Digital Omnibus proposal· Recital 26

1 amendment would delete the whole recital: members of The Left.

1. 16 ~Alternative Alex Agius Saliba (rapporteur)Rapporteur · IMCO “In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to…”

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particularincluding undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate and should be based on objective criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy.

   Rapporteur

   Alex Agius Saliba

   Group

   Rapporteur

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   IMCO draft opinion

   Source

   Official text, pages 18–19

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   Recital 26

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2. 109 ~Alternative Victor NegrescuS&D · JURI “across all regions of the Union, including less digitally developed areas, thereby contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion”

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particular undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate and should be based on objective criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy across all regions of the Union, including less digitally developed areas, thereby contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion.

   Tabled by

   Victor Negrescu

   Group

   S&D

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion

   Source

   Official text, page 42

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   Recital 26

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3. 156 ~Alternative Piotr MüllerECR · IMCO “In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to…”

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particular undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate predictable and should be based on objective and transparent criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy.

   Tabled by

   Piotr Müller

   Group

   ECR

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   IMCO amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion

   Source

   Official text, pages 32–33

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   Recital 26

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4. 201 −Deletion João OliveiraThe Left · ITRE–LIBE Deletes the recital

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particular undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate and should be based on objective criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy.

   Tabled by

   João Oliveira

   Group

   The Left

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report

   Source

   Official text, pages 118–119

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   Recital 26

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5. 202 ~Alternative Diana Iovanovici ŞoşoacăNI · ITRE–LIBE “At the same time, a differentiated system of charges must be applied in such a way as to comply with the principles of transparency, proportionality…”

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particular undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate and should be based on objective criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy. At the same time, a differentiated system of charges must be applied in such a way as to comply with the principles of transparency, proportionality and non-discrimination so that access to data is not restricted arbitrarily, but reflects the aim of ensuring effective competition in the internal market. Establishing such mechanisms helps to prevent an excessive concentration of competitive advantages in the hands of a small number of economic operators and promotes the development of a balanced digital ecosystem in which small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and research organisations have real opportunities to develop innovative, data-driven products and services. Reuse of public-sector data thus becomes a tool to stimulate innovation and competitiveness, in accordance with the aims of the European Data Strategy and the principles of the data economy.

   Tabled by

   Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă

   Group

   NI

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report

   Source

   Official text, pages 119–120

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   Recital 26

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6. 203 ~Alternative Markus BuchheitESN · ITRE–LIBE “Differential treatment on the basis of the size of an undertaking, its market significance or its designation as a gatekeeper shall”

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particular undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate and should be based on objective criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data.Charges and fees for the re-use of public sector data and documents must be transparent, objective, cost-oriented and non-discriminatory. Differential treatment on the basis of the size of an undertaking, its market significance or its designation as a gatekeeper shall be excluded. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy.

   Tabled by

   Markus Buchheit

   Group

   ESN

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report

   Source

   Official text, pages 120–121

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   Recital 26

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7. 204 ~Alternative Elena Sancho Murillo +7S&D · ITRE–LIBE “In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to…”

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit society and a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particularincluding undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate and should be based on objective criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy.

   Tabled by

   Elena Sancho Murillo, Marina Kaljurand, Brando Benifei, José Cepeda, Matthias Ecke, Lina Gálvez, Francisco Assis, Alex Agius Saliba

   Group

   S&D

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report

   Source

   Official text, pages 121–122

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   Recital 26

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8. 205 ~Alternative Julie Rechagneux +7ECR, PfE · ITRE–LIBE “In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to…”

   (26) In the spirit of fostering innovation and maintaining fair competition within the Union’s digital market, it is imperative to ensure that access to and reuse of public sector data benefit a wide range of market participants and do not inadvertently reinforce existing dominant positions. Very large enterprises, and in particular undertakings designated as gatekeepers under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, hold significant power and influence over the internal market. To prevent such entities from leveraging their substantial means to the detriment of fair competition and innovation, public sector bodies should be able to set out higher charges and fees for the re-use of public sector open government data and protected data. Such higher charges and fees should be proportionate and should be based on objective criteria, taking into consideration the economic power and the entity’s ability to acquire data. This measure serves to safeguard opportunities for smaller businesses and new market entrants to innovate and compete in the digital economy.

   Tabled by

   Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay

   Group

   ECR, PfE

   Targets

   Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26

   Document

   ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report

   Source

   Official text, pages 122–123

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   Recital 26

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