Activities of Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH related to 2016/2062(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on an Aviation Strategy for Europe
Amendments (17)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission´s communication on ‘An Aviation Strategy for Europe’; stresses that action is needed to reinforce the social agenda and maintain and create high-quality jobs in aviation; believes that ensuring a level playing field in the sector is crucial in order to protect workers' rights;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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2. Highlights the importance of strong, and independent social partners in the aviation sector, an institutionalised social dialogue and the participation of employees in company matters; calls for ongoing monitoring and regular social dialogue and exchanges between the Commission, the Member States and the social partners, with a view to identifying new employment trends and business models at an early stage and guaranteeing secure and fair working conditions in the aviation sector; underlines that the rights to form and to join a trade union are fundamental rights in the Union;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
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3. Insists that direct employment must remain the usual form of employment in aviation in order to ensure safetycompliance with social standards and safe working conditions;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Commission to come forward with legislative initiatives to prevent flags of convenience, rule shopping and unfair competition in aviation, including a ban on zero-hours contracts and pay-to-fly scheme; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that national social provisions and collective wage agreements are properly enforced for carriers with operating bases on EU territory and to monitor and regulate new business and employment models, such as zero-hours contracts and pay-to-fly schemes, in order to guarantee fair working and employment conditions;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a clarifDraws attention to the special situation of highly mobile workers in the aviation sector; calls for coordination of social security systems within the EU; calls for a clarification and consistent application of the ‘home base’ criterion in order to ensure that it determines applicable social, employment and taxation legislation for all aircraft operations of carriers holding an EU Air Operator Certificate (AOC);
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Welcomes the Commission’s Communication on an Aviation Strategy for Europe and its effort to identify sources to boost the sector by finding new market opportunities and dismantling barriers, and for its proposals to meet and anticipate new challenges; believes that, in a longer-term perspective, a further holistic and ambitious approach should be embraced in order to give what is a necessary boost for a sustainable and competitive European aviation industry;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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6. Stresses the need to prevent social dumping and possible illegal use of fworeign workerskers, including third-country nationals, on board EU-registered planes;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Calls on the Commission to rethink on-going initiatives and propose alternatives to remove the deficiencies of the aviation sector resulting from the late and incomplete implementation of EU legislation such as the Single European Sky (SES); urges the Member States finally to make progress on other essential dossiers such as revision of the Slot Regulation and the Passenger Rights RegulationUrges the Member States finally to make progress on establishing the Single European Sky and, within the Council, on other essential dossiers such as revision of the Slot Regulation and the Passenger Rights Regulation, and states that, should no progress by the Council be visible by 2017, ongoing initiatives should be reconsidered and alternatives proposed;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission, when negotiating new aviation agreements between the EU and third countries, to seek to ensure that these agreements guarantee a high level of employment and social protection and do not undermine existing national employment provisions and standards and their enforcement;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to invest in education and training in all parts of the aviation value chain, in order to ensure that the industry can draw on well trained, qualified and experienced workers; emphasises how important it is to develop new qualifications and skills, in particular in the context of digitisation and the emergence of new types of aircraft, such as drones; calls for training and further training to be made more academic and to incorporate both practical and theoretical components and for training partnerships to be established between research institutes, universities and firms;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Believes that the European aviation sector canshould fit into a competitive global environment byand its assets must therefore be further buildingt on and developing its assetsed; believes that competition from third countries, if fair, should be seen as an opportunity to develop further a European aviation model;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 6
6. Believes that many of the limits to growth, both in the air and on the ground, can be addressed by increasing efficiency and taking connectivity as the main indicator when assessing and planning actions in the sector;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates that the TEN-T corridors are the backbone for the development of multimodal options where airports are core hubs; regrets that multimodal initiatives across Europe are fragmented and limited in number; calls on both the Commission and the Member States to give greater priority to the multimodal objective within the TEN-T corridors; calls on the Commission promptly to present its proposal for a multimodal and interoperable approach to transport, with the aviation sector fully integrated;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to make negotiating air transport agreements with third countries dependent on high safety standards, appropriate labour and social standards and participation in the market- based climate change instrument for air transport emissions and, in air transport agreements, to ensure equal market access, equal ownership conditions and a level playing field based on reciprocity;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges the substantial costs spent on security measures; stresses that security challenges posed to the aviation sector will only be greater in the future, requiring an immediate shift to a more intelligence-based and reactiveisk-based security system, and an that improvement ofs the security of airports’ facilities so that they canand makes it possible to adapt to evolving threats without requiring constant updatconstantly responding with new measures; calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of deepening the one-stop security concept, and of developing a EU pre-check system allowing pre-registered EU travellers to go through a lighter and faster screening; urges the Member States to commit to share intelligence systematically and to exchange best practices on airport security systems;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the aviation sector is contributing, directly and indirectly, to the creation of jobs; believes that maintaining decent working conditions and preventing unfair practices contribute to the sustainability of the aviation sector; acknowledges the necessity to bring clarity onreview the ‘home base’ criterion, and apply it consistently, and welcomes the Commission’s decision to have guidelines issued on the applicable labour law and competent courts;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to expand dual training models in aeronautical engineering and extend them through international cooperation too;