# Empowering competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market

European Parliament procedure 2017/0063(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee ECON / IMCO). Stage: Procedure completed. 253 committee amendments tabled by 30 Members between 2017-09-13 and 2017-11-06.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns empowering Member States' competition authorities to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. The amendments revise provisions on the independence, resources and powers of national competition authorities applying Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, including investigative powers over digital information, leniency for secret cartels, confidentiality of lawyer-client communications, prioritisation of proceedings, remedies, interim measures and binding commitment decisions.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel REIMON | Austria | Verts/ALE | 54 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124935.md |
| Tibor SZANYI | Hungary | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124703.md |
| Othmar KARAS | Austria | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4246.md |
| Petr JEŽEK | Czechia | ALDE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124707.md |
| Dita CHARANZOVÁ | Czechia | RE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124708.md |
| Maria GRAPINI | Romania | S&D | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124785.md |
| Markus FERBER | Germany | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1917.md |
| Pervenche BERÈS | France | S&D | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1985.md |
| Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO | Spain | GUE/NGL | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125047.md |
| Barbara KAPPEL | Austria | ENF | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125024.md |
| Joachim STARBATTY | Germany | ECR | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124827.md |
| Alfred SANT | Malta | S&D | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124781.md |
| Marcus PRETZELL | Germany | ENF | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124830.md |
| Anne SANDER | France | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/24594.md |
| Marlene MIZZI | Malta | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118858.md |

## Official source documents

- PE610.652: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/IMCO-AM-610652_EN.pdf
- PE613.265: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-613265_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-0063-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-0063-COD.json

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