Activities of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2016/2010(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Application of the Postal Services Directive (A8-0254/2016 - Markus Ferber) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the application of the Postal Services Directive PDF (340 KB) DOC (138 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that obligations of independence can only be fulfilled if NRAs’ regulatory functions are separated from activities associated with ownership or control of a postal operator; considers that senior NRA officials should not be permitted to work for the public postal operator or other interested parties immediately after leaving the NRA, with a view to preventing conflicts of interest;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that obligations of independence can only be fulfilled if NRAs’ regulatory functions are separated from activities associated with ownership or control of a postal operator; cConsiders that senior NRA officials should not be permitted to work for the public postal operator or other interested parties immediately after leaving the NRA, with a view to preventing conflicts of interest;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of providing a high-quality universal service under affordable conditions, comprising at least five delivery and five collection days a week within a limited distance for every EU citizen; notes that in some Member States national regulation exceeds the flexibility provided for in the Postal Services Directive; calls on the Commission to reaffirm that low population density does not constitute grounds for reducing the frequency of delivery within the universal service obligation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to monitor the provision of postal services as a public service in order to ensure a common level playing field among providers and prevent cross- subsidisation, and to review whether public service compensation is implemented in a manner that is proportionate, transparent and fair, while ensuring, however, that the ban on cross-subsidisation does not lead to a situation in which incumbent operators would be compelled to abandon their public service tasks;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to take distinctive national features into account, given that if these were erased in the interests of interoperability, or in order to stamp out public subsidies and promote fair competition, all that would happen is that incumbent operators would give up their public service role;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that service quality should be assessed on the basis of minimum Europe-wide standards with a view to creating a fully integrated European postal sector;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to investigate the functioning of cross-border parcel delivery in accordance with the various rules resulting from either international trade agreements (e.g. the rules of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) or EU law (e.g. the Union Customs Code), especially the universal service obligation, which can be misused and create market distortion;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to put an end to the posted worker system, which is exacerbating unemployment among local wage-earners and making posted workers vulnerable to exploitation;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take stronger measures to combat undeclared work and the exploitation of posted workers;