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About
Those amendments will be discussed the tuesday 27 march in the Committee.
Suggestions
The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
- whereas the conventional approach to driving innovation, combining "technological-push" and "demand-pull", is not in itself sufficient and requires the simultaneous promotion of favourable market conditions to create a regulatory environment that is conducive to innovation,
- whereas a well-functioning Internal Market, supported by the new Services Directive, creates a favourable environment for innovation through increased competition in a larger and more stable economic area, attracting greater investment and encouraging the mobility of workers,innovation platforms should be addressed so as to make use of the skills and diversity found in different EU regions,
- whereas both the transfer of academic results, particularly to SMEs, and the availability of research results, especially for innovations with a social dimension, should be emphasised, and whereas the geographical concentrat on of innovation platforms should be
- Is of the firm opinion that better regulation, in particular lightening the unnecessary regulatory burdens on SMEs, will encourage favourable market conditions and help boost the development of "lead" markets based on creative innovations, techniques, technologies and products, and that better regulation will also raise consumer trust and confidence;
- Welcomes the European Commission's intention to publish guidelines for making the most effective use of the consolidated legal framework in public procurement, which not only promotes competition but renders the rules more flexible, thereby encouraging the uptake of innovative solutions and creativity;
- Calls on the European Commission to promote exchanges of best practices and promote the identification and exchange of lessons learnt from improper practices, in order especially to help foster innovation in EU regions;
- Stresses that efforts should be focused on facilitating the transfer of research results into marketable products particularly for SMEs (while taking care not to stifle fundamental research), and believes there is a need for a more holistic approach balancing closer cooperation between the research and business sectors with the interests of consumers, civil society and the environment;
- Strongly encourages initiatives which improve professional or social inclusion by promoting innovations with social applications, namely innovations addressing gender equality, consumer health and safety, mobility issues and the needs of the elderly (a growing population group with high purchasing power) by drawing on their lifelong experience in solving problems;
- Is of the opinion that there should be wider consideration of useful innovative solutions specific to the services industry, and believes that the continued removal of barriers to the movement of products and services will stimulate innovation.
Amendments
Recital A
Number |
Submitter |
Recommendation |
Text |
1 |
Plestinska |
+ |
A. (new) whereas the success of the revised Lisbon strategy will depend in particular on progress made in the area of innovation, |
2 |
Ubeda |
- |
A. (new) whereas diversity through innovation is one of the paths open to the EU to meet the challenges of globalisation,, |
am 1: funny
am 2: meaningless lisbon garbage
Recital B
3 |
Maria Matsouka |
0 |
B. whereas a well-functioning Internal Market, supported by the new Services Directive, will create a favourable environment and encourage mobility of European citizens if it is based on an increase of investment in research and technological development and on an increase of expenditure for academic research, |
am 3: Clutters, 'well-functiong' already covers the issue.
Recital C
4 |
Plestinska |
0 |
C. whereas (deletion) the transfer of academic results should be made available and possible to achieve, in particular for SMEs, and whereas the geographical concentration of innovation platforms should be addressed so as to make use of the skills and diversity found in different EU regions, |
Article 1
5 |
Plestinska |
+ |
1. (new) Considers that Europe’s innovation potential could be increased through support for lead markets in the area of future strategic technologies, which would ensure that the EU takes a lead on the world market;; |
6 |
Pleštinská |
+ |
1. Is of the firm opinion that better regulation, in particular lightening the unnecessary regulatory burdens on SMEs, will encourage favourable market conditions and help place new innovative products and services on lead markets. Better regulation will also raise consumer trust and confidence; |
7 |
Pleštinská |
++ |
1a.Is convinced that setting interoperable European standards more quickly will help support the development of lead markets in the services and high‑tech fields in particular and will contribute towards having them apply at world level, thereby putting European businesses at an advantage over other world players; |
8 |
Heide Rühle |
+++ |
1b (new). Points to the fact that the current patent system represents a threat to innovation as it does not answer the needs of some economic fields; regrets that an increase in the amount of patents granted causes an increase in the number of patent disputes; calls therefore on the Commission to bring together, in cooperation with the Member States, a group of leading economists to draw up proposals for substantive new Community patent laws; also calls on the Commission to carry out a study into the impact of patent litigation on SMEs; |
9 |
Zita Pleštinská |
+ |
1c.Calls on the Commission to encourage not only the adoption but also the application of European standards, in particular by communicating them to SMEs in a simple manner; handbooks and explanatory procedures should be available in all official languages of the EU; |
am 8: 'Pragmatic approach' for overcoming the crisis in the patent system. Let economists investigate the system and make proposals for reform. Very good!
am 9: We are again watching an 'operational proposal' in an EU innovation amendment. Cool!
Article 2
10 |
Maria Matsouka |
- |
Welcomes the European Commission's intention to publish guidelines for making the most effective use of the consolidated legal framework in public procurement, which not only promotes competition but renders the rules more flexible, thereby encouraging the uptake of innovative solutions and creativity; calls on the enterprises to re-invest part of their profits in research and technological development; |
am 10: And unusual call of Parliament on enterprises, incompatible with an open and free market.
Article 3
11 |
|
- |
3. Calls on the European Commission to promote exchanges of best practices and promote the identification and exchange of lessons learnt from improper practices, in order especially to support joint technological initiatives founded on specialised public-private partnerships, which would stimulate the development of' innovation also in less-developed EU regions; |
12 |
Pleštinská |
0 |
3a. Is of the opinion that rapidly building up single points of contact and supporting European Information Centres at regional as well as at other levels will provide consumers and the wider business community with transparent access to information; further considers that relevant information promptly provided is a key factor for innovative activities, and these centres can therefore be an asset in terms of deepening cooperation within national borders and in the context of cross-border cooperation; |
13 |
|
0 |
3b. Emphasises that it is vital for SMEs to have access to appropriate financing for innovations, especially in the early stages of their business activities. It is therefore necessary to support the provision of microcredit and risk capital also in a cross-border context; |
14 |
|
+ |
3c. Takes the view that greater competition generated by the internal market encourages companies to step up funding for research and innovation; |
am 11: Phrase graffitti clutters the message of the rapporteur.
Article 4
15 |
|
+ |
4. Stresses the importance of ensuring that scientific knowledge is transferred effectively to marketable products and services, and believes there is a need for a more holistic approach encouraging closer cooperation between universities, research centres and the business and financial sectors with regard to the interests of consumers, civil society and the environment; |
16 |
Weiler |
0 |
4. Stresses that efforts should be focused on facilitating the transfer of research results into marketable products particularly for SMEs (while taking care not to stifle fundamental research), and believes there is a need for a more holistic approach balancing closer cooperation between the research and business sectors with the interests of consumers, civil society and the environment, and including all local actors (public and private); |
17 |
|
0 |
4a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission plans to adopt a Communication to promote knowledge transfer between universities and other public research organisations and industry; also welcomes the recent initiatives of the Commission to promote "Open Access" to scientific knowledge, which is aimed at improving its dissemination; |
Article 5
18 |
Ubeda |
+ |
5a. Considers that, in order to secure wider public acceptance for goods and services which are the fruits of research, suitable consumer protection instruments are required to improve levels of confidence and safety; |
19 |
Ubeda |
+ |
5b. Considers it necessary to reduce obstacles to the free movement of factors and products within the internal market, given that this may help to secure easier access to risk capital, while ensuring mobility of researchers and of technologically innovative goods and services and an improved flow of knowledge, all of which contribute to the development of a genuine European innovation area; |
Article 6
20 |
Dimitroy |
- |
6. Is of the opinion that there should be wider consideration of useful innovative solutions specific to the services industry, and believes that the continued removal of barriers to the movement of products, services and workers will stimulate innovation; |
21 |
Dimitroy |
- |
6. Is of the opinion that there should be wider consideration of useful innovative solutions specific to the services industry, and believes that the continued removal of barriers to the movement of products, services, capital and persons will stimulate innovation. |
22 |
Ubeda |
++ |
6a. Urges the Commission to continue its efforts to remove obstacles to the creation and development of new leading markets conducive to innovation; |
23 |
Manders |
- |
6b (new). Therefore calls on the Commission to give effect to Parliament's resolution of 12 October 2006 on future patent policy in Europe. |
24 |
Maria Matsouka |
+ |
points out the need to increase the consumers' trust on innovations, by promoting effective consumer protection systems; |
25 |
Maria Matsouka |
+ |
points out that innovation is a medium for improvement of the life of the European citizen and not a goal in itself; and thinks that, for this reason, competition and the freeing of products and services, while helping the achievement of the aim of innovation, must be complemented with measures of control and protection of citizens, wherever this is justified by the public interest; |
26 |
Weiler |
+ |
6e. Welcomes the cooperation of the European Union with the world-wide regulatory bodies and expects the quick and efficient roll-out of technical innovations through standardisation; |
am 20,21: blurs the message
am 22: good approach: removal of innovation barriers
am 23: "therefore"?
am 24, 25: Consumer protection is still a 'blind eye' policy area.
am 26 Standardisation is important. Yet, an open standard policy should be preferred.
Vote
The vote will happen next XX YY 2007.
