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AMENDMENTS 10 - 15 - Draft opinion on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Standardisation and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/105/EC and 2009/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Lara Comi

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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’)
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Adam Bielan

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DRAFT REPORT Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Bernadette Vergnaud

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The budget proposed for the 2014-2020 Consumer Programme (€197 million) is not enough to meet the new challenges that will face EU consumer policy in 2020, said the Internal Market Committee on Thursday, giving the green light for informal negotiations with the Council on the new programme.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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Monday 17 September (15.00 - 18.30) and Tuesday 18 September (09.00 - 12.30 and 15.00 - 18.30) in ASP 3G3 . Find here the Draft Agenda.

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Members will discuss this legislative report which aimed at the revision of the current regulatory framework on European Standardisation by improving the efficiency and flexibility of the European standardisation process. The revision is one of the 12 key initiatives in the Single Market Ac put forward by the European Commission.

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Lara COMI (EPP)
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OPINION on Towards an integrated European market for card, internet and mobile payments
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Sergio Gaetano Cofferati

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The Committee adopted its opinion with 27 votes in favour and 2 against. The final opinion inter alia emphasises the increasingly important role played by electronic payments in combating the gray economy, fraud and in particular, tax evasion. The main focus here is on correct information, transparency and trust. The opinion calls for European standards and, where possible harmonisation of the rules on electronic payments.

23 of the 36 Amendments submitted to the draft opinion have been adopted which include 8 compromise amendments and amendment 20 had been withdrawn. The main themes include amongst other: creating a safe, trustable and transparent European framework for electronic payments; promoting consumer confidence; information campaigns for consumer awareness; rules on safety and consumer protection and increasing transparency; overcoming fragmentation and moving towards a European standardisation; possible ways to promote new entrants; a common payment infrastructure; compliance with principles of free and fair competition and free market entry and access in view of future technological innovations; prevention of overcharging consumers and abolishing discrimination.

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Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI (S&D)

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The Rapporteur presented his draft report highlighting in particular the four objectives that underpin his work on a future new EU regime on concessions: The Rapporteur seeks to simplify, clarify and reorganise the Directive to ensure readability and consistency; to assert the specificity of concessions contracts compared to public procurement contracts; to guarantee the autonomy and freedom of public authorities to choose how they organise themselves and, to provide a sufficient degree of flexibility to public authorities in the procedures.

His amendments focus notably on the definition and the calculation of the value of a concession, including clarifying the thresholds and the exclusions, and the review of the award procedures. Overall the Rapporteur emphasised the importance of achieving the right balance between flexibility and transparency, so as to ensure both effectiveness of the rules and the equal treatment of suppliers.

The deadline for amendments is set on 3 October at 17.00.

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Philippe JUVIN
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Programme: Draft Programme

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AMENDMENTS 445 - 749 - Draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
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Members will consider the legislative draft report on Union Customs Code. The purpose of the recast is to postpone the date of application, remove the three comitology procedures and replaces them either by a delegation of powers or by implementing powers and adjust some provisions in the current customs legislation.

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Constance LE GRIP (EPP)
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The deadline for amendments is set on 3 October at 17.00.

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Philippe JUVIN
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AMENDMENTS 750 - 1004 - Draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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AMENDMENTS 136 - 444 - Draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
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