9 Amendments of Arba KOKALARI related to 2022/2008(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RHighlights that the policies for industry, trade, competition and the single market should be considered in a holistic way within the industrial strategy, which should have the ecosystems at the core, should aim at aligning the different instruments and be fully integrated with the existing initiatives; recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19 and to boost the recovery of the single market, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming future challenges; recalls that a strong governance system and market surveillance are essential in order to relaunch the single market, which is the EU greatest asset; calls on the Commission to focus on ensuring that the industrial strategy helps remove single market barriers and, avoid further fragmentation and diverging national approaches;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that standards are essential for a well- functioning single market, global competitiveness and the green and digital transitionsthe safety of products, global competitiveness, the green and digital transitions and ultimately European society at large; stresses that is crucial that the strategy continues to attract the best experts, boosts a more coordinated approach in terms of international standards setting and that strategic objectives are discussed and agreed with the active participation of all stakeholders involved, including the research community; underlines the need to develop tools to monitor standards in order to support SMEs and microenterprises to identify those that are particularly relevant for them;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, microenterprises and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that an effective, open, fair and cooperative public procurement framework will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; reminds the importance of the guidelines developed by the Commission that give practical indications about how Member States should include performance goals and quality criteria, such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) one, in the contracts awarded through public procurement and how to better involve a plurality of manufacturers, including SMEs and microenterprises;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the importance of effective and sustainable public procurement practices, especially in the context of the health ecosystem; urges the Commission to support Member States in the development of targeted rules, regarding the joint procurement of essential goods such as medicines, aiming to ensure long- term sustainability, security of supply, fair competition and investments in manufacturing capabilities;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strive for an open strategic autonomy and stresses that to achieve this objective they should in particular: - relaunch the single market strategy in order to de-fragmentise regulatory approaches, de-regulate where necessary, de-bureaucratise public administrations and business’ life, overcome existing barriers to investments, in order to reduce regulatory compliance costs, award competition and favour market-led innovation; - develop concrete actions to support Member States to bridge the lack of skills and to re-balance within the single market the drain of talents, technological experts and know-how; - develop a European Innovation Area able to turn scientific results into commercial products, supporting startups and SMEs and retaining businesses within the Union's single market; - implement a strategy on critical raw materials and resources needed for the key enabling technologies, the digitalisation and the green transition; - improve research, innovation and technological development funding, not only from the private sector but also from government-led policies, including in the form of public-private ventures.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to develop a single market for research and innovation; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies also aiming at closing carbon loops across the value chains of energy intensive industries by reusing and recycling resources; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry, SMEs and microenterprises;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that in addition to vertical ecosystems, there is a need to have horizontal approaches, such as on enabling technologies, and that the digital ecosystem must be integrated with all other industrial ecosystems horizontally.; stresses the importance of the Industrial Forum established by the Industrial Strategy and notes that among the five task forces that were created, one is directly relevant for the single market and analyses the horizontal aspects of the single market and the removal of the barriers, and another one has a specific focus on advanced manufacturing as an horizontal enabler for a wide range of ecosystems; underlines the massive investment gap existing in the technology industries enabling the digital transformation of our society and reiterates the need to strengthen investments in digital technologies; calls on the Commission, as well as the Member States, to fully support such a horizontal approach, in order to ensure that Europe remains a global leader in a crucial enabling technology; reminds that the green and digital transformation is affecting jobs' quality, structure and characteristics and stresses how the single market's integration should lead to real benefits for the European citizens, also through more effective measures to secure consumer rights and a more efficient labour market;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. stresses the importance of the data economy and asks the Commission to accelerate on all data-related initiatives, improving data sharing and exchange, contributing to the development of common European data spaces, fostering the creation of shared European infrastructures to facilitate the use and the exchange of data across industrial sectors, strengthening the data, cloud and edge ecosystems and reinforcing investments in high-speed communications; reminds that cybersecurity is fundamental to engage securely with the digital economy, also in view of enhancing trust of citizens and businesses and lead to a wider uptake and use of digital solutions;