2020/2020(INI) Strengthening the Single Market: the future of free movement of services
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Lead | IMCO | LØKKEGAARD Morten ( Renew) | SOKOL Tomislav ( EPP), GEBHARDT Evelyne ( S&D), BUCHHEIT Markus ( ID), CAVAZZINI Anna ( Verts/ALE), BIELAN Adam ( ECR), SCHIRDEWAN Martin ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | EMPL | BOTENGA Marc ( GUE/NGL) | Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN ( Verts/ALE), Abir AL-SAHLANI ( RE), Elżbieta RAFALSKA ( ECR), Stefania ZAMBELLI ( ID), Sara SKYTTEDAL ( PPE), Alicia HOMS GINEL ( S&D) |
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Amendments | Dossier |
288 |
2020/2020(INI)
2020/06/17
IMCO
288 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the letter of the Prime Ministers of the Member States to the President of the European Council from 26 February 2019, addressing the future development of the single market,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights that a full implementation and enforcement of the Service Directive has the potential to reduce trade barriers and increase intra- EU trade in affected services;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that, due to different national implementation of the Directive 2014/24/EU on Public Procurement, there still remain legal complexities and administrative barriers for tenderers to bid within a foreign market in a public procurement procedure; urges the Commission to monitor and encourage further harmonisation of public procurement procedures which would enable all tenderers within the EU a fair and equal opportunity to provide services within the single market;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Notes that public procurement procedures in Member States often create obstacles for service providers from other Member States to compete on equal footing, especially for SMEs; highlights the need for such procedures to be framed in a way that treats all possible contenders in the same way in effect, in order to avoid any form of direct or indirect discrimination;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Stresses the importance to address the remaining unjustified obstacles to the digital single market for example settling the costs of cross-border disputes, suppliers’ restrictions to selling cross- border, delivery-related matters, taxation rules, limited cross-border access to goods and services, access to information on the relevant regulatory requirements, complex administrative procedures, as well as ensuring that no new barriers should be created;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the Services Directive
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the Services Directive aims to reduce the fragmentation of the internal market, deepen the integration
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the Services Directive aims to reduce fragmentation, deepen the integration of the single market, and pave the way for both businesses and consumers to achieve their full potential; observes, however, that since its entry into force it has triggered legal uncertainty with regard to its scope, deterring investments in important production sectors, like that of seaside businesses and itinerant trade;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers that the development of services linked to disruptive or emerging technologies require appropriate market scale and opportunities in order to justify investment and to support companies’ growth; considers that the current status of the internal market does not fully support such investment; recalls that many innovative or scaling-up companies seek to establish themselves outside of Europe once they reach a certain size; believes that in order for European companies to remain significantly headquartered and operational in Europe realisation of the freedom to provide services is needed; and where shattered internal market does offer these capabilities to a limited extent;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the Commission to revise the Services Directive, notably the provisions laid down in Chapter III section 1; points out that the application of these provisions caused uncertainty in many Member States, above all in sectors like that of seaside businesses and itinerant trade;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 b (new) - having regard to the Special Report of European Court of Auditors on effective implementation of the Services Directive of 2016,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Regrets that large areas of activity are still excluded from the scope of the Services Directive, which undermines the coherence of the single market legal framework;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls that cross-border health care services fall within the ambit of freedom to provide services as stated by the Court of Justice of the EU; notes that Cross-border Health Care Directive was adopted also on basis of Article 114 TFEU which provides for the adoption of measures for the approximation of the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States which have as their object the establishment and functioning of the internal market; regrets that Cross-border Health Care Directive creates additional obstacles to provision of cross-border health care services when compared to the case-law of the Court of Justice applying the Treaty provisions on free movement of services; underlies the necessity that these additional obstacles are removed;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Warns, that without further reform of the services, reshoring of the production back to EU might be jeopardised and European businesses might lack a solid basis to compete globally;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive build on mutual recognition to facilitate the free movement of services; points out that the automatic mutual recognition of diplomas, qualifications, skills and competences between Member States would also have a positive impact on the internal market and the free movement of services; welcomes, in this context, the Member States’ willingness to promote the automatic mutual recognition of qualifications acquired abroad and the outcomes of learning periods spent abroad; calls, however, on the Member States to extend automatic mutual recognition to all levels of education and to improve or introduce the requisite procedures as soon as possible; calls, further, for the European Qualifications Framework to be promoted and its application to be facilitated throughout the European Union, so that it becomes a widely accepted recognition instrument;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive build on mutual recognition to facilitate the free movement of services; recalls with regard to the professional sector that restrictions and regulations, especially taking diverging traditions between Member States into account, safeguarding the provision of high quality services, do not per se constitute a burden to the functioning of the market for services;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive build on mutual recognition to facilitate the free movement of services; welcomes the Commission efforts on undue restrictions of professional qualifications and considers that the infringement policy should remain active and vigilant when Member States do not comply with the legislation and do not apply the Commission’s recommendations in these matters;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive build on
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the Services Directive
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Regrets that the Commission is not reacting to unfair competition, both online and offline, which affects certain sectors regulated by the Professional Qualifications Directive; notes that some Member States have higher standards than others and that the application of the Directive does not create a level playing field in sectors like that of seaside businesses and itinerant trade;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to issue updated guidelines on the Services Directive with the objective to strengthen enforcement and harmonisation across Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Re
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Regrets that Member States frequently use unjustified reasons of public interest to insulate their domestic market; highlights that requirements such as territorial restrictions, mandatory language requirements and economic needs tests create unjustified obstacles to cross-border establishment;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Regrets that Member States
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Regrets that Member States frequently use reasons of public interest to insulate their domestic market; highlights that requirements such as territorial restrictions and economic needs tests create unjustified and disproportionate obstacles to cross-border establishment;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Regrets that Member States frequently use reasons of public interest to insulate their domestic market; highlights that requirements such as territorial restrictions and economic needs tests create unjustified obstacles to cross-border e
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Regrets that Member States frequently use reasons of public interest to insulate their domestic market; highlights that requirements such as territorial restrictions and economic needs tests create
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that services of general economic interest (SGEI), including social services of general interest (SSGI), are secured within a framework of universal access, high quality, affordability and clear financing rules; believes that the Commission should take initiatives using all options available, based upon and consistent with Article 14 and Protocol 26 of the Treaty, and ensuring that SGEI and SSGI can be operated at appropriate level, respecting the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Urges the Commission to open a constructive dialogue with the Member States in order to settle and surpass the disputes concerning the application of the Services Directive through careful appraisal of the legal arguments adopted by Member States and inherent in national law that do not prejudice full completion of the EU market for services, such as the possibility of deeming State- owned maritime concessions to be concessions of goods rather than of services;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive are key instruments for addressing the barriers to the free movement of services within the European Union
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Urges against the citing of COVID-19 as a justification for introducing protectionist measures above already enforced actions, unless appropriately justified; instructs the Commission to remain vigilant as to any abuse of this justification; recalls that use of national emergency powers has been subject to scrutiny however the Commission should continue to monitor the situation across all Member States even as the immediate risks posed by COVID-19 come back under control;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that non-discriminatory and proportionate rules governing professions are essential in order to strike a balance between, on the one hand, maintaining quality in the provision of services in the EU internal market and, therefore, guaranteeing a high level of consumer protection, and, on the other, making it possible for cross-border service providers to enter the market;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Regrets that the Member States sometimes use the concept of non- economic services of general interest to exclude whole sectors from the scope of the internal market rules, when that is not warranted by the general interest they claim to protect; underlines the necessity for defining the term by way of EU secondary legislation to avoid national fragmentation and different interpretations;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines that the integrity and functioning of the Single Market greatly depends on a seamlessly functioning customs union; insists that the Commission ensures that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards, by means of a direct unified customs control mechanism, in coordination with Member States and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Recalls the specific status regulated professions have within the context of providing quality services in the single market and their role in protecting public interest; highlights that this specific status should not be used in such a way as to maintain national monopolies in service provision resulting in the fragmentation of the single market;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls th
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the importance of the Commission proposal for a revised services notification procedure, the objective of which is to prevent the introduction of new regulatory barriers through a partnership approach between Member States and the Commission; regrets that the proposal could not be adopted due to the lack of an agreement in Council;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the importance of the
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive are key instruments for addressing the
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the importance of the Commission proposal for a revised services notification procedure; regrets that the proposal could not be adopted due to the lack of an agreement in Council; calls on the Commission and Council to make a renewed effort to adapt the services notification procedure urgently;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that the purpose of the Commission’s legislative proposal for a European services e-card was to address administrative barriers that remain in place
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that the purpose of the Commission’s legislative proposal for a European services e-card was to address administrative barriers that remain in place; underlines that such barriers are costly to services providers, especially SME with limited financial and human capital and continue to constitute a significant disincentive to the cross-border provision of services in the single market;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Notes that the purpose of the Commission’s legislative proposal for a European services e-card was to address administrative barriers that remain in place; underlines that such barriers are costly to services providers and to consumers, and continue to constitute a significant disincentive to the cross-border provision of services in the single market;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges the Commission to define the structure and modus operandi of the newly created Single Market Enforcement Task-Force (SMET), including its practical dimension; emphasizes the need for the task force to be capable of providing solutions and not limited to simply discussing problems; believes that the types of issues that exist are largely known but that the real value the task force can provide is in ensuring consistency of implementation of all Single Market strategies and the sharing of data and metrics on accomplishments;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive are key instruments for addressing the barriers to the free movement of services
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Believes that SMET should establish an open and transparent database compiling specific national non- tariffs barriers and ongoing infringements procedures; believes that such tool should allow for anonymous contributions so as to provide protections for those raising concerns;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Invites the Commission and Council to create a group of experts from Member States specialising in non-tariff barriers in the Single Market, which will support the Commission’s services when analysing cases brought to the attention of the Commission; considers that this group should support the activities of SMET and may provide a forum to discuss in detail provisions or practices which constitute actual burdens for the companies;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to ensure the proper implementation and enforcement of current legislation,
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to ensure the proper implementation of current legislation, to notify the Commission of any new and draft laws, regulations or administrative provisions which set requirements as referred to in Article 15(6) of the Services Directive, together with the reasons for those requirements, and to avoid gold-plating and unnecessary requirements, thereby facilitating the cross- border provision of services and ensuring a level playing field;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to ensure the proper implementation of current legislation,
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to ensure the proper implementation of current legislation, and to avoid gold-plating and unnecessary requirements, thereby facilitating the cross-border provision of services and ensuring a level playing field; underlines that an increased cross-border mobility can be reached through effectuation of the principle of mutual recognition, as well as through harmonisation of rules across Member States;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to ensure the proper implementation of current legislation, and to avoid
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles that make it difficult or impossible to fully benefit the free movement of services; calls on the Member States to implement without delay the European Accessibility Act, in order to effectively remove barriers for citizens with disabilities and ensure the availability of accessible services, as well as the suitability of the conditions under which services are provided; highlights the paramount importance of achieving a fully accessible Single Market that ensures the equal treatment and economic and social integration of people with disabilities;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to provide structured assistance and issue guidance to Member States on how to conduct ex-ante proportionality assessments of new national regulation of services according to the Proportionality Test Directive;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the Services Directive and the Professional Qualifications Directive are key instruments for addressing the remaining and the newly introduced barriers to the free movement of services within the European Union, but the potential of the single market for services is still largely untapped;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for state companies from Member States which unjustifiably hinder or prevent cross-border services to be excluded from the freedom to provide services;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the national parliaments to actively engage in supporting the enforcement of existing rules, and to exercise their powers of scrutiny over national authorities and European institutions; welcomes, in this connection, the extensive use of the reasoned opinion procedure by many national parliaments in the context of the proposal for a European services e-card and the proposal for a notification procedure, with a view to addressing the shortcomings;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the national parliaments to actively engage in supporting
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to play their part in calling on governments to revitalise the European services sector; underlines that a fair and rules based single market for services where high social and environmental standards, quality services and fair competition should be promoted by all stakeholders;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to play their part in calling on governments to revitalise the European services sector and to strengthen both sectoral and cross- sectoral interoperability in areas including environment, transport and health to work towards interlinked cross- border services;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to play their part in calling on governments to revitalise the European services sector; condemns administrative efforts aimed at disciplining entrepreneurs confronting unjustified barriers;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to keep playing their irreplaceable part in calling on governments to revitalise the European services sector;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to play their part in calling on and supporting the governments to revitalise the European services sector;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 Ensuring effective enforcement of existing
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas liberalisation of services came along with the assumption that competition would be synonymous with accessible prices and better quality services, while in fact it often lead to a domination of a very small number of large companies, increasingly precarious employment and increased costs for consumers and degradation of the services provided;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes that the free movement of services is at the core of the single market, and could provide substantial economic gains, when the balance between the market economy and social integration of the European Union, as laid down in Article 3 TEU, is respected; provided there is sufficient and active enforcement by local and regional authorities, national courts, and the Commission, and compliance by businesses with national and European regulations;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes that the free movement of services is at the core of the single market, and could provide substantial economic gains, with high environmental, consumer and workers protection standards as a prerequisite, provided there is sufficient and active enforcement by local and regional authorities, national courts, and the Commission;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes that the free movement of services is at the core of the single market, and could provide substantial economic gains, provided there is sufficient and active enforcement by local and regional authorities, national courts, and the Commission within their competences;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses for physical cross-border services, during a crisis, the closing of borders must be done with care, based on better coordination between Member States and urgent efforts to reduce waiting time at the border; underlines that the Member States should also coordinate the adoption of specific transport related regulation with a goal to remove border controls and to lift regulator measures as soon as possible; stresses that, as national confinement rules are lifted, immediate focus must be directed towards the removal of border controls;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Urges the Commission to make use of existing instruments in the single market for services, especially for the mutual recognition of regulated professions; highlights that the European Professional card is only used for five regulated professions and is not used to its full potential and therefore calls on the Commission to intensify the use of the European Professional card and accelerate the extension to other regulated professions;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that the price for inadequate implementation is paid by businesses and consumers across the European Union; encourages the Commission to prioritise enforcement action, and to reduce barriers in areas of significant economic impact; calls on the Commission to make quick decisions on complaints to ensure that relevant issues from an end-user perspective are promptly handled and efficiently settled;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. Underlines that the posting of workers Directive is a key element to improve working conditions of posted workers while protecting the economy of the destination country against wage dumping and unfair competition;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Points out that the price for inadequate implementation is paid by businesses and consumers across the European Union; encourages the Commission to prioritise enforcement action, and to reduce unjustified barriers in areas of significant economic impact;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest are
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked by Member States in a way that damages the single market for services;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked by Member States in a way that damages the single market for services; calls on the Commission to improve the monitoring of Member State performance in transposing and implementing legislation; recalls the important role of the newly formed Single Market Enforcement Task Force as a means to address these issues,
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights that overriding reasons of public interest are too often invoked by Member States in a way that damages the
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Notes that the freedom to provide services across the EU is linked with the formal recognition of professional qualifications by the service-hosting Member State; welcomes the existing legislation addressing the professional qualifications and especially those related to regulated professions;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas services account for around 70 % of all economic activity in the EU and a similar proportion of its employment, while the share of services in intra-EU trade is only around 20 %; recalls that there are a number of services that have complex supply chains and are therefore unsusceptible to trade, for example certain services of general economic interest, geographically bound services or where SMEs have no interest to engage in cross-border provisions; whereas services may necessitate regulation with regard to local requirements and circumstances that are in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity or Protocol 26 of the TFEU;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Regrets the fact that as many as twenty Member States have been late in transposing the Services Directive into national law; recalls in particular that the range of certain instruments, such as the Points of Single Contact, are still limited and that service providers are not sufficiently informed about all the possibilities provided by the Services Directive, and therefore calls on the European Commission to inform interested parties through among others, internet advertising on the possibilities provided by the Directive, in particular the Points of Single Contact mechanism;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Stresses that the establishment of a dynamic market for cross-border service provision in the Union is a key component of the future competitiveness of the European economy; calls on the European Commission that the digital services legislative package addresses remaining barriers to the cross-border provision of services in order to encourage entrepreneurs to offer their services online to consumers in other countries;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules; calls for
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules; calls for
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules; calls for fast-track infringement procedures to be applied whenever
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure full enforcement of existing rules; calls for fast-track infringement procedures
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Highlights that Member States and Regions are experiencing obstacles when it comes to the full implementation of existing legislation on certain production sectors which do not fit the rules foreseen;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross- border healthcare,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas services account for around 70 % of all economic activity in the EU and a similar proportion of its employment, while the share of services in intra-EU trade is
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for increased vigour from the Commission to ensure efficient and cost- saving coordination and exchange of information between Member States so as to avoid duplication of procedures and checks for the cross-border provision of services;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new) Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to deliver
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to deliver on the long-term action plan
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Notes that preliminary ruling procedure is the other main instrument for ensuring the enforcement of single market rules; regrets that this procedure is often cumbersome and lasts for too long, which represents a problem for the service providers and recipients in the single market; calls for the Court of Justice of the EU to create a fast-track procedure to enable such cases be resolved within maximum time period of six months after receiving the files from the national courts.
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Highlights the importance of services which facilitate a measurable reduction of the environmental footprint (“green services”)1a; calls on the European Commission to initiate work on a common definition of green services; __________________ 1aEuropean Parliament Policy Department briefing “The European Services Sector and the Green Transition” (2020)
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Urges Member States to increase awareness and make better use of the existing schemes1a for promoting green services in public procurement1a in order to reach a circular economy; __________________ 1aEuropean Parliament Policy Department briefing “The European Services Sector and the Green Transition”(2020)
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Advancing regulatory
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 Advancing regulatory clarity:
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas services account for around 70 % of all economic activity in the EU and a similar proportion of its employment, while the share of services in intra-EU trade is only around 20 %; whereas reasons for which professionals may be reticent about working in another country are manifold and can be “soft” barriers and do not always relate principally to regulation issues;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Underlines the importance of the single digital gateway and the points of single contact as an online access point for EU and national information, procedures and assistance services on the
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Underlines the key importance of the single digital gateway as an online access point for EU and national information, procedures and assistance services on the single market;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recommends that Member States implement the single digital gateway in a
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recommends that Member States implement the single digital gateway in an SME-friendly way, by providing user- centric information, assistance services and simplified procedures on the gateway, so as to make it a virtual one-stop shop as far as possible, and ensure a maximum level of user-
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recommends that Member States implement the single digital gateway in an
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recommends that the Commission and the Member States systematically provide user-friendly information via the single digital gateway for all new EU legislation that creates rights or obligations for citizens and businesses; highlights that transparency, equal conditions and non- discrimination are essential to free movement, urges the Commission and Member States to continue strengthening the trust of consumers;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Recommends that the Commission and the Member States systematically provide user-friendly information
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Urges Member States, in view of the current crisis, to speed up their digitalisation work especially for procedures that affect businesses; notes the delays in the implementation of the regulation (EU) 2018/1724, therefore urges the Commission to re-double the efforts of those involved and in particular to actively support underperforming Member States;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas services account for around 70 % of all economic activity in the EU and a similar proportion of its employment, and in particular given that as many as 9 out of 10 of new jobs in European Union are created in this sector, while the share of services in intra- EU trade is only around 20
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Urges Member States
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Urges Member States, in view of the current crisis, to speed up their digitalisation work
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Urges Member States, in view of the current crisis, to speed up their digitalisation work especially for procedures that affect businesses, and consumers;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – introductory part 21. Recommends that the Commission assists national authorities in each Member State with creating a national single market information portal that provides consumers, employees, and businesses
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – introductory part 21. Recommends that the Commission assists national authorities in each Member State with creating a national single market information portal in multilingual format that provides consumers, employees, and businesses with the following information:
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – introductory part 21. Recommends that the Commission assists national authorities in each Member State with
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – introductory part 21. Recommends that the Commission assists national authorities in each Member State with
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point a Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas services account for around 7
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point a (a) the national and EU rules that companies must apply within the Member State in question
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point b Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point c Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point d Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point d a (new) (da) Underlines that the national information portals should not only consolidate the existing contact points under one general access portal, but also include necessary information about any other business-related requirements that are mandatory for a company to comply with in the relevant Member State; notes that examples of the above include professional qualifications requirements, VAT (rates, registration requirements, reporting obligations, etc.), income taxes, social security and labour law obligations;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point d a (new) (da) facilitate the communication between involved authorities and serve as an intermediary should deadlines be disrespected or enquiries are unanswered;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 – point d b (new) (db) Stresses that all relevant legislative and administrative information, as well as any relevant documents provided by each national information portal should be available in English in addition to the local language;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recommends that national information portals should assist foreign companies wishing to do business within the Member State in question, as well as local companies wishing to export services and goods to other Member States; notes that this could be done by identifying – in the local language – which requirements, procedures etc. they must comply with in other Member States, as well as sector specific information on professional qualifications;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recommends that
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the perception that the single market for services should be exclusively assessed from an economic and business point of view has exhausted its own potential; calls for the establishment of a balance between economic rights and social rights, integrating consumers’ and citizens’ interests into legislating the single market for services;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recommends that
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recommends that national information portals should assist, and guide foreign companies wishing to do business within the Member State in question, as well as local companies wishing to export services and goods to other Member States;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Recommends that national information portals should also assist foreign companies wishing to do business within the Member State in question, as well as local companies wishing to export services and goods to other Member States;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Urges cooperation between Member States’ national information portals to ensure that companies, employees and citizens are provided with correct, comprehensive multilingual and up-to-date information;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Urges cooperation between Member States
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Urges cooperation between Member States’
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Urges cooperation between Member States’ national information portals to ensure that companies, employees and citizens are provided with prompt, correct, comprehensive and up-to- date information;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls for the Commission to play a coordinating role in information sharing between national information portals; underlines that such cooperation should also ensure knowledge sharing across Member States, both in terms of communication ‘best practice’ and in terms of administrative and regulatory barriers in the Single Market;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the increase in worker mobility will allow workers to move more freely to where their skills are needed, which will help improve Europe’s competitiveness and economic dynamism;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls for the Commission and the European Labour Authority (ELA) to play a coordinating role in information sharing between
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls for the Commission to play a coordinating role in information sharing between
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Stresses that all
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Urges the Commission to ensure that any new directives or regulations concerning the single market include a requirement to
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Urges the Commission to ensure that any new directives or regulations concerning the single market include a requirement to establish a national information contact point; asks for a due regard of synergies with existing contact points;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Urges the Commission to ensure that any new directives
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas only two thirds of service activities are falling within the scope of Services Directive, which generate around 46% of the EU’s GDP;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Regrets that the points of single contact are not widely known to businesses and therefore calls upon the Commission to increase the public familiarity by a European campaign for the single digital gateway and the points of single contact introducing their functions; emphasises that a special communication for the government bodies should be set up in order to ensure understanding of the points of single contacts’ purpose by implementing them in their national e-government strategies;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Providing evaluation: the single market scoreboard, European Semester and restrictiveness indicators
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Providing evaluation: the need for an updated single market scoreboard
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Supports the Commission’s preliminary initiative to update the single market scoreboard with
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Supports the Commission’s preliminary initiative to update the single market scoreboard with a new set of
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Supports the Commission’s preliminary initiative to update the single market scoreboard with a new set of non- binding indicators with which to evaluate Member State implementation of relevant single market legislation to promote a fair and sustainable provision of quality services;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Supports the Commission’s preliminary initiative to update the single market scoreboard with a new set of indicators with which to evaluate Member State implementation of relevant single market legislation; encourages the Commission to supplement the data published with relevant data arising from IMI, SOLVIT, ChAP and other relevant resources;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27.
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recommends that the updated single market scoreboard analyses will emphasize reporting relevant issues from an end-user perspective, evaluating whether concerns and complaints are settled, for instance within the SOLVIT framework; further regrets that the SOLVIT tool is barely utilised in many Member States and often lack a digital state of art capabilities;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Recommends that the updated single market scoreboard analyses
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas in the European Union the level of mobility of qualified professionals towards other EU countries to provide services is too low in comparison with other economies like that of the United States and this is impacting on the development of the economies that go to make up the European Union;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Underlines that greater transparency regarding infringements of the freedom to provide services is necessary; considers that the Single Market Scoreboard should include appropriate information, including the number of complaints, number of cases initiated, their sector of infringement, number of completed cases and the result or reason for closing the case;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Urges the Commission to adopt a quantitative and qualitative evaluation method, involving social partners, consumer organizations and other stakeholders; underlines that the method for qualitative indicators should be transparent and assess differences in ex- ante and ex-post regulation; notes the importance of evaluating whether
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Urges the Commission to adopt a quantitative and qualitative evaluation method; notes the importance of
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Urges the Commission to adopt a quantitative and qualitative evaluation method; encompassing in particular the general interest objectives and the quality of the service provided1a; notes the importance of evaluating whether relevant EU directives are implemented on time and as intended by EU legislators; __________________ 1a asalso stated in the European Parliament resolution of 18 January 2018 “Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive and the need for reform in professional services”
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Urges the Commission to adopt a quantitative and qualitative evaluation method involving social partners, consumer organizations and researchers; notes the importance of evaluating whether relevant EU directives are implemented on time and as intended by EU legislators;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Recommends that an updated single market scoreboard links to
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Further recommends that the European Semester is also utilised for strengthening the single market, as the removal of the most problematic regulatory and administrative burdens is an ongoing concern;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 b (new) 30b. Considers that the European Commission, in assessing the progress of Member States in implementing structural reforms, should also analyse the achievements in the field of realization of the economic potential of the single market;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the single market has on average reduced trade costs by 20 % for goods but only 7 % for services;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 c (new) 30c. Encourages the European Commission to include the mid-term activities of the Member States which aim to further remove remaining administrative and regulatory barriers in the single market for services when presenting country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Invites the Commission to update existing
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Urges Member States to set annual national targets and evaluations for improving services trade openness; recommends that the Commission utilize the Single Market Scoreboard to rank Member States according to their services trade openness, as exemplified in the European Innovation Scoreboard, as this would enable Member States to make credible, concrete and measurable commitments for improving their implementation and enforcement performance in the area of intra-EU services trade;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading (new) Implementation of the professional qualifications recognition system to enhance the freedom to provide services in the EU:
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Urges the Commission to extend the number of professions to which the European Professional Card applies, including in particular engineering, as it has already decided;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 b (new) 31b. Stresses the need to improve the comparability of levels of professional qualifications so as to ensure greater uniformity of education and training qualifications across the EU;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 c (new) 31c. Believes that the Commission should also take into account other tools which have not yet been developed, such as the common training principles introduced by Directive 2013/55/EU, as these can help standardise studies and academic training and thus facilitate the mobility of professionals in Europe;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 d (new) 32d. Urges the Commission to implement Articles 49a and 49b of Directive 2013/55/EU relating to common training principles, which will help achieve greater professional convergence and enhance professionals’ mobility in Europe and hence the impact of this on the freedom to provide services;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas despite of a number of measures taken to strengthen and deepen the services market, including the passing of more than a thousand national regulations to comply with the Services Directive, the full potential of the single market for services and its completion has yet to be achieved;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation(EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’ ),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas a services market integration was a relatively late starter, meaning that liberalisation has only been gradually happening since the 1980s, while the comprehensive legal framework for a single market for services was created by the EU Services Directive in 2006;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas studies show that the potential gains of completing the single market for services through effective implementation and better harmonisation of regulations could be at least EUR 297 billion, corresponding to 2 % of EU GDP; whereas a focus on financial gains neglects the necessity to ensure a good quality of services striving for sustainable and inclusive growth guaranteeing social rights, workers’ rights, consumer and environmental protection and access to health and safety;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas studies show that the potential gains of completing the single market for services through effective implementation and better harmonisation of regulations could
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas transport represents almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in cities; whereas he development of the free movement of services should also take in account the current negative environmental, societal and health aspects of cross-border transporting services and goods, while promoting efficient transportation and local services and production;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the disproportionately low share of intra-EU trade apportioned to services despite its overwhelming economic importance to EU economies show that national markets are well- functioning but it is cross-border or “European” initiatives which are lacking;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU currently faces a recession and rising unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU currently faces a recession and rising unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and completing the single market for services is thus a smart and effective way of creating economic growth without additional public spending and with less red tape;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. recalls that employees in the services sector are adversely affected, either by facing severe economic insecurity or being exposed as frontline workers working tirelessly throughout the Covid-19 pandemic in the European Union, often putting their health at risk; whereas the need to protect posted workers during their posting in relation to the freedom to provide services under Article 56 of the TFEU is equally recognised, laying down mandatory provisions regarding working conditions and the protection of workers’ health and safety;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/957 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 amending Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the role of services is key to increasing EU trade flows, to improve the leadership of EU value chains and to strengthen and make the most of the Single Market in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas a more integrated and interconnected services market
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas a more integrated and interconnected services market is necessary to tackle climate change, create a sustainable economy, and unleash the full potential of the European Green Deal and at the same time to ensure that service providers and consumers’ rights are respected;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas a more integrated and interconnected services market is necessary to deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights, to tackle climate change, create a sustainable economy, and unleash the full potential of the European Green Deal; points out that the social and environmental side of the single market should be improved in line with the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas a more integrated and interconnected services market is necessary to tackle climate change, create a sustainable economy, including digital commerce and unleash the full potential of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas fragmentation,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 b (new) - having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/957 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 amending Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas fragmentation, restrictive national regulations and gold-plating in national and EU-law not only hamper businesses, but also hurt
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas fragmentation,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the existing EU legislation lacks coherence and clarity to effectively tackle obstacles to free movement of services in certain areas;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules and the abolition of
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules and the abolition of excessive requirements
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules and the abolition of excessive requirements
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules and the abolition of excessive requirements depends on
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the effective implementation of existing rules and the
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas ongoing disputes concerning the application of the Services Directive, including that of Italian State- owned maritime concessions, are indeed still being handled at a national level, and whereas the Commission should leave aside rigid unilateral interpretations and open a constructive dialogue with the Member States to appraise the legal arguments under national law that do not adversely affect the completion of the internal market for services;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication of 14 November 2017 entitled ‘Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture’ (COM(2017) 673),
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas burdensome administrative procedures, diverging national regulations, and especially obstacles to accessing necessary information have created discrimination, and made it complicated to engage in cross-border trade, in particular for smaller and medium-sized companies;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the lack of automatic recognition instruments for diplomas, qualifications, skills and competences between Member States is impeding the mobility of learners, apprentices, graduates and skilled workers and thereby hampering the flow of ideas within the EU, the innovation potential of the European economy and the development of a truly integrated European single market;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the increase in worker mobility will allow workers to move more freely to where their skills are needed, which will help improve Europe’s competitiveness and economic dynamism;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the Services Directive excluded wholly or partially social services, healthcare services, and other public services in recognition of the special regulatory frameworks needed for these services to operate in the general interest in line with Protocol 26 and Article 14 of the TFEU;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas taxation policies constitute a key instrument to tackle market fragmentation, stimulate innovation and allow all players to tap into the new market dynamics under fair and balanced conditions, upholding the principles of the Single Market;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication of 22 May 2018 entitled ‘Building a stronger Europe: the role of youth, education and culture policies’ (COM(2018) 0268),
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas many infringements of services legislation, especially at the local level, are difficult to identify, assess and address with the existing enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas that the fully developed Internal Market for services could exceed in size and potential the US domestic market;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas in the European Union the level of mobility of qualified professionals towards other EU countries to provide services is too low in comparison with other economies like that of the United States and this is impacting on the development of the economies that go to make up the European Union;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas on average EU services are 11% more expansive compare to US1a; underlines that the significant portion of an overall product cost correlates with the cost of services and therefore could impair consumer welfare; __________________ 1aEva Rytter Synesen, Martin Hvidt Thelle, Copenhagen Economics, “Making EU Trade in Services Work for All”, November 2018
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas the freedom to provide services is tied in with the quick and accurate recognition of professional qualifications, which is designed to achieve convergence of the professions regulated by the Member States;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas 27% of the value added of manufactured goods in the EU is generated by services and 14 million jobs are attributed to the services sector in support of manufacturing1a; __________________ 1aEva Rytter Synesen, Martin Hvidt Thelle, Copenhagen Economics, “Making EU Trade in Services Work for All”, November 2018
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I d (new) Id. whereas Directive 2005/36 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005, as amended by Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November, introduced the European Professional Card to reduce the administrative burden of recognition and further improve the qualifications recognition system;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I e (new) Ie. whereas the Commission selected five test professions (nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist, mountain guide and real estate agent) for which the European Professional Card was introduced, based on the fact that those professions met the requirements of Article 4a(7) of Directive 2005/36/EC as regards data on current and potential mobility, on Member State rules and on the interest expressed by stakeholders;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I f (new) If. whereas, under EU legislation, other professions such as engineering can apply the professional qualifications recognition system provided for by the European Professional Card;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I g (new) Ig. whereas the concept of common training principles was introduced by Directive 2013/55/EU on the recognition of professional qualifications to make it possible to extend the automatic recognition system to include new professions through the ‘common training framework’, which was defined as ‘a common set of minimum knowledge, skills and competences necessary for the pursuit of a specific profession’ (Articles 49a and 49b);
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to Commission Communication of 13 May2020 Towards a phased and coordinated approach for restoring freedom of movement and lifting internal border controls,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Proposes that the reform of the Internal Market for Services becomes, next to the Green Deal and the Digitalisation Strategy, the Commission’s core priority;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19; urges all Member States to ease restrictions on free movement within the single market as soon as possible; regrets that the Recovery Plan proposed by the Commission lacks ambition when it comes to the movement of services and fails to fully recognise its importance as a tool for economic recovery;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, consumer protection, workers’ rights and the strict enforcement of EU law acquis, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19; urges all Member States to ease restrictions on free movement, within the single market as soon as possible; calls upon the Commission and Member States to adapt the rules on the free movement of services, workers and people to the credible threat of future pandemics;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19; urges
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 disease; urges all Member States to ease restrictions on free movement within the single market as soon as an assessment based on epidemiological criteria shows that it is possible;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19; urges all Member States to ease disproportionate and unjustified restrictions on free movement within the single market as soon as possible;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that promoting the single market, including the free movement of services and people, is paramount for tackling the economic crisis caused by COVID-19; urges all Member States to ease unjustified restrictions on free movement within the single market as soon as possible;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the Council Recommendation of 26 November 2018 on promoting automatic mutual recognition of higher education and upper secondary education and training qualifications and the outcomes of learning periods abroad (2018/C 444/01),
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to build a single services market with competitive, strategic and open public procurement, with the ultimate aim of yielding the potential of benefits and reducing the costs of cross- border procurement for SMEs;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that across the European Union
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that across the European Union
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that across the European Union red tape, burdensome administrative practices and
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that across the European Union red tape, burdensome administrative practices, delays in enrolment via electronic procedures or only partially electronic procedures and regulatory restrictions to service providers are creating unjustified barriers that deprive citizens of jobs, consumers of choices, and entrepreneurs of opportunities;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that across the European Union red tape, burdensome administrative practices and regulatory restrictions to service providers a
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that across the European Union red tape, burdensome administrative practices and regulatory restrictions to service providers are creating unjustified barriers that deprive citizens of jobs, consumers of choices, and entrepreneurs and SMEs of opportunities;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Takes into consideration that the harmonisation inspired by the Professional Qualifications Directive gained success within several professions; further proclaims that Member States should reconsider and coordinate rules governing entry and exercise requirements in relation to specific activities or professions;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights the increasing importance of servicification in the manufacturing sector and stresses that barriers to trade in services are increasingly barriers to manufacturing;
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