on a level playing field rather than creating special legislation that may limit the opportunities for business to develop innovative business models;

Amendment 837 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Argues that businesses and consumers already benefit from protections offered by Union competition law against monopolistic, dominant or abusive behaviour by other businesses but notes that there are concerns about its enforceability in the digital environment; calls therefore for the Commission to clarify the operation of Union competition law, where necessary, in the digital environment and, where necessary, assistance to national competition authorities to properly apply and enforce Union competition law;

Amendment 838 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Notes that the e-Commerce Directive already seeks to contribute to the proper functioning of the digital single market by ensuring the free movement of information society services, defined as "any service normally provided for remuneration at a distance, by means of electronic equipment for the processing and storage of data, at the individual request of a recipient of the service"; suggests that the ECD has functioned well, given that a core element of the ECD is the protection of consumers, including investors, in spite of dramatic technological changes since its introduction; calls on the Commission to continue using agreed legal definitions as far as possible and to recognise the successes of the provisions in the ECD on intermediary liability as being futureproof and technological neutral;

Amendment 839 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)

23d. Notes that provisions of the ECD have been subsequently enhanced by the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the Consumer Rights Directive and other components of the consumer acquis and that these directives apply as much to traders using online platforms as to traders in traditional markets; calls on the Commission to work with all stakeholders and the European Parliament to introduce clear guidance on the applicability of the consumer acquis to traders using online platforms and, where necessary, assistance to Member State consumer protection authorities to properly enforce consumer law;

Amendment 840 #

Catherine STIHLER, Pina PICIERNO, Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Lucy ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Emphasises the need to focus on the effective enforcement of existing EU legislation towards online platforms, in particular with regards to competition law and consumer protection legislation, with a view to foster innovation and healthy competition in online markets while maintaining a safe environment for consumers;

Amendment 841 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Michał BONI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Carlos COELHO, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Notes that the increasing trend towards horizontal concentration in the industry and vertical integration along the value chain can provide new business opportunities but may also create bottlenecks that might hamper competition;

Amendment 842 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Emphasises that in order to foster innovation and competitiveness consumers must be able to access their data, transport it, and use it in any device, application, or operating system in a seamless way; Calls upon the European Commission to put forward proposals that guarantee the interoperability of services and applications and the portability of the consumers digital life;

Amendment 843 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Calls the Commission to ensure the presence of minimum quality standards for services that emulate, on the web, other traditional services; Furthermore calls the Commission to support and incentivize interoperability for internet services and to combat the enclosing of the internet in silos;

Amendment 844 #

Renato SORU, Simona BONAFÈ, Patrizia TOIA, Nicola DANTI, Flavio ZANONATO, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Asks the Commission to safeguard the openness of the internet, ensuring the application of the principle of Net Neutrality at all levels of the web, ensuring equal access to fixed networks for all service providers and ensuring service neutrality for all services within internet platforms;

Amendment 845 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the accessibility requirements for people with disabilities, in different devices such as computers, tablets and smart phones, when developing its innovation policy to boost online platforms;

Amendment 846 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Stresses that many small and medium-sized businesses operating on online digital sales platforms face various barriers that put them at a competitive disadvantage in respect of the products sold by those platforms, thus potentially jeopardising their viability in the short and medium term and hindering the development of the Digital Single Market; calls on the Commission to speed up the investigation it is conducting on this matter and to take appropriate measures to ensure equal opportunities in digital trade; urges the Commission and Member States to develop comprehensive strategies to help small and medium-sized businesses adapt to the digital age;

Amendment 847 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Eva KAILI, Edouard MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls the Commission to pay special attention on the unfair contract terms platforms impose on European SMEs and the ways the platforms limit the freedom of expression and arts of the European content creators;

Amendment 848 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23c. Reminds that the basis of innovation- friendly policy that fosters competition and innovation should include the possibility for projects to access financing possibilities; therefore calls upon the Commission to ensure that crowdfunding can be done seamlessly across borders and to facilitate tax-deducible crowdfunding for social and other public interest causes, including by giving advice to the Member States.

Amendment 849 #

Michał BONI, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Antonio TAJANI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

~~24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy;~~deleted

Amendment 850 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Appreciate~~Notes that Commission launched, already in May, an antitrust competition inquiry into the e-commerce sector in the European Union; Supports the Commission’'s ~~initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as pa~~decision to launch a public debate with two public consultations: on geo-blocking and other geographically based restrictions when shopping and accessing information in the EU and on the regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy; Calls on the Commission to report tof the ~~upcoming Internal Market Strateg~~European Parliament and general public in the first quarter of 2016 with the results of those consultations and preliminary findings of the e-commerce sector inquiry;

Amendment 851 #

Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’'s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as ~~part of the~~it will strongly affect several up-coming ~~Internal Market Strategy~~legislative proposals such as the review of EU telecoms rules, the Internal Market Strategy, the review of the Audiovisual Media Services, the modernisation of the EU copyright framework and the EU Cloud Computing strategy ; Additionally calls on the Commission and Member states to take action against the proliferation of illicit content and goods online, as it still constitutes a major obstacle to a sustainable and safe digital market;

Amendment 852 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’'s initiative to analyse the role of platforms inas part of the Digital ~~Economy as part of~~Single Market Strategy and calls on the Commission to ensure that all actors along the sup~~coming Internal Market Strategy~~ply chain apply a duty of care by taking all necessary measures against the sales of illicit content and goods;

Amendment 853 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’'s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy, ensuring a comprehensive and similar approach to framework across the digital market; considers that "a one size fits all" solution may have a chilling effect on innovation and put European companies at a competitive disadvantage in the global economy; underlines the need of appropriate application of tools existing in the current legislation in this field;

Amendment 854 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy; points out that often, platform operators can take advantage of their role to create distortions in the market, harming some distributors and restricting choice for consumers, especially when they too are distributors; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that free competition rules are not breached on digital platforms;

Amendment 855 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’'s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the ~~Digital E~~collaborative economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy; points out that the collaborative economy brings enormous economic, social and environmental benefits through the more efficient use of resources, skills and other assets; notes that the definition of 'collaborative economy' used by the Commission's Consultation on the regulatory environment for platforms, in particular that it 'links individuals and/or legal persons... allowing them to provide services and/or exchange assets, resources, time, skills, or capital, sometimes for a temporary period and without transferring ownership rights', is in fact a description of a free market;

Amendment 856 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 857 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy; urges the Commission and Member States not to undermine legal certainty, the digital single market and freedom of expression by encouraging or coercing intermediaries to interfere arbitrarily with online communications for public policy goals;

Amendment 858 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the ~~upcoming Internal Market Strategy~~Digital Single Market Strategy that should aim at identifying specific and defined problems within specific business areas; Stresses that taking a "one size fits all" approach in light of the diversity of platforms, and the growth potential in particular of B2B platforms, could seriously impede innovation;

Amendment 859 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of ~~platform~~online service providers in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy, cautions against the introduction of a broad regulatory framework based on the concept of online platforms potentially encompassing not-for-profit collaborative undertakings, advertisement-based private websites and for-profit online service providers, believes that these should be analysed separately;

Amendment 860 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy and underlines that platforms already fall under the scope of EU legislation, such as competition law, data protection and consumer law;

Amendment 861 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Philippe JUVIN, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Deirdre CLUNE, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy; notes the need for a consistent regulatory approach to the digital single market;

Amendment 862 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the ~~upcoming Internal~~Digital Single Market Strategy;

Amendment 863 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’'s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the up-coming Internal Market Strategy and to take action where required, ensuring a comprehensive and similar approach to regulation across the digital market;

Amendment 864 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of the different platforms in the Ddigital Eand traditional economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy;

Amendment 865 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Further highlights the important role the acquis communautaire plays in regulating the conduct of all online services; Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy; calls however on the Commission to ensure universal transposition and enforcement of existing laws before drafting new proposals;

Amendment 866 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming ~~Internal Market Strategy;~~ strategy on the Internal Market and arrangements for responsibilities; stresses the need, given the gradual convergence between services offered by telecommunications providers and by platforms, for progress towards a consistent legal framework laying down similar standards so as to ensure effective consumer protection;

Amendment 867 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Catherine STIHLER, Lucy ANDERSON, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role and responsibility of platforms in the Digital Economy, including methods of combating illegal online content or use of the data collected, as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy;

Amendment 868 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Emilian PAVEL, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Catherine STIHLER, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the up- coming Internal Market Sstrategy and urges the Commission to also focus on identifying possible gaps in terms of consumer protection;

Amendment 869 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy and stresses the importance of ensuring that all platforms are fully accessible for disabled users;

Amendment 870 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy; calls, therefore, for a broader definition of internet platforms which does not only apply to undertakings; considers that platforms are also important tools for the promotion of social innovation and for businesses whose primary purpose is to be of public utility; considers it important that future rules on the digital single market should also take into account platforms used by non-profit operators;

Amendment 871 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy; Considers the need for a consistent regulatory approach for the digital market;

Amendment 872 #

Anne SANDER, Antonio TAJANI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of online platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy;

Amendment 873 #

Michał BONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Stresses that a thorough analysis of different types of 'Sharing Economy' platforms, as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy, should be carried out, with a view to ensuring that relevant legislation allows the development of these services to enable new forms of consumption and production, while at the same time, high levels of consumer protection must be maintained;

Amendment 874 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Regrets the length of proceedings relating to litigation and allegations of abuse of dominant position initiated by the European Commission against some digital platforms; highlights that the regulatory framework applicable to digital platforms must be adapted to the rapid evolution of technologies and services; asks the Commission to make use of already existing tools and to elaborate fast-track dispute settlement procedures, modelled on those existing for network infrastructure, in close cooperation with national regulatory authorities to ensure fair competition and a balanced digital ecosystem;

Amendment 875 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Urges the Commission to distinguish between technical intermediaries providing straightforward hosting services and platforms seeking to make protected works available to the public, and clarify the provisions of Directive 2000/31 on electronic commerce and Directive 2001/29 on copyright and related rights in the information society;

Amendment 876 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the role of digital platforms does not stifle the growth of SMEs that sell their products and services through them, given that most of the commercial risk and responsibility towards buyers is shifted on to those very SMEs;

Amendment 877 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls for the adoption of European fiscal framework provisions in line with the new forms being taken by the digital economy, particularly with regard to the necessary reterritorialisation of revenue in this sector to ensure that profits are taxed where generated;

Amendment 878 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Expresses serious concern over the apparent privacy protection problems raised by these platforms, in particular because the data – even sensitive data – relating to their users are stored and used outside the jurisdiction of the Member States;

Amendment 879 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Asks the Commission to draw up a regulatory framework for digital platforms that takes account of the concept of platforms, their position in the market and the public interest and reviews and clarifies the roles and responsibilities of digital platforms;

Amendment 880 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24c. Promotes an appropriate European fiscal framework for addressing the new challenges raised by the digital economy, in particular concerning a territorialization adapted for the digital economy;

Amendment 881 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Sabine VERHEYEN, Marc JOULAUD, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Urges the Commission to take into account the essential contribution of the cultural and creative industries in the digital economy and ensure that rights holders are entitled to remuneration for the online use of their works by platforms;

Amendment 882 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Marc TARABELLA, Lucy ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the ~~Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related~~ sharing economy which increase the consumer choice through challengi~~slation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuse~~ng existing business models;

Amendment 883 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the ~~need to protect consumer~~protection level of substantive EU consumer protection laws in the "sharing economy" and~~, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere,~~ the need to tackle imbalances between parties in C2C contractual relations which are being fostered by an ever wider use of services provided through the sharing economy including possible abuses;

Amendment 884 #

Flavio ZANONATO, Nicola DANTI, Clare MOODY, Renato SORU, Pina PICIERNO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. ~~Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals~~Stresses that Sharing Economy is reshaping old services and markets in ways not even thinkable just a few years ago; encourages the Commission to analyse the issues related to the sharing economy, to take action to enable citizens and business to take advantage of its opportunities and to protect consumers coming forward with proposals to ensure that Europe will play a role in the future of this sector; furthermore encourages the Commission to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 885 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to ~~protect~~balance between protecting consumers and empowering consumers in the ~~sharing~~collaborative economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to c~~ome forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sph~~larify how the consumer-related legislation framework applies in the digital sphere, including possible abuses; calls therefore for the Commission to assess whether Union competition law and the consumer acquis is sufficient to protect consumers and businesses using platforms in the collaborative economy from possible abuses; also calls on the Commission to clarify the extent to which the free movement of goods and services extends to online platform service providers in the context of widespread legal actions and sanctions against such provideres, ~~including possible abuses~~with particular regard to the implementation and enforcement of the Services Directive;

Amendment 886 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. ~~Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing~~New 3.3.2 New opportunities offered by the sharing economy Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to drive innovation and at the same time to protect consumers in the sharing economy which is essential for the competiveness of the EU economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer- related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 887 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Clare MOODY, Catherine STIHLER, Lucy ANDERSON, Jude KIRTON-DARLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 888 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Robert ROCHEFORT, Ulla TØRNÆS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers and workers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer- and worker related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 889 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Edouard MARTIN, Dan NICA, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse possibilities offered by the sharing economy for the European growth and job creation, and to study the need to protect consumers ~~in the sharing economy~~and workers, and, where appropriate ~~and if necessary~~, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer- and labour related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 890 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy ~~and, whe~~by assessing where initiatives are appropriate and if necessary~~, to come forward with proposals~~ to ensure ~~the~~an adequacyte level of the consumer~~-related legislation framework~~ protection in the digital sphere, including in cases of possible abuses, and where ex- post remedies, and not ex-ante regulation, are sufficient or more effective;

Amendment 891 #

Martina WERNER, Clare MOODY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possibletake into consideration the emerging phenomenon of the sharing economy, in order to strike a fair balance that enables innovative forms of business that are useful for citizens to continue to expand, without unnecessarily harming those who operate in the sector; calls on the Commission to establish a clear regulatory framework which prevents uncertainty and ensures compliance with the rules without restricting free competition and initiative, which includes proposals to protect consumers appropriately in the digital sphere, including the prevention of and fight against any abuses;

Amendment 892 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers and employees in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer- and employee- related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 893 #

Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Renato SORU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 894 #

Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Vicky FORD, Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to ~~protect~~balance between protecting and empowering consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer- related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 895 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 896 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers and employees in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 897 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ~~ensure~~future-proof the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 898 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Kaja KALLAS, Ulla TØRNÆS, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the ~~sharing economy~~digital market and with regard to new digital services and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer- related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses;

Amendment 899 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Notes that platforms and the sharing economy are based on reputation and trust and subject to consent user reviews and evaluations; believes that it is in the only self-interest for platforms to adopt measures to prevent fraud, scams, sale of illegal tangible and intangible goods and misleading advertising or claims, knowing that a failure to do so will lead consumers to stop using the service; asks the Commission to set up a stakeholder group in charge of promoting best practices in the sector;

Amendment 900 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Carlos COELHO, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Welcomes the increased competition due to the growth of the sharing economy and appreciates consumers' access to a broader range of goods and services at competitive prices and easier access;

Amendment 901 #

Lucy ANDERSON, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Believes that adequate attention should be given to employment-related matters in the development of sharing economy. Stresses that workers' rights, including the right to undertake collective actions and to negotiate and conclude collective agreements, effective coverage by social security systems and adequate working conditions should be ensured in this new sector. Stresses the risk, in sharing economy, of false self- employment. Asks the Commission to assess in depth the current situation and the most recent developments worldwide, in EU and in the different Member States, to identify the best practices with regard to these issues, within and outside Europe, and to favour their dissemination. Calls on the Commission to take, where necessary, actions in order to ensure the full respect of workers' rights, high quality working conditions and a real level playing field in the single market;

Amendment 902 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marju LAURISTIN, Lucy ANDERSON, Jutta STEINRUCK, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria GRAPINI, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Catherine STIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses that particularly business models of the sharing economy foster more and more flexible and atypical employment schemes, which may on the one hand allow for more flexibility and a better work-life balance in the EU where life expectancy is high and will become even higher, but on the other hand my also increase the number of precarious working conditions, most importantly through an ever higher number of solo- self-employed contractors; calls on the Commission and Member States to provide improved social security schemes in order to protect those who find themselves in precarious and exploitive solo-self-employment;

Amendment 903 #

Clare MOODY, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Martina WERNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals to prevent employment abuses and false self- employment in the digital economy, particularly with regard to aspects of the digital economy which are not currently appropriately covered by labour law and fair employment legislation;

Amendment 904 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Marc TARABELLA, Marju LAURISTIN, Lucy ANDERSON, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Maria João RODRIGUES, Catherine STIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Urges the Commission to examine infringements of workers' rights and social protection provisions in the sharing economy and to present proposals to bring the legislative framework into line with the needs of workers in the digital sector;

Amendment 905 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration the ever-widening phenomena of crowdworking and crowdsourcing which further decentralises income tax liabilities, limits the possibilities of workers/contractors in this area to organise and undermines national and European social and labour standards; calls on the Commission to develop minimum labour and social standards for crowdworkers;

Amendment 906 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses the opportunities for growth in the digital era of the sharing economy, whose development is surely an unstoppable process; underlines, furthermore, that working conditions and remuneration vary greatly in different economic areas of the world, a situation that may give rise to competitive inequalities or undermine social protection; calls on the Commission, therefore, to foster the development of a comprehensive strategy on the digital economy at international level, particularly with the ILO and the WTO, with a view to taking full advantage of the digital and sharing economy, without causing social and employment conditions to deteriorate;

Amendment 907 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Eva KAILI, Dan NICA, Emilian PAVEL, Renato SORU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Underlines that the sharing economy brings clear opportunities towards a more circular EU economy;

Amendment 908 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Notes in particular the benefits of the digital transformation for increasing accessibility to affordable financial services for consumers and the contributions that this brings to access to capital for entrepreneurs and thus to further economic activity and growth; recognises that consumers are embracing new models for payment services including both bank and non-bank related services;

Amendment 909 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Encourages the Commission and Member States to promote the sharing economy which could bring new opportunities and welcomes the potential of this new model to provide new consumers' safety features, such as turning cash-in-hand transactions into safe electronic payments, or providing more information about products and services;

Amendment 910 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Recognises that the e-commerce Directive provides a strong and flexible legal framework for the digital economy in the EU; stresses that intermediary liability protections underpinned the development of the Internet and is a necessary condition for the protection of fundamental rights, in particular the right to privacy and freedom of expression;

Amendment 911 #

Michał BONI, Kaja KALLAS, Roberta METSOLA, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stress that appropriate intermediary liability protections have underpinned the development of an open internet and are crucial for the protection of fundamental rights in particular freedom of expression;

Amendment 912 #

Anne SANDER, Antonio TAJANI, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls for a review of existing legislation for regulatory tools already at hand for determining their stage of implementation, their fitness for purpose for the challenges and opportunities of the Digital Single Market and for determining legislative and regulatory gaps that need to be addressed; is of the opinion that there are already a lot of existing tools fit for purpose for the Digital Single Market, in particular the Services Directive on unfair price discrimination; acknowledges that implementation and compliance with these tools needs to be enhanced so to avoid duplication of regulations and legislations; asks, in order to avoid specific DSM-regulations to upgrade already existing tools to be fit for purpose of the DSM; asks for new regulations only where clear regulatory gaps are identified, that cannot be filled by upgrading or better implementing already existing legislation;

Amendment 913 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls for the establishment of an independent rating agency of digital platforms assessing their activities to establish a flexible framework that would guide investors, businesses and allow consumers to better acknowledge the conditions applicable to the use of digital services offered by these platforms;

Amendment 914 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Considers that online services shouldn't be subject to levies aimed at subsidizing a particular business sector that has failed to adapt its business model to the digital environment;

Amendment 915 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Calls on the Commission to propose alternatives in response to the shift of content value towards intermediation services, allowing authors to be fairly remunerated for online exploitation of their works; stresses the need to adapt the definition of intermediary status in line with the current digital environment;

Amendment 916 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25c. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of creating a new legal category to govern the liability of platforms;

Amendment 917 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission to develop a legal framework to tackle the proliferation of illegal content and counterfeit goods online in order to create a digital market that guarantees safety and legal certainty for businesses as well as for consumers;

Amendment 918 #

Vicky FORD, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses the need for Governments, law enforcement authorities and the IT companies in the private sector to work together in order to address the need of removing illegal content, including the protection of children online; within existing legal framework whilst respecting fundamental rights and the rule of law;

Amendment 919 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3.4

3.4. Reinforcing trust and security in digital industries and services and in the handling of personal data

Amendment 920 #

Nicola DANTI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and~~ Supports the self or co-regulatory solutions put in place by digital actors, notably on online child protection, and encourages Internet actors to conltinue ~~net~~worksing and ~~the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital servi~~cooperating together in a responsible way to ensure that Internet remains an open, fair and safe spaces;

Amendment 921 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers~~, in order to ensure trust in digital services,~~ that increased resources from the public and private sector, a~~re required~~s well as a much more ambitious level of cooperation among Member States and between them and EU institutions are required in order to strengthen the security and integrity of IT systems ~~and~~, online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services, ensuring thus complete consumers' trust towards digital environment;

Amendment 922 #

Vicky FORD, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that ~~increased resources from~~ the public and private sector ~~are required to~~should work together strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks ~~and~~, the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attacks prevention and to increase knowledge ofver basic security processes among users of digital services;

Amendment 923 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks ~~and~~, the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attacks prevention a~~nd to~~uditing of commonly used software in public administrations and by the general public and increase knowledge ofver basic security processes among users of digital services;

Amendment 924 #

Michał BONI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Antonio TAJANI, Roberta METSOLA, Anne SANDER, Barbara KAPPEL, Markus PIEPER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems, critical infrastructure and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; calls for the harmonised EU response in the area of cybersecurity;

Amendment 925 #

Philippe JUVIN, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Michał BONI, Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU, Sabine VERHEYEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust and security in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems ~~and~~, internet platforms, online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase awareness of the risks and knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services, inter alia via public-private partnership;

Amendment 926 #

Kaja KALLAS, Michael THEURER, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Pavel TELIČKA, Philippe DE BACKER, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL, Antanas GUOGA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten PETERSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; in addition, requirements should be set for companies to have basic levels of security such as encrypting data and updating software;

Amendment 927 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; also takes the view that greater efforts should be made in the fields of anonymisation and pseudonymisation;

Amendment 928 #

Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Nicola DANTI, Patrizia TOIA, Lucy ANDERSON, Renato SORU, Marlene MIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; believes in this regard that particular efforts should be put in place in order to ensure full security for consumers in the use of electronic means of payment, through the achievement of a fully integrated and user-friendly EU market for payment services;

Amendment 929 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; stresses the need to effectively adopt interoperable security and data protection standards for technological developments such as Big Data, Internet of Things and 5G to thrive;

Amendment 930 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; stresses that it is vital to enhance trust in particular in public digital services through promoting good practices and the benefits for citizens and businesses;

Amendment 931 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; stresses that respect for fundamental rights and data protection are key factors for consumer confidence in digital services;

Amendment 932 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services, so as to address justified concerns about data protection and data security;

Amendment 933 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 934 #

Philippe DE BACKER, Kaja KALLAS, Morten PETERSEN, Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Considers that maintaining a secure and protected IT infrastructure environment is a prerequisite for the further digitalisation of industry, particularly for critical sectors such as healthcare, transport and energy; maintains that as our society evolves into ever more digitalisation high standards of cyber security are of utmost importance;

Amendment 935 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses the importance of cyber security for critical infrastructures in a globally connected environment, both against private and public threats, and calls on ENISA to play an increasingly important role in the prevention of and defence against cyber-attacks;

Amendment 936 #

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Michał BONI, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Notes that given the borderless nature of the digital environment there is a need to ensure coherence and coordination between regulators, law enforcement agencies and the judicial system within the EU;

Amendment 937 #

Vicky FORD, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Welcomes the proposals for the data protection Regulation; notes that the new Regulation must ensure a balanced and workable European framework with a risk based approach, which avoids unnecessary bureaucracy, especially for SMEs, provides legal clarity across the EU, and ensures a high level of data protection and privacy;

Amendment 938 #

Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Robert ROCHEFORT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Underlines the need for the measures foreseen in General Data Protection Regulation to be fully implement1 a and to ensure consumers and clients are notified of cyber-breaches without delay and what, if any, personal or professional data has been accessed; believes that companies should take appropriate actions to protect against any use of leaked data after a security breach for a set period of time; __________________ 1a Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) Art 31 - Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority Art 32 - Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject;

Amendment 939 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls for the expedited adoption of the directive concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union;

Amendment 940 #

Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Pavel TELIČKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses the need of reducing administrative burdens for all participants in the Digital Single Market, including telecom operators; consequently calls on the Commission, in line with the better regulation agenda, to assess whether the e-Privacy Directive, which applies to the telecoms providers only, will be made redundant by the soon to be adopted General Data Protection Regulation that will cover all online services;

Amendment 941 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)

26e. Underlines that different technical platforms and digital industrial infrastructures, such as cloud computing facilities, data centres and IoT platforms, need to have robust defences against cyber-incidents and that companies carry the responsibility over their cybersecurity;

Amendment 942 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)

26e. Highlights the need for software manufacturers to be liable for not disclosing and repairing security vulnerabilities or for not exercising due diligence when creating their software;

Amendment 943 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses that trust is an essential building block to the digital single market; Calls on the European Union to focus cybersecurity and information security activities on essential services such as digital infrastructure, energy, transport, banking, financial market infrastructures, health and water safety;

Amendment 944 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Reminds the Commission that in order for the digital single market to work effectively, a climate of trust in the system needs to be built for both consumers and distributors, by means of supervisory and assessment tools that are unbiased, accurate and independent, secure payment systems and simple, easy-to-use dispute settlement instruments; recommends, moreover, that even though the establishment of these instruments can be left to free initiative and the inventiveness of market operators, the Commission should provide uniform guidelines and promote the exchange of best practices;

Amendment 945 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Stresses the need for strong cyber- security measures and requirements on connected vehicles; notes that this is not just a question of data protection, but the physical security of a vehicle and its passengers;

Amendment 946 #

Vicky FORD, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)

26e. Acknowledges the ongoing concern of EU consumers about their privacy and the use of personal data, and the need to better outline the legal framework regarding an individual's right to exercise control over their own personal data; notes the importance of ensuring that data subjects are fully informed with accessible and clear information regarding the rights, rules and redress available to them with regard to the use of their data, stresses the need to raise awareness with the public on issues of data protection;

Amendment 947 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)

26f. Underlines that secure networks and secure data can give a competitive advantage for European companies and can ensure that data centres are located on the continent;

Amendment 948 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Calls on the Commission to develop standards and best practices for and with private companies including software developers with the goal of increasing their responsibility in ensuring data and technical infrastructures are safe and resilient, so that users are protected against crime and other breaches;

Amendment 949 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Underlines the need to find agreement on a fit-for-purpose Network Information Security Directive as soon as possible;

Amendment 950 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)

26d. In addition reiterates the need to promote the strengthening of IT security measures, including end-to-end encryption and the promotion and auditing of free and open source software, which is better equipped to withstand the introduction of back-doors;

Amendment 951 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)

26f. Considers that free and open source software has the potential to be a good solution to the problem of security, as the code is available free of charge to all who wish to audit and scrutinise it, welcomes public efforts to increase the quality and security of free and open source software by funding code audits;

Amendment 952 #

Emilian PAVEL, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls for the establishment of a Supervisory and Certifying body for testing the artificial intelligence interface systems of their 'road worthiness' in order to monitor error prevention and reduce fatal human consequences of such errors; suggests in this respect the EU to engage in working for an international algorithm convention;

Amendment 953 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Welcomes the European Commission's initiative to establish a Public-Private Partnership on cybersecurity, as due to growing sophistication of cybercriminals and the rise of advanced cyber threats, a strong collaboration between the public and private sector can enhance cyber resilience and can better combat cybercrime; strongly suggests good case practices sharing from Member States that already set up effective public-private partnerships;

Amendment 954 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses that users, researchers and developers should have both the unencumbered right, the technological means and the legal protection to inspect digital services and goods with embedded digital services, to test and analyse the functioning of these IT systems and to conduct forensic analysis to detect undeclared functions or functions intended to defraud the public or authorities;

Amendment 955 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Calls on the Commission to remove legal obstacles for users, researchers and developers to inspect, analyse and disassemble digital services and IT systems embedded in products and to prevent legislation intended for the protection of legitimate interests from being misused to cover up fraudulent business practices;

Amendment 956 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to explore coordinated disclosure initiatives as a remedy against the abuse of software vulnerabilities and data breaches;

Amendment 957 #

Philippe JUVIN, Antonio TAJANI, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Sven SCHULZE, Constance LE GRIP, Marc JOULAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Considers that the rights and duties of all operators of the digital value chain should be clarified through the application of a duty of care principle, which should apply to online intermediaries;

Amendment 958 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Renato SORU, Carlos ZORRINHO, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses the consumer protection challenge posed by Big Data; calls for the adoption of legislative framework provisions to avoid the risk of fraud or the use of individual data for harmful purposes;

Amendment 959 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Urges the Commission to strengthen the competitiveness and security of the European big data infrastructure, including super computers, through Horizon 2020 and other public and private support mechanisms;

Amendment 960 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Stresses the importance of European cybersecurity industry; Believes that Horizon 2020 funding should facilitate the innovations within the European cybersecurity industry; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine how to ensure the growth of and access to markets for European cybersecurity companies;

Amendment 961 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses the importance of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), in particular the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), for the further development and funding of the ICT sector, particularly for increased access to broadband internet and high-speed networks, the development of new ICT products and services and e- commerce; in this connection, stresses in particular the demand-side boost to the ICT sector provided by the ESIFs, notably to ICT applications for e-government, e- learning, digital integration, e-culture and e-healthcare services;

Amendment 962 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Notes that most Member States are below the Europe 2020 targets for R+D; asks the Commission to honour its intention to publish the review of the Europe 2020 strategy at the end of 2015 at the latest, in order to strengthen the Digital Single Market as key instrument for reviving economic growth and quality job creation in the EU; calls on the Member States to guide their economies more decisively towards a focus on innovation and knowledge;

Amendment 963 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Believes that the targeted promotion, foundation and development of science and technology parks throughout Europe could make a substantial and sustainable contribution to supporting research and production startups in the ICT, e- healthcare, smart energy and e-mobility sectors; stresses that startups in particular need to be supported in obtaining the necessary financial, spatial and human resources; stresses in this connection the significance of the European Structural and Investment Funds for financing the ICT sector in general and promoting science and technology parks in particular;

Amendment 964 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Underlines the need to increase efforts for awareness raising measures and training for citizens to gain a more profound understanding of the digitalisation processes to ensure citizens remain in autonomous charge of their affairs;

Amendment 965 #

Emilian PAVEL, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Takes the view that facilitating the exchange of information, including personal information and sensitive data, should not result in reduced protection of citizens' privacy and that, therefore, the supervisory authorities should be required to ensure that such information is adequately protected and does not become a tradable commodity without the knowledge of the individuals concerned;

Amendment 966 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Highlights that anti cybercrime measures that involve the handling of personal data, need to respect the protection of EU civil liberties and fundamental rights, ensuring the utmost respect for privacy and data protection;

Amendment 967 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Eva KAILI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Welcomes the recent ECJ ruling on the EU-US data sharing agreement reaffirming the importance of data protection as a fundamental right in the EU; urges the Commission and Member States to respect the ECJ ruling and to immediately take steps to address the legal uncertainties and implement appropriate safeguards for citizens and business in order avoid fragmentation in the digital single market;

Amendment 968 #

Vicky FORD, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Daniel DALTON, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)

26d. Calls for the swift conclusion of the new Safe Harbour Agreement and the EU-US data protection Umbrella Agreement; Stresses that a workable and reliable framework for adequacy decisions, which is compatible with the EU data protection principles is important for both businesses and consumers;

Amendment 969 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)

26d. Calls on the Commission to urgently review safe harbour in light of ECJ ruling;

Amendment 970 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Is of the opinion that personal data of citizens is not a commodity but a fundamental right and that the Commission and Member States need to guarantee that citizens' personal data is protected, especially when it is transferred to third countries;

Amendment 971 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Considers that the EU and its Member States should follow the example of the Russian Federation and require every online operator to store all data regarding individuals and European companies within their Member State of residence.

Amendment 972 #

Vicky FORD, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Hans-Olaf HENKEL, Daniel DALTON, Emma McCLARKIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Emphasises that actions taken by the Commission should be conformity with the legal competences of the EU, and respect the rights of Member States with regard to ensuring national security, and maintaining public security;

Amendment 973 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Stresses the importance of digitisation for the energy sector, particularly for the development of smart electricity networks and meters; calls, therefore, on the Commission to make the development of energy-efficient systems into a key task of the digital and energy economy, and stresses in this connection the importance of ICT solutions for the e- mobility sector too;

Amendment 974 #