Activities of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2016/0050(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directive 96/50/EC and Council Directive 91/672/EEC PDF (992 KB) DOC (139 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) FIn keeping with the principle of subsidiarity and for reasons of cost- effectiveness, holding Union certificates of qualification should not be made compulsory on national inland waterways not linked to the navigable network of another Member State.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) With a view to contributing to the mobility of persons involved in the operation of vessels across the Union and considering that all certificates of qualification, service record books and logbooks issued in accordance with this Directive should comply with minimum standards, Member States should recognise the professional qualifications certified in accordance with this Directive. Consequently the holders of such qualifications should be able to exercise their profession on all Union inland waterways. However, holders of such qualifications from other Member States and third countries should be subject to the same employment rules and the same rules on levels of pay and social security contributions as domestic workers. What is more, domestic authorities and businesses should have the right to adopt policies which favour domestic workers.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In view of the established cooperation between the Union and the CCNR since 2003 which has led to the establishment of a European Committee for drawing up Standards in Inland Navigation (CESNI), an international body set up under the auspices of the CCNR, and in order to streamline the legal frameworks governing the professional qualifications in Europe, certificates of qualification, service record books and logbooks, issued in accordance with the Rhine Navigation Personnel Regulation under the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation which lay down requirements that are identical to those of this Directive should be valid on all Union inland waterways. Such documents issued by third countries should be recognised in the Union, subject to reciprocity. To further remove barriers to labour mobility and further streamline the legal frameworks governing the professional qualifications in Europe, any certificate of qualification, service record book or logbook issued by a third country on the basis of requirements which are identical to those laid down in this Directive may also be recognised on all Union waterways, subject to an assessment by the Commission and the relevant Member States and subject to recognition by that third-country of documents issued in accordance with the present Directive .
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The Member States should have the right not to recognise professional qualifications issued by third countries if they believe that such recognition would lead to the loss of domestic inland navigation jobs.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) vessels used to carry out sovereign tasks, for example in the armed forces, civil protection services, law-enforcement services, river administration or fire services;
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Upon receiving the request referred to in paragraph 4, the Commission and the relevant Member States shall carry out an assessment of the certification systems in the third country for which the request for recognition was submitted, in order to determine whether the issuing of these documents is subject to requirements identical to those laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
If this requirement is met and the Member States have agreed, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act on the recognition in the Union of the certificates, record books or logbooks issued by that third country, subject to that third country recognising within its jurisdiction Union documents issued pursuant to the present Directive.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered, with the agreement of the Member States that have internal waterways, to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to lay down standards for practical examinations referred to in paragraph 3 specifying the specific competences and the conditions to be tested during the practical examinations, as well as the minimum requirements for the vessels on which a practical examination may be taken.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by [date for transposition of the Directive] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 a (new)
Article 35 a (new)