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9 Amendments of Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN related to 2008/2098(INI)

Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Encourages the Member States to carry out, prior to the implementation of new national laws in the field of care and public health and social and fiscal systems, a border impact study to highlight in advance any problems that will have consequences for labour mobility;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Takes the view that border workers occupy a special position in the area of European labour mobility;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendent 13a. Calls on the Commission to review its visa policy for third country participants in recognised EU volunteer programmes with a view to introducing a more liberal visa regime in particular as regards volunteers from countries neighbouring the EU;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers, in regard to the new forms of mobility, that it is necessary to examine the existing legislation with a view to determining if it is still up-to-date and finding means of adapting it to the new flexible conditions on the European labour market; believes, at the same time, that an analysis needs to be made of the real implementation in all Member States of the Community legislation on the free movement of labour and the right of residence of workers and their families;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Advocates reopening the discussion on social security arrangements and the fact that workforce mobilitymigrating workers and pensioners can, in some cases, lead to the loss ofose their social benefits; supports the Commission, accordingly, as regards drawing up new legislative instruments which will be better adapted to labour market needs, and asks to be informed of the results achieved following consultation of all parties;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that the Commission should investigate the mobility-inhibiting effects that arise as a result of the lack of coordination between tax agreements and the new social security regulation (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004);
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Supports the actions of the TRESS network, and believes that it should undertake an ongoing investigation of the different types of mobility, with a view to adapting them to the Community legislation; calls on the Commission to include as many employers and trade unions as possible in this network, recalling that it is often employers who support workers over legal issues relating to social insurance or obtaining documents needed in order to work; stresses that the EURES databases need to be easy to access and must be updated regularly; considers that the Network on Free Movement within the European Union should collaborate structurally and institutionally with the TRESS network;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that EURES crossborder projects should give priority to carrying out border impact studies and/or seminars, so that the entry into force of the new coordination regulation No 883/2004 can take place effectively and efficiently;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that as things stand there is an information deficit regardingon the potential professional and career benefits of spending time working abroad, and on how this also promotes European cultural integration; supports the Commission in its actions to inform the public on the matter;
2008/09/18
Committee: EMPL