Activities of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2015/2255(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the transport sector, security, safety of passengers and high working conditions are interlinkedworking conditions and workers´ rights can potentially impact on the security and safety of passengers;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, the European Parliament´s report on the implementation of the 2011 White Paper on Transport: taking stock and the way forward towards sustainable mobility (2015/2005(INI)) adopted on the 29th of July 2015, calls, with regard to road transport, for the creation of a European Road Transport Agency to ensure proper implementation of EU legislation and promote standardisation across all Member States,
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspend such business practices asban the worst forms of precarious contracts (bogus self- employment, zero-hour contracts, pay- to- fly-schemes, etc.), letter-box companies and flags of convenience in order to ensure the social protection of workers and to limit other forms of atypical employment having adverse impact on safety levels;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for increased controls on the implementation of working time and rest times in transport; Calls for the introduction of appropriate control devices, using modern technology, for all transport modes for professional use so as to monitor working and rest time effectively, with a view to ensuring proper implementation of existing legislation;
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the European Commission to apply in a collective manner, to mobile personnel in road transport, Art. 8.2 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I) as interpreted by the ECJ ruling on the Koelzsch case (C-29/10 Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 March 2011.
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the EU and Member States to extend these principles to cross-border services in the railway sector;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the creation of a European Road Transport Agency to ensure proper implementation of EU legislation and, promote standardisation across all Member Statesnd stimulate equal-share participation of all Member States in cross-border enforcement, including the social dimension, such as working conditions and labour issues in road transport;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. European carriers operating under an EU Member State's AOC must have a principal place of business in the respective Member State and as such, all employees must therefore be EU nationals or persons with EU residence and work permits. In the exceptional case where third-country crewmembers are working on board of a carrier with an AOC issued by an EU member state, they must be subject to the same European labour and social regulations whatever their nationality and with respect to the principles of equality and non- discrimination.
Amendment 195 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for a new groundhandling regulation, that will provide social protection for workers; calls for an improved Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, notably, to ensure binding application of national labour legislation for airlines having European operational bases and tooperating under an EU Member State´s Air Operator´s Certificate and to update, harmonize and improve the definition of ‘homebase’ for crew members;
Amendment 231 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum training requirements for maintenance personnel in the railway sectorand civil aviation sectors at a high operational safety ensuring level and to safeguard the economic equilibrium of public service obligations.