Constituencies

• Parti chrétien social luxembourgeois 2014/07/01 - 9999/12/31

• Parti chrétien social 1999/08/07 - 1999/09/15
• Parti chrétien social 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
• Parti chrétien social 1989/07/25 - 1994/07/18

Groups

• Luxembourg PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2014/07/01 - 9999/12/31

• PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 1999/08/07 - 1999/09/15
• PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1994/07/28 - 1999/07/19
• PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1994/07/19 - 1994/07/27
• PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1989/07/25 - 1994/07/18

Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on International Trade	2017/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2017/01/19	9999/12/31

Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on International Trade	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Social Affairs and Employment	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Temporary committee on employment	1994/07/21	1995/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and the Working Environment	1992/01/15	1994/07/18
Member of	Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament	1992/01/28	1994/07/18
Substitute of	Committee on Petitions	1992/01/15	1994/07/18
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security	1992/01/15	1994/07/18
Chair of	Committee on Petitions	1989/07/26	1992/01/14
Member of	Political Affairs Committee	1989/07/26	1992/01/14

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee	2014/07/14	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand	2014/07/14	9999/12/31

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1998/10/05	1999/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea	1995/07/12	1997/01/15
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea	1994/11/17	1995/07/11
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Substitute of	Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1993/02/11	1994/01/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union	1993/02/11	1994/01/31
Substitute of	Delegation to the EC-European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee	1993/05/26	1994/01/31
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1992/01/15	1993/02/10
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union	1992/02/25	1993/02/10
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China	1992/01/15	1992/02/24

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Rapporteur

Shadow	2017/2065(INI)	Towards a digital trade strategy
Responsible	1999/0905(CNS)	Migration and asylum policy: European strategy and the Union's future policy
Responsible	1999/0905(CNS)	Migration and asylum policy: European strategy and the Union's future policy
Responsible	1998/0901(CNS)	Road regulations: driving disqualifications
Responsible	1998/0901(CNS)	Road regulations: driving disqualifications
Responsible	1996/2134(INI)	Combating terrorism in the European Union
Responsible	1996/2134(INI)	Combating terrorism in the European Union
Opinion	1995/2106(INI)	Improving the adoption law
Opinion	1995/2106(INI)	Improving the adoption law

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1951/04/27 Esch-sur-Alzette

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Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
15	2014/2228(INI) Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) 2015/03/30 INTA 15 amendments... Amendment 77 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the European Commission's calculations show that services represented 35.5% of EU exports to the US and 42.7% of US exports to the EU in 2013; whereas these figures would largely exceed 50% if the services-related content of exports in goods was taken into account; whereas the majority of foreign direct investments from the EU to the US and from the US to the EU are made in the services sector, an ambitious agreement should recognise the importance of services in transatlantic trade; Amendment 189 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas trust is indispensable for ambitious and complex negotiations to succeed; whereas the European Parliament deplores the recent revelations on the hacking of Gemalto SIM Cards; whereas a fresh start can only be achieved by taking bold actions on both sides of the Atlantic to safeguard the fundamental rights of our citizens; whereas these concrete actions must strive to re-instigate trust at both consumer and political level, thereby providing renewed impetus for trade negotiations; whereas due note is taken of recent positive developments in the US administration and in the US Congress such as the proposed enhancement of data protection standards; Amendment 274 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a – point iii (iii) to keep in mind the strategic importance of the EU-US economic relationship in general and of TTIP in particular, inter alia as an opportunity to promote the principles and values that the EU and the US share and cherish and to design common approaches to global trade, investment and trade-related issues such as high standards, norms and regulations, in order to develop a broader transatlantic vision and a common set of strategic goals; to bear in mind that given the size of the transatlantic market, TTIP is an opportunity to shape and regularise the international trade order so as to ensure that both blocs thrive in a networked and connected world; Amendment 284 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv (iv) to ensure, especially given the recent positive developments in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), that an agreement with the US serves as a stepping-stone for broader trade negotiations and is not seen as an alternative to the WTO process; bto aim at setting a global level playing field; bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements are always the second-best option and must not prevent improvements on the multilateral level; to ensure synergies with other trade agreements currently being negotiated, in particular TiSA, and with domestic priorities such the achievement of a truly European Single Market; Amendment 296 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new) (iva) to respect the constitutional obligation to promote cultural diversity, enshrined in Article 167 paragraph 4 of the TFEU, by clearly and explicitly excluding from the negotiations cultural and creative industries, such as the audio- visual, media and publishing sectors; Amendment 314 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new) (ia) to ensure that market access negotiations cover all levels of government, which is the common practice in the EU, but regrettably not in the US; Amendment 349 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new) (iiia) to increase access to US telecommunications market for EU suppliers, by seeking the elimination of US foreign equity caps and by ensuring non-prohibitive access to US networks; to send a strong signal in favour of a transatlantic digital economy in the spirit of reciprocal market access and mutually- beneficial level playing field; and to underline that pro-competitive policies incentivise companies to be more efficient, more innovative and to invest more; Amendment 396 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi (vi) to ensure an adequate carve-out of sensitive services such as public services and public utilities (including water, health, social security systems and education) allowing national and local authorities enough room for manoeuvre to legislate in the public interest; athe translation of the recently published joint declaration reflecting negotiators’' clear commitment to exclude these sectors from the negotiations into a widely-agreed and unequivocal gold-standard clause would be very helpful in this regard; Amendment 430 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point vii (vii) to combine market access negotiations on financial services with convergence in financial regulation on the highest level, in order to support the introduction of necessary regulation to prevent financial crises and in order to support ongoing cooperation efforts in other international forums, such as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; to exclude the provision of financial services in Mode 1 from the EU's commitments in market access until there is regulatory convergence in this area, so as to avoid regulatory arbitrage; Amendment 447 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii (viii) to ensure that the EU’'s acquis on data privacy is not compromised through the liberalisation of data flowsin any way, in particular in the area of e-commerce and financial services; to ensure that no commitments on data flows are taken up before European data protection legislation is in placewhile recognising the need for data flows in every sector of our economies, their relevance as the backbone for transatlantic trade and their importance for an open internet, to ensure that no commitments on data transfers, processing and storage, neither horizontal nor sectorial, are taken up before strong data protection legislation is in place on both sides of the Atlantic and before solid data bridges are rebuilt between the two blocs; any related discussion is conditioned on the enactment and implementation of the following regulatory dossiers: the EU's data protection regulation, the US' Consumer Privacy Bill, the US' Freedom Act, the US' Judicial Redress Act so as to finalise the EU-US umbrella agreement, and the finalisation of the reform of EU Safe Harbour via the US' commitment to comply with the necessity criteria attached to national security clauses; Amendment 454 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii a (new) (viiia) to take note of the worrying increase in forced data localisation requirements in the world, which should incentivise the EU and the US to work towards a transatlantic framework aimed at upholding the right to data privacy and security in a non-protectionist fashion; Amendment 616 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point c – point v a (new) (va) to fully recognise the right of each party not to engage in transatlantic cooperation, if deemed unnecessary or inappropriate; to define, as in CETA, the nature of the cooperation mechanism as voluntary; Amendment 761 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv (xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved without the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the u; in the medium-run, a public international Court, with publicly-paid and publicly-appointed judges applying a common set of international courts arerules, is the most appropriate tools to address investment disputes; Amendment 782 # Viviane REDING, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv a (new) (xiva) TTIP should include the medium- term perspective of such an international Court; Amendment 815 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d – point xvi a (new) (xvia) to firmly reject catch-all provisions proposed by the US negotiators on e- commerce in TTIP, TiSA and at WTO level, and whose scope is too large and disconnected from explicit reference to the necessary compliance with domestic data protection standards; to firmly reject any extension of the scope of the national security exemption enshrined in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); source: PE-552.035
8	2014/2248(INI) Possible evolutions and adjustments of the current institutional set up of the European Union 2016/11/09 AFCO 6 amendments... Amendment 402 # Paulo RANGEL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Viviane REDING, Constance LE GRIP, Alain LAMASSOURE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recommends that, instead of these multiple derogations, a type of ‘associaten instrument or even a status’ c should be proposed to those states in the periphery that only want to participate on the sideline, i.e. in some specific Union policies; this status should bedeveloped in order to set up a ring of partners around the EU for countries who cannot yet or will not join the Union; Amendment 407 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Believes that the best set-up for a future-proof European Union would consist of open concentric circles with an inner circle of Member States sharing all Union policies, a second circle of Member States sharing not all Union policies, surrounded by a ring of friends with whom the Member States may share anything but institutions; Amendment 414 # Paulo RANGEL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Viviane REDING, Constance LE GRIP, Alain LAMASSOURE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes that thise new type of ‘associateinstrument or status’ could also be one of the possible outcomes to respect the will of the majority of the citizens of the United Kingdom to leave the EU; stresses that this wish must be respected, given that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, as one of the larger Member States, and as the largest non-euro-area member, affects the strength and the institutional balance of the Union – a new situation that adds to the need for revision of the Treaties; Amendment 774 # Paulo RANGEL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Viviane REDING, Alain LAMASSOURE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Notes that only by enhancing the Common Foreign and Security Policy can the EU bring credible answers to the new security threats and challenges, fighting terrorism, bringing peace, stability and order to its neighbourhood; Amendment 792 # Paulo RANGEL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Viviane REDING, Alain LAMASSOURE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Stresses that for the Union to strengthen its own capacity for the defence of the EU territory, as a pillar within NATO, which remains the cornerstlso in view of a rebalance within the EU-NATO strategic partnership, as well as for efficiency and a desirable reductione of the European security architecture and to enable the Union to act autonomously in operations abroad, mainly with a view to stabilising its neighbourhoodmilitary expenses of individual Member States (deriving from the savings achievable through joint projects and economies of scale), and to enable the Union to act autonomously in operations abroad, mainly with a view to conducting conflict prevention operations and peacekeeping in its neighbourhood, in compliance with the principles of the United Nations, the Treaties should provide for the possibility of establishing a European defence union; Amendment 975 # Paulo RANGEL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Viviane REDING, Alain LAMASSOURE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) 46a. Albeit respecting the role of national parliaments and the principle of subsidiarity, acknowledges the EU’s exclusive competences on Common Commercial Policy; calls for a clear delimitation of competences between the Union and the Member States in this respect; notes that this delimitation would have positive effects on jobs and growth both in the EU and in its trading partners; source: PE-592.325 2016/11/16 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 145 # Paulo RANGEL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas this new system of governance implies a genuine government equipped to formulate and implement the common monetary, fiscal and macro- economic policies that the euro area desperately needsneeds; considering this government must be accountable to the European Parliament and must be endowed with a tn European Treasury and a budget commensurate with the scale of the tasks at hand; whereas this requires, in addition to measures within the existing primary law, a reform of the Lisbon Treaty; Amendment 249 # Paulo RANGEL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Viviane REDING, Alain LAMASSOURE, Constance LE GRIP Motion for a resolution Recital S S. whereas the UK’s decision creates an opportunity to reduce and drastically simplify the ‘variable geometry’ and complexity of the Union; whereas it offers at least the opportunity to, by clarifying what membership of the Union really means and what could be a clear structure in the future fframework the EU’s relationship with non- members in our periphery (the United Kingdom, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.); whereas the founding fathers of the Union had already envisaged a type of ‘associate status’o be developed in order to build a ring of partners around the EU for countries who cannot yet or will not join the Union; source: PE-592.324
8	2015/2035(INL) Reform of the electoral law of the European Union 2015/09/01 AFCO 8 amendments... Amendment 58 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas the existing European electoral rules allow for a non-obligatory threshold of up to 5 % of votes cast to be set for European elections, and 15 Member States have availed themselves of this opportunity and have introduced a threshold of between 3 % and 5 %; whereas in smaller Member States, and in Member States that have subdivided their electoral area into constituencies, the de facto threshold nevertheless lies above 3 %, even though no legal thresholds exist; whereas introducing obligatory thresholds is recognised by constitutional tradition as a legitimate means of guaranteeing the functioning of parliaments; Amendment 71 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas the Lisbon Treaty established a new constitutional order by granting the European Parliament the right to elect the President of the European Commission14 instead of merely giving its consent; whereas the 2014 elections set an important precedent in this respect; whereas the procedure for the nomination and selection of lead candidates for this position should furthermore be an integral part of the election campaigns;is a strong expression of functioning transnational European party democracy and should furthermore be an integral part of the election campaigns; whereas the 2014 elections to the European Parliament have shown that lead candidates increase citizens’ interest in European elections, and whereas the deadline for the nomination of candidates by European political parties should be codified in the Electoral Act; __________________ 14 Article 17(7) TEU. Amendment 82 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas the minimum age for eligibility to stand as a candidate across the 28 Member States varies between 18 and 25, and the minimum age for eligibility to vote ranges from 16 to 18, due to the divergent constitutional and electoral traditions in the Member States; whereas harmonisation of the voting age, and of the minimum age for candidates, would be highly desirable as a means of providing Union citizens with real voting equality, and would enable discrimination to be avoided in the most fundamental area of citizenship: the right to participate in the democratic process;deleted Amendment 88 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. whereas the existing European electoral rules authorise voting based on a preferential list system, and twenty Member States have introduced preferential voting; whereas preferential voting systems have demonstrably increased the accountability of the individuals elected to serve as Members of the European Parliament, and have strengthened the democratic legitimacy of the European Parliament as a whole; Amendment 91 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital Q b (new) Qb. whereas in the 2014 European elections the lowest turnout in a Member State was 13,05%, the turnout of young voters in the EU was 27,8% and the general turnout was 42,61%; whereas compulsory voting is an efficient means of increasing turnout and thereby broadening democratic legitimacy, and whereas experience in some Member States has shown that the duty to vote is a valuable feature of citizenship; Amendment 173 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. As a future step, recommends to Member States that they should consider ways to harmonise the minimum age of voters at 16, in order to further enhance electoral equality among Union citizens;deleted Amendment 181 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recommends to the Member States that they should consider ways to generalise the preferential list system, in order to increase accountability and democratic legitimacy; Amendment 184 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Recommends to the Member States that they should consider ways to extend compulsory voting for elections to the European Parliament, in order to increase turnout and thereby strengthen democratic legitimacy; source: PE-565.204
12	2015/2105(INI) New forward-looking and innovative future strategy on trade and investment 2016/04/28 INTA 12 amendments... Amendment 1 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to the European Parliament's reports containing its recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), adopted on 3 February 2016, and on the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), adopted on 8 July 2015, Amendment 33 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy to the public’s attention, and whereas more and more citizens are worried that European regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP;deleted Amendment 161 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Acknowledges that the internationalisation of the world’s production system has resulted in new according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are not earning enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission to improve conditions in GVCs; emphasises that the EU’s further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable growth and jobs in the EU and for its partners; to acknowledge that the globalisation of value chains increases the import content of both domestic output and exports, thereby substantially increasing the cost of protectionist measures; Amendment 186 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to systematically convene trilogue negotiations with the European Parliament with the view to drafting a joint mandate before the start of each negotiation; Amendment 216 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Considers plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as the Information Technology Agreement and, the Environmental Goods Agreements and the Trade in Services Agreement to be the second-best option; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods; underlines that TiSA is an opportunity to revive progress on trade in services at WTO level; Amendment 285 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regretnotes that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal; Amendment 326 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Shares the Commission’s view that the temporary movement of professionals has become essential to increasing business internationally; stresses that a labour mobility chapter should be included in all EU trade and investment agreements; recalls however that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals and that labour and social standards in the host country must prevail; Amendment 327 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Welcomes the Commission’s 36. intention to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows in compliance with EU data entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation, mutual recognition and harmonisation of standards in the digital trade sector is vital; calls on the Commission to put forward a new model for e-commerce chapters, which would then serve as the basis for the EU proposal in all trade negotiations, and which would seek to ensure the free flow of data, in full compliance with data protection rules in place in the country of origin of the data subject, and with general exceptions grounded in appropriate criteria; Amendment 346 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Emphasises that a forward-looking trade policy must pay greater attention to the specific needs of SMEs and ensure that they can fully benefit from trade and investment agreements; recalls that only a small share of European SMEs are able to identify and exploit the opportunities that globalisation and trade liberalisation offer; notes that only 13 % of European SMEs have been internationally active outside the EU; supports initiatives to facilitate the internationalisation of European SMEs, but believes that new ways need to be explored on how to better assist SMEs in their sale of goods and services abroad; stresses that SMEs need more tailor-made support, starting in Member States; highlights the importance for SMEs of having access to user-friendly online information about Amendment 363 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament onWelcomes the Commission’'s proposal for thean Investment Court Ssystem in order to better clarify its impact on the ‘right to regulate’, the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU court, with publicly-appointed and publicly- remunerated judges; believes that its inclusion in bilateral agreements should be considered as a first step towards ian particular, and more specifically the EU competiInternational Investment Court applying a common set of international rules; Amendment 376 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Calls for the elimination of the current imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and reciprocal opening up of international public procurement markets, while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests; stresses that European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countries; should the current level of asymmetries persist, calls on the Commission to consider the introduction of a "Buy European Act"; Amendment 402 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Subheading 17 a (new) Delivering tangible benefits to consumers Acknowledges that trade agreements have and boosting innovation; to unleash such potential, calls on the Commission to strongly push in all negotiations for a limitation to geoblocking practices, for a reduction in international roaming fees, and for a reinforcement of passenger rights; source: PE-580.492
3	2015/2233(INI) 2015/11/04 INTA 3 amendments... Amendment 144 # Daniel CASPARY, Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a – point i i. to consider the TiSA negotiations as a stepping-stone towards renewed ambitions at WTO level; to oppose any provisions or chapters, which would prevent the multilateralisation of the agreement; Amendment 229 # Daniel CASPARY, Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point i i. to exclude public services and cultural services from the scope of the negotiations, and to seek theEU's commitments, and to seek ambitious commitments across parties, sectors and modes of supply, in particular further opening of foreign markets in telecommunications, transport, financial and professional services; Amendment 251 # Daniel CASPARY, Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv iv. to acknowledge that standstill and ratchet clauses do not apply to market access commitmentuphold the framework of the agreement and to maintain the agreed rules with regards to the scheduling of commitments; in particular to acknowledge that standstill and ratchet clauses do not apply to market access commitments and that commitments are listed according to the hybrid approach, with a positive listing for market access; source: PE-571.495
1	2016/0288(COD) European Electronic Communications Code. Recast 2017/05/12 IMCO 1 amendments... Amendment 529 # Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Viviane REDING, Carlos COELHO, Dariusz ROSATI, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Renate WEBER, Alojz PETERLE, Tibor SZANYI, Eric ANDRIEU, Angelika NIEBLER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Ivan JAKOVČIĆ, Francesc GAMBÚS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Georges BACH, Pavel TELIČKA, Pina PICIERNO, Anne SANDER, Robert ROCHEFORT, Carolina PUNSET, Patrizia TOIA, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Proposal for a directive Article 92 a (new) Article 92a Intra-Union calls 1. Providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services shall not apply tariffs to intra-Union fixed and mobile communications services terminating in another Member State which are higher from tariffs for services terminating in the same Member State, unless it is justified by the difference in mobile termination rates. 2. Where providers of publicly available number based interpersonal communication services apply different terminating in the same Member State, the surcharge shall not be higher than the difference between mobile termination rate of the Member State where the call is terminating and mobile termination rate of the Member State where call is originating. source: PE-604.694
18	2017/0003(COD) Respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications 2017/07/14 LIBE 18 amendments... Amendment 399 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 1. Electronic communications data shall be confidential. Any processing of electronic communications data, including any interference with electronic communications data, such as by listening, tapping, storing, monitoring, scanning or other kinds of interception, surveillance or processing of electronic communications data, by persons other than the end-users, shall be prohibited, except when permitted by this Regulation. This includes electronic communications data that is stored after the transmission has been completed. Amendment 409 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new) 2.Confidentiality of electronic communications shall also apply to data related to or processed by terminal equipment and to machine-to-machine communication. Amendment 421 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 426 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) it is technically strictly necessary to maintain or restore the security ofavailability, integrity and confidentiality of the respective electronic communications networks and or services, or to detect technical faults and/or errors in the transmission of electronic communications, for the duration necessary for that purpose.; or Amendment 455 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) it is strictly necessary to meet mandatory quality of service requirements pursuant to [Directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code] or Regulation (EU) 2015/212028 for the duration necessary for that purpose; or _________________ 28 Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (OJ L 310, 26.11.2015, p. 1–18). Amendment 461 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) it is strictly necessary for billing, calculating interconnection payments, detecting or stopping fraudulent, or abusive use of, or subscription to, electronic communications services; or Amendment 515 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. The use of input, output, processing and storage capabilities of terminal equipment and the collectionprocessing of information from end-users’ terminal equipment, including about' terminal equipment, or making information available through the terminal equipment, including information about and processed by its software and hardware, other than by the end-user concerned shall be prohibited, except on the following grounds: Amendment 523 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the end-the user has given his or her (b) consent for a specific purpose, and the consent has not been a condition to access or use a service or use a terminal equipment, for the duration strictly technically necessary for that purpose; or Amendment 535 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) it is strictly technically necessary for providing an information society service specifically requested by the end-ususer, for the duration necessary for that provision of the service, provided that the provision of that specific service cannot be fulfilled without the processing of such information by the provider; or Amendment 586 # Michał BONI, Frank ENGEL, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Viviane REDING, Carlos COELHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) the end-user has given his or her consent;or Amendment 589 # Michał BONI, Frank ENGEL, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Viviane REDING, Carlos COELHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) a clear and prominent notice is displayed informing of, at least, the modalities of the collection, its purpose,the information collected is or is rendered pseudonymous or anonymous and the data protection impact assessment and, if necessary, a prior consultation with the superson responsible for it and the othervisory authority were carried out, as prescribed respectively in information required under Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 where personal data are collected, as well as any measure the end-user of the terminal equipment can take to stop or minimise the collection. Amendment 610 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. The definition of and conditions for consent provided for under Articles 4(11) and 7 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679/EUin Regulation (EU) 2016/679/EU, including, inter alia, in its Articles 4(11), 7 and 8, shall apply. Amendment 633 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Without prejudice to Article 7(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, a user shall not be denied access to any electronic communications service, information or her consent to (a) the processing of electronic communications data, metadata or content pursuant to Article 6;or (b) the use of input, output, processing and storage capabilities of terminal equipment and the processing of information related to or processed by the users' terminal equipment, or making information available through the terminal equipment, including information about and processed by its software and hardware, pursuant to Article 8(1) that is technically not strictly necessary for the provision of that service or functionality. Amendment 634 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Any processing based on consent must not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of individuals whose personal data are related to or transmitted by the communication, in particular their rights to privacy and the protection of personal data. Amendment 660 # Michał BONI, Frank ENGEL, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Viviane REDING, Csaba SÓGOR, Carlos COELHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. The software permitting the end- user to access individual websites shall enable the end-user to customise his or her privacy settings according to the website visited. Amendment 722 # Michał BONI, Roberta METSOLA, Frank ENGEL, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Rachida DATI, Brice HORTEFEUX, Viviane REDING, Carlos COELHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 4 4. The possibility for end-users not to be included in a publicly available directory, or to verify, correct and delete any data related to them shall be provided free of charge. and in an easily accessible manner by the party that collected the consent or directly from the provider of Amendment 753 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 4 4. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may provide by law that the placing of direct marketing voice-to- voice calls to end-users who are natural persons shall only be allowed in respect of end-users who are natural persons who have not expressed their objection to receiving those communications.deleted Amendment 782 # Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Judith SARGENTINI, Viviane REDING Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 e (new) This Article shall be without prejudice to the obligations provided for in Articles 32 to 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the obligations provided for in Directive (EU) 2016/1148. source: PE-608.161
28	2017/2065(INI) Towards a digital trade strategy 2017/10/02 LIBE 1 amendments... Amendment 24 # Jean LAMBERT, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Viviane REDING, Maria GRAPINI Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that any European digital 1. trade strategy or provisions for cross- border data flows and agreements on a free flow legal provision should fully respect the EU data protection acquis and complyCalls on the Commission to ensure that cross-border data transfers are in compliance with the existing and future EU legal framework, in particular through adequacy decisions, and to to protect personal data and privacy, with the only condition that it must not be used with the intention to restrict data flows for reasons other than the protection of personal data, accompanied with a second provision, which prevents unjustified requirements for data localisation; source: PE-610.917 2017/10/04 INTA 27 amendments... Amendment 6 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Citation 15 – having regard to the deletter of 11 ‘like-minded countries’ to Commission Vice-President Timmermans on 16 May 2017 regarding the rules on data flows and data localisation measures in trade agreements,d Amendment 21 # Viviane REDING, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas electronic commerce is an engine for growth and productivity in the entire economy, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises; Amendment 43 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas foreign companies currently benefit from far greater access to the European market than Europeans do in third countries; whereas many of our trade partners are increasingly closing their domestic markets and resorting to digital protectionism; whereas the EU should anchor its digital trade strategy on the principles of reciprocity, fair competition, smart regulation and transparency with the view to restoring consumers’ trust and to restoring a level playing field for businesses; Amendment 46 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the building blocks that preserve the open internet in the EU’s digital single market, including principles such as fair competition, net neutrality and intermediary liability protections, should be promoted in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)all trade negotiations; whereas the global dimension of digital trade makes the WTO the natural venue for the negotiation of a rule-based multilateral framework, whereas the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2017 is providing the platform for launching such a process; Amendment 48 # Viviane REDING, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas several ground-breaking legislations, including but not limited to the opening of the telecommunications market to competition since 2009, the recognition of net neutrality since 2015, the abolition of roaming fees since 2017, and the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation from 2018 onwards, have propelled the EU into the vanguard; Amendment 52 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas private companies are increasingly setting norms and standards in the digital economy; whereas they must go further and faster in developing technological solutions, which could help prevent, detect and remove illegal content online; Amendment 56 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the EU has a paramount interest in shaping the globalisation and digitalisation of our economies and of international trade, at the same time two of the main engines for growth for businesses and two of main causes for concern for citizens; whereas the economic opportunities and the societal science) and of new applications (artificial intelligence, blockchain and robotics) must be respectively unleashed and mitigated; Amendment 62 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. whereas according to the OECD, up to 5% of goods imported into to the EU are counterfeited, resulting in substantial losses in jobs and tax revenues; Amendment 63 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) Hc. whereas sensitive sectors such as audio-visual services, and fundamental rights such as the protection of personal data should not be subject to trade negotiations; Amendment 65 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Recital H d (new) Hd. whereas according to special Eurobarometer 431, nine out of ten Europeans think that it is important for them to have the same rights and protection over their personal information, regardless of the country in which the public authority or private company offering the service is based; Amendment 71 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that European standards shall be fully-safeguarded in the trade agreements the Commission negotiates, and where possible commuted into international standards; stresses that global trade rules on e-commerce are an instrument for growth and a tool to project our values; rejects digital protectionism, mass surveillance and Amendment 73 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that access to secure broadband internet connectivity and digital payment methods, effective consumer protection, in particular redress mechanisms for online cross-border sales, and predictable customs procedures, are essential elements in relation to enabling face when they buy goods and services on e-commerce websites located outside the EU, and to propose concrete measures if need be; Amendment 77 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the importance in trade agreements to promote fair and effective competition, in particular between digital service providers such as online platforms and users such as SMEs, to promote consumer choice, to ensure non- discriminatory treatment of all market players and to avoid the creation of dominant positions that distort the Amendment 92 # Viviane REDING, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prioritise and speed up the adoption of mutual adequacy decisions, provided that third countries ensure, by reason of their domestic law or their international commitments, a level of protection "essentially equivalent" to that guaranteed within the EU; calls on the Commission to adopt, and to make public, updated and detailed binding procedures for reaching these decisions, in full respect for national supervisory authorities’ powers and for the European Parliament’s opinion; Amendment 112 # Viviane REDING Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Requires that nothing in trade agreements, neither market access commitments, nor regulatory standards, nor general exceptions, shall prevent the EU and its Members from maintaining, improving and applying its data protection rules; recalls that personal data can be transferred to third countries when the requirements enshrined today in the Chapter IV of the current Data Protection Directive and tomorrow in the Chapter V of the forthcoming Data Protection Regulation are fulfilled; Amendment 123 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to put forward its position on cross-border data transfers, data protection carve-out and unjustified data localisation requirements in trade negotiations before the end of the yearterm, in close coordination with the European Parliament and in line with its position; Amendment 128 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to combat discriminatory, illegitimate and protectionist measures by third countries, such as ‘buy local’ policies, local content requirements or forced technology transfers, to ensure that European companies can operate in a fair and predictable environment; calls on the Commission to condition in future FTAs several of its market access commitments on reciprocal commitments by the other Amendment 135 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 plurilateral and multilateral level to ensure that third countries offer a level of openness towards foreign investments equivalent to that of the EU, and that they maintain a level playing field for EU operators; welcomes the EU’s proposal for a regulation establishing a framework for review of foreign direct investments into the Union and supports its objectives to better protect critical infrastructures and technologies; Amendment 144 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that the protection of trademarks, intellectual property (IP) andrights (IPR), including those related to copyright, geographical indications, trademarks, trade secrets and patents, is indispensable to encourage and reward artistic creation and industrial innovation, that investments in R&D isare a precondition tof the EU’s knowledge-based economy, and that international cooperation is key to combating the trade in counterfeited goods; stresses, however, that trade agreements are not the place to extend the level of protection for rights holders by providing for more extensive copyright enforcement powers; stresses that access to medicines inmplementation of international standards, such as the WTO Agreement on TRIPS as well as the WIPO Internet Treaties; stresses the need to strike the right balance between the promotion of due diligence and the maintaining of an innovation-friendly approach; stresses that access to medicines in third countries should not be challenged on the basis of IP protection; Amendment 148 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Exhorts the Commission to keep a close eye on ICANN’s gTLD Program, which expands domain names to thousands of generic names, and to guarantee, in line with its commitment to a free and open Internet, the protection of rights holders, in particular those related to geographical indications; Amendment 149 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to prevent parties from imposing foreign equity caps by, to laying down pro-competitive wholesale access rules for incumbent operators’ networks and by securing, to provide transparent and non-discriminatory rules and fees for licensing, and to secure genuine access to last- mile infrastructures in export markets for EU telecom providers; recalls that rule-based competition in the telecommunications sector leads to higher quality services and lower prices; Amendment 156 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts towards developing a set of binding multilateral disciplines on e- commerce in the WTO, and to continue focusing on concrete and realistic deliverables; Amendment 163 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to promote the interoperability of ICT-standards that benefit both consumers and producers, notably in the context of a secure Internet of things, 5G and cybersecurity; Amendment 166 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to encourage signatories of trade agreements to bring pressure to bear on mobile providers toinclude, in the telecommunications chapter of its FTAs, provisions makeing both international roaming fees and the fees applied to international calls and messagespromote cost-oriented retail prices for roaming services with a view to reducing prices; Amendment 171 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI 19. Recognises that the principle of intermediary liability protecexemptions has been crucial in developing the digital economy and in guaranteeing freedom of speech; calls on the Commission to ensure in its trade negotiations that online intermediaries must never be made strictly liable for hosting unlawful third-party content, nor should they ever be required to monitor content proactively as part of an intermediary liability regimeuphold EU law in this regard in its trade negotiations; Amendment 172 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Strongly supports the further mainstreaming of digital technologies and services in the EU’s development policy and among others the Digital4Development initiative; recognises the multiplier effect digital technologies can have in achieving Sustainable Development Goals; calls on the Commission to stimulate public-private partnerships to increase investments in digital infrastructure in the Global South; urges the Commission to make investments in broadband infrastructure in developing countries conditional upon respect for a free, open and secure internet; calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to improve digital rights; takes note with deep concern of the conclusion of the recent UN Global Broadband Progress Amendment 186 # Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Tokia SAÏFI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Commits to update its eTrade strategy every 5 years; source: PE-612.059

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