Activities of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2014/0124(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Establishment of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work (debate) BG
Establishment of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work PDF (941 KB) DOC (607 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The work of the Platform needs to respect in particular Articles 5, 15, 28 and 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as ILO Convention No. 81 and ILO Recommendation No. 198.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) TIn addition to undeclared work, the Platform should deal with falsely declared work, which refers to paid activities that are lawful as regards their nature, but are not declared correctly to public authorities. A specific form of falsely declared work is the abuse of the status of self- employed, either at national level or in cross-border situations, is frequently associated with undeclared work. Bogus self- employment occurs when a person is declared as self-employed while fulfilling the conditions characteristic of an employment relationship, in order to avoid certain legal or fiscal obligations. Bogus self-employment is, therefore, falsely declared work and should come under the scope of the Platform. The increasing phenomenon of non-declaration and false declaration of posted workers in the EU should also be tackled.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Regularising undeclared work into formal quality jobs and promoting workers’ inclusion in the labour market will also result in an increase in quality of employment and access to health care and social benefits;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Scrutiny of undeclared work in the Member States must pay due attention to the behaviour of companies in this context. Companies involved in undeclared work should be subject to sanctions and additional inspections;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) UAt the same time, undeclared work has serious budgetary implications through decreased tax and social security revenues. It has negative impacts on employment, productivity, compliance with working conditions’ standards, skills development and life- long learning. It undermines the financial sustainability of social protection systems, deprives workers of adequate social benefits and results in lower pension rights and less access to healthcare thus undermining the financial sustainability of social protection systems. Furthermore, it negatively impacts on both employment and productivity, leading to unfair competition which distorts the market.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Undeclared work has different effects on different social groups. A special focus should be on the most vulnerable, such as migrants and women which are often over represented in sectors affected by undeclared work. As working conditions and motives for employers and workers to engage in undeclared work vary between sectors and countries, a wide range of specific policy approaches is necessary to tackle the problem.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The regularisation of undeclared work into formal quality jobs, will contribute to the achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The strengthening of active cooperation based on mutual assistance and transparency among Member States at EU level is necessary to help Member States to prevent and deter undeclared work more efficiently and effectively.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Platform should be more than a passive mapping and assessment body. It should also actively contribute to prevent undeclared work by developing practical tools against organised forms and networks of undeclared work and by keeping concerned authorities and actors informed. To this end the Platform should propose measures and instruments which are needed at national or Union level, or at both levels, in order to better prevent, control and penalize organised forms and networks of undeclared work.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) ThreeOften several different national enforcement authorities are mainlynd actors are involved with curbing undeclared work:, including labour inspectorates, social security inspectorates and social security institutions, health and safety inspectorates and tax authorities. In some cases, migration authorities and employment services as well as customs authorities, the police, the public prosecutor’s office and the social partners are also involved. Together with better enforcement of existing legislation, the authorities concerned should consider incentives enabling the regularisation of jobs.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) Eurofound should play an important role in supporting the Platform in particular with regard to the establishment of an interactive knowledge bank to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work. Setting up this interactive knowledge bank as a permanent service for the Platform would be a new task for Eurofound.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Commission will take the necessary administrative steps to set up the netwPlatforkm.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a Definitions For the purpose of this Decision the ‘Regularisation of undeclared work’ means the creation of a framework or conditions to transform undeclared work into registered quality employment.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improving effective and close cooperation between Member States’ different enforcement authorities and other actors involved at EU level to prevent and deter undeclared work, including bogus self- employment and fictitious posting of workers, more efficiently and effectively and to regularise jobs,
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Develop the analysis of effectiveness of different policy measures in curbing the incidence of undeclared work, including preventive and punitive as well as deterrence measures in general as well as the effectiveness and consequences of different policy measures aimed at promoting the regularisation of work,
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Establish efficient tools, for instance an interactive knowledge bank within Eurofound of different practices/measures, including bilateral agreements used in the Member States, to deter and prevent undeclared work, and to promote the regularisation of jobs,
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Adopt non-bindingDevelop guidelines for inspectors, handbooks of good practice and common principles of inspections to tackle undeclared work,
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) Contribute to the identification of Union provisions which may be susceptible to be abused or improperly used with regard to undeclared work.
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Draw up a methodology for measuring undeclared work and collecting quality data on this phenomenon.
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) In carrying out its tasks, the Platform wishall make use of all relevant sources of information, including studies and multilateral cooperation projects and take into account relevant Union instruments and structures, as well the experience of relevant bilateral agreements. It wishall establish appropriate cooperation with Eurofound and, particularly with regard to the development of an interactive knowledge bank as an additional task of the Agency, as well as with EU-OSHA.
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall provide the Commission with the list and contact details of all enforcement authorities and, in accordance with national law or practice, the social partners and other actors, which are involved in the prevention and/or deterrence of undeclared work or in the regularisation of jobs.
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) A maximum of 8 observers representingrepresentatives of social partners at cross- industry level (divided evenly between employers' and workers' organisations),
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) A maximum of 10 observers representingrepresentatives of social partners in sectors with a high incidence of undeclared work (divided evenly between employers' and workers' organisations).
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) elect its chair and two vice-chairs among the members of the Platform who shall constitute the board of the Platform and shall coordinate its activities;
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Four years after its entry into force, the Commission shall submit a report, after consultation with the Platform, on the application of this Decision to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The report shall in particular assess to what extent the Platform has contributed to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 2 and fulfilled the tasks as set out in Article 3 and in work programmes of the Platform.