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19 Amendments of Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH related to 2017/2003(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the collaborative economy offers many opportunities for growth and jobs, especially for people who are distant from the labour market, such as young people, students, women and seniors, and provides innovative new services for citizens and consumers;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission communication entitled ‘A European Agenda for the collaborative economy’ stresses the increasing significance of the platform economy, its important contribution to growth and jobs by providing new opportunities for citizens and innovative entrepreneurs, and its impact on economic and employment policies;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas with the Communication on a European agenda for the collaborative economy, the EU provides welcomed guidelines on applicable EU rules and recommendations to help citizens, businesses and EU countries to fully benefit from these new business models and promote a balanced and fair development of the collaborative economy;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #
1. Welcomes the emergence of the collaborative economy in transport and tourism services, acknowledging that, with an appropriate regulatory framework in place, it has potential to provide more varied and affordable services to customers and to boost new forms of cooperative exchanges between citizens in the EU;(Does not affect the English version.)
2017/03/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Commission communication on collaborative economy is a starting point of the EU contribution to a balanced and fair development of the collaborative economy, given the rapid evolution of this economy and its related regulatory loopholes and uncertainties that still must be clarified;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the European Commission and the Member States need to address more deeply the social dimension of the collaborative economy by providing in depth analysis and data on new forms of employment, by monitoring the evolving regulatory environment and by encouraging the exchange of good practices among EU countries, in order to overcome the social challenges related to this new economy;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Member States’ response to the development of collaborative business models has so far been very fragmented; welcomes in this regard the Commission communication on a European agenda for the collaborative economy, but regrets that it fails to establish an explicit harmonised legal framework for the collaborative economy and calls therefore for such a framework to be created by 2018 at the latest;
2017/03/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. States that all workers in the platform economy are either employed or self-employed based on the primacy of facts; recallnotes in this context that the European Court of Justice has defined the concept of ‘worker’ onfor the basis of an employment relationship characterised by certain criteria such as subordination, remuneration and the nature of workpurposes of the application of EU law; notes that the power to decide who counts as a worker lies exclusively with the Member States;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a framework directive on working conditions inon the Member States to examine their national labour law provisions taking account of the specific needs of the platform economy, in order to guarantee the legal situation of platform workers and to ensure that all platform workers have the same social and employment rights and health and safety protection as workers in the traditional economypromote competitiveness and at the same time guarantee fair working conditions and appropriate social and labour protection;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in the context of the collaborative economy, issues related to consumer protection, liability allocation, insurance schemes, social protection of workers (whether they are employed or self-employed) and data protection are the most urgent ones, and expects a regulatory intervention in that regard; emphasises that a regulatory framework should create a fair level playing field, foster innovations and contribute to the overall development and fulfilment of the EU transport policy goals, such as transport decarbonisation, territorial cohesion, affordability, accessibility and safety;
2017/03/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes note of the multiplication of national and local regulatory initiatives affecting the collaborative economy; Stresses the importance of rapid clarification at European level of the applicable rules in order to limit the fragmentation of the internal market;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the potential of collaborative economy models to improve the efficiency of the transport system and reduce undesired externalities of traffic such as congestion and emissions; emphasises the need to fully integrate collaborative transport services into the conventional transport system and to avoid administrative systems or legislative measures which might lead to exclusion of collaborative transport services from transport planning and operations, with a view to enabling the creation of smooth complete door-to-door travel chains and the provision of new forms of sustainable mobility;
2017/03/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for more reliable data on jobs, qualifications and working conditions in the platform economy, for the exchange of best practice and for the adjustment of related policies to create a level playing field between the platforms and traditional economies;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that the collaborative economy fosters entrepreneurship; Stresses the need to adapt training mechanisms to this new kind of businesses;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the need to clearly distinguish between legitimate ride-sharing and the provision of commercial transporting services (i.e. ‘non- professional’ vs ‘professional’ service provision) in EU terminology, and urges the Commission to come up with proposals to adapt Union legislation accordingly; considers the monetary threshold to be one advisable way to make this distinction;
2017/03/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for EU standardStresses the importance of adequate assessment mechanisms on transparency and disclosure obligations for platform operators in order to monitor tax payments, social security contributions and practices regarding the rating of work on platforms;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to reflect on the appropriate means to ensure that digital platforms inform providers on the regulatory framework that has to be complied with, when offering services, as individuals using platforms are sometimes not even aware of the requirements they should fulfil; considers that digital platforms should play a more proactive role in checking whether the service provider fulfils its legal requirements; Calls on Member States to operate specific controls in order to check if operators stick to the rules, especially in terms of taxation, consumer protection, working conditions and skills requirements;
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for barrier-free accessibility so as to ensure that the elderly and people with disabilities can also have access to the various resources available in the collaborative service economy;
2017/03/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that constant accessibility may represents a serious health and safety risk in the platform economy; advocates the establishment of a ‘right to log off’notes at the same time that connectivity may contribute to a better balance between family and working life, by permitting a flexible choice of the time and place of work.
2017/02/03
Committee: EMPL