11 Amendments of Maria ARENA related to 2014/2150(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RecogniseConsiders that REFIT should represents a first step towards reducing the burden of regulation on businesses and eliminating barriers to growth and job creation;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. SupportAcknowledges the Commission’'s commitment on cutting red tape and better regulation; believes that cutting red tape should deliver proportionate, evidence- basednot reduce protection for workers, while ensuring that businesses can grow, create jobs and boost competitiveness; notes that deregulation and better regulation are not mutually exclusiveshould not be the hidden objective behind better regulation;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomeDeeply regrets the Commission’'s indication that the maternity leave directive should be considered for withdrawal; calls also on the Council to speed up the adoption of the directive concerning the implementation of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth and women who are breastfeeding and reiterates the European Parliament's will to negotiate in a pragmatic way;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Regrets Commissions' reluctance to present any legislative proposal to support the fight against musculoskeletal disorders that are, according to the European Agency for Safety and Health at work (OSHA) research, costly conditions for companies due to their direct – insurance, compensation, medical and administrative costs - and indirect costs of lost productivity;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets the Commission refusal to turn into law the hairdresser's sector agreement damaging thus the trust of the social partners into European social dialogue and the Commission support function of it;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Is concerned about the ongoing evaluation of Working time legislation for simplification; Suggests improvement of efforts for correct implementation instead;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Is concerned about the ongoing evaluation of Temporary Agencies legislation for simplification; Requires instead that any revision of it should broaden its scope to include mobile workers;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the SME test; calls on the Commission to use lighter regimes forconsider that, as stated in its opinion by the European Economic and Social Committee, the Think Small First principle is not intended to exempt micro- enterprises and SMEs and to consider exemptions for micro-enterprises on a case-by-case basisfrom the application of the legislation and cannot be used for this purpose but rather to ensure that when legislation is drawn up, the fact that it will also apply to small enterprises is taken into account, without affecting its intended objective, while not compromising on health, safety and employment high standards;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to continue to improve the legislative cycle and to introduce sunset clauses to ensure that employment legislation is periodically reviewfurther strengthened;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to prioritise action in the fields of what have been identified as the ‘Top Ten’ most burdensome laws for SMEs, including the w the 'Top Ten' most burdensome laws for SMEs consultation, starting with a review of its methodology to not consider a priori that any legislation is a burden for companies ; Is concerned about the results of this consultation highlighting very important workers' protection legislations such as the directives on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work or on Working time, and temporary agency directives too burdensome on SMEs legislations;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the committee responsible to systematically review Commission impact assessments and review IMPA’'s analysis as early as possible in the legislative process, and to call forprocess to its own impact assessments on its own reports on a case by case basis, if changing the substance of the Commission proposals and if the Council fulfils its 2003 "better regulation" Inter Institutional Agreement commitment to conducting impact assessment of its amendments, as the European Parliament did.