12 Amendments of Kostas CHRYSOGONOS related to 2015/2085(INL)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the protection of vulnerable adults is a cross-border issue and therefore concerns all Member States; whereas this issue is symbolicdemonstrates the importance of the role which the Union and its Parliament must play in responding to the problems and difficulties which European citizens encounter in the exercise of their rights;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the legal protection of vulnerable adults is a human rights issue; whereas every vulnerable adult, like any European citizen, must be considered to be a holder of rights and capable of making free, independent and informed decisions within the limits of his or her capacity, not simply a passive recipient of care and attention;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas a rapidly increasing life expectancy will have among other consequences an increasing number of vulnerable adults suffering from age- related illnesses;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas differences exist between the Member States’ legal provisions concerning among others jurisdiction, applicable law ands well as the recognition and enforcement of protection measures for adults; whereas the diversity of applicable laws and the multiplicity of competent jurisdictions may affect the right of vulnerable adults to move freely and to reside in the Member State of their choice;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas a vulnerable adult is a person who has reached the age of 18 years and who, by reason of an impairment or insufficiency of his or her personal faculties, is not in a position to adequately protect his or her interests; this includes also a person who is impaired in the ability to adequately provide for his or her own care or protection because of the infirmities of aging including, but not limited to, organic brain damage, advanced age, and physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas ‘protection measures’ should be taken to mean in particular the measures envisaged in Article 3 of the Hague Convention;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas Union action in the area of protection of vulnerable adults should seek principally to facilitatensure the circulation, recognition and enforcement by Member States’ authorities of protection measures for a vulnerable adult taken by the authorities of another Member State, and to enhance communication and cooperation between Member States in this regard;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas protection measures taken by the authorities of one Member State should automatically be recognised in the other Member States; whereas, notwithstanding the foregoing, it may be necessary to establish grounds to refuse recognition in order to safeguard the public policy of the requested state, provided European Union legislation and national law are respected;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas effective mechanisms could be introduced to facilitatensure the recognition, registration and use of mandates in anticipation of incapacity throughout the European Union; whereas a single mandate in anticipation of incapacity form should be created at EU level in order to ensure that such mandates are effective in all the Member States;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas a legal decision handed down in a Member State which is enforceable in that Member State should be enforceable in the other Member States without any declaration of enforceability being required;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that not all vulnerable adults are necessarily vulnerable by virtue of their advanced age, and calls for measures to be taken to strengthen the legal protection and rights not only of elderly vulnerable adults, but also of adults who are vulnerable by virtue of a serious mental and/or physical disability and/or their socio-economic situation;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to fund projects designed to make EU citizens aware of the Member States’ laws on vulnerable adults and protection measures as well as to fund projects designed to assess, detect and address, where it is possible, the causes of their vulnerability, in order also to decrease the incidence of preventable vulnerable adult deaths; calls on the Member States to take appropriate steps to provide all persons on their territory with informationeasily accessible and sufficient information in particular about their national laws and the services available in the area of the protection of vulnerable adults;