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11 Amendments of Miltiadis KYRKOS related to 2016/0176(COD)

Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4)4. It is necessary to respond to the challenges identified in the implementation report on Directive 2009/50/EC. The Union should aim at establishing a more attractive and effective EU-wide scheme for highly skilled workers. The revision of the Blue Card Directive also provides an opportunity to make improvements regarding safe and legal channels into Europe. The Union approach on attracting highly skilled workers should be further harmonised and the EU Blue Card should be made the primary tool in that regard with faster procedures, more flexible and inclusive admission criteria, and more extensive rights including more facilitated intra-EU mobility. As this would entail substantial changes to Directive 2009/50/EC, that Directive should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new Directive.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure a sufficient level of harmonisation in the admission conditions throughout the Union, both minimum and maximum factors for calculating the salary threshold should be determined. Member States should fix their threshold in accordance with the situation and organisation of their respective labour markets and their general immigration policies. Members States should involve the social partners before introducing a salary threshold.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point η
(h) higher education qualifications means any diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications issued by a competent authority and recognised by the Member State authorities attesting the successful completion of a post-secondary higher education or equivalent tertiary education programme, namely a set of courses provided by an educational establishment recognised as a higher education institution or equivalent tertiary educational institution by the State in which it is situated, where the studies needed to acquire those qualifications lasted at least three years and correspond at least to ISCED 2011 level 6 or to EQF level 6, according to national law;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point ι
(j) “professional experience” means the actual and lawful pursuit of the profession concerned, as evidenced by supporting documentation;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) ‘threat to public health’ means any disease with epidemic potential as defined by the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organization and other infectious diseases or contagious parasitic diseases if they are the subject of protection provisions applying to nationals of the Member States.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, the gross annual salary resulting from the monthly or annual salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer shall not be inferior to the salary threshold set and published for that purpose by the Member States. The salary threshold set by the Member States shall be at least 1.0 times but not higher than 1.4 times the average gross annual salary in the Member State concerned. Member States shall involve the social partners before introducing a salary threshold.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from paragraph 2, as regards third-country nationals who have obtained a higher education qualification not more than three years before submitting the application for an EU Blue Card, the salary threshold shall be 80 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2. The period of three years shall reapply after the attainment of each level of higher education qualifications.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point α a (new)
(aa) the third-country national is considered to pose a threat to public policy, public security or public health, a threat which can be objectively established;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EU Blue Card can only be withdrawn after the Blue Card holder is duly notified by the responsible authorities. Notification must occur at least 60 days before the day of withdrawal.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Unemployment in itself shall not constitute a reason for withdrawing an EU Blue Card, unless the period of unemployment exceeds three consecutive months, or where the unemployment occurs more than once during the period of validity of an EU Blue Card. However, the EU Blue Card shall not be withdrawn where the third-country national: (a) is temporarily unable to work as the result of an illness or accident; (b) is in duly recorded involuntary unemployment and has registered as job- seeker with the relevant employment office; (c) begins vocational training which, unless the third-country national concerned is involuntarily unemployed, shall be related to the previous employment;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point γ a (new)
(ca) where the third-country national is considered to pose a threat to public policy, public security or public health, a threat which can be objectively established.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE