BETA

25 Amendments of Emilian PAVEL related to 2016/0254(COD)

Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/943 to contribute to improvement of the working environment, as regards the protection of the safety and health of workers, through action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge likely to assist this improvement. The main aim of EU-OSHA must be to provide specialized and added-value information in its area of expertise. _________________ 3 Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1).
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The repeal of Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 and its replacement with this Regulation aims to update EU-OSHA's mandate and tasks with a view to better reflecting its current activities, including the need to pay particular attention to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) As the three tripartite Agencies - EU-OSHA, the European Centre for development and vocational training (Cedefop), and the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) - address issues related to the labour market, working environment and vocational education and training and skills, close coordination among three Agencies is required andso that the work of the Agencies complements each other where they have similar fields of interest, while boosting tools currently working such as, for instance, their existing Memorandum of Understanding, while the ways to enhance efficiency and synergies should be exploited. In addition, whenever relevant, the Agency should seek to engage in efficient cooperation with the European CommissInstitution's' in-house research capacities.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The tripartite nature of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), is a high-worth expression of a comprehensive approach based on social dialogue between social partners with European and national authorities, extremely valuable in terms of finding joint and sustainable solutions in social and economics terms.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In any procurement activities, including translations, the Agency should comply with environmental, labour and social criteria in order to guarantee high- quality standards.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The objective of the Agency shall be to provide the European Union institutions and bodies, the Member States, the social partners and those involved in the field of safety and health at work with the technical, scientific, legal and economic information and qualified expertise of use in that field, in order to improve the occupational safety and health of workers.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) establish a communication strategy which is coherent with the Agency's work as well as Union policies and objectives.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. In carrying out its tasks, the Agency shall maintain a close dialogue particularly with specialised bodies, whether public or private, public authorities and workers' and employers' organisations. The Agency, without prejudice to its own aims, shall ensure cooperation with other European Union Agencies aimed at avoiding overlaps and promoting synergy and complementarity in their activities, including the possibility of working jointly, in particular with the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions, the European Centre for the development of vocational training and, where relevant, with other EU Agencies.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) three independent experts appointed by the European Parliament;
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
All members referred to in points (a)-(da) shall have voting rights.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
The Commission shall appoint the members who are to represent it. The European Parliament shall appoint the independent experts who are to represent it, after checking by its legal services that they have no conflict of interest.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. It shall be extendabl to ensure continuity of the Board's work. That term shall be renewable once. Upon the expiry of their term of office or in the event of their resignation, members shall remain in office until their appointments are renewed or until they are replaced.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) in accordance with paragraph 2, exercise, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment (‘the appointing authority powers’);deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) take allextraordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency's activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary mn these might have an important impact or might imply a relevant chanagement.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall adopt, iIn accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, a decisiond based on Article 2(1) of the Staff Regulations and on Article 6 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, delegating relevant appointing authority powers are conferred to the Executive Director and. The Management Board shall defininge the conditions under which this delegation of powers can bepowers can be exceptionally and temporarily suspended. The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those powers.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where necessary, because of urgency, the Executive Board may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrative management matters, including the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers and budgetary matters.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be two years. That term shall be extendablrenewable once. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Executive Director shall manage the Agency. The Executive Directorbe responsible for the overall management of the Agency according to the strategic direction set by the Management Board and shall be accountable to the Management Board.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
(aa) taking ordinary decisions on the establishment of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their modification, taking into consideration the Agency's activity needs as well as having regard to sound budgetary management, after submitting her/his decision to the Management Board;
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a b (new)
(ab) in accordance with Article 5 (2), exercising, with respect to the staff of the Agency, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude a Contract of Employment ("the appointing authority powers");
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point j a (new)
(ja) taking all decisions on the management of human resources and on the establishment of the Agency's internal structures and, where necessary, their amendment, taking into account the needs relating to the Agency's activities and sound budgetary management.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director shall also be responsible for deciding whether it is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Agency's tasks in an efficient and effective manner to establish one or more localliaison offices in one or more Member StateBrussels to further the Agency´s cooperation with the relevant Union institutions. That decision requires the prior consent of the Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the local office is to be established. That decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out that that local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and duplication of administrative functions of the Agency.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Management Board acting on a proposal from the Commission based on an objective assessment of his/her performance as Executive Director.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency may establish localone liaison offices in the Member StateBrussels, subject to their consent and in accordance with Article 11 (6).
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency shallmay be provided by the Translation Centre of the bodies of the European Union or other translation services, that respect the Union's environmental, labour and social criteria.
2017/04/04
Committee: EMPL