15 Amendments of Răzvan POPA related to 2018/0064(COD)
Amendment 89 #
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, at the same time ring providing opportunities for people with disabilities. 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 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 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In view of the fair, simple and effective application of Union law, the Authority should supportimprove cooperation and timely exchange of information between Member States. Together with other staff, National Liaison Officers working within the Authority should support Member States’ compliance with cooperation obligations, speed up exchanges between them through procedures dedicated to reducing delays, and ensure links with other national liaison offices, bodies, and contact points established under Union law. The Authority should encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, including electronic data exchange tools such as the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system and the Internal Market Information (IMI) system, and should contribute to further digitalising procedures and improving IT tools used for message exchange between national authorities.
Amendment 99 #
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 and data protection requirements. Inspections should 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 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Member States and the Commission, the European Parliament, the Commission and the social partners should be represented on a Management Board, in order to ensure the effective functioning 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, should 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 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to bring an operational dimension to the activities of existing bodies in the areas of cross-border labour mobility, the Authority should take over the performance of tasks carried out by the Technical Committee on the Free Movement of Workers established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011, the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers set up by Commission Decision 2009/17/EC68 and the European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work set up by Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and the Council69. With the establishment of the Authority, those bodies should cease to exisbe taken over by and merged with it. _________________ 68 Commission Decision 2009/17/EC of 19 December 2008 setting up the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers (OJ L 8, 13.1.2009, p. 26). 69 Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work (OJ L 65, 11.3.2016, p. 12).
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The objectivpurpose of the Authority shall be to contribute to ensuringpromote and implement fair labour mobility in the internal market. To that end, the Authority shall:
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provide relevant information on the rights and obligations of individuals and employers in cross-border labour mobility situations;
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) support Member States in streamlining and improving the provision of information and services to individuals and employers pertaining to cross-border mobility on a voluntary basis, while fully respecting Member States' competences.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) support national authorities in identifying and determining the relevant contact points of national authorities in other Member States;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) facilitcoordinate cross-border enforcement procedures of penalties and fines;
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office for members and their alternates shall be four years. That term shall be extendable for a maximum of two consecutive terms.
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The Executive Director shall report to the European Parliament and the Commission on the performance of his or her duties when invited to do so. The Council may invite the Executive Director to report on the performance of his or her duties.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall appoint the Executive Director from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission and Member States, following an open and transparent selection procedure.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
4. The term of office of the Executive Director shall be fiveour years. By the end of that period, the Commission shall undertake an assessment that takes into account an evaluation of the Executive Director's performance and the Authority's future tasks and challenges.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5
Article 32 – paragraph 5
5. The Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission that takes into account the assessment referred to in paragraph 4, may extend the term of office of the Executive Director once, for no more than fiveour years.