407 Amendments of Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH
Amendment 2 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
- having regard to the 2010/769 Communication of the Commission on Removing cross-border tax obstacles for EU citizens,
Amendment 3 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 b (new)
Citation 29 b (new)
- having regard to the COM(2011)712 Communication of the Commission on Double Taxation in the Single Market,
Amendment 4 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 c (new)
Citation 29 c (new)
- having regard to the 2015 Report of the expert group on "Ways to tackle cross-border tax obstacles facing individuals within the EU”,
Amendment 5 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
- having regard to the Davos Declaration of 22 January 2018 on high- quality Baukultur for Europe, in which European Ministers of Culture state that there is an “urgent need […]to develop new approaches to protecting and advancing the cultural values of the European built environment” and for “a holistic, culture-centred approach to the built environment",
Amendment 24 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Europe’s creative and cultural sectors are the EU’s strongest assets, whereas they represent 4.2 % of the EU’s GDP, create 8.4 million jobs, equal to 3.7 % of total employment in the EU, are economically resilient, even in times of crisis, and offer a higher percentage of youth and women employment than other sectors;
Amendment 39 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas cultural networks are a power tool in forging interpersonal bonds and long-lasting peaceful connections across national borders and therefore, in fostering international cultural relations;
Amendment 73 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to recognize the importance of the Urban Agenda for the EU and encourage cooperation between member states and cities, amongst other stakeholders in order to stimulate growth, liveability and innovation in the cities of Europe and to identify and successfully tackle social challenges.
Amendment 76 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Amendment 80 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission to recognize Culture as a “soft power” that enables and empowers its citizens to be responsible leaders of society, having integrity, enthusiasm and empathy.
Amendment 81 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls on the Commission to enable Europe as a place of responsible citizens who build relationships beyond their own cultures, challenge thinking and encourage innovation, and develop and engage others.
Amendment 82 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission to encourage cultural diversity, integration of migrants and quality of citizenship.
Amendment 83 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Calls on the Commission to encourage collaborations between culture professionals, educators, engaged citizens and business professionals to stimulate a renewed public interest in culture.
Amendment 84 #
2018/2091(INI)
8g. Calls on the Commission to ensure that cultural networks are supported as a means of collective knowledge, experience and memory, providing an informal exchange of information, stimulate discussion and development of culture to improve further mobility and cooperation possibilities and contribute to an integrated Europe cultural space.
Amendment 85 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce a dedicated action on mobility within Creative Europe, but underlines that this requires an appropriate budget and simplified administrative procedures in order to avoid obstacles, such as those linked to visas and double. Particular action is needed to address the hindrances and obstacles resulting in excessive or double artist taxation;
Amendment 91 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Member States to consider removing Article 17 of the OECD Model Tax Convention from bilateral tax treaties between EU Member States;, calls upon the Commission, as an intermediate solution, to establish a sector-specific Code of Conduct on Withholding Taxes detailing the options for reducing costs and simplifying procedures by presenting best practice and available exceptions.
Amendment 107 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that according to the 2017 Eurobarometer 36 % of Europeans did not participate in any cultural activity within the previous year and calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to strengthen the links between culture, education, innovation and research;
Amendment 124 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Agrees that cultural participation and everyday creativity contribute greatly to fostering intercultural dialogue and building healthy societies, however, stresses the necessity of delineating social and artistic work and guaranteeing enough space within the EU funding instruments for appreciating the intrinsic value of artists’ work;
Amendment 129 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines that, despite the EU added value of cultural investment, Creative Europe represents 0.15 % of the overall EU budget, of which only 31 % is earmarked for culture; welcomes the new MFF proposal and the proposed increase in funding as a good first step and calls for a doubling of the budget allocated to the new Creative Europe programme and for making the programme more accessible for smaller organisations;
Amendment 142 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets that culture isand the arts are not mentioned in the majority of policy fields it contributes to in the Commission’s MFF proposal and calls on the Commission, therefore, in collaboration with CCSs, to design holistic and coordinated strategies for mainstreaming culture and the arts in other policy areas;
Amendment 149 #
2018/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to give particular attention to cultural areas that are endangered because of lack of funding or attention, one such area is that relating to poetry.
Amendment 13 #
2018/2054(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasizes the importance of sport for the economic and social development of cross-border regions, as demonstrated by the numerous territorial cooperation projects that used sport as a tool for social and cultural integration;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2054(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need of a more substantial economic commitment to the promotion of cross-border sports activities and in particular for the construction of small-scale infrastructures for grass-roots sports;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2054(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that language barriers are still an important obstacle to cross-border cooperation, especially in border areas without a longstanding tradition of cooperation; believes that a more targeted use of ESI funds can support the systematic promotion, also through the organization of sporting and cultural events, of multilingualism in education and training in border regions, from early childhood education onwards;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2054(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to facilitate cross-border partnerships between education and training institutions in border regions in order to promote the mobility of students, teachers, trainers and administrative staff, as well as doctoral candidates and researchers; underlines that the use of multilingualism within such cross-border partnerships can prepare graduates to enter the employment market on both sides of the border; urges the Member States to facilitate and encourage the mutual recognition and better understanding of diplomas and professional qualifications between neighbouring regions; Importance must also be given to Regional Minority Languages (RMLs) which are always at risk of endangerment if strong linguistic policies are not put in place. European- level funding should continue toward the preservation and support of regional minority languages;
Amendment 53 #
2018/2054(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that regions have a proved capacity in developing cross- border cooperation in the sector of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) and notes the positive effects of smart specialisation; asks the Commission and the Member States to maintain and strengthen the policies in this field and to use effectively the funding available under EU programmes and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs);
Amendment 64 #
2018/2054(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly believes that media and communication have the potential to strengthen EU border regions through the creative sector. Digital platforms have the ability to promote inclusion and protect the cultural diversity of these border regions. Cinema, television, creative documentaries as well as other digital content, are platforms which can be used to support the heritage and unique traits of EU border regions;
Amendment 67 #
2018/2054(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that sports tourism is an increasingly important sector of the European economy; therefore calls for the allocation of financial resources to the construction of sports infrastructures with a view to promoting tourism through sport;
Amendment 2 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to Articles 40 and 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishing a Common Market Organisation in agricultural products and the extent to which rules on competition apply to production of and trade in agricultural products,
Amendment 33 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the report XXX of the European Parliament on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU,
Amendment 35 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
– having regard to the recommendations of the EU Sheep Meat Forum, held in 2015 and 2016, under the aegis of the European Commission,
Amendment 90 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas EU agriculture is at a turning point from an economic, technological and environmental perspective and that a strong and renewed ambition at EU level needs to provide the EU agricultural sector visibility and certainty with regards to the challenges arising from the impacts of Brexit and of the multilateral and bilateral trade agenda;
Amendment 115 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas such a new delivery model should ensure a direct relationship between the EU and European farmers;
Amendment 127 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas direct payments provide the first substantial layer of stability and a safety net to farm incomes as they represent from a tangible portion of annual farming incomes to as much as 100% of farm revenues in certain regions and should continue to allow farmers to compete on a level playing field with third countries;
Amendment 132 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas direct payments must be more targeted to farmers, as those who contribute to the stability and the future of our rural regions and who face economic market risks;
Amendment 143 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas specific tools for Mediterranean sectors should remain in the first pillar;
Amendment 145 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is essential to provide flexible and responsive tools to help sensitive and strategic sectors cope with structural changes, such as the potential impacts of Brexit or of approved bilateral trade agreements with the EU’s main partners;
Amendment 152 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas sectorial strategies for fruits and vegetables, wine and apiculture should remain compulsory for the producing countries and the specificities of these tools and rules should be kept;
Amendment 222 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the application of the CAP framework in the Outermost Regions should fully explore the scope of Article 349 of the TFUE that should be used in its entirety;
Amendment 244 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the CAP has progressively integrated environmental objectives by ensuring that its rules are compatible with and farmers comply to the environmental requirements laid down in Union legislation and promote sustainable farming practices that preserve the environment and biodiversity;
Amendment 246 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas direct investment support should be better targeted to the dual demands of economic and environmental performance and consider the needs of the farms themselves;
Amendment 268 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the CAP must develop a real ambition to reconcile environmental and climate objectives and the economic sustainability of the farming sector as only economically healthy farms will be capable to deliver on EU environmental and climate objectives;
Amendment 282 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the European Court of Auditors has identified significant shortcomings in the implementation of Pillar II, especially the long approval process as well as the complex and bureaucratic nature of the Rural Development Programmes;
Amendment 288 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the objectives of the Cork 2.0 Declaration for a Better Life in Rural Areas stipulate vibrant rural areas, multi- functionality, biodiversity in and outside agriculture and forestry, rare animal breeds and conservation crops, as well as organic agriculture, less-favoured areas and commitments in the context of Natura 2000, the role of young people and women in rural development;
Amendment 299 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas less-favoured areas, such as mountainous and outermost regions, should continue to be compensated by the CAP for the extra costs associated with their specific constraints in order to maintain farming activity in such areas;
Amendment 301 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the CAP should give due recognition to the strong environmental benefits provided by certain sectors, like sheep and goat or protein crops;
Amendment 307 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas in the framework of the global EU strategy on forest, special attention should be paid to the Mediterranean forests, which suffer more from climate change and fires, putting at risk potential for agricultural production and biodiversity;
Amendment 316 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas it is essential to ensure fair competition within the single market, within the sector and with other players in the food supply chain, both up and downstream, and to further strengthen incentives to prevent risks and crises with active management tools to be deployed at sectorial level and by public authorities;
Amendment 388 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that any renationalisation attempts of the CAP, via co-financing of the first pillar or disproportionate use of the subsidiary principle, must be avoided as it would lead to much worst imbalances for competition in the single market;
Amendment 406 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level, understood as a coherent room for manoeuvre and reasonable level of flexibility, should only be granted within a common set of rules, basic standards, tools and financial allocations agreed at EU level by the co-legislator as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 413 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that subsidiarity for Member States should only be granted within a strong common set of rules and tools agreed at EU level as part of a uniform approach to all programming efforts and eligibility criteria, should cover both of the CAP’s pillars and ensure, in particular, a European approach in Pillar I and thus a level playing field;
Amendment 423 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that in a view of streamlining national choices taken within the framework of the EU-defined tool box available under Pillar I and II, Member States should design their own coherent and performance-based national strategy aiming at delivering on EU objectives in due respect of the rules and principles of the EU single market;
Amendment 431 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that farmers should be allowed to select, among those European tools, the most effective ways and means of achieving the goals set at EU level;
Amendment 439 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the European Commission in the process of assessing, approving and/or monitoring the implementation of the CAP by Member States, shall commit itself to strictly respect the political agreement and the objectives set by the co-legislators without adding extra layers of rules and policy objectives;
Amendment 478 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensurbe in charge of the that financial and performance control and audit functions are performed towith the aim of warranting the same standard and under the same criteria across all Member States, irrespective of enhanced flexibility for Member States in programme design and management, and with a view, in particular, to ensuring a timely disbursement of funds across Member States to all eligible famers;
Amendment 493 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the proposal of the Commission to grant more flexibility to Member States and regions within the framework of the agricultural de minimis rules;
Amendment 503 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that POSEI programs for outermost regions and the specific regime for Aegian Islands should be kept separated from the general EU direct payments scheme, since those regions face specific challenges due to their remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate or economic dependence on few products;
Amendment 505 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls also on the Commission to provide Member States with more flexibility in the framework of the agricultural State aid rules to encourage farmers to setup voluntary precautionary savings in a view to better cope with the upsurge in climate-driven and health risks as well as economic crises;
Amendment 521 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it necessary to maintain the current two-pillared architecture, particularly Pillar I, which is ; underlines that Pillar I must remain dedicated to income support for farmers; considers it necessary and, at the same time, to compensate forincentivise the provision of enhanced public goods on the basis of uniform criteria, whilevia a new European scheme focused on the economic and environmental performance of farmers’ practices and production model, while, as a complement, Pillar II should allowing Member States to takeadopt specific approaches to reflect local conditions, including the compensation of the extra- costs related to natural constraints, and be better targeted to support the development of agriculture activities;
Amendment 574 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is of the opinion that administrative burden in the Rural Development programs should be eliminated, and the current long approval procedure should be reviewed to avoid delaying the application of those programs in each multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 578 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the CAP budget should be adapted to future needs and challenges, like those derived from the impacts of Brexit and of free-trade agreements adopted by the EU with its main trading partners;
Amendment 585 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that the development of new EU policies and objectives must not be done to the detriment of a successful CAP;
Amendment 591 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that the development of new EU policies and objectives must not be to the detriment of the CAP resources;
Amendment 594 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Considers that those delays strongly reduce the effectiveness of the programs and create huge uncertainty to European farmers;
Amendment 595 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Considers that New rural Development lines, which are not matched with extra funds, should be avoided;
Amendment 676 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls foronsiders that the existing system for calculating direct payments in Pillar I, which is often based on historic entitlements, tocould be replaced by an EU-wideon a voluntary basis by national uniform methods of calculating payments, in order to make the system simpler and more transparent;
Amendment 702 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Amendment 728 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II;.
Amendment 741 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which must take into account socio-economic differences, different production costs and the amounts received by Member States under Pillar II between Member States;
Amendment 758 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that an increased convergence of the amount of direct payments between Member States can only be achieved if the budget is adequately increased;
Amendment 774 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, provided that a level playing field in the single market can be guaranteed, voluntary coupled support (VCS) payments should be maintained, as a tool to counteract specific difficulties, particularly those arising from the structural competitive disadvantage of less- favoured and mountainous regions, as well as those which are more temporary in nature and arise from a shift away from the old entitlement scheme, for example;.
Amendment 792 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that the Single Common Market Organisation’s sectorial schemes, especially the operational programmes in the Fruits and Vegetable sector, have proven their effectiveness in enhancing the competitiveness and the structuration of the targeted sectors as well as improving their sustainability;
Amendment 796 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that VCS payments should, under precise and limited conditions, support sectors, especially livestock production, in regions where other policy tools are not available or are less efficient;
Amendment 804 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to allow Member States to design similar sectorial and/or territorial schemes to support sectors facing difficulties arising from structural changes in international trade or in the socioeconomic conditions within the Member State (Brexit for example);
Amendment 805 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Special support for mountain areas, islands, outermost regions, and other less favoured areas should be maintained while special treatment should be granted to farmers who have extra costs due to specific constraints linked to high value natural areas;
Amendment 812 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Considers that generational renewal is one of the key challenges of the farming sector in the EU and should be one of the main crosscutting objectives of the next reform;
Amendment 820 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operation promoting succession planning, facilitating and encouraging collaborative arrangements —such as partnerships, shared farming, contract rearing and leasing between old and young farmers;
Amendment 828 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by famers in many Member States and that each national strategy must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top-ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, including the provision and protection of arable land in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operations;
Amendment 849 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that in order to effectively reach the objective of generational renewal, the European Commission should reintroduce an exit scheme, allowing old farmers to retire and young farmers to enter the sector;
Amendment 856 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that better support should be given to young farmers since the current second-pillar start up support is not always efficient and does not encompass investment support;
Amendment 866 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Considers that financial instruments of the second pillar should also be further mobilised to support the entry of young farmers in the sector;
Amendment 869 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Supports initiatives aimed at promoting succession planning, facilitating and encouraging collaborative arrangements, such as partnerships, shared farming, contract rearing and leasing between old and young farmers;
Amendment 873 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Believes that an effective exit scheme, allowing old farmers to retire and young farmers to entry into the sector should be introduced to reach effectively the objective of generational renewal;
Amendment 884 #
2018/2037(INI)
16. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri- tourism, and to secure community- supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areaforestry and in fostering the investments and innovation, additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, enhancing the provision of environmental and climate actions;
Amendment 908 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that rural development provides opportunities to generate income from agri-tourism, and to secure community-supported agriculture and forestry, the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 928 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to introduce a new and comprehensivsimplified cross- compliance lregal framework which allows the integration ofime encompassing the various types of environmental actions at present, such as the current cross compliance, greening and the good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) standards, as well a; stresses that this regime should be designed at EU level and clearly lay out what the measures and results are expected from farmers; considers that Pillar II’s agri- environment measures (AEMs) for rural developmshould be simplified, more targeted and efficient, so that farmers can deliver effectively and with less bureaucracy on environmental care, biodiversity and climate action, while ensuring that Member States have adequate control and taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 954 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that the CAP needs to reconcile environmental ambition and competitiveness of farming;
Amendment 957 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that Mediterranean EU regions are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as drought, fires and desertification, so greater efforts will be required by farmers in these areas to adapt their activities to the altered environment;
Amendment 968 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls therefore on the Commission to introduce a new European incentive scheme instead of the first pillar’s green payments to support farmers who already adopted or wish to move towards environmentally sustainable and economically rewarding practices and production models (e.g. organic farming, conservation agriculture, integrated farming, precision farming and digitalised agriculture...);
Amendment 975 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Underlines that such efforts should be reflected and supported in the CAP policy framework, as climatic cohesion should be transversal to all common policies;
Amendment 980 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Stresses that such an eco-scheme should be simple and inclusive while defining under which conditions relevant practices and production models are eligible and how certification schemes controlled by public authorities could be used;
Amendment 982 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Adds that Member States in cooperation with the European Commission should also be able to design equivalence measures in their national strategies;
Amendment 1007 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that some challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity and water management, go beyond the CAP and serve other policy objectives;
Amendment 1015 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Recalls that their funding should also be ensured by other instruments;
Amendment 1018 #
2018/2037(INI)
18c. Considers that the greater use of field residues as a renewable, efficient and sustainable source of energy for rural areas should be supported and promoted;
Amendment 1040 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that support to direct investment, training and innovation should be better targeted to the dual demands of economic and environmental performance, and increased via national top-ups if farmers engage in this approach;
Amendment 1045 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls upon Member States to allocate the required human resources to assist farmers in making best use of funds available to them to assist them in their agricultural work and to ensure a fair and expeditious processing of all applications made by the farming community for assistance in terms of European programmes to promote agriculture;
Amendment 1050 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that the revision of the Single Common Market Organisation (SCMO) should not be detached from the proposals on the new delivery model, as it is still necessary to improve the mechanisms in place to deal with crises and to reinforce the role played by farmers in the food chain;
Amendment 1069 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that the CAP should promote the use of financial instruments and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to all farms and used to provide access to finance for bigger investments and projects;
Amendment 1088 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current common market organisation (CMO) framework, including the individual sector plans (wine, and fruit and vegetables) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness based on the principle of maintaining a fair playing level field of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1096 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to maintain the current single common market organisation (SCMO) framework, includingespecially the marketing standards, the production management systems, the individual sector plans (wine, andpiculture, fruit and vegetables and other relevant sectors) and the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the sustainability and competiveness of each sector while enabling access for all farmers;
Amendment 1103 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Insists on maintaining the fruits and vegetables regime under the current rules, which are based on the application of operational programs by the Producer Organisations and the absence of dedicated national envelopes, and also on maintaining the EU current marketing standards in fruits and vegetables;
Amendment 1105 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that such specific tools should remain in the first pillar and that sectorial strategies for fruits and vegetables, wine and apiculture should remain compulsory for the producing countries and their specificities should be kept;
Amendment 1112 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Recalls that management systems should be reinforced, mainly in fruits and vegetables, wine and olive oil;
Amendment 1115 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that the attractiveness of the European Risk Management Toolbox (insurance, income stabilisation tools and mutual funds) included in the CAP has been strengthened by the Omnibus regulation;
Amendment 1116 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Calls for the introduction of a new self-help management tool for olive oil that would allow storage action in those years where there is an overproduction, to release it in the market when the production is below the demand;
Amendment 1121 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Recalls that management systems should be reinforced, mainly in fruits and vegetables, wine and olive oil.
Amendment 1123 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, health and market risks, by creating additional incentives for flexiblethe development and the use of such risk management and stabiliszation tools while ensuring broad access and compatibility with existing national schemes;
Amendment 1150 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for better support to be given to increase the leguminous plant productions in the EU and for specific aids for extensive sheep and goat breeders, taking into consideration the positive impact on the environment of those sectors and the need to reduce the EU dependency on imports of proteins for feed;
Amendment 1163 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1175 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the necessity of strengthening the position of producers within the food supply chain, in particular by guaranteeing them a fair share of the added value, by fostering inter-sectoral cooperation in a way that ensures that farmers receive fair and equitable compensation for their produce, and strengthening transparency in the markets and crisis prevention;
Amendment 1183 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that supply management measures for cheeses and ham with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or for wine have proven their efficiency in improving the sustainability, the competitiveness and the quality of the targeted products and should therefore be maintained and, if appropriate extended to cover all quality-labelled products in line with the CAP objectives;
Amendment 1193 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Stresses that, based on the provisions obtained in the Omnibus regulation to rebalance the bargaining power within the food supply chain, farmers should be further incentivised to organise and use such new collective possibilities provided by farmers’ organisations;
Amendment 1194 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Stresses that the future CAP should also foster the development of economic organisations of the agricultural sector, both vertical and horizontal cooperation,, and continue to strengthen transparency in the markets and crisis prevention tools;
Amendment 1195 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Considers that, based on the lessons drawn on the functioning of the diverse EU Market observatories (Milk, Meat, Sugar & Crops), such tools should be extended to the sectors that are not already covered and further developed to offer reliable data and forecasts to the market operators in order to deliver early warning in case of market disturbances;
Amendment 1196 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Stresses that the historical market management tools of the CAP (public intervention and private storage) no longer have sufficient efficiency in a global economy context;
Amendment 1198 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to allow and indeed encourage – drawing on the lessons learnt during the last market crises particularly in the dairy sector – activethe complementary use of innovative market and crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements to manage, and if appropriate reduce, supply in quantitative terms among producers, producers organisations, farmers’ associations and processors, and to examine the possibility of extending such instruments to other sectors;
Amendment 1221 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an in-depth review of the current crisis reserve mechanism in order to create an independent financial instrumentworkable and independent EU fund for agricultural crisis exempt from the budgetary principle of annuality, so as to permit budgetary transfers from one year to the next, thereby enabling quick and effective prevention actions and responses to crisis situations, including those involving animal and plant health, disease- related issues and food safety; Insists that this renewed EU fund for agricultural crisis should be used to complement the post-Omnibus European Risk Management Toolbox in case of severe crisis;
Amendment 1248 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that while trade agreements are beneficial to the EU agricultural sector overall, and necessary for strengthening the EU’s position on the global agricultural market, they also pose a number of challenges that require reinforcneed to be tackled, safeguard mechanismsuch as respect of EU sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards, to ensure a level playing field between farmers in the EU and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 1254 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to review the current safeguard mechanisms available within the SCMO, which should play a preventive role for sensitive sectors based on reference volume and prices thresholds allowing the safeguard mechanisms to be triggered automatically when such thresholds are reached;
Amendment 1315 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that Parliament and the Council should, via the co-decision procedure, set the general objectives, basic standards, measures and financial allocations, and determine the level of flexibility needed to enable the Member States to cope with their specificities and needs in line with the single market;
Amendment 1332 #
2018/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose, before the applicany substantial change in the design and/or the implementation of the NDMCAP, a transitional period long enough to ensure a soft landing and to avoid any delay in farmers’ annual payments and in the implementation of rural development programmes;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas multilingualism comes under the scope of a series of EU policy areas, including culture, lifelong learning, employment, social inclusion, competitiveness, business, youth, civil society, research and media; whereas more attention needs to be paid to removing barriers to intercultural and interlinguistic dialogue;
Amendment 53 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that European lesser-used languages are significantly disadvantaged owing to an acute lack of tools and resources, lack of funding for research, as well as a lack of researchers with the necessary technological skills, despite the fact that speakers of these languages gain the most from language technologies;
Amendment 89 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to give priority in language technology to those Member States which are small in size and have their own language to give importance to their linguistic challenges;
Amendment 91 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Urges Member States to come up with effective ways to solidify their native languages;
Amendment 92 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Stresses that Member States should give the necessary support needed to educational institutions to improve the digitalisation of languages in the EU;
Amendment 93 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Calls on the Commission to promote the use of multiple languages;
Amendment 94 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 123 #
2018/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on Member States to boost the use of multiple languages in digital services such as mobile applications;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds that justice affirms the rule of law in society and ensures everyone's right to a fair trial by an independent and impartial court with a view of protecting of European values;
Amendment 47 #
2018/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates that reasonable time- limits of proceedings serve the purpose of legal certainty, which is the key requirement for the rule of law;
Amendment 58 #
2018/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to invest more in development of judicial trainings and continuous education for judges as this is a basis for an efficient, independent and impartial judicial system;
Amendment 97 #
2018/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that independence of judiciary is an important part of the fundamental principle of democracy. Judiciary should not be a subject of political or economic or any other kind of manipulation;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU has the right to adopt policies on trade in cultural and audiovisual services with the aim of protecting and promoting the diversity of cultural expressions; whereas these other provisions include the common commercial policy as defined in Article 207 of the TFEU;
Amendment 23 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe has a rich variety of traditions and strong cultural and creative industries, and whereas the promotion of cultural diversity must remain a guiding principle just as it has been in other EU trade agreements;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the cultural and creative industries contribute approximately 2.6 % of the EU’s GDP, with a higher growth rate than the rest of the economy; whereas the development of trade in cultural and creative industry goods and services will constitute an important driver of economic growth and job creation in Europe;
Amendment 66 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that culture and education policies are key to ensuring resilience, fair distribution of wealth and competitiveness, and can provide the skills required to face globalisation; encourages the strengthening of quality networks of universities, schools and museums fostering mutual learning and the promotion of global and comprehensive citizenship;
Amendment 70 #
2018/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission and Member States to promote and develop tailor-made high-quality mobility and scientific cooperation schemes to enable international collaboration and knowledge exchange; asks the Commission and Member States to promote further education and training together with funding for research as the tool through which globalisation can work more effectively and the best means to remove barriers;
Amendment 92 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to cover those online hosting services where terrorist content is disseminated, this Regulation should apply to information society services to consumers which store information provided by a recipient of the service at his or her request and in makingthe dissemination of the information stored available to third parties, irrespective of whether this activity is of a mere technical, automatic and passive nature. By way of example such providers of information society services include social media platforms, video streaming services, video, image and audio sharing services, file sharing and other cloud services to the extent they and websites where users can make comments or post reviews. Microenterprises and small-sized enterprises within the meaning of Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and providers of services such as online encyclopaedias, educational and scientific repositories, open source software developing platforms, online marke the information available to third parties and websites where users can make comments or post reviewstplaces, cloud infrastructure service providers that do not have access to customer content and cloud providers (including business to business cloud services) that do not share content to the general public, and services at other layers of the Internet infrastructure than the application layer, should not be considered hosting service providers within the meaning of this Regulation. The Regulation should also apply to hosting service providers established outside the Union but offering services within the Union, since a significant proportion of hosting service providers exposed to terrorist content on their services are established in third countries. This should ensure that all companies operating in the Digital Single Market comply with the same requirements, irrespective of their country of establishment. The determination as to whether a service provider offers services in the Union requires an assessment whether the service provider enables legal or natural persons in one or more Member States to use its services. However, the mere accessibility of a service provider’s website or of an email address and of other contact details in one or more Member States taken in isolation should not be a sufficient condition for the application of this Regulation.
Amendment 143 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) Transparency of relevant Union bodies and competent authorities' actions in relation to the number or removal orders and referrals issued, as well as to the preservation of terrorist content and related data is essential to enhance their accountability towards their citizens and to reinforce their trust in the Digital Single Market. Competent authorities should publish annual transparency reports containing meaningful information about actions taken in relation to their use of the terrorist content and related data preserved for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences.
Amendment 144 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Complaint procedures constitute a necessary safeguard against erroneous removal of content protected under the freedom of expression and information. Hosting service providers should therefore establish user-friendly complaint mechanismsThe relevant Union bodies and competent authorities should, in co-operation with hosting service providers establish effective and accessible mechanisms allowing content providers whose content has been removed or access to it disabled as a result of a removal order or a referral to submit a compliant and ensure that complaints are dealt with promptly and in full transparency towards the content provider. The requirement for the hosting service provider to reinstate the content where it has been removed in error, does not affect the possibility of hosting service providers to enforce their own terms and conditions on other grounds.
Amendment 150 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure the effective and sufficiently coherent implementation of proactive measuresadoption of rules on penalties as well as their implementation and enforcement, competent authorities in Member States should liaise and cooperate with each other with regard to the discussions they have with hosting service providers as to the identification, implementation and assessment of specific proactive measures. Similarly, such cooperation is also needed in relation to the adoption of rules on penalties, as well as the implementation and the enforcement of penalties.
Amendment 154 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Given the particular serious consequences of certain terrorist content, hosting service providers should promptly inform the authorities in the Member State concerned or the competent authorities where they are established or have a legal representative, about the existence of any evidence of terrorist offences imminent threat they become aware of. In order to ensure proportionality, this obligation is limited to terrorist offences as defined in Article 3(1) of Directive (EU) 2017/541o life or safety as a result of terrorist offenses of which they become aware of. The obligation to inform does not imply an obligation on hosting service providers to actively seek any such evidence. The Member State concerned is the Member State which has jurisdiction over the investigation and prosecution of the terrorist offences pursuant to Directive (EU) 2017/541 based on the nationality of the offender or of the potential victim of the offence or the target location of the terrorist act. In case of doubt, hosting service providers may transmit the information to Europol which should follow up according to its mandate, including forwarding to the relevant national authorities.
Amendment 158 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In the absence of a general requirement for service providers to ensure a physical presence within the territory of the Union, there is a need to ensure clarity under which Member State's jurisdiction the hosting service provider offering services within the Union falls. As a general rule, the hosting service provider falls under the jurisdiction of the Member State in which it has its main establishment or in which it has designated a legal representative. Nevertheless, where another Member State issues a removal order, its authoritiesy should be able to enforce theirits orders by taking coercive measures of a non-punitive nature, such as penalty payments. With regards to a hosting service provider which has no establishment in the Union and does not designate a legal representative, any Member State should, nevertheless, be able to issue penalties, provided that the principle of ne bis in idem is respected.
Amendment 163 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For the purposes of this Regulation, each Member States should designate one competent authoritiesy. The requirement to designate one competent authoritiesy does not necessarily require the establishment of a new authoritiesy but can be an existing bodiesy tasked with the functions set out in this Regulation. This Regulation requires designating authorities competent for issuing removal orders, referrals and for overseeing proactive measures and for imposing penalties. It is for Member States to decide how many authorities they wish to designate for these task and for imposing penalties.
Amendment 180 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) rules on duties of care to be applied by hosting service providers in order to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content through their services and ensure, where necessary, its swift removalthe expeditious removal of terrorist content;
Amendment 187 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The application of this Regulation, and in particular any measures or decisions taken by the hosting service provider in compliance with this Regulation, shall not affect the application of Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2003/31/EC. This Regulation leaves unaffected the powers of national authorities and courts to establish liability of hosting service providers in specific cases where the conditions under Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC for liability exemption are not met.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'hosting service provider' means a provider of information society services to consumers which consisting in the storage of information provided by and at the request of the content provider and in makingthe dissemination of the information stored available to third partiesto the public. Microenterprises and small- sized enterprises within the meaning of Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, providers of services such as online encyclopaedias, educational and scientific repositories, open source software developing platforms, online marketplaces, cloud infrastructure service providers that do not have access to customer content and cloud providers (including business to business cloud services) that do not share content to the general public, and services at other layers of the Internet infrastructure than the application layer, shall not be considered hosting service providers within the meaning of this Regulation;
Amendment 231 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) Content disseminated for educational, journalistic or research purposes shall not be considered to be terrorist content and shall be adequately protected. Furthermore, the expression of radical, polemic or controversial views in the public debate on sensitive political questions shall not be considered terrorist content;
Amendment 253 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority shall have the power to issue a decisionremoval order requiring the hosting service provider to remove terrorist content or disable access to it.
Amendment 261 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Hosting service providers shall remove terrorist content or disable access to it within one hour fromexpeditiously upon receipt of the removal order.
Amendment 267 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) a detailed statement of reasons explaining why the content is considered terrorist content, at least, by reference to the categories of terrorist content listed in Article 2(5)shall be systematically included in each removal order;
Amendment 286 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. If the hosting service provider cannot comply with the removal order, for instance because the removal order contains manifest errors or does not contain sufficient information to execute the order, it shall inform the competent authority without undue delay, asking for the necessary clarification, using the template set out in Annex III. The deadline set out in paragraph 2 shall apphosting service provider shall remove the terrorist content or disable access to it expeditiously as soon as the clarification to the removal order is provided.
Amendment 290 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9
Article 4 – paragraph 9
9. The competent authority which issued the removal order shall inform the competent authority which oversees the implementation of proactive measures, referred to in Article 17(1)(c) when the removal order becomes final. A removal order becomes final where it has not been appealed within the deadline according to the applicable national law or where it has been confirmed following an appeal.
Amendment 299 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The referral shall contain sufficiently detailed information, including thea detailed statement of reasons why the content is considered terrorist content, a URL and, where necessary, additional information enabling the identification of the terrorist content referred.
Amendment 325 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The terrorist content and related data referred to in paragraph 1 shall be preserved for six months. The terrorist content shall, upon request from the competent authority or court, be preserved for a longer period when and for as long asspecifically defined longer period when necessary for ongoing proceedings of administrative or judicial review referred to in paragraph 1(a).
Amendment 329 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Hosting service providers, and competent authorities and relevant Union bodies shall publish annual transparency reports on action taken against the dissemination of terrorist content.
Amendment 334 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Transparency reports of hosting service providers shall include at least the following information:
Amendment 345 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Transparency reports of competent authorities and relevant Union bodies shall include information on the number of removal orders and referrals issues, and on their use of the terrorist content which has been preserved pursuant to Article 7 for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences.
Amendment 378 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Where hosting service providers become aware of any evidence imminent threat to life or lives as a result of terrorist offences, they shall promptly inform the authoritiesy competent for the investigation and prosecution in criminal offences in the concerned Member State or the point of contact in the Member State pursuant to Article 14(2), where they have their main establishment or a legal representative. Hosting service providers may, in case of doubt, transmit this information to Europol for appropriate follow up.
Amendment 388 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall designate thone authority or authorities competent to
Amendment 393 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States shall ensure that 'competent authority' means a local, national or international judicial body with the power to issue, enforce and amend binding legal orders in their relevant jurisdictions.
Amendment 406 #
2018/0331(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that a systematic failure to comply with obligations pursuant to Article 4(2) is subject to financial penalties of up to 4% of the hosting service provider's globalEuropean turnover of the last business year.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The general objective of the Programme should be to support the digital transformation of industry and to foster better exploitation of the industrial potential of policies of innovation, and research and technological developmentpolicies, as well as the full use of R&D results, technological development and European and international standards, for the benefit of businesses and citizens all over the Union. The programme should be structured into five Specific Objectives reflecting key policy areas, namely: high- performance computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, advanced digital skills, and deployment, best use of digital capacities and interoperability. For all these areas, the Programme should also aim at better aligning Union, Member States and regional policies, and pooling of private and industrial resources in order to increase investment and develop stronger synergies.
Amendment 86 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In its resolution of 1 June 2017 on digitising European industry67 the European Parliament stated that education, training and lifelong learning are the cornerstone of social cohesion in a digital society. It emphasised as well the importance of basic digital skills which should encompass knowledge of the possibilities that digital skills offer, advanced use of basic digital tools, safe internet behaviour and search methodologies to identify credible sources, and promote awareness-raising about rights online. It would also contribute to allowing citizens to have a critical understanding of different forms of digital media and thereby increasing and enhancing the resources and opportunities offered by ‘digital literacy’. _________________ 67 Document ref. A8-0183/2017, available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference= P8-TA-2017-0240
Amendment 105 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Furthermore historical and cultural sites are often not easily accessible for persons with disabilities. The Programme could therefore contribute to support digital initiatives aiming at improving engagement and making cultural experiences, sites and artefacts throughout Europe more accessible to persons with disabilities, regardless of geographical location.
Amendment 124 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support, together with Member States, the procurement of advanced cybersecurity equipment, tools and data infrastructures in full compliance with data protection legislation supported by the development of voluntary standards;
Amendment 279 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 86 c – paragraph 3
Article 86 c – paragraph 3
Amendment 673 #
2018/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive (EU) 2017/1132
Article 160d – paragraph 3
Article 160d – paragraph 3
Amendment 55 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A wide variety of business-to- consumer commercial relations are intermediated online by providers operating multi-sided services that are essentially based on the same ecosystem- building business model. In order to capture the relevant services, online intermediation services should be defined in a precise and technologically-neutral manner. In particular, the services should consist of information society services, which are characterised by the fact that they aim to facilitate the initiating of direct transactions between business users and consumers, irrespective of whether the transactions are ultimately concluded either online, on the online portal of the provider of the online intermediation services in question or that of the business user, or offline. In addition, the services should be provided on the basis of contractual relationships both between the providers and business users and between the providers and the consumers. Such a contractual relationship should be deemed to exist where both parties concerned express their intention to be bound in an unequivocal and verifiable manner, without an express written agreement necessarily being required. The purpose of this Regulation is to establish provisions relating to those information society services which, in addition to the above requirements, perform a function of "intermediation" in an online marketplace. The mere presence of advertising on a webpage should not itself mean that the webpage falls under the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to effectively protect business users where needed, this Regulation should apply where the terms and conditions of a contractual relationship, regardless of whetheir name or form, are not individually negotiated by the parties to them. Whether or not terms and conthe provider of an online intermediations were individually negotiated should be determined on the basis of an overall assessment, whereby the fact that certain provisions thereof may have been individually negotiated is, in itself, not decisive service and a business user are parties to an agreement that they individually negotiated.
Amendment 101 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Business users should be granted full control over their own intellectual property rights. Providers of online intermediated services should make use of these rights only upon explicit consent of the business user. The terms of use of such rights should be adhered to. The intellectual property rights of third parties should also be respected.
Amendment 144 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are fair and proportionate and drafted in clear and unambiguous language;
Amendment 149 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) set out the objective grounds consistent with those terms and conditions for decisions to sanction, suspend or terminate, in whole or in part, the provision of their online intermediation services to business users.
Amendment 152 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) inform business users on their additional distribution channels and potential affiliate programmes that they are going to serve with the offer of business users. Business users shall be granted the right to ask for their removal from such additional distribution channels.
Amendment 172 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Where a provider of online intermediation services decides to sanction perceived misconduct, or suspend or terminate, in whole or in part, the provision of its online intermediation services to a given business user, it shall provide the business user concerned, without undue delay, with a statement of reasons for that decision. Such decision shall be proportionate.
Amendment 234 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Providers of online intermediation services shall grant each business user access to anonymised consumer data, in a machine readable commonly used and standardised format, which are generated through the facilitation of a transaction between consumers and the business user concerned. This obligation is without prejudice to the obligations with which online intermediation services must comply under the applicable data protection and privacy rules.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Without prejudice to relevant Union law applicable to the protection of personal data and privacy, providers of online intermediation services shall grant business users access to all the data they have acquired as a result of the commercial activity of the respective business user.
Amendment 236 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Without prejudice to relevant Union law applicable to the protection of personal data and privacy, providers of online search engines shall grant corporate website users access to all the data they have acquired as a result of the activity of the respective corporate website user.
Amendment 237 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. The data referred to in paragraphs 2b and 2c shall be provided in a machine readable commonly used and standardised format.
Amendment 285 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Organisations and associations that have a legitimate interest in representing business users or in representing corporate website users, as well as public bodies set up in Member States, shall have the right to take action before national courts in the Union, in accordance with the rules of the law of the Member State where the action is brought, to stop or prohibit any non- compliance by providers of online intermediation services or by providers of online search engines with the relevant requirements laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 286 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Before taking action referred to in Article 1, the representative organisation or association shall exercise the complaint-handling and mediation procedure referred to in Article 9 and 10. The representative action shall be pursed where the non-compliance could not be resolved via measures in Article 9 and 10.
Amendment 290 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Organisations or associations shall have the right referred to in paragraph 1 only where, at the time of bringing the action, they and for the duration of the action, they continue to meet all of the following requirements:
Amendment 299 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) they pursue objectives, publically stated in their statute or other relevant governance document, that are in the collective interest of the group of business users or corporate website users that they represent;
Amendment 304 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) they have a governance structure that provides for independence from third parties and has internal procedure to prevent conflict of interest, in case of funding received from third parties;
Amendment 307 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) they are transparent about the source of funding;
Amendment 308 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) they have sufficient financial and human resources, as well as legal expertise to represent the best interests of their business or corporate website users;
Amendment 311 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that representative organisations or associations make publicly available annual activity reports. Those reports shall include at least the following information relating to both domestic and cross-border representative actions: (a) the number of action launched and the main types of complaints made; (b) the number (the rate of percentage) of court decisions in favour of business users or corporate website users; (c) the number (the rate or percentage) of representative actions which were discontinued and, if known, the reasons for their discontinuation; (d) the average time taken to resolve a representative action;
Amendment 313 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 b (new)
Member States shall assess on a regular basis whether an organisation or an association continues to comply with the criteria set out in this paragraph. Member States shall ensure that the qualified entity loses its status under this Regulation if it no longer complies with one or more of the criteria listed in this paragraph.
Amendment 314 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 c (new)
The compliance by an organisation or an association with the criteria referred to in this paragraph is without prejudice to the right of the court or administrative authority to examine whether the purpose of the organisation or the association justifies its taking action in a specific case in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 322 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Applicable law and jurisdiction In contracts concluded by business users having their habitual residence in a Member State, or where the fulfilment of the contract is to take place in one or more Member States, the following shall apply: (a) the protection afforded to business users in this regulation shall apply regardless of the law applicable to other aspects of the contract by way of choice of the parties or otherwise; and (b) unless the contract includes the rules of this Regulation, a choice of competent court shall only be valid if it designates a court in: (i) the Member State where the business user has its habitual residence; or (ii) a Member State where the fulfilment of the contract is to take place.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Persons need specific legal protection where they acquire the information they report through their work- related activities and therefore run the risk of work-related retaliation (for instance, for breaching the duty of confidentiality or loyalty). The underlying reason for providing them with protection is their position of economic vulnerability vis-à- vis the person on whom they de facto depend for work. When there is no such work-related power imbalance (for instance in the case of ordinary complainants or citizen bystanders) there is no need for protection against retaliation.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Potential whistleblowers should seek wherever possible to inform internal reporting systems or agencies but wherever they deem that such course of action will be inadequate, they should be free to decide that the public should be informed directly, for example through the media. Whistleblowers should be protected no matter what their choice of reporting channel is.
Amendment 158 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) Persons intending to report should be able to make an informed decision on whether, how and when to report. Competent authorities should therefore publicly disclose and make easily accessible information about the available reporting channels with competent authorities, about the applicable procedures and about the dedicated staff members within these authorities. All information regarding reports should be transparent, easily understandable and reliable in order to promote and not deter reporting. Potential whistleblowers should always be able to decide themselves whether to use internal or external reporting channels or whether they directly reach out to the public, provided that whistleblowers should in their discretion determine before resorting to external channels whether internal reporting mechanisms would be effective enough to provide a remedy against the breach that would be the subject of their report.
Amendment 164 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) As aWithout prejudice to the other provisions of this Directive, as a general rule, reporting persons should first use the internal channels at their disposal and report to their employer. However, it may be the case that internal channels do not exist (in case of entities which are not under an obligation to establish such channels by virtue of this Directive or applicable national law) or that their use is not mandatory (which may be the case for persons who are not in an employment relationship), or that they were used but did not function properly (for instance the report was not dealt with diligently or within a reasonable timeframe, or no action was taken to address the breach of law despite the positive results of the enquiry).
Amendment 194 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) This Directive shall also apply to European Union staff members, as defined within the EU Staff Regulation;
Amendment 215 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – point d a (new)
(da) European Union institutions, agencies and bodies;
Amendment 231 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States are also to ensure that persons requiring protection as whistleblowers will be entitled to the right of appeal before independent and impartial Courts of Justice wherever such persons are denied recognition or protection as whistleblowers by the relevant authority that would be tasked with the recognition or grant of status to a person requesting to be considered as a whistleblower, and that under no circumstances can the authority tasked to grant such status or protection have an actual or potential conflict of interest with regard to whether or not to grant such status or protection.
Amendment 284 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) a person making a report or a disclosure anonymously and who subsequently has been identified shall qualify for protection as laid down in this directive under the same conditions as a person who identified oneself when making a report or a disclosure;
Amendment 442 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
d) he or she could not reasonably be expected to use internal reporting channels in light of the subject-matter ofwhere the reporting persons have valid reasons to believe they would be the victims of retaliation due to the report;
Amendment 460 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i (new)
i) in cases where reporting persons have valid reasons to believe that there is collusion between the perpetrator of the breach and the competent authority is reasonably suspected, or that evidence may be concealed or destroyed;
Amendment 461 #
2018/0106(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b – point ii (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b – point ii (new)
ii) he or she acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe the information reported was true at the time or reporting even if the judicial authorities subsequently decided the report did not concern a threat or serious harm to the public interest.
Amendment 17 #
2018/0081(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) For most carcinogens and mutagens, it is not scientifically possible to identify levels below which exposure would not lead to adverse effects. While setting the limit values at the workplace in relation to carcinogens and mutagens pursuant to Directive 2004/37/EC does not completely eliminate risks to the health and safety of workers arising from exposure at work (residual risk), it nonetheless contributes to a significant reduction of risks arising from such exposure in the stepwise and goal-setting approach pursuant to Directive 2004/37/EC. For other carcinogens and mutagens, it may be scientifically possible to identify levels below which exposure is not expected to lead to adverse effects. For this purpose it is necessary to engage in further research to determine with the input of the scientific community, such levels with utmost urgency.
Amendment 74 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A European Labour Authority (the ‘Authority’) should be established in order to help strengthen fairness and trust in the Single Market. To that effect,he principal and sole aim of the Authority shouldall be to support the Member States and the Commission in strengthening access to information for individuals and employers about their rights and obligations in cross-border labour mobility situations as well as access to relevant services, support compliance and cooperation between the Member States to ensure the effective application of the Union law in these areas, and mediate and facilitate a solution in case of cross- border disputes or labour market disruptions.
Amendment 88 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To ensure they can benefit from a fair and effective internal market, the Authority should promote opportunities for individuals and employers to be mobile or provide services and recruit anywhere within the Union, in particular by ensuring ways of access for people with disabilities or special needs. This includes supporting the cross-border mobility of individuals by facilitating access to cross- border mobility services, such as the cross- border matching of jobs, traineeships, internships and apprenticeships and by promoting mobility schemes such as 'Your first EURES job' or 'ErasmusPRO’. The Authority should also contribute to improving transparency of information, including on rights and obligations stemming from Union law, and access to services to individuals and employers, in cooperation with other Union information services, such as Your Europe Advice, and taking full advantage and ensuring consistency with the Your Europe portal, which will form the backbone of the future single digital gateway53 . _________________ 53 Regulation [Single Digital Gateway – COM(2017)256]
Amendment 100 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To increase Member States' capacity to tackle irregularities with a cross-border dimension in relation to Union law within its scope, the Authority should support the national authorities in carrying out concerted and joint inspections, including by facilitating the implementation of the inspections in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. These should take place at the request of Member States or upon their agreement to the Authority's suggestion. The Authority should provide strategic, logistical, and technical support to Member States participating in the concerted or joint inspections in full respect of confidentiality requirements. Inspections shouldall be carried out in agreement with the Member States concerned and take place fully within the legal framework of national law of Member States concerned, which should follow up on the outcomes of the concerted and joint inspections according to national law.
Amendment 111 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Member States and the Commission should be represented on a Management Board, in order to ensure the effective functioning and continuous review of the Authority. The composition of the Management Board, including the selection of its Chair and Deputy-Chair, should respect the principles of gender balance, experience and qualification. In view of the effective and efficient functioning of the Authority, the Management Board, in particular, shouldall adopt an annual work programme, carry out its functions relating to the Authority’s budget, adopt the financial rules applicable to the Authority, appoint an Executive Director, and establish procedures for taking decisions relating to the operational tasks of the Authority by the Executive Director. Representatives from countries other than Union Member States, which are applying the Union rules within the scope of the Authority, may participate in the meetings of the Management Board as observers.
Amendment 119 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) To guarantee its full autonomy and independence, the Authority shouldall be granted an autonomous budget, with revenue coming from the general budget of the Union, together with any voluntary financial contribution from the Member States and any contribution from third countries participating in the work of the Authority. In exceptional and duly justified cases it should also be in the position to receive delegation agreements or ad hoc grants, and to charge for publications and any service provided by the Authority.
Amendment 151 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) promote and support cooperation between Member States in their endeavours to inspire better cooperation in the cross-border enforcement of relevant Union law, including providing technical, logistical assistance and training aiming to facilitate combined facilitating joint inspections;
Amendment 184 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) pProvide relevant information to employers and employees on labour rules, and the living and working conditions applicable to workers in cross-border labour mobility situations, including posted workers; in all official languages of the EU; it shall provide a wage comparison calculator showing the applicable wage level of the posted worker in the host Member State during the posting period;
Amendment 189 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) support Member States in complying with the obligations on the dissemination of and access to information relating to the free movement of workers as laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2014/54/EU, and to the posting of workers as laid down in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU; to this end, the Agency will set up and manage a single European website, serving as a one-stop-shop, containing all relevant information from each of the official national websites referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/67/EU;
Amendment 195 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Authority shall provide services to individuals employed or unemployed and employers to facilitate labour mobility across the Union. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 199 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cooperate with other Union initiatives and networks, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, the European Enterprise Network and the Border Focal Point, in particular to identify, resolve and overcome cross- border obstacles to labour mobility;
Amendment 250 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Authority shall also carry out additional analysis and studies at the request of a Member State. Such an additional analysis may be subject to assessment, in order to avoid duplication or repetition.
Amendment 251 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) examine any questions, difficulties and specific issues which might arise concerning the direct implementation and practical application of Union law on National law within the scope of the Authority’s competences, as well as its enforcement in practice;
Amendment 255 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Authority shall regulaquarterly report its findings to the Commission, as well as directly to the Member States concerned, outlining possible measures to address identified weaknesses and strengths.
Amendment 259 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) develop common guidelines for usewhich can be applied by Member States, including guidance for inspections in cases with a cross-border dimension, as well as shared definitions and common concepts, building on relevant work at the Union level;
Amendment 275 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. When presenting a case for mediation by the Authority, Member States shall ensure that all personal data related to that case is anonymised and the Authority shall not process the personal data of individuals concerned by the such case at any point in the course of the mediation procedure or afterwards.
Amendment 287 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
At the request of the national authorities, the Authority mayshall facilitate cooperation between relevant stakeholders in order to address labour market disruptions affecting more than one Member State, such as large-scale restructuring events or major projects impacting employment in border regions.
Amendment 301 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be fourive years. That term shall be extendable. Members may be allowed office for two terms provided that such members are not holding the same designation.
Amendment 322 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 5
5. The Executive Director shall decide whether it is necessary to locate one or more staff in one or more Member States, either on a temporary or permanent basis. Before deciding to establish a local office, the Executive Director shall obtain the prior consent of the Commission, the Management Board and the Member State(s) concerned. The decision shall specify the primary scope of the activities to be carried out at the local office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and the duplication of administrative functions of the Authority. A headquarters agreement with the Member State(s) concerned mayshall be required.
Amendment 323 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The staff located in one or more Member States, either on a temporary or permanent basis, shall cooperate with the local authorities of the member states accordingly, however the staff shall always be under the direction of the Authority.
Amendment 326 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The Stakeholder Group shall be chaired by the Executive Director and shall meet at least twice a yearquarterly on the initiative of the Executive Director or at the request of the Commission, or the European Parliament or in cases of special urgency at the request of a Member State.
Amendment 329 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. The Stakeholder Group shall be composed of sixeven representatives of Union- level social partners equally representing trade unions and employer’s organisations, and two representatives of the Commission and two representatives of the European Parliament.
Amendment 345 #
2018/0064(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have jurisdiction to give judgement pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in a contract concluded by the Authority, or on any non-contractual obligation, which shall not be resolved otherwise.
Amendment 6 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that investments in culture, education, youth and sport significantly improve social cohesion in the European Union, especially by facilitating social integration of European citizens;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the Commission’s 7th report on economic, social and territorial cohesion does not make any quantitative or qualitative reference to culture-related projects, which accounted for at least EUR 65 billion of cohesion policy expenditurefrom the European Regional Development Fund for the period 2014- 2020;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to fully exploit potential synergies between cohesion policy and other EU policies; points out that much more can still be done to bring about a greater synergy between the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) and other European programmes outlined for the 2014-2020 programming period, with specific reference to Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, through the provision of better information on an EU-wide basis and by means of much more resolute implementation in the Member States and their regions;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the creation in the next programming period of two thematic objecpossibilitives onf funding culture and, education, explicitly referenced as suchyouth and sport via special thematic objectives to this purpose in the ESIF;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to establish the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as a horizontal priority and to use effectively the funding available under EU programmes and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) in order to support more projects in the CCI sector;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines that regions have a proved capacity in developing clusters and cross-border cooperation in the field of CCIs, and in this context notes the positive effects of smart specialisation in CCI as a motor of growth for regions;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2279(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission to exploit the capacity of the European Regional Development Fund to support the development of sport infrastructure and promote sustainable sport and outdoor activities as a tool for regional and rural development, and the European Social Fund to strengthen the skills and employability of workers in the sport sector;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas various international charters and laws prohibit the marriage of minors; whereas early and forced marriage has a verydrastic negative impact on the personal development of the individuals concerned and on the children resulting from the marriage; and so on the whole society as such;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas no marriage shall be legally entered into without the full and free consent of both parties, and by any person under a minimum age for marriage;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, to date, more than 700 million girls have married before the age of 18, of whom 250 million were married before the age of 15; whereas around 156 million boys have married before the age 18, of whom 25 million were married before the age of 15; whereas early and forced marriages are more frequent in poor, under-developed regions; whereas the number of early and forced marriages is increasing as the global population grows, according to a recent UNICEF report which estimates that in 2050 around 1.2 billion girls will have married before the age of 18;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child points out the importance of measures that encourage regular attendance at schools by controlling and seeking to reduce the drop-out rates, as early and forced marriages very often deprive the persons concerned ofrom the possibility to continue their studies; whereas education is an effective way of preventing early and forced marriage, allowing girls to free themselves from any form of control adversely affecting their rights;
Amendment 76 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas child marriages are a violation of the rights of the child and a clear form of violence against girls and boys, and whereas, as such, they must be condemned; whereas early and forced marriages are often associated with domestic violence and sexual abuse;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the number of early and forced marriages increases significantly in situations of armed conflict and humanitarian disaster, which leave little scope for medical and psychological care; whereas during the recent migration crises, many parents, seeking to protect their daughterschildren from sexual aggression, chose to have them marry before the age of 18;
Amendment 100 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on legislators, both in the EU and in third countries, to set the minimum age for marriage at 18 years and to provide themselves with the administrative, legal and financial means to be able to comply with this requirement while fully taking into account the legal national measures covering marriages at the age of 16 requiring the consent of their parents and public authorities;
Amendment 112 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes it is important to tackle the multiple causes of early and forced marriage, including age-old traditions having little regard for gender equality and women’s affairs, the lack of educational opportunities and, very often, the endemic poverty in the communities concerned; believes that the special attention must be paid to children from disadvantaged communities;
Amendment 123 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that a statutory ban on early and forced marriage by itself would not guarantee an end to this practice; and that implementation of such measures is thus crucial;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that in order to comprehensively tackle early and forced marriage, the European Union, as a major actor in global development, must play a leading role; calls on the EU and the Member States to work with law enforcement authorities and judicial systems in third countries, and to provide training and technical assistance to help with the adoption and enforcement of the legislation prohibiting early and forced marriages;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, therefore, on all Member States to be consistent and to include a ban on early and forced marriage in their legislation and to enforce penal law;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that Member States align their legislation on the treatment of immigrants who married before the age of 18all third country nationals present in the EU who married before the age of 18, while fully taking into account the marriages at the age of 16 resulting from the legal national measures requiring the consent of their parents and public authorities, and not recognise early and forced marriages, while extending humanitarian treatment to those who were forced to get married before the age of 18; calls for special procedures to be put in place in refugees and asylum seeker reception centres;
Amendment 169 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
c. the resources needed to achieve this objective are mobilised, taking care to open this cooperation to all institutional actors as well as non-governmental organisations with undoubted expertisecivil society in the area of tackling early and forced marriage;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point d
Paragraph 8 – point d
d. the level of public development aid is made dependent on the recipient country’s commitment to complying with the requirements on human rights, including in the fight against early and forced marriage;
Amendment 183 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point e
Paragraph 8 – point e
e. the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) programme is implemented in triangular cooperation involving these organisations, the European Union and the developing countries in combating early and forced marriage, prioritising programmes and methods likely to go beyond so-called cultural, religious or tribal practices that, in reality, constitute the worst violations of the rights of children and the dignity of girls and boys;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point f
Paragraph 8 – point f
f. the implementation of these programmes builds on the relevant conventions and texts, as well as the specific goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution of 25 September 2015 in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 3 (‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’), Goal 4 (‘Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning’) and Goal 5 (‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’), including access to all sexual and reproductive health services, in particular safe abortion for girlrights;
Amendment 193 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point f a (new)
fa. the harmonised monitoring of cases of child marriages in the world enhancing the collection of gender disaggregated date, in order to be able to better assess the magnitude of the problem;
Amendment 206 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that women/girl’s empowerment through education, social support and economic opportunities is crucial tool to fight against these practices; considers that in a world where parents might see marriage as the best way to provide their children with a future, early and forced marriages can be significantly lowered through the empowerment of women;
Amendment 217 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the European Union to ensure that training is provided to law enforcement agencies so that they are better able to uphold the rights of girls and boys exposed to forced and early marriage, domestic violence, the risk of rape and any other practice which undermines human dignity;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the global, multi-year Spotlight Initiative launched by the EU and the United Nations, aimed at ending all forms of violence against women and girls, as it brings focused attention to this issue, placing it at the centre of efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and calls for its effective implementation;
Amendment 86 #
2017/2259(INI)
7. Believes that the EU should express solidarity with young people and continue to empower them to participate in society, primarily by mainstreaming volunteering and developing new tools; Calls on member states to facilitate the active involvement of youths in voluntary organisations;
Amendment 97 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on member states to encourage youth to fully participate in electoral processes;
Amendment 130 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that measures that foster the integration of NEETs into the labour market, including quality paid internships, traineeships or apprenticeships, must be financially supported by the YEI, but should not be used as a way to substitute employment or to exploit youth in anyway;
Amendment 183 #
2017/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Strongly believes that the funds available to support various youth-related initiatives and policies such as the Erasmus+ programme, the YEI and the Europe for Citizens programme should be significantly increased in the next MFF to give more opportunities to youths and avoid exclusion;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the right to education as defined in article 14 of the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union,
Amendment 13 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 28 April 2015 on the follow-up of the implementation of the Bologna process,
Amendment 14 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 18 January 2017 on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliamentand of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC,
Amendment 72 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Declares that universal quality education is a crucial component of personal, professional, cultural and societal development in a knowledge-based society;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that an all-encompassing approach to education policy, with strong political support, is central to the educational reform process and requires the cooperation of all relevantinterested stakeholders including parents;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that effective governance and adequate funding for public and independent education settings, modern quality educational resources and teaching, motivated and competent teachers, and lifelong learning are crucial for achieving equity, diversity and excellence in education;
Amendment 125 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the need to give importance to visual literacy as a new life- skill, acknowledging that in this day and age, people are far more communicating through images rather than through traditional means;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Emphasises that inclusion of children/ pupils with disability in education is necessary so they can lead an independent life and be fully integrated in society as active participants and real contributors; acknowledges the fact that due to current technological development pupils with disabilities are offered new possibilities to acquire knowledge through formal and non-formal way;
Amendment 151 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to mainstream inclusive quality education for all students with disabilities; schools need to differentiate and provide extra support for those who need it and cater to the needs of all learners;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the Commission to monitor schools on their non-rejection policy and set disability-specific indicators in the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 166 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the importance of monitoring the quality of ECEC so as to allow children to develop their cognitive skills and in order to determine whether the best interests of children are being met;
Amendment 175 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Sees schools as centres of critical and creative thinking, also to promote democratic values and active citizenship;
Amendment 182 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that mastering basic skills is fundamental for pupils to ensure their further learning and personal development and the acquisition of digital competence;
Amendment 186 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that modern curricula should be competence driven, should enhance personal skills and shoul, health-conscious, future- oriented life management competence and focus on formative assessment and on the pupils’ well-being;
Amendment 198 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Takes note of the positive impact of school multilingualism on pupils’ linguistic and cognitive development, as well as on the promotion of culture awareness, understanding and diversity in an ever increasing multi-cultural and multi- ethnical environment in schools;
Amendment 231 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that higher education systems should be more flexible and open, allowing for the recognition of informal and non-formal learning, smoother transitions between different levels of education, including that between Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Higher Education, and various forms of programme delivery;
Amendment 255 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need to attract motivated candidates with sound academic or professional backgrounds and a predisposition to teaching to the teaching profession; calls for enhancedfit-for-purpose selection procedures and for improvements in teacher status, training, working conditions, remuneration, career prospects and support;
Amendment 257 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need to attract motivated candidates with sound academic backgrounds including in pedagogy and a predisposition to teaching to the teaching profession; calls for enhanced selection procedures and for improvements in teacher status, training, working conditions including their safety and protection, remuneration, career prospects and support to attract more people to the teaching profession in order to tackle the crisis of human resources being faced in some Member States;
Amendment 266 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses the need for continuous professional development of teachers which can provide solutions for the challenges teachers encounter in their work at classroom level. Furthermore, it can support creating an institutional learning culture at school level and could help in enhancing the image of the profession by professionalising teachers;
Amendment 267 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Agrees that the high quality pedagogical, psychological and methodological training of school and tertiary education teachers, lecturers is a key condition for successful education of the future generations, therefore considers it particularly necessary to share best practices, which are available via mobility programs and international cooperations;
Amendment 268 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Underlines the importance of high-quality cooperation between families/ parents, teachers and schools authorities within the formal, non-formal or informal education, in guiding and helping children, young people towards full integration in society and job market by providing a safe place for personal development, growing, learning and future career;
Amendment 292 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to increase funding for improving the quality of education in public and independent non-profit education settings;
Amendment 301 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Considers that it is high time for the necessary investment to be made in educational infrastructure in less developed regions, always taking care to adapt coordinated investment to the specific features of the region concerned. In this connection, it is particularly important to allow for greater support from the European Investment Bank and the European funds for regional initiatives aimed at developing education;
Amendment 311 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. EWhere scientific evidence clearly shows that digital technology improves the quality of education, encourages the Member States and the Commission to support efforts by educational institutions to make grein the age-and development-appropriater use of state-of-the-art technology in learning, teaching and assessment, while bearing in mind the need to ensure quality assurance;
Amendment 347 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to establish innovative and flexible grants for nurturing talent, artistic and sporting ability in the field of education and training; supports those Member States that are seeking to introduce scholarship schemes for students with proven educational, sporting and artistic ability;
Amendment 348 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Encourages the Member States to ensure that the right to use a minority language is upheld and to protect linguistic diversity within the Union in accordance with the EU Treaties;
Amendment 349 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29 c. Believes that linguistic rights must be respected in communities where there is more than one official language, without limiting the rights of one compared to another, according to the constitutional order of each Member State;
Amendment 350 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29 d. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the promotion of the teaching and use of regional and minority languages, as a potential way of tackling language discrimination in the EU;
Amendment 351 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 e (new)
Paragraph 29 e (new)
29 e. Urges the Member States to provide effective education and training in the mother tongues of pupils and students, in accordance with the respect for human rights, non-discrimination, cultural and linguistic diversity, as enshrined in the Treaties, and to increase the level of support for educational institutions that teach in the mother tongue of ethnic or linguistic minorities;
Amendment 352 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 f (new)
Paragraph 29 f (new)
29 f. Stresses that, with regard to school, training and possibly higher education provided in the languages of national or ethnic minorities, more efforts should be done to prevent any restriction on access to education for pupils from minorities; recommends the establishment of systems that will enable graduates from minority backgrounds to enjoy the same opportunities for accessing continuous education and training as other graduates;
Amendment 353 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 g (new)
Paragraph 29 g (new)
29 g. Encourages the Member States to establish quality dual education and vocational training systems incoordination with local and regional economic actors, following the exchange of best practices and in line with the specific nature of each educational system, in order to overcome the existing and future skills mismatch;
Amendment 354 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 h (new)
Paragraph 29 h (new)
29 h. Encourages the Member States to support the right to quality and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning and ensure opportunities to develop key competences in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable everyone to participate fully in society and manage successfully transitions in the labour market;
Amendment 355 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 i (new)
Paragraph 29 i (new)
29 i. Supports the development of key competences paying special attention to basic skills, STEM, languages competences, entrepreneurship skills, digital competences, creativity, critical thinking and team-work,
Amendment 356 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 j (new)
Paragraph 29 j (new)
29 j. Encourages the Member States to promote adult and lifelong learning, and reinforce resources and guidance in education and training to support people in managing their lifelong learning pathways;
Amendment 357 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 k (new)
Paragraph 29 k (new)
29 k. Encourages the Member States to increase the level of language competences by making use of good practices, such as obtaining the first foreign language certificate under certain age provided by the state;
Amendment 372 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to ensure greater access to high-quality ECEC, with the view of it encourages the Member States to provide more nursery and kindergarten places for children;
Amendment 375 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on member states to further invest in staff to attract more people to follow this career so as to ensure availability of highly qualified staff for ECEC;
Amendment 397 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Stresses the need to strengthen school internal and external collaboration, including interdisciplinary cooperation, team teaching, school clusters and interactions with external stakeholders including parents; notes the importance of international exchange and school partnership through programmes such as Erasmus+ and e- Twinning;
Amendment 416 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Commission to address school bullying, cyberbullying and violence by developing school prevention programmes, addiction prevention and awareness-raising campaigns;
Amendment 417 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Commission to address school bullying, cyberbullying and violence by developing school prevention programmes and awareness-raising campaigns embracing inclusion;
Amendment 425 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to develop strategies to support initiatives by schools and teachers to create a more inclusive learning environment and to promote openness, inclusion and engagement;
Amendment 438 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. UrEncourages the Member States to invest at least 2 % of their respective GDPs in higher education, to be deducted from the national deficit calculation, and to comply with the EU benchmark of investing 3 % of the EU GDP in R&D by 2020;
Amendment 443 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Suggests that Member States and regional authorities, in allocating European structural and investment funds, give priority to educational programmes as well as foster cooperation between the higher education, business, industry and research communities and society as a whole;
Amendment 465 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41 a. Stresses the importance of guaranteeing the mutual cross-border recognition and compatibility of qualifications and academic degrees for strengthening the system of quality assurance at European level and in all countries that have joined the European Higher Education Area;
Amendment 471 #
2017/2224(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Calls on Member States to ensure that adequate amount of staff, including learning support assistants, are available in classes providing for students with different abilities.
Amendment 3 #
2017/2209(INI)
1. Emphasises that access to quality, free and independent information is a fundamental human right, that media pluralism is the pillar of democracy and that the media’s independence from political and economic powers and influences must be guaranteed accordinglyforms part of freedom of expression as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and is a pillar of democracy and that the media’s independence from political and economic powers must be guaranteed accordingly; recalls that the independence of media should be guaranteed by such powers in order to avoid any harassment or intimidation in such a way that influence the editorial content;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Whereas journalists require direct, immediate and unencumbered access to information by public administration to properly hold authorities to account;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Whereas information obtained both by right of inquiry as well as through whistle-blowers are complementary to each other and both essential for journalists' ability to fulfil their public interest mission;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Whereas journalists require fullest legal protection to use and disseminate such information of public interest in their line of work;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Whereas the right to demand and receive information from public administrations remains scattered and incomplete across the European Union;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that Member States should find ways to support media, by ensuring for example VAT neutrality as recommended in the resolution of the European Parliament of 13 October 2011 on the future of VAT , and by supporting initiatives related to media;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Is perturbed about the recourse by powerful commercial entities to SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) practices in an attempt to silence journalists from carrying out their work or otherwise interfere with their content. Calls upon the European Commission to take note of this trend and to propose legislation that would curtail these abusive practices.
Amendment 37 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Reaffirms that in line with the European Charter of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, freedom of expression is one of the most fundamental values to safeguard democracy and to enhance our European identity. Freedom of expression is not only meant to protect journalists and their sources but above all is meant to protect the right of society as a whole to receive information about all issues of interest to it.
Amendment 41 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that online media pluralism is under serious threat from the excessive concentration of corporate power; asks the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to overcome regulatory deficiencies in order to create legal clarity and consistency to ensure media freedom and prevent the abuse of their dominant position by web giants since this would also run counter to the very concept of media pluralism; stresses in this regard that media ownership structures must be transparent and that national regulatory authorities shall monitor this aspect in particular;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that freedom of information in Europe is being jeopardised by increasing intimidation of and acts of aggression against journalists, as proven by the recent murder of Daphne Caruana Galiziaassassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia; reiterates in this regard that Member States have to safeguard the fundamental human right of freedom of expression of journalists to impart information by ensuring the protection and the facilitation of their work, as well as the fundamental right of the general public to receive that same information; emphasises the particular situation of investigative journalists, as well as the protection of the sources of all journalists;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Moreover, emphasises that Member States must ensure that whistle- blowers must be given equal protection on a non discriminatory basis. Such protection must also adequately and effectively cover workers in the public sector and be administered independently of the government.
Amendment 69 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that media professionals often work in precarious conditions with regard to their contracts, salaries and social guarantees, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media freedom; is therefore concerned by the replacement of professional and trained journalists by less expensive freelancers and its negative consequences on quality journalism;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that a criticaldeveloping a sense of critical appraisal and analysis with regard to the use of media content is essential to people’s understanding of current issues, to being able to recognise professional and responsible journalism, and to their contribution to public life; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support media literacy projects and in particular to ensure that media literacy will be an integral part of the European Union’s education policy.
Amendment 79 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the need to maintain strong and vibrant independent public broadcasting service that is impartial from political interference, to ensure that the public is duly informed; emphasises that in this context, this need is more important than ever before to safeguard media pluralism and freedom in the European Union as well as democracy.
Amendment 91 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Notes the attempts by public officials to restrict the dissemination of information by journalists by the abuse of secrecy or intellectual property legislation; Calls on the Commission to propose broader safeguards for journalists to freely access, use and re-use information obtained in their course of work;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that journalists are given the proper tools to inquire and receive information from EU and Member State administrations;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Calls on the Commission to urgently review Regulation 1049/2001 and to propose improvements to the public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents;calls on the Commission to abstain from any more efforts to prevent or deter journalists and members of the public from seeking and obtaining information held by the Commission through arbitrary hurdles; Notes with indignation any attempts to deny access to information by the use of delay tactics, bogus reasons for dismissal or unjustified narrowing of the scope of information that was requested1b; _________________ 1b In several cases, Member States have invoked copyright in order to prevent journalists from disseminating information of public interest (most famously: Unterrichtungen des Parlaments - a series of reports by the German Government to members of Parliament regarding the ongoing military deployments, such as Afghanistan). One of these cases is currently pending at the ECJ after local courts ruled in favour of the government and granted an injunction against a newspaper who published these reports. Regulation 1049/2001 - Access to information to EU documents has not been improved since 2001. On the contrary, the Commission introduced new interpretation in 2014 to the Regulation to introduce bureaucratic hurdles in order to discourage people from seeking documents via Regulation 1049/2001. The Regulation is in dire need of an update to properly account for the possibilities or proactive publication and internet mediated access (which was not taken into account in 2001). On a practical level, the access to information to Commission documents is often thwarted by misapplication of the Regulation and the systematic use of delay tactics. The Commission uses an overly narrow definition of what constitutes information unless the requester specifically asks for all information. Even then important documents such as drafts and comments are often discarded and remain undisclosed. The EMIS committee of inquiry recommended several changes to access to information in the EU, including: "83. Calls on the Commission to improve its capacities to handle document requests from committees of inquiry as well as from journalists and citizens under respective applicable document access rules, in a timely manner and with an acceptable level of quality; urges the Commission to release these documents in their native format and refrain from time-consuming and potentially content-altering format changes and format conversions; further instructs the Commission to make sure that information that is stored in a machine-readable format, e.g. a database, is also released in a machine-readable format".
Amendment 14 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas climate change can lead to migration and its impact is felt, particularly and to a disproportionate and increasing extent, by poor countries and poor people, even though it is the world’s richest countries that bear the main responsibility for climate change;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is a direct link between climate change and its impact on, environmental degradation, food securityand water security, human health and migration;
Amendment 32 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that rural women in developing countries are particularly vulnerablemore vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men, as they are often dependent on natural resources, do much of the agricultural work, particularly in food production for the family, and have responsibility for collecting water and fuel;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that climate change requires a rights-based response with effective participation of women in decision-making processes at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive responses and rights- based approaches in order to address underlying inequalities;
Amendment 61 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the international community to promote education of girls and women in various disciplines, including natural science and technology in order to empower them in making responsible decisions when it comes to management and sustainable use of natural resources.
Amendment 65 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the international community to take into consideration a gender perspective and women’s specific priorities when financing initiatives and supporting new technologies to address climate change.
Amendment 7 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to introduce a fundamental reform of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) to prevent Brexit from having any negative effects neither on the level of funding earmarked for EU-wide cooperation programmes, in the fields of culture, education and research, including Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, that have clearly demonstrated their European added value and enjoy lasting popularity among beneficiaries including young people, nor on the people working in the relevant sectors;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with great concern the rise of xenophobia, racism and violent extremism in Europe; calls, therefore, for increased funding for relevant EU programmto support effective prevention measures through increased funding for relevant EU programmes, including those that among other initiatives support educational strategies that foster social cohesion, tolerance and human rights, and promote open and inclusive European societies as the bedrock of our democratic model, in accordance with the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015 to step up the fight against terrorism and ensure security;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the long-term challenges posed by the integration of cultural diverse refugees and migrants into European society for new arrivals and host societies, underlines the importance of cultural and educational programmes, including those related to language training, in this regard, and calls for long- term and coordinated investments through current and future Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Europe for Citizens programmes to support Member States in their efforts to achieve meaningful integration;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Ensure adequate investment is made in relevant programmes to support digitalisation of education and cultural resources to improve and enhance their quality and access, strengthen the digital economy, stimulate innovation and create more jobs and economic growth;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need to take necessary measures to improve accessibility and implementation of programmes by reducing bureaucracy, possibly through simplification, flexibility and synergy between programmes, and to prevent late payments or backlog of unpaid bills;
Amendment 49 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Pursuant to Directive 91/533/EEC the majority of workers in the Union have the right to receive written information about their working conditions. Directive 91/533/EEC does not however cover all workers in the Union. Moreover, gaps in protection have emerged for new forms of employment created as a result of socioeconomic, diversity, mobility and labour market developments since 1991.
Amendment 114 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The purpose of this Directive is to improve working conditions by promoting more secure and predictable employment while ensuring labour market adaptability, transparent, clear, informed and predictable employment.
Amendment 125 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may determine which persons are responsible for the execution of the obligations for employers laid down by this Directive as long as all those obligations are fulfilled. They may also decide that all or part of these obligations shall be assigned to a natural or legal person who is not party to the employment relationship. Nevertheless, the Employers shall continue to be responsible for ensuring that the obligations laid down therein are met appropriately and in full. This paragraph is without prejudice to Directive 2008/104/EC.
Amendment 126 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Amendment 128 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Article 1 – paragraph 7
7. Chapter II of this Directive applies to seafarers and sea fishermen, taking into account the specific conditions of the sector, without prejudice to Council Directive 2009/13/EC and Council Directive (EU) 2017/159, respectively or any relevant Union provisions being more specific and granting a higher level of protection to seafarers and fishermen. The obligations set out in Articles 3(2) (k), (l), (n),4(2), 6, 8, 9 and 10 shall not apply to seafarers and sea fishermen.
Amendment 135 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 'employer' means one or more natural or legal person(s) who(virtual platform or otherwise) who employ(s) the services of one or more workers and is or are directly or indirectly party to an employment relationship with a worker(s);
Amendment 138 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'reference hours and days' means schedules, shifts and any time slots in specified days during which work can take place at the request of the employer.;
Amendment 141 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'probationary period' means a preagreed period of time wherein a worker’s performance is monitored closely in order to assess his capabilities and in which the employment relationship can be terminated without having to provide any reason whatsoever.
Amendment 143 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, but not limited to:
Amendment 150 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the procedure, including the length of the period of notice, to be observed by the employer and the worker should their employment relationship be terminated or, where the length of the period of notice cannot be indicated when the information is given, the method for determining such period of notice and the requirements for the notice of termination, time limits for enforcing claims, which shall include time frames for the seeking of action contesting dismissal or compensation for accidents/injuries at work and for any infringement of labour rights;
Amendment 157 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point m
(m) any collective agreements governing the worker's conditions of work as well as time limits laid down in the collective agreements for claims arising from those agreements; in the case of collective agreements concluded outside the business by special joint bodies or institutions, the name of the competent body or joint institution within which the agreements were concluded;
Amendment 169 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States after consultation with stakeholders and social partners, shall develop templates and models for the document referred to in paragraph 1 and put them at the disposal of workers and employers including by making them available on a single official national website and by other suitable means.
Amendment 175 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the exact place of work in the country or countries in which the work abroad is to be performed and its duration, as well arrangements for the possible lengthening or shortening of the period of work;
Amendment 177 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the working hours, the rules on public holidays and tax and security arrangements;
Amendment 178 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) the name of the line manager who the worker reports to for the duration of the posting;
Amendment 191 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraph 1(b) and 2(a) may, where appropriate, beshall be clearly given in the form of a reference to the laws, regulations and administrative or statutory provisions or collective agreements governing those particular points and made available or translated in a language that the posted workers are able to understand.
Amendment 196 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, where an employment relationship is subject to a probationary period, that period shall not exceed six months, including any extensionthat stipulated in the national legislation or relevant collective agreements.
Amendment 199 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may provide for longer probationary periods only in cases where this is appropriately justified by the nature of the employment, the skills, the work conditions or is in the interest of the worker.
Amendment 205 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. EmployerMember States may however lay down conditions of incompatibility where such restrictions are justified by legitimate reasons such as the protection of business secrets or the avoidance of conflicts of interests.
Amendment 219 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that where employers are required by Union or national legislation or relevant collective agreements to provide any training or education to workers to carry out the work for which they are employed, such training or education shall be provided cost-free to the worker.
Amendment 232 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the worker shall benefit from favourable presumptions defined by, which the Member State has the obligation to define. Where the information provided did not include the information referred to in points (e), (f), (k) or (l) of Article 3(2), the favourable presumptions reported by the worker shall apply as agreed and shall include a presumption that the worker has an open-ended employment relationship, that there is no probationary period orand that the worker has a full-time position, respectively. Employers shall have the possibility to rebut the presumptions; orand
Amendment 233 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the worker shall have the possibility to submit a complaint to a competent authority in a timely manner. If the competent authority finds that the complaint is justified, it shall order the relevant employer(s) to provide the missing information. If the employer does not provide the missing information within 15 days following receipt of the order, the authority shall be able to impose an appropriate, pre-established mandatory administrative penalty, even if the employment relationship has ended. Employers shall have the possibility to lodge an administrative appeal against the decision imposing the penalty. Member States may designate existing bodies as competent authorities.
Amendment 236 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall introduce measures necessaryall necessary measures, inter alia pre- established mandatory administrative, to protect workers, including workers who are employees' representatives, from any adverse treatment by the employer or adverse consequences resulting from a complaint lodged with the employer or from any legal proceedings initiated with the aim of enforcing compliance with the rights provided for in this Directiveir labour rights.
Amendment 240 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Workers who consider that they have been dismissed, or have been subject to measures with equivalent effect, on the grounds that they have exercised the rights provided for in this Directive may request the employer to provide duly substantiated grounds for the dismissal or its equivalent. The employer shall provide those grounds in writing. Member States shall also take the necessary steps to ensure that the deadline for bringing an action contesting dismissal is suspended as long as the worker has not received a written reasoned justification from the employer.
Amendment 248 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the relevant provisions already in force concerning the rights which are within the scope of this Directive. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. Penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. They mayshall take the form of a fine. They may also compris and comprise appropriate payment of compensation.
Amendment 251 #
2017/0355(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States are required to progressively improve the level of protection of workers in the regulatory field that come under the scope of this Directive and in full compliance with the European Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the European Social Charter.
Amendment 128 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is built on solidarity, among its citizens and among its Member States. This common value guides its actions and provides the necessary unity to cope with current and future societal challenges, which young Europeans are willing to help address by expressing their solidarity in practice. The principle of solidarity is enshrined in Article 2 Treaty on European Union and in the preamble of the Charter on Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 143 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Solidarity means a sense of responsibility on the part of everyone with regard to everyone to commit oneself to the common good, which is expressed in concrete actions without consideration of return service.
Amendment 167 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The European Voluntary and Solidarity CorpsService would provide a single entry point for solidarity activities throughout the Union. Consistency and complementarity of that framework should be ensured with other relevant Union policies and programmes. The European Solidarity Corps should build on the strengths and synergies of existing programmes, notably the European Voluntary Service. It should also complement the efforts made by Member States to support young people and ease their school-to-work transition under the Youth Guarantee19 by providing them with additional opportunities to make a start on the labour market in the form of traineeships or jobs in the solidarity-related areas sector within their respective Member State or across borders. Complementarity with existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, the European Youth Forum (YFJ), the European Volunteer Centre (CEV) and other relevant civil society organisations including networks representing employers and trade unions should also be ensured. Furthermore, complementarity between existing related schemes, in particular national solidarity schemes and mobility schemes for young people, and the European Solidarity Corps should be ensured, building on good practices where appropriate. __________________ 19 Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee (2013/C 120/01).
Amendment 180 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Voluntary activities constitute a rich experience in a non-formal and informal learning context which enhances young people's personal, socio-educational and professional development, active citizenship and employability. Voluntary activitieseering placements should be mainly carried out by public authorities, non-profit organisations, foundations and social enterprises and they should not have an adverse effect on potential or existing paid employment, nor should they be seen as a substitute for it. In order to ensure continuity with respect to the volunteering activities that are supported at Union level, the volunteering activities under the European Voluntary Service that fall within the geographical scope of the European Solidarity Corps should be supported by the latter in the form of cross- border volunteering placements. The other volunteering activities under the European Voluntary Service that do not fall under the geographical scope of the European Solidarity Corps should continue to be supported under the Programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing 'Erasmus+': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport20 . With respect to the interpretation of related legislation at Union level, both the cross-border volunteering placements under the European Solidarity Corps and the volunteering activities that continue to be supported under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 should be considered equivalent to those carried out under the European Voluntary Service. __________________ 20 Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing 'Erasmus+': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50.
Amendment 193 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Young people’s spirit of initiative is an important asset for society and for the labour market. The European Solidarity Corps should contribute to fostering this aspect by offering young people the opportunity to devise and implement their own projects aimed at addressing specific challenges to the benefit of their local communities. Those projects should be an opportunity to try out ideas and support young people to be themselves drivers of solidarity actions. They could also serve as a springboard for further engagement in solidarity activities and could be a first step towards encouraging European Solidarity Corps participants to engage in self-employment or setting up associations, NGOeither as volunteers or as employees in associations, NGOs, youth organisations or other bodies active in the solidarity, non-profit and youth sectors and set up their own associations.
Amendment 203 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Particular attention should be paid to ensuring the quality of the placements and other opportunities offered under the European Solidarity Corps, in particular by offering online and offline training, language support, insurance, administrative and post- placement support to participants as well as the validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through their European Solidarity Corps experience. This support should be created and provided in collaboration with youth organisations and other civil society organisations in order to tap into their expertise on the field. Post-placement support should also prioritise the continuous civic engagement of the participants in their community, guiding them towards local organisations or projects to engage with after the placement.
Amendment 215 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The European Voluntary Service has set European-wide high quality standards for cross-border voluntary services. To avoid different quality standards, the European Solidarity Corps Charter should be identical to that of the Erasmus+ programme while the common system for both needs to be implemented.
Amendment 227 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) A European Solidarity Corps Portal should continuously be developed in order to ensure easy access to the European Solidarity Corps and to provide a one-stop shop for both interested individuals and organiszations as regards, inter alia, registration, identification and matching of profiles and opportunities, networking and virtual exchanges, online training, language and pre and post-placement support, and direct feedback and evaluation mechanisms as well as other useful functionalities, which may arise in the future. The European Solidarity Corps Portal and its use should be explained in detail in the programme guide.
Amendment 235 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) This Regulation lays down a financial envelope for the period 2018- 2020 which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of Point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management23, for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. The prime reference amount includes redeployments from the Erasmus+ programme (EUR 197.7 million) and from the Employment and Social Innovation programme (EUR 10 million) for the financial years 2018, 2019 and 2020, and it is complemented by contributions from several Union programmes under different headings, such as the European Social Fund, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the LIFE programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Developmentshould be complemented by unallocated margins and using fresh resources in future financial years. __________________ 23 Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 240 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Investing in the European Solidarity Corps must not come at the expense of other EU programmes already offering very valuable opportunities to young people, particularly the Erasmus+ programme and the Youth Employment Initiative. Investment in the European Solidarity Corps should be accompanied by increased investment in other complementary EU programmes and, in the case of Erasmus+ Programmes.
Amendment 247 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) As a general rule, the grant request will be submitted to the National Agency of the country where the organisation is based. Grant requests for placements organised by Europe-wide or international organisations, will be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
Amendment 253 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) IAs in EVS, in addition to the Member States, the European Solidarity Corps should also be open to Erasmus+ Programme Countries, withe participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreementular attention to countries neighbouring the EU, from its start as from January 2018 in order to promote equality of opportunities between young people from EU and non-EU countries. This participation should be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with the concerned countries.
Amendment 272 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) An entity willing to apply for funding to offer placements under the European Solidarity Corps should have first received a quality label as a precondition. This requirement should not apply to natural persons seeking financial support on behalf of an informal group of European Solidarity Corps participants for their solidarity projects and should be accompanied by simplified application procedures.
Amendment 288 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) In compliance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union26, the Commission should adopt work programmes and inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof. The work programme should set out the measures needed for their implementation in line with the general and specific objectives of the European Solidarity Corps, the selection and award criteria for grants, as well as all other elements required. Work programmes and any amendments to them should be adopted by implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure and on the basis of the needs and demands of beneficiaries. __________________ 26 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
Amendment 294 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, the committee established under Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 should also assist the Commission in the implementation of this Regulation. With respect to the European Solidarity Corps, that committee should convene in a specific configuration and its mandate should be aligned in order to fulfil this new role. It should be for the participating countries to appoint the relevant representatives for those meetings, taking into account the volunteering and occupational dimensions of the European Solidarity Corps. The European Youth Forum, the European Volunteer Centre (CEV) and other relevant civil society organisations including networks representing employers and trade unions should be included as permanent observers without voting rights in the Programme Committee and their presence laid out in the rules of procedures of the relevant Committee.
Amendment 304 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) The financial envelope of the European Solidarity Corps under Heading 1a of the Multiannual Financial Framework should additionally be supplemented by financial contributions from other programmes and headings, which require the amendment of Regulations (EU) No 1293/201327, (EU) No 1303/201328, (EU) No 1305/201329, (EU) No 1306/201330 as well as of Decision No 1313/2013/EU31 of the European Parliament and of the Council. __________________ 27Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the establishment of a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 614/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 185). 28Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.320). 29Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487). 30 Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549). 31Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism, (OJ L347 20.12.2013, p. 924)increased by unallocated margins and using fresh resources in future financial years.
Amendment 320 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “solidarity activity” means an activity aimed at addressing unmet societal needs to the benefit of a community and the society as a whole while also fostering the individual’s personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, which may take the form of placements, projects or networking activities, developed in relation to different areas, such asformal and non-formal education and training, employment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, in particular and informal learning, youth work, employment, gender equality, social entrepreneurship, citizenship and democratic participation, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion, environment and nature protection, climate action, disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery, agriculture and rural development, provision of food and non-food items, health and wellbeing, creativity and culture, physical education and sport, social assistance and welfare, and reception and integration of third-country nationals, territorial cooperation and cohesion particularly asylum seekers and refugees;
Amendment 338 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) “participatreceiving organisation” means any public or private entity that has been attributed the European Solidarity Corps quality label, which offers a placement to a participant in the European Solidarity Corps or implements other activities in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps;
Amendment 343 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) "sending organisation" means an entity that plays a fundamental role in encouraging, promoting and facilitating accessibility to and partnerships in the volunteering sector such as trade unions, youth organisations, Churches and religious associations or communities, NGOs or other actors from civil society;
Amendment 373 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) “solidarity project” means a local initiative for a period from two to twelve months, which is set up and carried out by groups of at least five European Solidarity Corps participants, with a view to addressing key challenges within their local community while linking them to a broader European perspective and with existing local solidarity initiatives;
Amendment 382 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) “quality label” means the certification attributed to a public or private entity or an internationalny sending or receiving organisation willing to provide placements under the European Solidarity Corps following a procedure aimed at ensuring compliance with the principles and requirements of the European Solidarity Corps Charter;
Amendment 404 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The objective of the European Solidarity Corps is to enhancepromote and enhance European solidarity and volunteering as a virtue; it shall strengthen the engagement of young people and organisations in accessible and high quality solidarity and voluntary activities as a means to contribute to strengthening cohesion and solidarity in Europe, promoting active citizenship of young people and supporting communities and responding to societal challenges.
Amendment 416 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to provide young people, with the support of participating organisations, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity and voluntary activities while improving their skills and competences for personal, educational, social, civic and professional development, as well as their employability and facilitating transition into the labour market, including by supporting the mobility of young volunteers, trainees and workers;
Amendment 425 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that the solidarity and voluntary activities that are offered to the European Solidarity Corps participants contribute to addressing concrete, unmet societal needs and strengthening communities, are of high quality and properly validated.
Amendment 427 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to support the development, support and maintenance of an EU Agenda for Volunteering aimed at guaranteeing the recognition and respect of the rights of volunteers and volunteer- involving organisations and the reduction of administrative and legal barriers to volunteering and volunteer-involving organisations across Europe, in addition to fostering, promoting and supporting a wider culture of Solidarity and Volunteering in Europe.
Amendment 437 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission and Member States should cooperate to achieve convergence and complementarity regarding volunteering policies between national legislation via the open method of coordination.
Amendment 455 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) solidarity placements in the form of full-time, part-time and free-time volunteering, traineeships or jobs, including individual cross-border and in- country placements as well as volunteering teams’ placements;
Amendment 474 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures aimed at ensuring the quality and accessibility of solidarity placements, including offline and online training, language support, financial and administrative support for participants and participatsending and receiving organisations, insurance, pre and post-placement support as well as the development of a certificate that identifies and documents the knowledge,learning outcomes as regards skills and competences acquired during the placement;
Amendment 482 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) activities and measures performed by sending and receiving organisations that support young people in accessing and developing solidarity placements and projects;
Amendment 501 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 includes a financial envelope of EUR 294 200 00033 in current prices supplemented by contributions from:increased by unallocated margins and using fresh resources in future financial years. __________________ 33 This financial envelope constitutes the prime reference amount within the meaning of point 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement (2013/C 373/01) between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.
Amendment 504 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 509 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 511 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 514 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 530 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The European Solidarity Corps shall include all partner countries of the European Voluntary Service by 2020. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open for the participation of other countries on the basis of bilateral agreements. Cooperation shall be based, where relevant, on additional appropriations to be made available in accordance with the procedures to be agreed with those countries.
Amendment 544 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. When implementing this Regulation, the Commission and the participating countries shall ensure that particular efforts are made to promote social inclusion, in particular for the participation of disadvantaged young people and necessary support mechanisms and specific funding rules for inclusion shall be put in place.
Amendment 554 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The European Solidarity Corps shall be open to the participation of public or private entities, or international organisations in the capacity of receiving and sending organisations, provided that they have received a European Solidarity Corps quality label.
Amendment 559 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The receiving organisation shall ensure safe and decent living conditions for the volunteer throughout the entire activity related period. It shall provide adequate personal, linguistic and task- related support, including the identification of a mentor for each volunteer.
Amendment 562 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The sending organisation is in charge of the preparation and support of the volunteer before, during and after the solidarity placement.
Amendment 570 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Any entity which has received the European Solidarity Corps quality label shall be given access to the European Solidarity Corps Portal and shall be allowed to make offers for solidarity activities to registered individuals. The Commission shall establish separate accreditation procedures for entities intending to provide volunteering placements and entities intending to provide job and traineeship placements with different evaluation criteria and limiting the access to the programme to the parts they are accredited for.
Amendment 577 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Any public or private entity established in a participating country as well as international organisations carrying out solidarity activities in the participating countries may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. Grant requests for placements organised by Europe-wide or international organisations should be submitted to and managed by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission. In the case of the activities referred to in point (a) of Article 7(1), a quality label shall be obtained by the participating organisation as a pre- condition for receiving funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In the case of the solidarity projects referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1), natural persons may also apply for funding on behalf of informal groups of European Solidarity Corps participants.
Amendment 588 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries, the implementing agencies, sending and receiving organisations shall regularly monitor the performance of the European Solidarity Corps towards achieving its objectives.
Amendment 597 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) rate of achievement of project objectives in terms of identified community needs;
Amendment 614 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) overall satisfaction rate of the European Solidarity Corps placements;
Amendment 633 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the participating countries and union- level networks pertinent to the activity of the European Solidarity Corps, shall ensure the dissemination of information, publicity and follow-up with regard to all actions supported in the framework of the European Solidarity Corps.
Amendment 637 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The national agencies referred to in Article 20 shall develop a consistent policy with regard to effective outreach which should also target remote areas as well as dissemination and exploitation of results of activities supported under the actions they manage, shall assist the Commission in the general task of disseminating information concerning the European Solidarity Corps, including information in respect of actions managed at national and Union level, and their results, and shall inform relevant target groups about the initiatives undertaken in their country.
Amendment 645 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency - EACEA at Union level;
Amendment 651 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19a Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency 1. At Union level, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency - EACEA shall be responsible for managing all stages of the grant for project actions of the European Solidarity Corps listed in Article 7 of this Regulation submitted by Europe-wide or international organisations. 2. The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency - EACEA shall also be responsible for the accreditation and monitoring of Europe-wide or international organisations.
Amendment 663 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall organise regular meetings with the network of national agencies in order to ensure coherent implementation of the European Solidarity Corps across all participating countries. The Commission shall invite existing Union level networks pertinent to the activities under the European Solidarity Corps, such as the European Network of Public Employment Services, EURES and the Eurodesk network, European Volunteer Centre (CEV) and The European Youth Forum (YFJ) and other relevant civil society organisations including networks representing employers and trade unions to attend these meetings.
Amendment 670 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. National agencies and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency - EACEA shall be responsible for the primary controls of grant beneficiaries for the actions of the European Solidarity Corps which are entrusted to them. Those controls shall give reasonable assurance that the grants awarded are used as intended and in compliance with the applicable Union rules.
Amendment 680 #
2017/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. As part of the committee referred in point 1 of this article, The European Youth Forum, the European Volunteer Centre (CEV) and other relevant civil society organisations including networks representing employers and trade unions shall be included as permanent observers without voting rights in the Programme Committee and their presence laid out in the rules of procedures of the relevant Committee.