European Parliament 2014-2019 Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2016/0402(COD) 25.9.2017 AMENDMENT 12 - 61 Draft opinion Maria Spyraki (PE601.268v01-00) on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation....[ESC Regulation].... Proposal for a directive (COM(2016)0823 – C8-0013/2017 – 2016/0402(COD)) AM\1135074EN.docx PE601.269v01-00 EN United in diversity EN AM_Com_LegOpinion PE601.269v01-00 2/31 AM\1135074EN.docx EN Amendment 12 Markus Pieper, Markus Ferber, Sven Schulze Proposal for a directive – Proposal for a rejection The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal. Or. de Justification Alle sinnvollen Bemühungen zur Vollendung des Binnenmarkts sind ausdrücklich zu unterstützen. Die Einführung einer elektronischen EU-Dienstleistungskarte, so wie es der Vorschlag vorsieht, würde jedoch unnötigerweise zusätzliche Bürokratie, Schaffung von Doppelstrukturen und Mehrkosten nicht für die Mitgliedstaaten sondern auch für die potentiellen Adressaten wie beispielsweise Architekten, Ingenieure oder bauhandwerkliche Dienstleister bedeuten. Gleichzeitig verwässert der Vorschlag den in der Dienstleistungsrichtlinie (2006/123/EG) etablierten Grundsatz der Geltung des Rechts des Ortes, an dem die Wertschöpfung erfolgt. Wogegen die möglichen Vorteile einer solchen Karte nicht ausreichend deutlich sind. Im Ergebnis würde das Ziel der verbesserten Mobilität der Dienstleister im Binnenmarkt möglicherweise konterkariert werden. Es sind noch zu viele Fragen bei der Umsetzung ungenügend oder gar nicht geklärt, sodass weitere Konsultationen der Betroffenen durchgeführt und der Vorschlag überarbeitet werden sollte. Amendment 13 Kathleen Van Brempt Proposal for a directive – Proposal for a rejection The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the Committee on the AM\1135074EN.docx 3/31 PE601.269v01-00 EN Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal. Or. nl Justification The purpose of this amendment is to reject the Commission proposal in its entirety, since it paves the way for social dumping and unfair competition and significantly restricts the host Member State’s scope for carrying out checks. That is unacceptable. Amendment 14 Hermann Winkler Proposal for a directive – Proposal for a rejection The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal. Or. de Justification Alle sinnvollen Bemühungen zur Vollendung des Binnenmarkts wie den Abbau von Bürokratie und rechtlicher Unsicherheiten bei der grenzüberschreitenden Dienstleistungserbringung, insbesondere für KMU, unterstützt der Autor ausdrücklich. Die Einführung einer elektronischen EU-Dienstleistungskarte in der hier vorgelegten Form führt jedoch möglicherweise gerade zu zusätzlichem Verwaltungsaufwand, Doppelstrukturen, Rechtsunsicherheit und Mehrkosten für Mitgliedstaaten und potentielle Adressaten wie beispielsweise Architekten, Ingenieuren oder dem Bauhandwerk. Im Ergebnis würde dies dem zu erreichenden Ziel der verbesserten Mobilität der Dienstleister im Binnenmarkt möglicherweise entgegenstehen. Die potentiellen Vorteile einer solchen Karte werden im vorgelegten Vorschlag hingegen nicht ausreichend deutlich. Insgesamt sind noch zu viele Fragen bei der Umsetzung, wie sie der Vorschlag vorsieht, offen, sodass weitere Konsultationen der betroffenen Interessenvertreter durchgeführt werden sollten und dann gegebenenfalls ein neuer Vorschlag vorgelegt werden sollte. PE601.269v01-00 4/31 AM\1135074EN.docx EN Amendment 15 Marisa Matias Proposal for a directive – Proposal for a rejection The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal. Or. en Amendment 16 Olle Ludvigsson, Carlos Zorrinho, Eva Kaili Proposal for a directive Recital 2 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (2) Directive 2006/123/EC of the (2) Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council17 European Parliament and of the Council17 establishes general provisions facilitating establishes general provisions facilitating the exercise of the freedom of the exercise of the freedom of establishment for service providers and the establishment for service providers and the free movement of services. It provides inter free movement of services. It provides inter alia that Member States should provide for alia that Member States should provide for administrative simplification, for instance administrative simplification, for instance offering electronic procedures via Points of offering electronic procedures via Points of Single Contact, simplifying existing Single Contact, simplifying existing procedures and the need for certified procedures and the need for certified documents and making best use of a documents and making best use of a system of tacit approval. The Directive also system of tacit approval. The Directive also sets a framework furthering the freedom to sets a framework furthering the freedom to provide services on a temporary basis in provide services on a temporary basis in another Member State. another Member State. The Services Directive also stresses that it is important to achieve an internal market for services, with the right balance between market opening and preserving public services and social and consumer rights. AM\1135074EN.docx 5/31 PE601.269v01-00 EN __________________ __________________ 17 Directive 2006/123/EC of the European 17 Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal December 2006 on services in the internal market (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 36). market (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 36). Or. en Amendment 17 David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano Proposal for a directive Recital 3 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (3) Directive 2006/123/EC requires (3) Directive 2006/123/EC requires Member States to put in place and keep Member States to put in place and keep constantly updated Points of Single constantly updated Points of Single Contacts where a service provider wishing Contacts where a service provider wishing to establish or to provide services can find to establish or to provide services can find all relevant information about requirements all relevant information about requirements to be complied with and e-procedures in to be complied with and e-procedures in respect of all formalities, authorisation and respect of all formalities, authorisation and notifications to go through. However, notifications to go through. However, costly information challenges and costly information challenges and difficulties complying with national difficulties complying with national procedures at a distance remain to date for procedures at a distance remain to date for service providers, namely for sector-related service providers, namely for sector-related requirements. Cooperation between requirements. Cooperation between authorities in different Member States authorities in different Member States should in principle take place via the should in principle take place through an Internal Market Information System (IMI), updated version of the Internal Market an IT-platform offered for cross-border Information System (IMI), an IT-platform exchange of information and mutual offered for cross-border exchange of assistance under that Directive. Despite the information and mutual assistance under fact that authorities sometimes have doubts that Directive. Despite the fact that with regard to the legal establishment of a authorities sometimes have doubts with provider in another Member State, the regard to the legal establishment of a possibilities for cooperation currently provider in another Member State, the provided in IMI are not exploited to their possibilities for cooperation currently full potential. Formalities associated with provided in IMI are not exploited to their authorisations and notifications often full potential. Formalities associated with require paper documents to be submitted authorisations and notifications often and to be translated at a significant cost. require paper documents to be submitted Information regarding these obstacles is and to be translated at a significant cost. PE601.269v01-00 6/31 AM\1135074EN.docx EN either not available online or is scarce, Information regarding these obstacles is incomplete, dispersed and difficult to either not available online or is scarce, interpret in relation to the particular incomplete, dispersed and difficult to circumstances of a provider expanding interpret in relation to the particular across borders, as national rules often circumstances of a provider expanding target purely domestic situations. Service across borders, as national rules often providers often risk resubmitting target purely domestic situations. Service information and documents. providers often risk resubmitting information and documents. Or. en Amendment 18 Olle Ludvigsson, Carlos Zorrinho, Eva Kaili Proposal for a directive Recital 5 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (5) Cross-border trade and cross-border