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Services of general interest (SGIs) are recognised as one of the pillars of the European social model.
Services of general interest (SGIs) are recognised as one of the pillars of the European social model.
Considering SGIs as the cement of the EU’s social and territorial cohesion, and considering quality SGIs as a real support for economic development and job creation, your rapporteur feels it is desirable for the Commission to propose, though without anticipating the work of the European Parliament, a Charter of Services of General Interest: an official text developing the concept of a common value as set out in Article 16 of the EC Treaty, specifying the principles and conditions under which SGIs can accomplish their mission, which can serve as a reference in seeking balance between their economic dimension and their social dimension.
Considering SGIs as the cement of the EU’s social and territorial cohesion, and considering quality SGIs as a real support for economic development and job creation, your rapporteur feels it is desirable for the Commission to propose, though without anticipating the work of the European Parliament, a Charter of Services of General Interest: an official text developing the concept of a common value as set out in Article 16 of the EC Treaty, specifying the principles and conditions under which SGIs can accomplish their mission, which can serve as a reference in seeking balance between their economic dimension and their social dimension.
However, while respecting the subsidiarity principle and the powers of the Member States to organise and finance SGIs, your rapporteur wonders about the advisability of a framework directive on such services.
However, while respecting the subsidiarity principle and the powers of the Member States to organise and finance SGIs, your rapporteur wonders about the advisability of a framework directive on such services.
At any event, Parliament recalls the urgency of successful sector-specific initiatives on health services and social services of general interest.
At any event, Parliament recalls the urgency of successful sector-specific initiatives on health services and social services of general interest.
The internal market forms part of daily life for citizens to such an extent that they no longer realise the advantages and benefits they can derive from it.
The internal market forms part of daily life for citizens to such an extent that they no longer realise the advantages and benefits they can derive from it.
It is crucial to expand citizen choice by offering them quality products and better opportunities for cross-border purchasing.
It is crucial to expand citizen choice by offering them quality products and better opportunities for cross-border purchasing.
In that respect, our committee welcomed the recent Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis which forms part of the Consumer Protection Strategy .
In that respect, our committee welcomed the recent Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis which forms part of the Consumer Protection Strategy .
This will be the Consumer Protection Commissioner’s most important item of policy up until the end of the Commission’s mandate.
This will be the Consumer Protection Commissioner’s most important item of policy up until the end of the Commission’s mandate.
This Green Paper merits our full attention.
This Green Paper merits our full attention.
Its application is likely to promote greater confidence and convergence within the Single Market.
Its application is likely to promote greater confidence and convergence within the Single Market.
As the Commission notes, the eight directives covered by the Review have not achieved all that they set out to do.
As the Commission notes, the eight directives covered by the Review have not achieved all that they set out to do.
The discrepancies in their transposition merely exacerbate the uncertainty.
The discrepancies in their transposition merely exacerbate the uncertainty.
In the interest of boosting confidence within the internal market we should consider going beyond the existing minimum harmonisation clauses.
In the interest of boosting confidence within the internal market we should consider going beyond the existing minimum harmonisation clauses.
Consumer confidence also requires free movement of goods.
Consumer confidence also requires free movement of goods.
The non-harmonised sectors still represent 50 % of the internal market.
The non-harmonised sectors still represent 50 % of the internal market.
All these sectors are still subject to national technical rules entailing considerable administrative costs, hence the importance of supporting the measures submitted by the Commission on 13 February 2007 to optimise the current rules and principles governing the market in goods and improve their monitoring and their effective application.
All these sectors are still subject to national technical rules entailing considerable administrative costs, hence the importance of supporting the measures submitted by the Commission on 13 February 2007 to optimise the current rules and principles governing the market in goods and improve their monitoring and their effective application.
All these measures can only boost citizen confidence in the operation and added value of the internal market.
All these measures can only boost citizen confidence in the operation and added value of the internal market.
This report also calls on the Commission to adopt an overall strategy on intellectual property rights and in particular to propose a comprehensive strategy on patents in Europe.
This report also calls on the Commission to adopt an overall strategy on intellectual property rights and in particular to propose a comprehensive strategy on patents in Europe.
Intellectual property rights underpin the economy of the cultural industries and guarantee the promotion of cultural diversity.
Intellectual property rights underpin the economy of the cultural industries and guarantee the promotion of cultural diversity.
Your rapporteur notes the recent Commission Communication on improving the patent system in Europe and stresses the importance of establishing a Community patent and a judicial system in which the CJEC would be the court of last instance.
Your rapporteur notes the recent Commission Communication on improving the patent system in Europe and stresses the importance of establishing a Community patent and a judicial system in which the CJEC would be the court of last instance.
On the financial side, this report highlights the need for a more advanced harmonisation of retail financial services and means of payment in particular.
On the financial side, this report highlights the need for a more advanced harmonisation of retail financial services and means of payment in particular.
The lack of harmonisation of some elements of taxation also hampers the integration of the internal market and harms European competitiveness while making the business environment hard to interpret.
The lack of harmonisation of some elements of taxation also hampers the integration of the internal market and harms European competitiveness while making the business environment hard to interpret.
In particular, the European Parliament encourages the Commission to push ahead with its proposals concerning a common consolidated corporate tax base.
In particular, the European Parliament encourages the Commission to push ahead with its proposals concerning a common consolidated corporate tax base.
Regarding energy and combating global warming , your rapporteur welcomes the ambitious agreement at the European Council on 9 March as a step towards a European energy policy.
Regarding energy and combating global warming , your rapporteur welcomes the ambitious agreement at the European Council on 9 March as a step towards a European energy policy.
However, he regrets that insufficient attention was paid to the contribution that nuclear power can make to the objectives of the EU’s energy and environmental policy.
However, he regrets that insufficient attention was paid to the contribution that nuclear power can make to the objectives of the EU’s energy and environmental policy.
He also stresses that the Single Market implies the development of inter-connected networks.
He also stresses that the Single Market implies the development of inter-connected networks.
At the heart of our Single Market are the SMEs which are given priority attention in the Lisbon Strategy.
At the heart of our Single Market are the SMEs which are given priority attention in the Lisbon Strategy.
Improving access for SMEs to public contracts is of crucial importance for jobs in the EU.
Improving access for SMEs to public contracts is of crucial importance for jobs in the EU.
At present our SMEs are not in the same position as those in WTO partner countries such as the USA, Japan, Korea and Canada, which have negotiated an option to give SMEs special treatment in bidding for public contracts.
At present our SMEs are not in the same position as those in WTO partner countries such as the USA, Japan, Korea and Canada, which have negotiated an option to give SMEs special treatment in bidding for public contracts.
Your rapporteur considers that the Commission should have Parliament’s support in seeking to re-balance the Agreement on Public Contracts concluded at the WTO regarding access for European SMEs to the markets of the other signatories.
Your rapporteur considers that the Commission should have Parliament’s support in seeking to re-balance the Agreement on Public Contracts concluded at the WTO regarding access for European SMEs to the markets of the other signatories.
Citizens and SMEs should be able to benefit fully from the internal market in a concrete way.
Citizens and SMEs should be able to benefit fully from the internal market in a concrete way.
Hence this report strongly encourages the establishment of the Internal Market Information Network and informal mechanisms such as Solvit and ECC-NET which complement our regulatory instruments.
Hence this report strongly encourages the establishment of the Internal Market Information Network and informal mechanisms such as Solvit and ECC-NET which complement our regulatory instruments.
This report also highlights the aspects linked to ‘Better Regulation’ , welcoming the Commission’s stated objectives of simplification and effective application of Community law.
This report also highlights the aspects linked to ‘Better Regulation’ , welcoming the Commission’s stated objectives of simplification and effective application of Community law.
Strengthening the internal market does not imply amassing ever more legislation, nor yet rejecting or abolishing all legislation.
Strengthening the internal market does not imply amassing ever more legislation, nor yet rejecting or abolishing all legislation.
The 21st century Single Market must be provided with necessary and proportionate rules.
The 21st century Single Market must be provided with necessary and proportionate rules.
We must regulate the opening of our markets along the lines already adopted by our global partners.
We must regulate the opening of our markets along the lines already adopted by our global partners.
This certainly means there is a need to identify a number of sectors in which a more advanced harmonisation could be necessary.
This certainly means there is a need to identify a number of sectors in which a more advanced harmonisation could be necessary.
Hence your rapporteur calls on the Commission, as set out above, to pursue Community harmonisation in the fields of retail financial services, taxation, energy, network services, intellectual property and consumers’ rights, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity.
Hence your rapporteur calls on the Commission, as set out above, to pursue Community harmonisation in the fields of retail financial services, taxation, energy, network services, intellectual property and consumers’ rights, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity.
We should also welcome the progress already made by the Member States in transposing Community legislation.
We should also welcome the progress already made by the Member States in transposing Community legislation.
The objective of reducing the transposition deficit to 1 % should be encouraged.
The objective of reducing the transposition deficit to 1 % should be encouraged.
In this connection, the Commission should be encouraged to aid the Member States, where necessary, in transposing a Community act in the same way as is being done for the Directive on the Internal Market in Services.
In this connection, the Commission should be encouraged to aid the Member States, where necessary, in transposing a Community act in the same way as is being done for the Directive on the Internal Market in Services.
Greater coordination between the national authorities responsible for the transposition in the various Member States is also desirable.
Greater coordination between the national authorities responsible for the transposition in the various Member States is also desirable.
Effective law-making also requires the Commission to make an effort to carry out more advanced impact studies involving all interested parties.
Effective law-making also requires the Commission to make an effort to carry out more advanced impact studies involving all interested parties.
We welcome the establishment of an impact assessment board the work of which should be more transparent and which should, in particular, make its opinions public.
We welcome the establishment of an impact assessment board the work of which should be more transparent and which should, in particular, make its opinions public.
The European Parliament should carry out independent impact studies itself.
The European Parliament should carry out independent impact studies itself.
It would also be useful to study the effects of Community social and environmental legislation further upstream.
It would also be useful to study the effects of Community social and environmental legislation further upstream.
Finally, an ex-post assessment should be considered of the arrangements put in place to ensure transparency and the possibility of effective sanctions.
Finally, an ex-post assessment should be considered of the arrangements put in place to ensure transparency and the possibility of effective sanctions.
Your rapporteur also concurs with the Commission’s thinking on the balance to be sought between legislation, co-regulation and self-regulation.
Your rapporteur also concurs with the Commission’s thinking on the balance to be sought between legislation, co-regulation and self-regulation.
This new approach should, however, take account of the respective strength and influence of the various parties (producers and consumers).
This new approach should, however, take account of the respective strength and influence of the various parties (producers and consumers).
In the same spirit, we welcome the work carried out by the Commission in reducing the administrative burden of undertakings, in particular SMEs.
In the same spirit, we welcome the work carried out by the Commission in reducing the administrative burden of undertakings, in particular SMEs.
However, the global objective of a 25% reduction in these burdens should be examined in greater depth.
However, the global objective of a 25% reduction in these burdens should be examined in greater depth.
The Single Market policy also has an external dimension.
The Single Market policy also has an external dimension.
A strong, open and competitive Single Market may constitute a fundamental part of Europe’s response to the challenge of globalisation.
A strong, open and competitive Single Market may constitute a fundamental part of Europe’s response to the challenge of globalisation.
The internal rules of the internal market should help strengthen external competitiveness.
The internal rules of the internal market should help strengthen external competitiveness.
The interdependence which exists at world level creates new opportunities for affirming European values and interests.
The interdependence which exists at world level creates new opportunities for affirming European values and interests.
We must pay more attention to the rules employed by our partners in order to maintain an attractive and competitive Community market without giving up our own standards.
We must pay more attention to the rules employed by our partners in order to maintain an attractive and competitive Community market without giving up our own standards.
Europe could become a reference for other regions.
Europe could become a reference for other regions.
Finally, your rapporteur calls for the multi-lateral trading system in the framework of the WTO to be strengthened, and stresses the importance of arriving at an ambitious, balanced and global agreement to conclude the Doha round of negotiations.
Finally, your rapporteur calls for the multi-lateral trading system in the framework of the WTO to be strengthened, and stresses the importance of arriving at an ambitious, balanced and global agreement to conclude the Doha round of negotiations.
In this connection, the European Parliament calls for our existing instruments of commercial defence to be preserved.
In this connection, the European Parliament calls for our existing instruments of commercial defence to be preserved.
AVIS de la commission des affaires économiques et monétaires
OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
à l'intention de la commission du marché intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs
for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
sur la révision du marché unique: combattre les obstacles et le manque d'efficacité par une meilleure mise en œuvre et une consolidation
on the Single Market Review: tackling barriers and inefficiencies through better implementation and enforcement
La commission des affaires économiques et monétaires invite la commission du marché intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs, compétente au fond, à incorporer dans la proposition de résolution qu'elle adoptera les suggestions suivantes:
The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs calls on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
A. considérant que "Un marché unique pour les citoyens – rapport intermédiaire au Conseil européen de printemps 2007" souligne que le marché unique et la monnaie unique contribuent à améliorer les conditions financières des citoyens et des entreprises et renforcent la résistance de l'Union européenne aux chocs financiers externes,
A. whereas ‘A single market for citizens – interim report to the 2007 Spring European Council’ points out that the single market and the single currency together improve financing conditions for citizens and businesses and enhance EU resilience to external financial shocks,
B. considérant que l'établissement du marché intérieur en 1992 reposait sur les trois principes suivants:
B. whereas the establishment of the internal market in 1992 was based on following three principles:
- concurrence: permettre la finalisation du marché intérieur sur la base des règles de l'économie sociale de marché soutenue par le droit de bénéficier de la concurrence qui est un droit démocratique essentiel conçu pour atténuer les abus du pouvoir économique et non simplement pour limiter les compétences des pouvoirs publics;
– competition: enabling the finalisation of the internal market on the basis of social market economy rules, backed up by a right to benefit from competition, which is an essential democratic right designed to curb the abuse of economic power and not just to limit the powers of public authorities;
- coopération: permettre la réalisation des ambitions transfrontalières et européennes définies dans les traités et les programmes communautaires;
– cooperation: enabling the realisation of cross-border and EU-wide ambitions set out in the Treaties and Community programmes; and
- solidarité: unir les différentes parties en présence et poursuivre les objectifs de cohésion sociale, économique et territoriale,
– solidarity: uniting the different parties and pursuing the objectives of social, economic and territorial cohesion,
C. considérant que les études de la Commission ont conclu que des marchés financiers pleinement intégrés pourraient, à moyen ou long terme, abaisser le coût des capitaux pour les entreprises européennes d'environ 0,5%; conduire à une augmentation du PIB de 1,1% et à une augmentation du 6% du niveau des investissements ainsi qu'à une augmentation de 0,8% de la consommation privée; augmenter le niveau d'emploi de 0,5%; considérant que si les entreprises de l'UE avaient le même accès au financement et en particulier au capital risque que les sociétés américaines, on estime à une augmentation de 0,75 à 1,0 %, sur une base durable l'augmentation de valeur ajoutée de la main-d'œuvre et des services européens, et considérant que la pleine ouverture des secteurs de réseaux tels que l'énergie et les télécommunications pourrait augmenter de façon continue la production de l'UE de 1,0 à 1,5 %,
C. whereas Commission studies have concluded that fully integrated financial markets could, in the medium to long term, lower the cost of capital for EU companies by about 0.5 percentage points; lead to an increase in GDP of 1.1% and a 6% increase in the level of investment; as well as a 0.8% increase in private consumption; and increase the level of employment by 0.5%; whereas if EU companies would have the same access to finance and especially risk capital as US companies, it is estimated that value-added growth in EU manufacturing could increase by 0.75–0.94 percent on a durable basis, and a full opening of network sectors such as energy and telecommunications could permanently raise EU output by 1.0-1.5%,
D. considérant qu'une étude récente de la Commission
D. whereas a recent Commission study
Documents économiques de la Commission: "Vers une intégration économique renforcée: le marché intérieur au 21e siècle - une contribution à la réévaluation du marché unique", janvier 2007. a révélé que la performance de croissance des entreprises pendant les années suivant leur entrée sur le marché (performance de croissance sur le post-marché) est sensiblement inférieure dans l'Union européenne à la même performance de croissance aux États-Unis,
European Commission Economic Papers: ‘Steps towards a deeper economic integration: the Internal Market in the 21st century – A contribution to the Single Market Review’, January 2007. revealed that the growth performance of enterprises in the years after they enter the market (post-entry growth performance) is markedly lower in the European Union than in the United States,
E. considérant que la stratégie du marché intérieur est un élément important de la stratégie de Lisbonne et qu'elle est indispensable au bon fonctionnement de l'Union économique et monétaire,
E. whereas the internal market strategy is an important element of the Lisbon Strategy and essential to the smooth functioning of Economic and Monetary Union,
F. considérant qu'un marché intérieur opérationnel est fondamental pour assurer une croissance durable, l'emploi, une confiance accrue des consommateurs et un environnement favorable aux entreprises, en particulier aux PME;
F. whereas a well-functioning internal market is fundamental for the sustainable growth of SMEs, there are still barriers that prevent SMEs taking full advantage of the single market,