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Activities of Monica SEMEDO

Plenary speeches (13)

On-going negotiations for a new EU-ACP Partnership Agreement (debate)
2019/11/27
Dossiers: 2019/2832(RSP)
The Anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd (debate)
2020/06/17
Women in decision making on company boards, including the state of play on the directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (debate)
2020/10/05
EU measures to mitigate social and economic impact of Covid-19 (debate)
2020/10/21
Additional resources in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: REACT-EU (debate)
2020/12/15
Dossiers: 2020/0101(COD)
Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (debate)
2021/03/08
Dossiers: 2020/0148(CNS)
Implementation of EU requirements for exchange of tax information (debate)
2021/09/15
Dossiers: 2020/2046(INI)
The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (debate)
2021/10/18
Dossiers: 2020/2261(INI)
Role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism (debate)
2022/03/07
Dossiers: 2021/2057(INI)
Adequate minimum wages in the European Union (debate)
2022/09/13
Dossiers: 2020/0310(COD)
The European Year of Youth 2022 Legacy (debate)
2022/11/24
Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)
2022/12/12
Dossiers: 2022/2026(INI)
International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)
2023/11/23

Reports (2)

REPORT on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU
2021/10/13
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2020/2261(INI)
Documents: PDF(188 KB) DOC(68 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Monica SEMEDO', 'mepid': 197418}]
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on quality traineeships in the Union
2023/05/23
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2020/2005(INL)
Documents: PDF(246 KB) DOC(94 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Monica SEMEDO', 'mepid': 197418}]

Shadow reports (7)

REPORT on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
2021/02/09
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2020/0148(CNS)
Documents: PDF(291 KB) DOC(127 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sven GIEGOLD', 'mepid': 96730}]
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013
2021/05/12
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2018/0190(COD)
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(56 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Massimiliano SMERIGLIO', 'mepid': 197791}]
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘Fiscalis’ programme for cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1286/2013
2021/05/17
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2018/0233(COD)
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(53 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sven GIEGOLD', 'mepid': 96730}]
REPORT on the implementation of the EU requirements for exchange of tax information: progress, lessons learnt and obstacles to overcome
2021/06/03
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2020/2046(INI)
Documents: PDF(241 KB) DOC(83 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sven GIEGOLD', 'mepid': 96730}]
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013
2021/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2018/0206(COD)
Documents: PDF(172 KB) DOC(54 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'David CASA', 'mepid': 28122}]
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate minimum wages in the European Union
2021/11/18
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2020/0310(COD)
Documents: PDF(413 KB) DOC(182 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Agnes JONGERIUS', 'mepid': 125021}, {'name': 'Dennis RADTKE', 'mepid': 188945}]
REPORT on the role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism
2022/02/15
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2021/2057(INI)
Documents: PDF(216 KB) DOC(85 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Salima YENBOU', 'mepid': 197511}]

Shadow opinions (3)

Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
2020/01/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2018/0427(NLE)
Documents: PDF(122 KB) DOC(64 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ - President', 'mepid': None}]
EMPL recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2020/2023(INI)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(70 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ', 'mepid': 197766}]
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy (REACT-EU)
2020/09/01
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2020/0101(COD)
Documents: PDF(214 KB) DOC(136 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Agnes JONGERIUS', 'mepid': 125021}]

Institutional motions (17)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence
2019/11/25
Dossiers: 2019/2855(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of human rights including religious freedoms in Burkina Faso
2019/12/16
Dossiers: 2019/2980(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Russian "Foreign Agents" Law
2019/12/16
Dossiers: 2019/2982(RSP)
Documents: PDF(179 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, notably the allegations of sexual abuse of boys in the Logar Province
2019/12/16
Dossiers: 2019/2981(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua
2019/12/16
Dossiers: 2019/2978(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Uyghurs in China (China Cables)
2019/12/16
Dossiers: 2019/2945(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua
2019/12/17
Dossiers: 2019/2978(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Uyghurs in China (China Cables)
2019/12/17
Dossiers: 2019/2945(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of human rights including religious freedoms in Burkina Faso
2019/12/18
Dossiers: 2019/2980(RSP)
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Russian ‘foreign agents’ law
2019/12/18
Dossiers: 2019/2982(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, notably the allegations of sexual abuse of boys in the Logar Province
2019/12/18
Dossiers: 2019/2981(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the gender pay gap
2020/01/22
Dossiers: 2019/2870(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
2020/06/10
Dossiers: 2020/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(196 KB) DOC(59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cultural recovery of Europe
2020/09/09
Dossiers: 2020/2708(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cultural recovery of Europe
2020/09/14
Dossiers: 2020/2708(RSP)
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 9 March 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 as regards economic activities in certain energy sectors and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONENVI
Dossiers: 2022/2594(DEA)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s heath in the EU
2022/07/05
Dossiers: 2022/2742(RSP)
Documents: PDF(199 KB) DOC(55 KB)

Oral questions (5)

The use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus
2020/04/16
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(11 KB)
The use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus
2020/04/16
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(11 KB)
Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee
2020/09/24
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee
2020/09/24
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(10 KB)
The Dutch childcare benefit scandal, institutional racism and algorithms
2022/06/28
Documents: PDF(51 KB) DOC(11 KB)

Written questions (16)

The social aspects of country specific recommendations
2019/09/09
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Withdrawal of the UK from the EU – Commitments in the revised Political Declaration
2019/12/04
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Dealing with the consequences of the coronavirus – European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
2020/03/11
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Ensuring that cross-border commuters forced to telework during the coronavirus pandemic do not incur additional tax and social security obligations
2020/03/13
Documents: PDF(38 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Introduction of border controls to stem the COVID-19 pandemic
2020/05/11
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
COVID-19 and the European film industry
2020/06/08
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(9 KB)
The single market: free movement of people and freedom to provide services during the pandemic
2020/10/02
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Discontinuation of Commission catering services
2020/11/25
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Culture in the national recovery and resilience plans
2022/02/09
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Unpaid traineeships in EU institutions
2022/02/13
Documents: PDF(52 KB) DOC(11 KB)
The exclusion of trainees in EU institutions from Erasmus grants
2022/02/13
Documents: PDF(50 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Racial profiling of refugees at EU-Ukraine borders
2022/03/11
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Israeli parliamentary elections of 1 November 2022
2022/10/28
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Pets in the EU institutions’ buildings
2022/11/28
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Sectoral action for music in the 2021-2027 Creative Europe programme
2022/12/19
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(10 KB)
United Kingdom possibly rejoining the Creative Europe programme
2023/10/06
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(9 KB)

Amendments (1217)

Amendment 11 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas human creativity and creative professionals such as authors and performers are at the origin and source of all music that is distributed on streaming platform;
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the increasing number of acquisitions of song catalogues and recording rights by investors in recent years proves the overall enormous economic value and potential of written and recorded music;
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas music streaming platforms should continue their efforts to increase overall transparency and traceability concerning many operational aspects of high relevance to authors, performers, rightholders, the audience and the general public, including most notably the functioning of their payment and remuneration systems, the curation of playlists, the discoverability of works, and the availability of metadata;
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that voices of authors and performers must be taken into consideration in order to live up to the artistic, cultural and societal value and importance of their role in the music market; welcomes any efforts to improve the payment systems of music streaming platforms towards more adequately benefiting authors and performers;
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 69 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate whether the fundamental principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration is fulfilled by current payment systems of streaming platforms as well as by existing contracts concluded between authors and performers on the one hand and other actors of the value chain within the music sector on the other;
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 72 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Encourages the Commission to evaluate whether technologies such as blockchain have the potential to improve the overall situation, especially for authors, performers and rightholders, with regards to transparency, accuracy and cost efficiency, in particular concerning metadata and remuneration;
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 88 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the importance of overall transparency and traceability concerning many operational aspects of high relevance to authors, performers, rightholders, the audience and the general public, including most notably the functioning of the streaming platforms’ payment and remuneration systems, the curation of playlists, the discoverability of works, and the availability of metadata; regrets that in general, music streaming platforms significantly lack such transparency and traceability
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 123 #

2023/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess adequate ways in order to preserve the digital European musical heritage, while reducing the de- facto dependence on commercial music streaming platforms, ensuring the availability and accessibility of European musical works in the long term;
2023/09/14
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2023/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reminds the Commission, the Member States, national agencies (NAs) and volunteering organisations to implement and develop the European Solidarity Corps programme in line with the measures and activities identified for it, while helping to simplify procedures, ensuring the intelligibility and accessibility of application portals, and enhancing visibility;
2023/09/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2023/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, NAs and engaged organisations to help raise awareness about the programme and its individual strands, to further build its brand and to reach out to more young people, particularly those with fewer opportunities; calls on NAs to strengthen their support to applicants, particularly the most disadvantaged young people, by providing them with accurate and detailed information and assistance on the application process and opportunities offered by the programme;
2023/09/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2023/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that solidarity projects attract less interest and are less visible, resulting in uneven budget distribution; calls on the Commission, NAs and volunteering organisations to promote short-term activities and calls for more flexibility in the budget allocation between the project strands;
2023/09/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #

2023/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the programme’s inclusive nature and the implementation guidelines for its inclusion and diversity strategy; encourages to strengthen the focus of the programme on the opportunities it can provide to the most disadvantaged young people and to enhance support for organisations working with these target groups, for example by setting up an information campaign specifically addressed to this audience; calls on the Commission to consider adopting a more flexible and inclusive approach to individual volunteering, enabling participants to mix and match countries, areas of activity and experiences in order to make the programme more inclusive;
2023/09/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 58 #

2023/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to ensure that the digital tools and systems currently used to manage and implement the programme are working properly and to their full potential and invites it to tackle, without delay, the persistent serious issues with the European Solidarity Corps IT tools, which are a significant obstacle not only to the participation of smaller organisations and of young people with fewer opportunities, but also to the participation of all kinds of beneficiaries; calls on the Commission to simplify the process for the IT tools and make it accessible to all groups, more user friendly, and to test IT tools on a sufficiently large scale before they are rolled out further; notes that Erasmus+ and other EU-funded programmes have encountered similar issues with IT tools;
2023/09/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2023/2018(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to improve the quality and quantity of online linguistic support for participants, by making the information available in all EU languages, to integrate better sorting and filtering tools into the placement administration and support system, to simplify and shorten the application process for the new quality label, to set more frequent re-accreditation deadlines and to reduce the time and administrative burden involved in re- accreditation;
2023/09/20
Committee: CULT
Amendment 2 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2020 on ‘Effective measures to ‘green’ Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps’ (2019/2195(INI));
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027 features an overall budget increase of about 68 % compared to its predecessor; whereas this increase significantly depreciates due to the constantly rising inflation rate9a; whereas the overall budget has been frontloaded with a third of the financial envelope committed in the years 2021 and 2022 to address, inter alia, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic; _________________ 9a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20230309-2.
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Creative Europe plays a key role in promoting the arts, culture, audiovisual content and in supporting high-quality media, especially through supporting grass-roots projects, small companies and individual artists; whereas it contributes to the Union's strategy for international cultural relations with the aim of ensuring its long-term impact through a people-to-people approach involving cultural networks, civil society and local organisations;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the Creative Europe programme benefits individual creators in Europe, such as artists, authors and performers;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the programme acknowledges the importance of the music sector as an essential component of Europe’s cultural diversity, which can benefit from the horizontal approach under the Culture strand; whereas during the period 2021-2022 the Music Moves Europe Initiative devoted EUR 5 million to strengthen the competitiveness, innovation and diversity of Europe’s music sector;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas digital technologies, including AI, influence all aspects of cultural life, as well as the work of artists, cultural workers, organisations and institutions, and can help them facilitate interaction with different audiences and opening access to their work; whereas various EU funding programmes and initiatives beyond Creative Europe are supporting the digital transition of the sector; whereas digitalisation has enormous potential and has changed the ways in which the CCSI create, produce and share content, boosting opportunities to grow and increase cultural participation; whereas digitalisation also poses challenges in terms of diversity, adequate remuneration and access to culture;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas, in light of the crucial role of the Creative Europe desks in promoting and informing the cultural and creative sectors about the programme, cooperation and exchanges between the Creative Europe desks and the Commission must be strengthened;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas Creative Europe plays a strategic role for the European Union, its values and its soft power, by fostering partnerships between European cultural and creative players, enabling the creation of new works, and promoting European cultural diversity internationally;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the new generation of the Creative Europe programme continues to generate significant interest within the cultural, creative and, audiovisual and news media sectors, with an increasing number of applications received under the three strands, resulting in a proportionate decrease in the success rate of applications;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to enhance opportunities of the Creative Europe programme for individual cultural creators such as authors, artists and performers who are the creative source of our European culture that our society and democracy is built upon;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises the importance of the cross-border mobility of artists, authors and performers and exchanges between them in order to facilitate their creative work and improve their opportunities to gain new professional experience abroad; welcomes in this context the new mobility action Culture Moves Europe within the CULTURE strand which offers mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals, and calls on the Commission to extend mobility opportunities for individual creators beyond the CULTURE strand;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates its repeated calls upon the Commission and the Member States to tackle the long-term consequences of the pandemic on individual cultural creators that have come alongside other fundamental challenges such as the increasingly fast-paced technological progress which requires a specific technical and legal knowledge; therefore calls on the Commission to significantly enhance opportunities regarding the upskilling and reskilling of artists, authors and performers within the Creative Europe programme;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges the flexibility of the Commission and the EACEA in implementing the programme, which was adapted to take into account the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the need to strike a balance between harmonised administrative management systems for all EU programmes, on the one hand, and the specific needs of different beneficiaries, on the other; urges, therefore, the Commission and the EACEA to step-up their efforts to simplify the administrative management procedures of the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027; encourages the Creative Europe Desks to maintain and further strengthen their support to applicants, in particular by making the programme and its functioning more transparent and accessible to the most disadvantaged beneficiaries;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the administrative simplification measures introduced with the new generation of the programme; recalls, however, that streamlining and simplification should not result in the reduction of financial and human resources devoted to project monitoring and evaluation;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to schedule regular capacity-building exchanges with beneficiaries to outline novelties such as new requirements under the reporting system, including General Data Protection Regulation9 -compliant deliverables; underlines that the reporting system must be improved to facilitate ease of use; and that its accessibility for people with disabilities must be ensured; _________________ 9 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC. OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1.
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges the progressive introduction of inclusion incentives across all strands in the first two years of programme’s implementation; notes, however, the lack of comprehensive data on how the programme objectives are being pursued in a way that encourages inclusion, equality, diversity and participation; urges the Commission to provide, in this regard, a detailed report in its interim evaluation;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the importance of transparency in disseminating call results; in this regard, calls on the Commission to continue publishing the list of all grant recipients along with the awarded amount for calls in a timely manner;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the importance of further working on the protection of freedom of artistic expression through the funding of cultural cooperation projects and cultural networks dedicated to this topic under the Creative Europe programme;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the great potential of Creative Europe in its external dimension with the aim of building international cultural relations based on shared values; in this regard, welcomes the work done by the Member States’ cultural institutes and organisations and by the EUNIC Clusters in third countries and encourages further cooperation between them with a particular attention to be given to smaller Member States and Member States with limited or no cultural visibility abroad, and to their cultural representation needs;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the launch in November 2021 by the Commission of CulturEU, a new multilingual interactive guide mapping all funding opportunities available at EU level for the cultural and creative sectors and industries, which has been developed to help all types and sizes of partners to navigate the landscape of EU funding for culture;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 58 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of the Creative Europe programme in developing and enhancing transnational partnerships, thus also contributing to EU international relations through culture; in this regard, calls on the Commission to invest appropriate resources on the external dimension of the programme;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 60 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the increasing participation of third countries in the various components of the Creative Europe programme, which contributes to strengthening cultural and artistic links between the EU and those countries; calls on the Commission to support the participation of third countries, which helps to strengthen international cultural cooperation;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 65 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that the current Creative Europe programme, despite the significantly increased budget for the period 2021-2027, is still oversubscribed and does not reflect the growth and full potential of the European cultural and creative sectors and industries; calls on the Commission and the Member States, in this regard, to substantially increase the financial envelope of the Creative Europe programme 2028-2034; in this context, strongly deplores the announced Council cuts for the 2024 budget, that could put in danger ongoing key projects, which are essential to achieve the objectives of the programme;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 67 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further strengthen and facilitate mobility initiatives such as Culture Moves Europe and other mobility opportunities for individual creators by equipping them with higher funding within the budgets of the current and future Creative Europe programme;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 75 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Deplores the fact that, under the 2021-2027 MFF, there is no flexibility to top-up the Creative Europe programme and underlines that this precludes the funding of new initiatives, valuable pilot projects and preparatory actions;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 80 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that contributing to the Union’s global strategy for international relations through culture is a priority of the Culture strand. Emphasises that culture can play an important role in promoting European values internationally. Therefore calls for allowing cooperation projects to have partners from countries that are not participating in the programme;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 81 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Underlines the importance of the funding strand for European networks in the cultural and creative sectors representing thousands of organisations and millions of people working in these sectors; providing networking and capacity building and contributing to strengthening the competitiveness and diversity of the European cultural and creative sectors; calls on the Commission, to continue developing this action by increasing the number of networks funded and ensuring adequate funding;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 82 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges the high quality of applications received under the mobility scheme; in this regard, calls on the Commission to safeguard geographical balance in addition to increasing participation from countries that are underrepresented; in this context, recalls the importance of mutual recognition and cross-border portability of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications to facilitate cross-border mobility of workers in the CCSI;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 84 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to increase the promotion of Culture Moves Europe to a wider audience, with the aid and support of all Creative Europe desks, through communication and outreach activities specifically targeting less represented countries and sectors, as well as artists with disabilities; regrets, however, that administrative and financial obstacles to mobility still remain; calls for the promotion of cross-border approaches to culture and the search for European partners for the creation of major European cultural co-productions and residencies programmes, with the objective of fostering the mobility of artists and creators by reinforcing cooperation of all involved actors and exchanges of best practices, including with non-EU countries;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 85 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to increase the promotion of Culture Moves Europe to a wider audience, with the aid and support of all Creative Europe desks, through communication and outreach activities specifically targeting less represented countries and sectors, as well as artists with disabilities and artists from marginalised groups;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 95 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the increase of actions providing support to the music sector under the Culture strand, resulting in a higher number of music-related projects being submitted under the current programme;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a more strategic and sector-oriented approach for the music sector tackling the new and upcoming challenges, building on the results of the Music Moves Europe preparatory action; in this regard, stresses the importance of a regular structured dialogue between the music sector and the Commission;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Acknowledges that the European Heritage Label is a valuable initiative promoting the significant role these sites play in the history and culture of Europe and notes that, during the period from 2013 to 2021, 60 sites have been designated with the title; calls, however, on the Commission to improve the visibility of the European Heritage Label by developing synergies with other relevant EU financial instruments;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 112 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the significant international competition that European audiovisual, film and videogame content are facing;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 116 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the vital roles of the European Film Distribution and European Film Sales support schemes in contributing to the cultural diversity of the European audiovisual sector by increasing the cross- border circulation of European films; stresses, therefore, that it is key to maintain adequate funding for both schemes and to make further efforts to ensure the circulation and online availability of European works;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Requests additional funding for video game projects under Creative Europe to contribute to the growth of the European video game ecosystem in order to maximise game creation opportunities throughout all Member States and encourage the development of and retain European talent;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 126 #

2023/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Notes that, as the Media Invest facility attracted a large number of applications, increased budgetary synergies with the InvestEU programme must be secured for its future implementation; calls on the Commission to further improve the promotion of this facility amongst the audiovisual sector;
2023/09/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 72 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The European Union is founded on the values of human dignity, freedom, and respect of human rights and committed to combating discrimination, including on the grounds of disability, as set out in the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Every citizen of the Union has the fundamental right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, subject to the limitations and conditions laid down in the Treaties and by the measures adopted to give effect to them. Article 18 of the UNCRPD also recognises the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement and to freedom to choose their residence, on an equal basis with others.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, citizenship of the Union is destined to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States when exercising the right to move and reside within the territory of the Member States, enabling those who find themselves in the same situation to enjoy, within the scope ratione materiae of the TFEU, the same treatment in law irrespective of their nationality, subject to such exceptions as are expressly provided for. The right to free movement should also apply to third country nationals who have legal residence in a Member State of the European Union and a recognised disability in that Member State, in the interest of equal treatment. Therefore, this Directive is to be complemented by a separate legal act which will bridge the legal gap between EU citizens and legally residing third country nationals in this regard. This will provide for more legal certainty not least for third country nationals women and girls with disabilities who have legal residence in the European Union.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) The Union is a Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)39 , and is bound by its provisions which are an integral part of the Union legal order to the extent of its competences. All the Member States are Parties to the UNCRPD and are bound by it also to the extent of their competences. _________________ While the Union and all its Member States are bound by the UNCRPD there are significant differences in its implementation3a. There is a need to progress on equality for persons with disabilities both for the Union itself as well as in all Member States, for example through investments in infrastruture, capacity buidiling, training and awareness raising campaigns. The Union and all Member States should further ratify the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD. _________________ 3a https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2023/ implementing-un-convention-rights- persons-disabilities-human-rights- indicators 39 Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 35.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The purpose of the UNCRPD is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect of their inherent dignity, thus ensuring their full and effective participation and inclusion in society on an equal basis with others. The UNCRPD also recognises the importance of the need to take appropriate measures to ensure equality of opportunity and universal accessibility tofor persons with disabilities.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) The UNCRPD recognises that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination, and that State Parties should take measures to ensure their full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, to which the European Union is a party, shall also guide the establishment of the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) Impediments to the fundamental right of free movement is exacerbated for women and girls with disabilities who are confronted with intersectional discrimination in all areas of life, not least in education and employment. For example, 20 % of women with disabilities are in full-time employment, compared to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities. 22% of women with disabilities are at risk of poverty, compared to 20% of men with disabilities and 16% of women without disabilities. 17% of women with disabilities graduate tertiary education, compared to 18% of men with disabilities and 32% of women without disabilities. 11% of women with disabilities have unmet needs for medical examination, compared to 10% of men with disabilities and 3% of women without disabilities.47a The difference is particularly noticeable in rural areas where access to services and opportunities in general is much more limited compared to urban areas. Therefore the European Disability Card must have a clearer gender equality perspective and contribute to improving the free movement especially for women and girls with disabilities, for example when they move to another Member State for work or study and are reassessed by the new Member State. It is crucial that the vulnerable situation for women and girls with disabilities is not exacerbated further but rather, that they are encouraged to exercise their freedom of movement and protected when they do in order to ensure their free movement and economic independence. _________________ 47a Intersecting inequalities in the European Union in the 2023 Gender Equality Index https://eige.europa.eu/gender-equality- index/2022/domain/intersecting- inequalities/disability/work
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) Persons with disabilities who also belong to other marginalized groups such as LGBTQI+, racialized groups and ethnic minorities, people from disadvantaged socio-economic background, young people and people from remote geographical areas... often face multiple discrimination therefore it is important that Member States apply an intersectional approach when transposing and implementing this directive.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Alongside physical and othervarious visible and invisible barriers in accessing both public and private spaces, high expenses are a key factor discouraging many persons with disabilities from travel48 , because they have specific needs and may also require person(s) accompanying or assisting them including those recognised as personal assistant(s) in accordance with national legislation or practices, making their travel costs higher than for persons without disabilities49 . Furthermore, the widespread lack of knowledge of psychosocial, cognitive, physical or sensorial accessibility policies can pave the way to discriminatory behaviour. The lack of recognition of disability status in other Member States might limit their access to special conditions, such as free access or reduced tariffs, or preferential treatment and has an impact on their travel costs, lives and choices. _________________ 48 Findings from Final Report based on Survey targeted at EU-level CSOs; Shaw and Coles, ‘Disability, holiday making and the tourism industry in the UK: a preliminary survey’, 25(3) Tourism Management (2004) 397-403; Eugénia Lima Devile and Andreia Antunes Moura (2021), Travel by People With Physical Disabilities: Constraints and Influences in the Decision-Making Process. 49 McKercher and Darcy (2018), Re- conceptualizing barriers to travel by people with disabilities, Tourism Management Perspectives, 59-66. [More for Explanatory Memorandum?]
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) Personal assistants assist the person with disabilities or carry out activities of daily living if need be in the framework of a contractual relationship, and they do so with the objective of encouraging personal autonomy, facilitating community life and promoting independent living
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) Experience shows that when presenting a European Disability Card or similar national recgnition of disability, due to a lack of awareness, misunderstandings or communication barriers persons with disabilities, particularly those with invisible disabilities, do not always receive the most relevant support and accomodation for their disability. Member States should therefore provide the option to persons with disabilities, when applying for the card to the relevant authorities, to choose to display relevant symbol(s) on the card in order to indicate their assistance requirements.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) In order to raise awareness and facilitate access to special conditions or preferential treatment for persons with disabilities, while travelling to or visiting another Member State, all relevant information with respect to the conditions, rules, practices, and procedures applicable to obtain the European Disability Card and/or the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities and its subsequent use should be made publicly available by Member States in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly manner and accessible formats for persons with disabilities , including in digital formats, national sign languages and easy to read format, and upon request in assistive formats requested by persons with disabilities respecting the relevant accessibility requirements for services established in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/882. Private operators or public authorities granting special conditions or preferential treatment to persons with disabilities should make such information publicly available in a clear, comprehensive, user- friendly manner and accessible formats, for persons with disabilities, respecting the relevant accessibility requirements for services established in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/882.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) In order to increase the number of service providers who offer special conditions or preferential treatment for persons with disabilities, Member States should support and encourage private operators and public authorities through relevant measures including through providing information and exchanges of best practice on the different types of special conditions or preferential treatment which could be offered as well as the provision of training on disability mainstreaming and disability awareness to ensure the special conditions or preferential treatment offered is done so in an inclusive and accessible way. For example such training could address the accessibility issues faced by persons with disabilities, requirements of persons with different disabilities concerning communication, respectful and safe management of equipment, use of assistive augmentative communication (AAC) and how to provide and publicise any offer of special conditions or preferential treatments in an accessibly visible way. Member States should ensure all such measures are carried out in partnership with persons with disabilities and their representative organisation to ensure they are inclusive and effectives.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Member States should take all the necessary steps to avoid any risk of forgery or fraud when issuing the European Disability Card or the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities and should actively combat fraudulent use and forgery of these cards. Member States should ensure that any measures taken to combat forgery or fraud ensure due regard and consideration to the rights of persons with disabilities and should not result in any interference with their legitimate interests in using either card or lead in any way to their stigmatisation. Member States should assess the impact of any measures on persons with disabilities and consult them and their representative organisations in the measures’ design and implementation.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Member States should ensure that adequate and effective means exist to ensure compliance with this Directive and should therefore establish appropriate remedies, including checks on compliance and administrative and judicial procedures, to guarantee that persons with disabilities, person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s), as well as public bodies such as equality bodies or private associations, organisations in particular representative organisations of persons with disabilities or other legal entities which have a legitimate interest may take action on behalf of a person with disabilities under national law. Persons with disabilities should further have a right to redress, including adequate compensation, in case of infringements of their rights arising from this Directive. Member States should ensure these provisions comply with the principle of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities in their design and implementation in line with the UNCRPD.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 187 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the rules governing the issuance of the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities as proof respectively of a disability status or of a right to parking conditions and facilities reserved for persons with disabilities, in view of promoting equal rights and freedom of movement for persons with disabilities and facilitating short stays of persons with disabilities in a Member State other than that of which they are a resident, by granting them access to any special conditions or preferential treatment with respect to services, activities or facilities, including when provided not for remuneration, or parking conditions and facilities offered to or reserved for persons with disabilities or person(s) accompanying or assisting them including their personal assistant(s);
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 214 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. This Directive does not impinge on national competences to grant or require to grant special benefits or specific, preferential conditions, such as free access, reduced tariffs, or preferential treatment for persons with disabilities and, where provided, for person(s) accompanying or assisting them including their personal assistant(s), guide dogs or assistance animals.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 5
5. This Directive shall be without prejudice to the rights that persons with disabilities or, person(s) accompanying or assisting them, including their personal assistant(s), or guide dogs and assistance animals may derive from other provisions of Union law or national law implementing Union law, including those granting specific benefits, special conditions, or preferential treatment.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) “special conditions or preferential treatment” means specific conditions, including those related to financial conditions, or differentiated treatment related to assistance and support such as free access, reduced tariffs, priority access, offered to persons with disabilities and/or, when applicable, to person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s), guide dogs or assistance animals recognised in accordance with the national legislation or practices as such, irrespective whether provided on a voluntary basis or imposed by legal obligations;
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) “parking conditions and facilities” means any parking space reserved for persons with disabilities or person(s) accompanying or assisting them including their personal assistant(s) in general as well as associated parking benefits for, or preferential conditions afforded to, persons with disabilities, such as free parking, reduced tariffs, reduced fees or user charges for toll roads/bridges/tunnels or extended parking spaces irrespective of whether provided on a voluntary basis or imposed by legal obligations.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 234 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) “Reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rights provided under this Directive;
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Union citizens and residents and family members of Union citizens and residents whose disability status is recognised by the competent authorities in the Member State of their residence by means of a certificate, a card or any other formal document issued in accordance with national competences, practices, and procedures, as well as, when applicable, to person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s), as well as guide dogs or assistance animals.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 261 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to recognise holders of a European Disability Card as persons protected against discrimination on the grounds of disability, and as such, as persons with the right to have access to the available resources and assistance in cases of rights violations and the absence of real and effective equal treatment.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) when special conditions or preferential treatment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article include favourable conditions for person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s) or specific conditions for assistance animals, these favourable or specific conditions are granted on equal terms and conditions to the person(s) accompanying or assisting them, including personal assistant(s) or guide dogs or assistance animals of the holder of a European Disability Card;
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 267 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) when parking conditions and facilities referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article include favourable conditions for person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s), these favourable conditions are granted on equal terms and conditions to theapply to person(s) accompanying or assisting them, including personal assistant(s) of the holder of the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 277 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall introduce the European Disability Card following the common standardised and universally accessible format set out in Annex I. Member States shall introduce digital features in physical cards using electronic means addressing fraud- prevention as part of the European Disability Card, as soon as the requirements concerning the digital features referred to in Annex I, are laid down by the Commission in the technical specifications referred to in Article 8. The digital storage medium shall not contain more personal data than the data provided for the European Disability Card in Annex I.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 281 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. European Disability Cards issued by Member States shall be issues and renewed for free, be mutually recognised in all Member States and be compatible with national certificates or cards.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 292 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The European Disability Card shall be issued or renewed by the Member State of residence directly or upon application by the person with disabilities. It shall be issued and renewed within the same period set in the applicable national legislation for issuing disability certificates, disability cards or any other formal document recognising the disability status of a person with disabilities. In case of a change in the country of residence, the card renewal period may be extended from 6 to 8 months.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 304 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The validity of the European Disability Card issued by a Member State shall be at least for the same duration as that of the disability certificate, disability card or any other formal document with the longest duration recognising their disability status issued to the person concerned by the competent authority of the Member State in its territory. In case of a change in the country of residence, the card renewal period may be extended from 6 to 8 months.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 342 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. The Commission shall establish a publicly available Union database that contains relevant information related to the applicable parking conditions and facilities as defined at local, regional, or national level in each Member State. The database shall be available in all EU languages and the national sign languages of Member States as well as in accessible formats. Member States shall ensure public authorities upload this information to the database and update it where necessary.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 354 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall make the conditions and rules, practices, and procedures to issue, renew or withdraw a European Disability Card and a European Parking Card for persons with disabilities publicly available in accessible formats, including in digital formats, national sign languages, Braille, and easy to read format, audio version and upon request in other alternative assistive formats requested by persons with disabilities.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 369 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall take appropriate measures to raise awareness among professionals in contact with the public, including in accessible ways, about the existence and rights conferred by the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 388 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Representative organizations of persons with disabilities shall participate in the entire development, planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation process.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 417 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that private operators or public authorities make information on any special conditions or preferential treatment pursuant to Article 5 publicly available in accessible formats clear, comprehensive, user-friendly and easily accessible way and in accessible formats. Member States shall establish a single dedicated website collating the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by their public authorities. Member States may also facilitate information concerning the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by private operators on the website where available. The website shall be in the official language(s) of the Member States, national sign language and English as well as any other relevant language(s) as determined by the Member State.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 421 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support and encourage private operators or public authorities to voluntarily provide special conditions or preferential treatment for persons with disabilities in as wide a range of services, other activities and facilities as possible. In particular Member States shall support and encourage private operators and public authorities through, inter alia, the provision of information and exchange of best practices on possible special conditions or preferential treatment to be offered and the provision of disability- mainstreaming and awareness training so as to ensure the relevance, effectiveness and inclusivity of any special conditions or preferential treatment offered. Member States shall ensure all such measures are carried out in partnership with persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 425 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be made available free of charge in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly and easily accessible way, including through the private operators or public authorities’ official website where available, or by other suitable means, in accordance with the relevant accessibility requirements for services set in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882 without exceeding a level of complexity superior to level B1 (intermediate) of the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, including in the national sign language(s).
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 432 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The report shall address, inter alia, in the light of social, economic and other relevant developments the use of the European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities with a view to assessing the need to review this Directive. The report shall include a gender equality analysis of how the provisions of this Directive have impacted the free movement of women and girls with disabilities. The report shall also evaluate the effectiveness of the incentivizing measures provided by Member States to service providers.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 451 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 2
BACK SIDE National information in the national language or national languages to be decided by the issuing Member State. Member States shall provide the option to persons with disabilities, when applying for the card to the relevant authorities, to display relevant symbol(s) on the card in order to indicate their required reasonable accommodation.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the European Central Bank opinion of 24 November 2023,
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 21 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) LAccurate, timely, reliable and comparable data for compiling labour market statistics on businesses in the European Union are required for the design, implementation and evaluation of the Union policies, and to fulfil the tasks under Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular those addressing economic, social and territorial cohesion, the European employment strategy, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Semester.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 22 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances according to Regulation (EU) 1176/201115 and the monitoring of adequate minimum wages according to Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 require accurate information on the evolution of hourly labour costs and wage levels, the rate of collective bargaining coverage, the level of the statutory minimum wage and the share of workers covered by it across Member States. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances (OJ L 306, 23.11.2011, p. 25) 16 Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union (OJ L 275 of 25.10.2022, p. 33).
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 25 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) In order to compile accurate and comparable cross-country labour market statistics on businesses, it is necessary to include all data sources, including those on the public sector and small businesses.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 27 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The implementation, monitoring and assessment of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation18 requires comparable data on wages received by men and women. Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women19 requires Member States to provide the Commission with up-to-date gender pay gap data annually and in a timely manner. This obligation should be complemented by the appropriate necessary statistical frame for compiling and transmitting gender pay gap data. _________________ 18 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 204 of 26.07.2006, p. 23) 19 Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (OJ L 132 of 17.05.2023, p. 21).
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 28 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Following the Social Economy Action Plan as well as goals set in the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030, particularly following the objective to create equal opportunities and ensure them equal access to participate in society and economy, timely, comparable and accurate data on participation of persons with disabilities in labour market is needed. Such data will provide much needed assessment of progress in common efforts in reducing employment rate gaps and increasing the employment rate of persons with disabilities.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 29 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) The implementation of the principle of equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin requires timely, comparable and accurate data on wages and job characteristics of persons of different racial or ethnic origins. Such data will provide much needed assessment of progress in reducing discrimination in relation to employment and working conditions, including dismissals and pay.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 30 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) With the aim to improve the labour market statistics on businesses, it is essential that the data meet the quality requirements. Therefore, the Commission (Eurostat) should provide further guidance on managing the data collected from sources of low quality.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 34 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) To limit the administrative and financial burden on enterprises, in particular on SMEs and micro-enterprises, the national statistical authorities should consider administrative and innovative sources, the main aim of which is not the provision of statistics, as a substitute for or a complement to statistical surveys, subject to the quality requirements for official statistics. The latest technological and digital developments can contribute to this objective.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 40 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) The collection and processing of personal data should be proportionate and comply with the rules set in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. The transmitted data should be aggregated to the extent that individuals cannot be identified.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 43 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) ‘other sources’ means quality and reliable data generated by a non- administrative entity including private records, websites and databases, the main aim of which is not the provision of official statistics;
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 46 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with detailed information on the sources and methods used through the quality reports referred to in Article 8(4). The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of data transmitted, on the basis of appropriate analysis, and shall prepare and publish reports and communications on the quality of these data. The Commission (Eurostat) shall provide further guidance on managing sources categorised as "low quality".
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (a) – indent 2 a (new)
– (iii) rate of collective bargaining coverage;
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 50 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (a) – indent 2 b (new)
– (iv) level of statutory minimum wage;
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 51 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (a) – indent 2 c (new)
– (v) share of workers covered by statutory minimum wage;
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 56 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The collection and processing of personal data shall comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. Transmitted data shall be aggregated to such a degree that individuals cannot be identified.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 69 #

2023/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. In order to improve the labour market statistics on businesses or to limit the burden on administrative and financial burden on enterprises, in particular SMEs and micro-enterprises, the Commission (Eurostat) may initiate feasibility and pilot studies. The purpose of such studies shall include improving quality and comparability, exploring new possibilities and implementing new features to respond to user needs, improving integration between surveys and other data sources, and reducing the burden on respondents. The studies shall take into account technological and digital developments.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 77 #

2023/0288(COD)

Employee’s characteristics Individual demographic, geographic including whether the employee is a migrant or cross-border worker, educational, contractual and occupational information on each employee sampled.
2024/01/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 27 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) There are certain goods and services that all population groups need or have a right to access and therefore should be able to pay for these in cash. Therefore, in cases where the payee is a health care provider or pharmacy, a utilities provider, a retail grocery provider or a public body, cash should not be refused. Member States might extend this list of entities. Member States might, however, choose to permit micro enterprises falling within these categories of payee to nonetheless refuse to accept cash for reasons of proportionality.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) With a view to an effective implementation of their obligation to ensure sufficient and effective access to cash, Member States should regularly monitor the level of access to cash throughout their territory, in all their different regions, including urban and non- urban areas, on the basis of common indicators which allow for comparisons between the Member States. Common indicators could include factors that affect access to cash, such as density of cash access points in relation to population, withdrawal and deposit conditions, including fees, the existence of different networks with different access modalities for customers, urban-rural and socio- economic variations, and access difficulties for certain population groupsand the risk of financial exclusion of certain population groups. In addition to the social and geographical considerations, Member States should also consider the sustainability of the cash cycle. If in the light of their assessment access to cash is deemed sufficient and effective on their territory, Member States would not need to adopt specific measures in relation to their respective obligation. However, they would need to continue monitoring the situation. If a Member State concludes that access to cash is not sufficient and effective in all or part of its territory, or is at risk of deteriorating in the absence of action, appropriate remedial measures should be taken to remedy the situation, such as geographic access requirements on payment service providers providing cash withdrawal services to maintain cash services at a sufficient number of their branch offices where they conduct business, or through an appointed agent for online only credit institutions, or maintain a sufficient density of automated teller machines (ATMs) where they conduct business taking into account a good geographic spread in relation to population, also taking into account possible pooling of ATMs. Other remedial measures could include recommendations addressed to non-credit institutions, such as independent ATM operators, retailers or post offices, encouraging to complement the cash services of banks.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 38 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Any further evolution of the cash infrastructure in a Member State, as a result of a Member State’s assessment, should be managed in a fair, orderly, transparent and equitable manner for all stakeholders.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 41 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts on a set of common indicators of general application in the euro area, which would allow the Member States to effectively monitor and assess the acceptance of payments in cash and access to cash throughout their territory, in all their different regions, including urban and non- urban areas. The common indicators for determining the factors affecting access to cash should be developed in a transparent and equitable manner and the indicators should be made public. In view of the preparation of such implementing acts, the Commission should consult the European Central Bank.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 59 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to the settlement of pecuniary debts in so far as they are to be settled in cash, in whole or in part, where a payment obligation exists in accordance with the applicable law or established legal practices. To ensure the effectiveness of the legal tender of cash, this Regulation applies also to ex ante unilateral exclusion of payments in cash and to the access to cash.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 62 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. ‘ex ante unilateral exclusions of cash’ means a situation when a retailer or service provider unilaterally excludes cash as a payment method for example by introducing a ‘no cash’ sign or by stipulating in a pre-formulated, non- negotiable, standard form contract. In this case, the payer and payee do not freely agree to a means of payment for a purchase;
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 66 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
8a. ‘provider of utilities’ means a provider of an essential good or service including energy, water or telecommunications;
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 b (new)
8b. ‘retail grocery provider’ means an enterprise that has as its primary economic activity the provision of everyday foodstuffs on a retail basis, excluding catering services and the provision of hot food;
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 68 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 c (new)
8c. ‘microenterprise’ means an enterprise as defined in Article 2 point (3) of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 72 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) where, prior to the payment, the payee has agreed with the payer on a different means of payment, including by way of unilateral ex ante exclusion by the payee.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 82 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For the purposes of point (b), the burden of proof to establish that such an agreement existed in a particular case shall be on the payee.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 86 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Paragraph 1 shall not apply in cases where the payee is: (i) a healthcare provider or pharmacy; (ii) a public body; or (iii) a provider of utilities; In addition, paragraph 1(b) shall not apply in cases where the payee is a retail grocery provider.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States may extend the list of payees to which paragraph 2a applies.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 88 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. By way of derogation from paragraph 2a, Member States may decide to permit payees that are micro enterprises falling within the scope of paragraph 2a to avail of the exceptions set out in paragraph 1 for reasons of proportionality.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 126 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall prepare these implementing acts in a transparent and equitable manner. The Commission and Member States shall make the common indicators public and easily accessible.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 133 #

2023/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Any further evolution of the cash infrastructure in a Member State as a result of a Member State’s assessment shall be managed in a fair, orderly, transparent and equitable manner for all stakeholders.
2024/01/29
Committee: ECON
Amendment 164 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The economic governance framework of the Union should be adapted to better take into account the growing heterogeneity of fiscal positions, public debt challenges and other vulnerabilities across Member States. The strong policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic proved highly effective in mitigating the economic and social damage of the crisis, but the crisis resulted in a significant increase in public- and private-sector debt ratios, underscoring the importance of reducing debt ratios to prudent levels in a gradual, sustained and growth-friendly manner and addressing macroeconomic imbalances, while paying due attention to employment and social objectives. At the same time, the economic governance framework of the Union should be adapted to help address the medium- and long-term challenges facing the Union including achieving a fair digital and green transition, including the Climate Law22 , ensuring energy security, open strategic autonomy, addressing demographic change, strengthening social and economic resilience and implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights1a, as well as the the strategic compass for security and defence, all of which requires reforms and sustained high levels of investment in the years to come. _________________ 1a COM(2021) 102 final 22 The European Climate Law sets a Union-wide climate neutrality objective by 2050 and requires Union institutions and Member States to progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, requiring significant public investment to reduce the negative socio-economic impacts of climate change on the EU and its Member States, including negative impacts on growth and fiscal sustainability.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 176 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The economic governance framework of the Union should put debt sustainability and sustainable and inclusive growth, through both reforms and investments, at its core and therefore differentiate between Member States by taking into account their public debt challenges and allowing country-specific fiscal trajectories.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 195 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) National medium-term fiscal- structural plans should bring together the fiscal, structural reforms and investment commitments of each Member State and these plans should be the cornerstone of the economic governance framework of the Union. Each Member State should present a medium-term plan that sets out its fiscal trajectory as well as priority strategic public investment and reform commitments that together ensureshould contribute to sustained and gradual debt reduction and sustainable and inclusive growth and resilience, avoiding a pro- cyclical fiscal policy, as well as broader reform and investment commitments, including in relation to the green and digital transitions, social and economic resilience and the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights. During the lifetime of the Recovery and Resilience Facility25 , commitments undertaken in the national Recovery and Resilience Plans should be duly taken into account. _________________ 25 Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17).
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 202 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Investments have proven to be an essential part of the economic and social recovery after the pandemic, and in response to inflation and the rise of the energy prices. In addition to investments in infrastructure, multiannual social investment in human capital, in particular in education, health and labour market integration, could harness the opportunities for societal and individual growth.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 211 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In order to simplify the Union fiscal framework and increase transparency, a single operational indicator anchored in debt sustainability should serve as a basis for setting the fiscal path and carrying out annual fiscal surveillance for each Member State. That single operational indicator should be based on nationally financed net primary expenditure, that is to say expenditure net of discretionary revenue measures and excluding interest expenditure as well as cyclical unemployment expenditure, costs related to the borrowing of funds for the loans related to the national plans in accordance with the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and expenditure on Union programmes fully matched by revenue from Union funds. This indicator allows for macro-economic stabilisation as it is not affected by the operation of automatic stabilisers, including revenue and expenditure fluctuations outside the direct control of the government.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 243 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) In the development process of the medium-term fiscal-structural plan, Member States should also consider consulting relevant stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 245 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) When Member States use assumptions in their medium-term fiscal- structural plan that differ from the Commission’s standard medium-term debt projection framework, they should explain and duly justify the differences in a transparent manner and based on sound economic arguments. The independent fiscal institutions of the Member State should also opine on the justifications for deviating from the technical trajectory.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 253 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The Commission’s assessment of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plans should examine in particular the plausibility of the macroeconomic and fiscal assumptions, to the extent that they depart from those underlying the technical trajectory. In particular, the debt projections at unchanged policy to be included in the plan should be consistent and comparable with the Commission projections. The opinions of the independent fiscal institutions and European Fiscal Board should be duly taken into account by the Commission.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 266 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) The investments required to ensure the Union is able to meet the challenges it faces in the short-term, including meeting its climate change commitments, are enormous. Private sector involvement will be required to fulfil the need for investment and to contribute to efficiency gains and economies of scale. In this context, Member States should be encouraged to commit to investments that crowd in private investment and, in turn, may account for this debt evenly until its maturity, in line with standard practice in the private sector.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 269 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Where the verifiable and time- bound set of reform and investment commitments underpinning the more gradual net expenditure path is not met within the specified deadline, the Council, on a recommendation from the Commission, can recommend that adjustment be steepened, that is to say by shortening the extension of the net expenditure path. Both net expenditure significantly exceeding the net expenditure path and a significant cumulated debit balance should be considered as not in compliance with the net expenditure path. Such a measure should ensure that Member States undertake necessary consolidation even in times of economic growth.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 277 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Independent fiscal institutions have proven their capacity to foster fiscal discipline and strengthen the credibility of Member States’ public finances. In order to enhance national ownership and the accountability of the national governments, the role of independent fiscal institutions, traditionally mandated to monitor compliance with the national framework, should be expanded to the economic governance framework of the Union.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 291 #

2023/0138(COD)

(31) There should also be a country- specific escape clause to allow a deviation from the net expenditure path provided that it does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium term in the case of exceptional circumstances, such as unpredictable exogenous events that could not have been prevented and that require counter-cyclical fiscal measures, outside the control of the Member State which have a major impact on the public finances of the Member State. Such major impact should result in an overall size of the shock that exceeds a ‘normal’ range: for example costs of natural disasters should be factored in in budgetary planning within a certain range. Exceptional circumstances should be considered as a significant negative GDP shock. The triggering and extension of general and country-specific escape clauses are subject to a Council recommendation and accompanied by an opinion from the European Fiscal Board .
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 300 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation sets out rules ensuring effective coordination of economic policies of the Member States, thereby supporting the achievement of the Union’s objectives for growth andsustainable growth, competitiveness, and quality employment.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 313 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
It lays down detailed rules concerning the content, submission, assessment and monitoring of national medium-term fiscal- structural plans as part of multilateral budgetary surveillance by the Council and the Commission, with involvement of the European Parliament, so as to promote debt sustainability, strategic reforms and investments, and sustainable and inclusive growth in the Member States and prevent the occurrence of excessive government deficits, by medium-term planning.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 325 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘net expenditure’ means government expenditure net of interest expenditure, discretionary revenue measures, costs related to the borrowing of funds for the loans related to the national plans in accordance with the Recovery and Resilience Facility in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/241, cyclical elements of unemployment benefit expenditure, and other budgetary variables outside the control of the government as set out in Annex II, point (a);
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 347 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘annual progress report’ means the document of a Member State reporting on the implementation of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, including the net expenditure path, and of the reforms and investment commitments included in its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 354 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7 a) ‘planning horizon’ means adjustment period;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 364 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10 a) ‘projection period‘ means the adjustment period plus ten years.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 387 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the submission, assessment and endorsement of Member States’ medium- term fiscal-structural plans, where appropriate, as well as their monitoring via the annual progress reports;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 391 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) the surveillance to detect, prevent and correct challenges identified in the social convergence reports under the Social Convergence Framework;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 407 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Where necessary, following the assessment pursuant to this Regulation of the medium-term fiscal-structural plans, the annual progress reports and the socio- economic situation of the Member States concerned, the Council shall, on the basis of recommendations from the Commission, address recommendations to those Member States making full use of the legal instruments provided in Articles 121 and 148 TFEU and related secondary legislation. Such recommendations shall identify relevant measures to be taken in case of insufficient progress towards achieving applicable targets in line with Member States' reporting under Article 3.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 433 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
To aid the preparation of the report, the European Commission may consult the relevant Member State and national independent fiscal institution on the proposed technical trajectory. The report mentioned in paragraph 1 shall also be referred to the European Parliament. The European Parliament is entitled to organise a hearing or conduct a written consultation with the relevant Commissioner in order to gather additional information on the proposed technical trajectory in the two weeks following the submission of the report.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 435 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Requirements for the technical trajectory The technical trajectory shall ensure that: (a) the public debt ratio is put or remains on a plausibly downward path, or stays at prudent levels; (b) the government deficit is brought and maintained below the 3% of GDP reference value; (c) the fiscal adjustment effort over the period of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan is at least proportional to the total effort over the entire adjustment period; (d) the public debt ratio at the end of the planning horizon is below the public debt ratio in the year before the start of the technical trajectory; and (e) national net expenditure growth remains below medium-term output growth, on average, as a rule over the horizon of the plan. The technical trajectories shall be differentiated for each Member State. The criteria for setting the technical trajectories are set out in Annex I.Article 6 deleted
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 510 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article6a Requirements for setting the technical trajectory When designing the technical trajectory for each Member State, the Commission shall ensure that: (a) by the end of the adjustment period, at the latest, the 10-year debt trajectory in the absence of further budgetary measures is on a credibly downward path or stays at prudent levels; (b) the government deficit is brought and maintained below the 3% of GDP reference value in the absence of further budgetary measures over the same 10- year period; (c) for the years that the Member State concerned is expected to have a deficit above the 3% of GDP reference value, and the excess is not close and temporary, the technical trajectory is also consistent with the benchmark referred to under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 as amended by Regulation (EU) [on the corrective arm]; (d) the public debt ratio stabilises over the adjustment period and is reduced over the projection period. The Commission will set out the minimum annual average adjustment figure for each Member State within a range of [x] p.p of debt to GDP and [y] p.p of debt to GDP, depending on that Member State's debt levels and sustainability and the business cycle, for the whole projection period. The technical trajectories shall be differentiated for each Member State.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 514 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [1 March] of the year [xxxx] in which the Member States have to submit for the first time their medium-term fiscal- structural plans or by [1 March] of the final year covered by the ongoing medium-term fiscal-structural plan or, as appropriate, within 3 weeks from the request of the Member State to submit a new plan, the Commission shall publish:
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 520 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the underlying medium-term public debt projection framework, based on the debt sustainability analysis methodology, and results;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 539 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. For Member States having a government deficit below the 3% of GDP reference value and public debt below the 60% of GDP reference value, the Commission shall provide technical information regarding the structural primary balance necessary to ensure that the headline deficit is maintained below the 3% of GDP reference value and the public debt ratio remains below the 60% of GDP reference value, both without any additional policy measures over a 10-year period after the end of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 543 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall update the technical trajectories and the quantitative guidance at least once every 4 yearsfor every Member State as referred to in Article 5(1) in time for the submission of the next cycle of medium- term fiscal-structural plans.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 554 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
To assess plausibility that the projected public debt ratio of the Member State concerned is on a downward path or remains at a prudent level, the Commission shall use the methodology referred to in Annex Va methodology based on the following conditions: (i) public debt ratio should be declining, or stay at prudent levels, under the deterministic scenarios of the Commission’s medium-term public debt projection framework described in the Debt Sustainability Monitor 2022; (ii) the risk of the public debt ratio not decreasing in the 5 years following the adjustment period of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan is sufficiently low. The risk is assessed with the help of the Commission’s stochastic analysis. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act defining the methodology to be used for assessing plausibility, in accordance with the provisions of Article 33. The Commission shall make public its analysis of plausibility and the underlying data.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 570 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article8a Prior guidance by independent fiscal institutions 1. Each Member State shall make a draft plan available to the independent fiscal institution referred to in Article 8 of the Council Directive [on the national budgetary frameworks], at least 1 month before the submission of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan. 2. The relevant independent fiscal institution shall assess the draft plan and shall give an opinion to the Member State. This opinion shall be made public. 3. In particular, the assessment shall address: (a) the feasibility of complying with the net expenditure path considering the macroeconomic forecast and assumptions and the expected impact of the fiscal policies included in the draft plan; (b) whether the draft plan complies with the requirements set out in Article 12; (c) the sound and verifiable economic arguments explaining the difference between the net expenditure path and the technical trajectory referred to in Article 11(2) of this Regulation.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 580 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall submit to the Council and to the Commission a national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, accompanied by an opinion of the independent fiscal institutions of the Member State, before end-April following the entry into force of this Regulation. The Member State concerned and the Commission may agree to extend this deadline by a reasonable period if necessary.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 583 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Any extension of the deadline shall be reported in writing by the Commission to the European Parliament, including information about the extension and the reasons underlying it, subject to appropriate confidentiality arrangements if they are necessary. Each Member State shall submit to the Council and to the Commission a new national medium-term fiscal-structural plan before end-April of the final year covered by the ongoing medium-term fiscal-structural plan.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 595 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Prior to the submission of its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, the Member State concerned shall hold with the Commission a technical dialogue, with the objective of ensuring that the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan complies with Articles 11, 12 and, 14 and, where relevant, Article 143.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 607 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The national medium-term fiscal-structural plan shall provide the information listed in Annex II. In particular, it shall present a net expenditure trajectorypath covering a period of at least 4 years, as well as the underlying macroeconomic assumptions and the planned fiscal-structural measures in order to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Article 12.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 623 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Where the national-medium-term fiscal-structural plan includes a higher net expenditure trajectory than in the technical trajectory issued by the Commission pursuant to Article 5, the Member State shall provide in its plan sound and verifiable economic arguments explaining the difference. The explanation shall be accompanied by an assessment by the Independent Fiscal Institutions of the Member State of the economic arguments put forward by the Member State.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 627 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Requirements of the national medium- term fiscal-structural plans
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 634 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure the fiscal adjustment necessary to put or keep public debt on a plauscredibly downward path by the end of the adjustment period at the latest, or remain at prudent levels, and to bring and maintain the government deficit below the 3% of GDP reference value over the medium term;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 637 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) assess the national public and private investment gaps to achieve the common priorities of the Union listed in Article 12;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 653 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) explain how it will ensure the delivery of investment and reforms responding to the main challenges identified within the European Semester, in the country-specific recommendations, correct the identified macroeconomic imbalances under the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure if applicable, and address the common priorities of the Union referred to in Annex VI of this Regulation, including the European Green Deal, European Pillar of Social Rights and the Digital Decade while being consistent with the updated National Energy and Climate Plans and the National Digital Decade Roadmaps;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 661 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) explain how it will ensure consistency with the updated National Energy and Climate Plans and the National Digital Decade Roadmaps;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 664 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) explain how it will address the common priorities of the Union referred to in Annex VI, including the European Green Deal, European Pillar of Social Rights, including the related targets on employment, skills and poverty reduction by 2030, and the Digital Decade while being consistent with the updated National Energy and Climate Plans and the National Digital Decade Roadmaps. In addition, it shall explain how it will ensure consistency with the broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and with the employment guidelines in accordance with Article 121(2) and Article 148(2) TFEU;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 675 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) quantify the current and planned green transition expenditures, in particular for activities listed in Annex VI of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 for sectors listed in NACE Rev.2 (A*64 aggregation level).
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 682 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) explain how it will ensure consistency and, where appropriate, complementarity the EU funds, namely cohesion policy funds from which the Member State concerned benefits.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 699 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The set of reform and investment commitments underpinning an extension of the adjustment period, shall be commensurate with the degree of public debt challenges and challenges to medium- term growth in the Member State concerned, including demographic challenges.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 708 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point i
(i) be growth enhancing or improve the resilience of the economy;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 735 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point v
(v) ensure that the overall level of nationally financed public investment over the lifetime of the national medium- term fiscal-structural plan is higher than the medium-term level before the period of that plan.deleted
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 747 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Each of the reform and investment commitments underpinning an extension of the adjustment period shall be sufficiently detailed, front-loadedistributed proportionally throughout the period covered by the plan and at the latest by the end of the adjustment period, time-bound and verifiable.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 752 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. During the lifetime of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/241, commitments included in the approved Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Member State concerned canshall be taken into account for an extension of the adjustment period, as long as they fulfil the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 754 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Commitments included in the Partnership Agreement in Multiannual Financial Framework can also be taken into account for an extension of the adjustment period, as long as they fulfil the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 755 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Commitments that are matched by at least 40% private investment may, upon request for approval from the Commission, exceptionally account for this investment evenly until the maturity of the investment, meaning that the credit recorded in the control account may be spread evenly over the lifetime of the investment.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 772 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State may request to submit a revised national medium-term fiscal-structural plan to the Commission no later than six months before the end of its adjustment periodplanning horizon if there are objective circumstances preventing the implementation of the original national medium-term fiscal- structural plan or if the submission of a new national medium-term fiscal-structural plan is requested by a new government.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 775 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A revised national medium-term fiscal-structural plan submitted by a new government shall only reverse or remove investments present in the original plan if their removal does not result in unjustified additional costs for the Member State.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 776 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. A revised national medium term fiscal structural plan shall be accompanied by an opinion of the Independent Fiscal Institutions of the Member State on the objective circumstances preventing the implementation of the original plan and, where relevant, the necessity to remove or reverse committed investments.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 782 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Prior to the submission of the revised national medium-term fiscal- structural plan, the Commission shall put forward, in a report to the Economic and Financial Committee, a new technical trajectory or technical information, where applicable .
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 785 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Taking into account the phe new technical trajectory shall, ast adjustment of the Member State concerned rule, uphold the ambition orf the lack thereof, the new technical trajectory shallprevious fiscal path, not allow backloading of the fiscal adjustment effort and shall not lead to a lower fiscal adjustment effort.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 798 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess each national medium-term fiscal-structural plan within 2 months of its submission. The Member State concerned and the Commission may agree to extend the period of assessment by a reasonable period if necessary, not exceeding one additional month.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 810 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) whether the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan ensures that public debt is put or kept on a plauscredibly downward path by the end of the adjustment period at the latest, or stays at prudent levels;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 823 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) whether the government deficit is maintained below the 3% of GDP reference value in the absence of further budgetary measures over a period of 10 years after the end of the plan;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 854 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) for Member States fulfilling the criteria of Article 5(1), whether the public debt ratio at the end of the planning horizon is below the public debt ratio in the year before the start of the technical trajectory.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 885 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission recommendation shall be accompanied by a report from the European Fiscal Board assessing the plausibility of the expenditure path, the assumptions underlying the investment commitments if an extensions of the adjustment period is foreseen, and compliance with the criteria laid down in Article 15(2) and (3).
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 899 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Council shall, on a recommendation from the Commission, recommend to the Member State concerned that the technical trajectory issued by the Commission, in accordance with Article 5, be the net expenditure path of the Member State where:
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 907 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the Member State fails to submit an initial national medium term fiscal- structural plan or a new national medium- term fiscal-structural plan at the end of the periodfinal year covered by the previous national medium-term fiscal- structural plan.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 913 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Where a Member State has been granted an extension of its adjustment period but fails to satisfactorily comply with its set of reform and investment commitments underpinning the extension referred to in Article 13(1), the Council may on a recommendation from the Commission, recommend that the Member State concerned submits an amended national medium-term fiscal-structural plan with a revised net expenditure path with a shorter adjustment period.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 921 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress report on the implementation of its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, by 15 April each year at the latesteach year in April, preferably by mid-April and not later than 30 April.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 925 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The annual progress report referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain in particular information about the progress in the implementation of the net expenditure path, the implementation of broader reform and investment commitments in the European Semester context and, if applicable, in the implementation of the set of reform and investment commitments underpinning an extension of the adjustment period and progress in reducing the investment gaps referred to in Article 12 paragraph (aa).
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 933 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall monitor the implementation of the national medium- term fiscal-structural plan, and in particular, the net expenditure path and the reform and investment commitments.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 936 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall set up a control account, functioning in accordance with Annex IV, and shall keep track of cumulative upward (debit) and downward (credit) deviations of actual net expenditures from the net expenditure path. The cumulated balance of the control account in a given period is the sum of the yearly debits and credits registered during that period. A Member state will be deemed not to be in compliance with its net expenditure path when: (a) net expenditure exceeds the net expenditure path by more than [xxx] % of GDP in one single year of the plan horizon;or, (b) the cumulated balance of the control account exceeds a debit of more than [xxx]% of GDP.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 951 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Each national independent fiscal institution referred to in Article 8 of Council Directive […]32 [on the national budgetary frameworks] shall provide an assessment of compliance of the budgetary outturns data reported in the progress report referred to in Article 20 with the net expenditure path. Where applicable, each national independent fiscal institution shall also analyse the factors underlying a deviation from the net expenditure path. The assessment shall be made public and shall be submitted to the Member State and to the Commission. _________________ 32 Council Directive […] of […] [amending Council Directive 2011/85/EU on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States] (OJ …., …, p,…)
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 958 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 a (new)
Article22a European Fiscal Board 1. The European Fiscal Board (EFB) is established. It shall have legal personality and it shall have its seat in Brussels, Belgium. 2. The EFB shall act within the powers conferred by this Regulation and it shall be functionally autonomous from the EU institutions. 3. The EFB shall be responsible to provide independent assessments and advice on the application by the European Commission and the Council of the EU economic governance framework, and any other tasks that conferred to it in this regulation and those that may be conferred in the future. 4. The EFB shall carry out the following tasks: (a) determine and/or collect and analyse all the relevant and necessary information, for the purposes of achieving the objectives described in paragraph 3; (b) monitor and assess the application by the European Commission and the Council of the EU economic governance framework pursuant to paragraph 3; (c) provide advice to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council, the Eurogroup upon request; (d) collect and assess public information provided by independent fiscal institutions as referred to in Council Directive (2011/85/EU) on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States; (e) support, facilitate, strengthen cooperation and exchange information among independent fiscal institutions as referred to in Council Directive (2011/85/EU) [on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States]; (f) undertake any other specific tasks needed to achieve the objectives described in paragraph 3. 5. The EFB shall have full access to all relevant information collected by the European Commission from Member States in order to fulfil its objective pursuant to paragraph 2 and perform its task pursued to paragraph 3. 6. The EFB shall report once a year on its activities to the European Parliament and the Council. 7. The European Parliament and its competent committee may invite the Chair of the Board to participate in an exchange of views. 8. The EFB shall have a General Board, including a Chair, a Secretariat, and an Advisory Scientific Committee. The General Board shall take the decisions necessary to ensure the performance of the tasks entrusted to the EFB. The Secretariat shall be responsible for the day-to-day business of the EFB. It shall provide high-quality analytical, statistical, administrative and logistical support to the EFB under the direction of the Chair. The Advisory Scientific Committee shall provide advice and assistance on issues relevant to the work of the EFB. The Chair shall preside at the meetings of the General Board and the Advisory Scientific Committee and the General Board shall establish the internal rules of procedure. 9. The Chair and the Members of the General Board shall be nominated for a five years period with a possible renewal for an additional five years. They shall be appointed by the Commission following approval of the European Parliament and the Council. The Advisory Scientific Committee shall be composed of the Chair and six experts representing a wide range of relevant skills and experiences approved by the General Board for a four-year, renewable mandate. 10. The General board and the Advisory Scientific Committee shall be appointed on the basis of their experience and competence in public finances, debt sustainability assessments, macro- economic developments and forecasts. 11. When participating in the activities of the General Board and of the Advisory Scientific Committee or when conducting any other activity relating to the EFB, the members of the EFB shall perform their duties impartially and solely in the interest of the Union as a whole. They shall not seek nor take instructions from the Member States, the Union institutions or any other public or private body. No member of the General Board shall have a function in any other public institutions or in the private sector. 12. Neither the Member States, the Union institutions nor any other public or private body shall seek to influence the members of the EFB in the performance of the tasks set out in this Regulation or any future tasks that may be conferred to it.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 970 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In the event of a significant risk of deviation from the net expenditure path or a risk that the government deficit may significantly exceed the 3% of GDP reference value, the Commission may address a warning to the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 121(4) TFEU.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 982 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
On a recommendation from the Commission, the Council may adopt a recommendation, accompanied by an opinion from the European Fiscal Board, allowing Member States to deviate from their net expenditure path, in the event of a severe economic downturn in the euro area or the Union as a whole, provided it does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium term. The Council shall specify a time-limit for such deviation.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1000 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
On a recommendation from the Commission, accompanied by an opinion from the European Fiscal Board, the Council may adopt a recommendation allowing a Member State to deviate from its net expenditure path where exceptional circumstances outside the control of the Member State lead to a major impact on the public finances of the Member State concerned, provided it does not endanger fiscal sustainability in the medium term. The Council shall specify a time-limit for such a deviation.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1014 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
The European Parliament shall be duly involved in the European Semester in order to increase the transparency and ownership of, and the accountability for the decisions taken, in particular by means of an economic dialogue, as well as for setting macroeconomic and social policy priorities. The Economic and Financial Committee, the Economic Policy Committee, the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee shall be consulted within the framework of the European Semester where appropriate. Relevant stakeholders, in particular the social partners, shall be involved within the framework of the European Semester, on the main policy issues where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the TFEU and national legal and political arrangements.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1031 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State fails to 1. implement the reform and investment commitments included in its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan to address the country-specific recommendations that are relevant for the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure established by Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011, and wheren this leads the Commission to considers that the Member State concerned is affected by excessive imbalances in accordance with Article 7(1) of that Regulation, the procedure laid down in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 shall apply.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1036 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Where the Council decides against opening an excessive imbalance procedure under Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 in cases where the Commission considers that the Member State concerned is affected by excessive imbalances on the basis of the in-depth review referred to in Article 5 of that Regulation, it shall publicly explain its position.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1038 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Where a Member State becomes subject to a macroeconomic adjustment programme in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013, the medium-term fiscal-structural plan shall be taken into account in the design of the macroeconomic adjustment programme.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1045 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8 and Article 32 shall be conferred for an indeterminate period of time from XXXthe entry into force of this Regulation .
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1047 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. The delegations of power referred to in Article 8 and Article 32 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1050 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8 and Article 32 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of one month of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by one month at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1059 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. By [31 December 203029] and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the application of this Regulation accompanied, where appropriate, by a proposal to amend this Regulation. The Commission shall make that report public.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1061 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The report referred to in paragraph 1 shall assess and review:
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1064 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the effectiveness of this Regulation, particularly whether the provisions governing decision-making have proved sufficiently efficient in ensuring a downward path for public debt ratios or maintaining them at prudent levels in accordance with the relevant Council recommendations, in promoting debt sustainability and sustainable and inclusive growth in the Member States and in preventing the occurrence of excessive government deficits;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1066 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) the use of the delegated powers as stated in Article 33;
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1068 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the progress in ensuring closer coordination of economic policies and sustained upward convergence of economic and social performances of the Member States.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1076 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Criteria for setting the technical trajectory for Member States having a public debt above 60% of GDP reference value or government deficit above 3% of GDP reference value For Member States having public debt above the 60% of GDP reference value or government deficit above the 3% of GDP reference value, the technical trajectory shall ensure that: (a) by the end of the adjustment period, at the latest, the 10-year debt trajectory in the absence of further budgetary measures is on a plausibly downward path or stays at prudent levels; (b) the government deficit is brought and maintained below the 3% of GDP reference value in the absence of further budgetary measures over the same 10- year period; (c) for the years that the Member State concerned is expected to have a deficit above the 3% of GDP reference value, and the excess is not close and temporary, the technical trajectory is also consistent with the benchmark referred to under Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure as amended by Regulation [X]; (d) the adjustment effort is not postponed towards the final years of the adjustment period, that is to say the fiscal adjustment effort over the period of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan is at least proportional to the total effort over the entire adjustment period; (e) the public debt ratio at the end of the planning horizon is below the public debt ratio in the year before the start of the technical trajectory; and (f) national net expenditure growth remains below medium-term output growth, on average, as a rule over the horizon of the plan.deleted
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1111 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) In case the Member State makes use of assumptions referred to under point (e) that differ from the Commission’s assumptions over the adjustment period of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan and the subsequent10-year period in the absence of further budgetary measures, or if the proposed technical trajectory deviates from the one put forward by the Commission, due explanations and justifications based on sound economic arguments of these differences.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1116 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) If applicable, the duly substantiated reasons (with relevant sound and verifiable economic arguments) for deviating from the technical trajectory put forward by the Commission.deleted
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1122 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) Total public investment expenditure, as well as rReforms and public investment expenditure addressing the common priorities of the Union referred to in Annex VI.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1126 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) A quantification, as much as possible, of the expected impacts of reforms and investment referred to under point (k) on fiscal sustainability, growth andsustainable and inclusive growth, competitiveness and quality employment, where applicable in line with commonly agreed methodologies.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1131 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) The planned overall level of nationally financed public investment covering the period of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan.deleted
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1145 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) During the lifetime of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, any EU investment instrument that would serve a similar purpose, information on the progress of implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, to comply with the bi-annual reporting requirements in the context of the European Semester set out in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1159 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 3
The cumulated balance of the control account in a given period is the sum of the yearly debits and credits registered during that period. A Member State will be deemed not to be in compliance with its net expenditure path when: (a) net expenditure exceeds the net expenditure path by more than [xxx] % of GDP in one single year of the plan horizon;or, (b) the cumulated balance of the control account exceeds a debit of more than [xxx]% of GDP.
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1163 #

2023/0138(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The methodology for the assessment of plausibility pursuant to Article 8 is replicable, predictable and transparent and based on the following conditions:
2023/10/26
Committee: ECON
Amendment 2 #

2022/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2016 on the implementation of the Union Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with special regards to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee4a, _________________ 4a OJ C 101, 16.03.2018, p. 138
2023/04/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 143 #

2022/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Insists on the potential of personalised learning; calls on the BoG to implement a coherent and systematic inclusion policy avoiding rejection based on disability, to ensure reasonable accomodation and quality inclusive education for all students with disabilities or learning differences; urges for progress towards the recognition of their learning outcomes, for instance by way of certification or providing the end diploma; calls for reinforcing the existing frameworks for inclusion and introducting an Inclusion Index and more complete and reliable data; encourages the use of flexible curriculum and highly qualified teaching and support staff;
2023/04/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 152 #

2022/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Regrets the decision of the BOG to reduce the number of periods or to vertically group classes of different levels if the number of students is below threshold since it puts SWALS into an even more disadvantaged position, since the reason for them not having a language section is precisely because they are too few of them.
2023/04/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 162 #

2022/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Notes with regret that SWALS are not guaranteed the full number of periods of their Language 1, recommends therefore to step up efforts to guarantee their full number of periods of their Language 1.
2023/04/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 163 #

2022/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Promote and support the differentiation of Language 2 teaching including the setting of "bilingual" classes that use the same approach to teaching as it is done for the dominant language.
2023/04/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 166 #

2022/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Create a plan to increase the exposure of students more to their mother tongue.
2023/04/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 2 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 24 October 2017 entitled ‘A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU’s outermost regions’ (COM(2017)0623),
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 14 September 2021 entitled ‘Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions’,
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 30 May 2022 on the Commission communication on 'Putting people first, securing sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the EU's outermost regions',
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 d (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Committee of the Regions of 2 February 2021 on the European Commission report on the implementation of the renewed strategic partnership with the EU’s outermost regions,
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to final declaration of the 26th Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions of the European Union, which took place in Ponta Delgada from 17 to 20 November 2021,
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 3 b (new)
— having regard to the study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outermost regions published by the Commission on 31 October 2021,
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 3 c (new)
— having regard to the Common position paper of the 3 Member States and the 9 Outermost Regions in the framework of the update of the European Commission's strategic partnership with the Outermost Regions and the adoption of the Communication for these regions published on 19 January 2022,
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas five million people live in the nine outermost regions (ORs) of the European Union: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion and Saint Martin (France), Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and Canary Islands (Spain);
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the European Union has a responsibility to respond to the economic, social and environmental challenges facing the ORs; whereas, furthermore, the development of those regions is essentially based on the choices and actions of the regions themselves and of their Member States;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights are of particular importance to the ORs, including its contribution to equal opportunities, social protection and inclusion;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in 2021 the rate of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion was 37.8% in the Canary Islands, 27.5% in the Azores and 29.2% in Madeira1a, which are significantly higher than the EU and Member State averages; _________________ 1a Eurostat 2021: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/ilc_peps11n/default/table?lang=en
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the presence of long-term unemployment in the ORs can be explained both by the mismatch between skills and labour market expectations and by the fact that there are too few and unsuitable employment and training opportunities in these territories; whereas it is necessary to ensure that training is adequate to the needs of businesses in the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the lack of training and employment opportunities in the ORs leads to massive exodus of young people, which has a strong impact on the demography and development of these territories;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the development of digital skills in the ORs is a prerequisite for achieving a digital transition that leaves no one behind;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the lack of infrastructure and the level of digitalisation in the ORs do not allow for the effective deployment of distance learning, teleworking or the digital delivery of public services related to employment and social welfare;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas unemployment rates in the ORs are higher than in their respective Member States and than the EU average; whereas the impact of the COVID-19 crisis has further deteriorated the situation; whereas the measures put in place have mitigated and partially limited the effects of the crisis, including its social impact; whereas the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on employment in the ORs is not yet fully known;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the number of young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs) is at an alarming level in the ORs; whereas the EU average for NEETs was 13.7% in 2020, in the same year the NEETs rate was 23% in Martinique, 40% in French Guiana, 23.2% in the Canary Islands, and 16.7% in Madeira3a; _________________ 3a Study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ORs, p.9: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/2216604f-7420-11ec- 9136-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format- PDF/source-278731027
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the rate of early school leaving in the ORs can be up to three times higher than the EU average4a; whereas this phenomenon has a strong impact on social development, economic growth and equal opportunities in these territories; _________________ 4a Eurostat 2021: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/edat_lfse_16/default/table?lang=en
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas ESF+ allocations have not been fully used in the ORs for the 2014-2020 period, while this programming period is coming to an end;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas only 28 500 people from the ORs have benefited from mobility under the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2014-2020;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas workers in the informal economy, numerous in the ORs, find themselves outside the social safety nets;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas the lack of public transport facilities in the ORs has an impact on access to services, education and employment opportunities;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas access to essential services such as drinking water, decent housing, electricity, education, health care, public transport and the internet is not a reality for all inhabitants of the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the gender gap in employment is much higher in the ORs than the EU average; whereas women in the ORs too often face unstable and short- term employment;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the Commission's adoption of the new communication on the outermost regions5a, in particular the aspects relating to social issues; considers that this communication represents an opportunity to make the ORs laboratories for public policy, particularly for employment-related issues; _________________ 5a COM(2022)0198: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Insists on the need to introduce monitoring tools to report regularly on the implementation of the Commission's communication; stresses that indicators related to social policies should be an integral part of this monitoring;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Stresses that taking account of the specific characteristics of the ORs, as recognised in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, must enable the Union's action to be legally adjusted in order to provide these territories with real opportunities in terms of education, employment, social progress and living conditions;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Welcomes the fact that the Commission pays particular attention to the principle of "putting people first"; stresses the importance of implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights in the ORs in order to ensure greater solidarity between generations, promote social protection and inclusion and create new employment opportunities;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Believes that the European Union's action on employment and social affairs meets people's needs and thus strengthens the sense of belonging to the Union;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Considers that the new impetus given by the communication should allow for the improvement of equal opportunities in the ORs, particularly for the most vulnerable groups;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Calls on the Commission to ensure that EU policies implemented in the ORs focus on combating unemployment, improving lifelong learning, developing digital skills and combating illiteracy and e-illiteracy;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. Stresses that EU policies must be complemented by adequate funding based on a tailor-made, territory-by-territory approach in order to ensure real equality of opportunity;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 h (new)
-1h. Stresses that job creation remains essential to guarantee security, social cohesion, territorial viability and attractiveness of the ORs; notes that the structural constraints of the ORs, such as geographical remoteness and isolation, make them dependent on a limited number of sectors of activity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to help the ORs to develop plans for the diversification of activities in order to improve labour supply in these territories;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 i (new)
-1i. Is of the opinion that entrepreneurship can create employment opportunities in the ORs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch information campaigns on the possibilities and support measures to assist the establishment of activities in the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 j (new)
-1j. Notes that the mismatch between skills and job opportunities is a barrier to retraining in the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 k (new)
-1k. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the root causes of early school leaving and to encourage the exchange of good practice in order to provide concrete solutions to this problem;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 l (new)
-1l. Stresses the need to invest in all levels of education, lifelong learning and apprenticeships in the ORs in order to combat early school leaving; urges the Commission to consider education as a priority objective for the development of the ORs, helping regional and local authorities to design public policies that stimulate young people and offer them new and attractive education, training, qualification and retraining opportunities at local and regional level, both on-site and remotely, so that they can build up recognised skills; believes that such training should meet the need for skills in emerging jobs, particularly in the blue, green and digital economies;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 m (new)
-1m. Stresses the importance of programmes for the validation of acquired experience in the context of lifelong learning;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 n (new)
-1n. Points out that the improvement of working conditions in certain sectors can make jobs more attractive and combat shortages occupations in the ORs; welcomes, in this respect, the European care strategy, which could usefully guide the public policies to be implemented in the ORs in order to care for the ageing population;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 o (new)
-1o. Stresses that the informal economy is widespread in the ORs, which makes it difficult to analyse employment figures accurately and to implement social policies effectively; calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat undeclared work by means of incentive systems and simplified declaration tools;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 p (new)
-1p. Welcomes the Commission's decision to make 2023 the European Year of Skills; calls on the Commission to develop specific actions in favour of the ORs in the context of the European Year of Skills; calls on the Commission to take advantage of this opportunity to identify the skills needs in the ORs in the short, medium and long term; considers that the results of this analysis should form the basis of an action plan for improving training and skills in the key sectors identified and the shortage occupations;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 q (new)
-1q. Emphasises the importance of young people for the revitalisation of traditional sectors in the ORs; calls for incentives to attract young people to the primary sector and for its development; calls on the Member States to introduce measures to ensure the renewal of generations in the agricultural and fisheries sectors; stresses that aid for installation in these sectors is relevant to achieving this objective;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 r (new)
-1r. Calls on the Commission to provide strong support for the ORs in order to promote a new sustainable economic model and development of a social economy, with structuring initiatives to develop the circular economy and to promote jobs and new "green" occupations; in this respect, calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a retraining plan for unskilled youth in the green sectors;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 s (new)
-1s. Stresses the need for investment in digital skills, infrastructure, connectivity, and digital equipment, to ensure an inclusive digital transition in the ORs; believes that digitisation is one of the ways in which the ORs can overcome their geographical barrier by increasing access to education, training or digital public services and become attractive destinations for international teleworkers;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 t (new)
-1t. Notes that the seas and oceans surrounding the ORs represent an opportunity to develop sectors that provide blue jobs and contribute to the attractiveness of the territories;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 u (new)
-1u. Stresses that effective implementation of the European Child Guarantee is crucial to combating child poverty in the ORs and breaking the vicious circle of intergenerational poverty; calls on the Member States to include specific measures for the ORs in their national implementation plans for the European Child Guarantee and their revision; calls on the Commission to ensure the full potential of this instrument by ensuring the dissemination of information in liaison with local stakeholders;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reaffirms that, in the ORs, the potential of youth is a major asset that is often insufficiently harnessed, and that it should be a priority for building concrete solutions by mobilising massive amounts of European funds for education, training and support, housing and decent, quality employment for young people;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls, in view of the youth unemployment rates in the ORs, the need to create specific measures for this population; welcomes in this respect the creation of an additional OR allocation of EUR 370 million under the ESF+ 2021- 2027 and calls on the regions concerned to make use of this new source of funding to support employability, mobility and training in the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2022/2147(INI)

2b. Recalls the need for the ORs to empower young people, in particular through formal and non-formal education, training and volunteering, and to improve employability through skills development, lifelong learning and vocational training, including further training and retraining;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that measures to combat poverty and social exclusion in the ORs must be targeted as a matter of priority at vulnerable groups in society such as children, young people, particularly NEETs, and the long-term unemployed; notes that particular attention should be paid to low-skilled women and in particular to single-parent families, where the majority of the lone parent is a woman;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to ensure the empowerment of women in the ORs by promoting sustainable integration into the labour market, access to stable, high- quality jobs and affordable childcare, as well as combating discrimination, in particular discrimination in employment; considers that promoting women's participation in the labour market can boost employment rates;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to do their utmost to ensure access to essential services in the ORs; stresses that access to these services is a key factor in combating poverty and social exclusion; stresses that effective public policies must offer solutions to the most vulnerable with a view to strengthen social cohesion;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to focus on prevention, social reintegration and the return to employment in the implementation of the EU drugs strategy; calls on the Commission to study the possibilities of European funding for therapeutic centres in the ORs aimed at the care and reinsertion of drug addicts;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that employment incentives, such as state aid, subsidies and exemptions from social security contributions, are particularly useful for improving integration and retention in the labour market in the ORs; believes that such employment incentives should take into account long-term needs and sustainability;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the establishment of special economic zones in order to promote economic and social recovery, job creation and skills development in the ORs, particularly for the most fragile and promising sectors, and to support the Member States in the evaluation, renewal and adaptation of existing special economic zones;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of the European Social Fund + in the ORs, on the one hand, in combating poverty and social exclusion and providing food and material aid to the most disadvantaged, and, on the other hand, in supporting training, prevention of early school leaving, vocational guidance, youth employment and entrepreneurship;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to improve access to the European Social Fund Plus in the ORs by setting up mass information campaigns aimed at institutional and associative partners, providing a support service for project leaders and financing training for managing authorities. in order to strengthen their human and administrative capacity and by providing them with more funding to facilitate pre- financing;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the additional ESF+ allocation for the ORs, to provide the necessary technical assistance to these regions to make full use of this allocation as well as to monitor its use; calls on the Commission to promote the exchange of good practice between managing authorities in order to improve information and the proper use of these funds;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to step up its communication in the ORs on existing European Union programmes relating to employment and vocational training and its presence on the ground by setting up physical offices;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote university partnerships in order to encourage student mobility to and from the ORs, as well as intra-ORs exchanges;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Welcomes the fact that the Erasmus+ 2021-2027 programme specifies that the constraints linked to the remoteness of the ORs must be taken into account; notes, however, that the financial aid granted is often insufficient to encourage mobility; calls for maximum aid to be granted to students from the ORs when the Erasmus+ programme is implemented, with a financial increase if necessary to cover the real costs of travel;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on the European Commission to develop partnerships with third countries neighbouring the ORs under the Erasmus+ programme in order to further promote university exchanges and business exchanges in the geographical area of the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the European Commission to consider creating, within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme, exchanges of young people in vocational training so that companies in the ORs and in continental Europe can both send and receive a person during the same period;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Welcomes the creation of the ALMA initiative for the active inclusion of disadvantaged young people; stresses that this initiative is of particular interest in the ORs, where there are many NEETs; calls on the Commission to ensure that this initiative is accompanied by adequate financial resources to enable the largest possible number of beneficiaries; believes that positive action should be taken to ensure the participation of young people from the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2022/2147(INI)

6h. Calls for greater participation by youth from the ORs in the voluntary work and local solidarity projects made possible by the European Solidarity Corps;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Notes that some of the ORs are facing a massive exodus of young graduates to the continent due to remoteness, lack of infrastructure and lack of opportunities on the local labour market; calls on the ORs to develop specific strategies aimed at attracting young people from the ORs to return to these territories;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Stresses the need to define strategies to retain young people in the ORs and to combat the brain drain; welcomes the Commission's announcement of an initiative to alleviate the problems associated with the brain drain, including in the ORs; calls on the Commission to present this initiative without delay;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6k. Stresses the importance of the EURES network, and draws particular attention to the priority needs of the labour market in EURES activities, in order to help the unemployed back into employment and to facilitate the free movement of workers to the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6l. Regrets the decline in strong intergenerational solidarity in the ORs; believes that this intergenerational link could be enhanced through the creation of mentoring programmes in order to strengthen knowledge sharing and individualised support for youth and job seekers;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6m. Notes that the ORs would be suitable territories for developing innovative social policies such as a “third chance pathway” aimed at the social and labour market reintegration of working people of all ages or the care of the elderly in view of the ageing population;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)
6n. Emphasises the important role played by the social economy in the ORs, as a partner of regional and local authorities in combating the constraints linked to remoteness, poverty and social exclusion, and in creating jobs and developing initiatives in these regions; calls for this reality to be recognised at European level and for this non-profit sector to have direct access to European subsidies; calls on the Commission to ensure the participation of the ORs in the European Social Economy Regions network;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 o (new)
6o. Invites the Commission to make full use of the tools of the European Semester and the country-specific recommendations to analyse and advise on public policies in the ORs with the aim to achieve upward social convergence;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)
6p. Calls on the Commission to organise a social summit in the ORs to discuss and adapt the Porto targets and the European Pillar of Social Rights to these territories; stresses the importance of including stakeholders from the ORs in order to ensure the ownership and proper implementation of social policies;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the Final Declaration approved on 28-30 September 2022 by the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development - MONDIACULT 2022,
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the 2018 Commission communication on a new European agenda for culture (COM(2018)0267) and the 2016 Joint Communication towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations (JOIN(2016)0029) have played a decisive role in shaping the EU’s and Member States’ cultural policies, both in their national and international dimension;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage promoted culture and cultural heritage; as "a shared source of remembrance, understanding, identity, dialogue, cohesion and creativity for Europe"; whereas the general objectives of the Year were to “encourage and support the efforts of the Union, the Member States and regional and local authorities, in cooperation with the cultural heritage sector and broader civil society, to protect, safeguard, reuse, enhance, valorise and promote Europe's cultural heritage" 1a; _________________ 1a OJ L 131, 20.5.2017, p. 1
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on the European CCSI has been dramatic but has been uneven across sectors; whereas site-based activities have been heavily affected by lockdowns, travel restrictions and other necessary sanitary measures, while sectors with a stronger digital capacity were in a better position to face the crisis;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Recovery and Resilience Facility investments fail to reflect the enormous economic and social significance of the cultural and creative sectors which account for 4.4% of the EU’s GDP and about 8.7 million jobs in the EU, leaving these sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and to support the recovery and resilience of the European economy; regrets that the Commission and the Member States ignored corresponding repeated calls by the European Parliament adopted by overwhelming majority1a; _________________ 1a e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas public support measures contributed to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, varying widely between Member States, but did not always take into account the specific nature of employment schemes in the CCSI; whereas different legislative systems deepened the already existing inequalities between CCSI across the EU, hindering cultural diversity and cultural collaboration across Member States;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas in its Resolution on the cultural recovery of Europe, the Parliament called for an investment of 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the CCSI and reiterated the importance of appropriate investments in the EU cultural agenda; whereas only 16 Member States have included culture in their National Recovery and Resilience Plans and in most cases the investments and reforms are insufficient; whereas the 2% target has been met on average at the EU level, but the majority of Member States stays well under this figure;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas cultural participation can be intended both as passive partaking and as active creation, regardless of the level - amateur or professional - to which the activity is undertaken; whereas both active and passive cultural participation have numerous economic, social and health benefits;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 56 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas arts and cultural activities have long been recognised by the WHO2a to be beneficial to health and mental well-being; , including mental health, and to individual and societal well-being, particularly thanks to their multifaceted nature and components, including social interaction, sensory activation, emotional expression, cognitive stimulation and physical activity, and to their capacity to stimulate multiple psychological, behavioural and social processes; whereas arts and culture have played a crucial role in alleviating the suffering and distress felt by communities around the world subsequently to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine; _________________ 2a Fancourt D, Finn S. What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2019 (Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report 67)
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 60 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the arts and artistic disciplines are important components of education; and enablers of both formal, informal and non-formal education; whereas learning through and about arts and artistic disciplines contributes to the development of learners’ educational and social skills and competences, as well as developing creative thinking and transversal and transferrable skills;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 76 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas cultural relations are commonly defined3a as reciprocal, non- coercive, transnational interactions between two or more cultures, encompassing a range of activities that are conducted both by state and non-state actors; within the space of cultural and civil society; whereas the overall outcomes of cultural relations are greater connectivity, better mutual understanding, more and deeper relationships, mutually beneficial transactions and enhanced sustainable dialogue between states, peoples, non-state actors and cultures, building therefore more resilient societies; _________________ 3a British Council and Goethe Institut, Cultural Value - Cultural Relations in Societies in Transition: A Literature Review (2018), p. 7
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 77 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas cultural diplomacy relates to states liaising with other states or their peoples through the medium of culture, with a dominance of the governmental and one-way advocacy perspective; over the mutual benefits and dialogue perspective; whereas cultural diplomacy is influenced by the politics inherent in foreign policy, is accountable to relevant state institutions and can be instrumentalised to support policy objectives4a; _________________ 4a Rivera T., Distinguishing Cultural Relations From Cultural Diplomacy: The British Council’s Relationship With Her Majesty’s Government, Figueroa Press (2015), p. 9-10
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 78 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas digital technologies affect all aspects of cultural institutes’ worklife, as well as the work of artists, cultural workers, organisations and institutions, and can help them facilitate interaction with different audiences and opening access to their work; whereas various EU funding programmes and initiatives are supporting the digital transition of the sector, in particular Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the New European Bauhaus (NEB); whereas digitalisation in the cultural field also poses challenges to diversity, fair remuneration, access to culture, and deepens inequalities in particular due to the lack of adequate digital skills;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture in fostering mutual understanding, especially in international relations, and notably with regards to the power of cultural exchange in maintaining and regaining peace and overcoming wars; calls upon the Member States to acknowledge the increasingly transnational dimension and impact of culture and consequently to ensure adequate funding;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 96 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the strengthening of the Creative Europe 2021-2027 programme, notably the doubling of the budget compared to its predecessor, and the stronger emphasis on cultural diversity, inclusion, mobility, transnational creation and policy cooperation, and the digitalisation, greening and resilience of the CCSI; insists, though, on the need to ensure an adequate level of financing through a forthcoming revision of the MFF;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is deeply concerned that the Creative Europe programme is underfinanced, despite its budget increase in the current MFF, with the necessary frontloading of the budget to the years 2021 and 2022 causing dramatic funding shortages in the following years, potentially bringing further harm to the cultural and creative sectors that have only slowly started recovering, and thus having a long-lasting negative impact on our European cultural ecosystem and its role in international cultural relations;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 104 #

2022/2047(INI)

3. Notes with satisfaction that synergies between different EU policies and programmes are being developed; encourages the Commission to continue harnessing these synergiespromoted, notably through Creative Europe, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, the New European Bauhaus (NEB) and others; encourages the Commission to continue harnessing these synergies, with a view to maximising their positive effects, both in terms of substance and availability of funding; particularly, welcomes the mainstreaming of cultural heritage into other positions and policies of the EU;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that freedom of artistic expression must remain guaranteed for all creators; invites the Commission to integrate freedom of artistic expression as self-standing indicator of the respect of the rule of law in its annual reports; invites the Commission and the EEAS to explore concrete paths to uphold the freedom of artistic expression of artists at risk, especially as consequences of wars and geopolitical instability;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 111 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the commitments expressed through the ratification by the EU of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, concerning in particular mobility exchanges and the facilitation of travel to the Member States in line with the preferential treatment of artists and other cultural professionals and practitioners, as well as cultural goods and services from developing countries; calls on the Commission to propose ways to facilitate the mobility of cultural workers from third countries, particularly those coming from the Global South;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 113 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the setting up of the Voices of Culture Structured Dialogue (SD); encourages more frequent and systematic exchanges between the SD and the OMC(SD), providing a platform for civil society organisations (CSOs) in the cultural sector to engage with the Commission and the OMC; encourages more frequent and systematic exchanges between the members of the SD and the OMC; calls on the Commission and the Member States to regularly follow-up on the recommendations put forward in final reports, conferences, workshops, and any other event organised within the OMC and SD structures; encourages the Member States to follow up on those recommendations with concrete policy changes and action plans;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 117 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In line with the Parliament resolution on the European Year of Cultural Heritage6a, asks the Commission and the Member States to review and update the European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage in order to ensure the protection of cultural heritage in post-pandemic Europe; stresses that it is important to continue building on this legacy with the appropriate resources; _________________ 6a OJ C 456, 10.11.2021, p. 24–33
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 120 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Invites the Member States to fully apply the principle enshrined in Art. 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recognise the right to cultural, artistic and scientific life and related cultural rights as human rights for all; calls on the Member States to take all appropriate measures to eliminate any obstacle to the enjoyment of such rights, including but not limited to obstacles linked to socioeconomic characteristics, income, and physical accessibility, and to ensure the necessary conditions for everyone to engage freely in cultural activities;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 124 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’both active and passive participation of people in cultural and artistic activities, not only via communication and outreach campaigns, but also and predominantly via coherent, comprehensive policy measures and incentives, with a particular focus on sub- urban, rural and peripheral areas and marginalised socio-economic communities and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 136 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that data collection should be considered as a key cross-cutting priorities in the new Council Work Plan for Culture; in this regard regrets that the latest available data collected by Eurostat on cultural participation date back to 2015; given the drastic change that CCSI have undergone since then, notably due to theCOVID-19 pandemic as well as innovative technological developments, invites the Commission to set up a Eurostat survey on cultural participation and trends in the EU, collecting and analysing statistical data at different territorial scales (national, regional, etc.), with special attention to participation in sub-urban, rural and peripheral areas and within marginalised socio-economic communities and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 137 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the social and societal importance of the international mobility of cultural creators such as authors, performers and artists; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their role in the EU’s international relations; reiterates in this context its repeated calls urging the Commission to establish a European Status of the Artist, ensuring fair contractual situations and working conditions for everyone working in the cultural and creative sectors, and increasing opportunities for international mobility;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 139 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the work undertaken by the Commission to harness the power of culture and cultural diversity for social cohesion and well-being, such as the workshop for the experts of the EU Member States on culture for social cohesion in November2020; recommends building on the outcomes and lessons learned from all relevant projects and workshops;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 145 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of the most disadvantaged groups in cultural activities and initiativemarginalised and underrepresented groups in cultural activities and initiatives, with the ultimate objective of fostering a sense of belonging among all people, particularly young people, and encouraging them to feel more European via their participation in cultural activities fostering their knowledge of EU values; welcomes in this regard the launch of an independent study entitled “The importance of citizens’ participation in culture for civic engagement and democracy - policy lessons from international research”, and looks forward to its publication in November2022; encourages the Commission to share the results of the study and take the appropriate follow-up actions;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 158 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Member States to recognise the role of the arts and culture in the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and mental well-being, as well as in forming part of a complete psychosocial support for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups and communities;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 167 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture for the development of the individual’s identity and overall individual and societal well-being as well as in the education of children and young people, especially as it contributes to their understanding of society;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 171 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expresses concern about the common narrowing of school curricula, which tend to relegate arts and artistic disciplines in a more marginal position compared to other subjects; urges Member States to allocate the appropriate financial and human resources and incentives to arts and artistic disciplines as curricular as well as extra-curricular activities; urges the Commission to move beyond a “STEM approach” and fully adopt a “STEAM approach” (Sciences, Technologies, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) instead;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 181 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of mutual recognition and cross-border portability of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications to facilitate cross-border mobility of workers in the CCSI;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 186 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the establishment of the Culture Moves Europe mobility scheme for professionals in the CCSI under Creative Europe; regrets, however, that administrative and financial obstacles to mobility still remain; calls for the promotion of cross-border approaches to culture and the search for European partners for the creation of major European cultural co-productions and residencies programmes, with the objective of fostering the mobility of artists and creators by reinforcing cooperation of all involved actors and exchanges of best practices, including with non-EU countries;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 190 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their efforts to provide quality information on mobility and exchange programmes for artists and other cultural professionals and practitioners, as well as material support to tackle all kinds of obstacles to mobility in the CCSI, including administrative, financial and linguistic obstacles, as well as obstacles linked to disability;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 192 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the professionalworkers in the CCSI, having been seriously hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, must benefit from a genuine European recovery, particularly given the fact that this atypical sector is composed mostly of individuals as well as micro and small sized organisations and companies, often depending on irregular income and lacking long-term financial predictability;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 201 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be used in particular to improve the working conditions of professionals in the CCSI; Welcomes the Commission’s support to Member States in ensuring fair remuneration and improving socio- economic conditions for artists and creators through general and sector- specific dialogues; underlines that, besides measures supporting the economic recovery of the CCSI, the support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be used in particular to improve the working conditions, training, up- and reskilling of professionals in the CCSI in order to keep up with the ongoing structural changes in these sectors;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 204 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls, however, that the heterogeneity of public investments leads to the CCSI recovering at different speeds, causing increased disparities within the EU’s cultural ecosystem and threatening Europe’s cultural diversity; underlines that the recovery of the CCSI must go hand-in-hand with the ongoing efforts towards increased sustainability and digitalisation;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 207 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds the Commission of Parliament’s repeated calls for a European Status of the Artist to be proposed and set out a common framework for working conditions and minimum standards common to all EU countries, in full respect of the responsibilities of the Member States and the EU with regards to labour market and cultural policy, in order to improve the socio-economic conditions of culture professionals in all Member States; looks forward to the publication of the OMC report, expected by mid-2023; calls for input from relevant CSOs, including social partners on matters related to social protection, to be taken in due account with a view to ensure appropriate follow-up on this matter;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 211 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Encourages all Member States to implement Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright in the digital single market; calls on those Member States who have not yet done so, to transpose the Directive into their national laws, and to guarantee fair, appropriate and proportional remuneration of authors and performers; calls on the Commission to support the transposition and implementation efforts;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 215 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with regret that the procedures to apply for EU funding are often burdensome; calls on the Commission to further simplify these procedures, including those for the Creative Europe programme, are often still too burdensome and create unnecessarily obstacles for all potential beneficiaries, especially micro and small sized organisations in the CCSI, whose administrative capacities are limited, with regards to organisations both in Europe and in third countries; therefore calls on the Commission to further simplify these procedures to allow a wider pool and variety of organisations to have access to EU funding;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 221 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Commission to respect the principle of multilingualism when adapting these procedures, permitting applications in all 24 official languages of the EU in order to allow a fair chance to organisations and individuals who do not have the capacity or means to ensure translation into English;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 225 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the recent setting-up of ‘cascade funding’; invites the Commission to further develop such schemes; as a means to better reach all beneficiaries, especially individuals and small- and medium-sized organisations; invites the Commission to further develop such schemes in all programmes of relevance to the CCSI; advises the Commission to consider, when setting up such schemes involving intermediary organisations, the issues of potential conflict of interest between the intermediary and the final recipients, the overhead costs for intermediaries in the logistics and administration of the grants, the criteria for selection and final evaluations of the grants;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 226 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that EU and national cultural policies and initiatives are backed by sufficient funding and capacities, in order to move beyond a crisis-management approach and adopt instead a long-term strategy for cultural policies;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 228 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the Commission’s key objective of accompanying the development of creative partnerships between the cultural and other sectors such as ICT, research and development, urban planning and sustainable tourism, to reinforce the social and economic impact of investments in culture and creativity, in particular towards the promotion of growth and jobs and the development and attractiveness of regions and cities; notes in particular the positive contribution of the EU Digital Innovation Hubs and the Creative Innovation Labs, which support European industries in their innovation capacity respectively in the digital and audiovisual areas;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 229 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the success of the European Capitals of Culture initiative with respect to the development of cities and regions across the EU and associated countries; welcomes the Commission’s Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor, developed by the Joint Research Centre, which contributes to objectively assessing the cultural and natural assets of regions and cities, based on the link between culture and tourism; encourages the Commission to follow up on the Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities policy project, to promote cultural participation and social and urban regeneration;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 232 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Advises the Commission and the Member States to build on the recommendations of the OMC report on Sustainable Cultural Tourism to ensure the correct balance is achieved between safeguarding and conserving cultural heritage on the one hand and enhancing visitor access and facilities on the other; at the same time, urges the Member States to remain vigilant on the risks of mass tourism for cultural heritage as well as natural ecosystems;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 255 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Encourages the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to design their cultural programmes in line with the principles of environmental sustainability and the fight against the climate crisis; , and assess the environmental impact of all EU-funded projects throughout their life cycle; recommends stakeholders and beneficiaries of EU funding to seek the most environmentally-friendly methods and approaches in the design, planning and implementation of their projects;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 259 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes the OMC report on “Strengthening Cultural Heritage Resilience for Climate Change – Where the European Green Deal meets Cultural Heritage” and encourages the Commission and Member States to actively follow up on the recommendations and avail of the good practice examples;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 262 #

2022/2047(INI)

23b. Points out that special attention should be given to sustainability issues during the restoration of cultural heritage and traditional buildings; emphasises the need for further exchanges of best practices between Member States as well as with third countries on innovative measures to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings, while preserving their architectural interest or historic character;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 263 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Welcomes the inclusion of the “Culture, Creative & Inclusive Society” cluster within Horizon Europe and the increase of calls on research and innovation in the field of cultural heritage and the CCSI, and welcomes the recent launch of the new European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)’s Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) on Culture and Creativity; looks forward to the results of these calls for proposals, particularly the contribution that research and innovation can make to developing European ICR;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 264 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Acknowledges digitalisation as a means of maximising the benefits of cultural heritage; stresses the challenges imposed by digitalisation on the CCSI and their need for constant rethinking and reshaping business models; emphasises the importance of guaranteed funding for digitalisation, preservation and online availability of cultural and creative content and our European cultural heritage; Recalls the importance of investing in digital literacy for all, including as a means to enjoy culture;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 275 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that culture makes a key contribution to fostering mutual understanding and restoring communication on the international stage in challenging global contexts; highlights the role of the EU in promoting a continuous dialogue on cultural policies between its Member States and third countries;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 283 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Points out the difference in terms of decision-making processes, programme design and implementation, and overall philosophy between ‘cultural relations’ and ‘cultural diplomacy’; underlines that both approaches can coexist and complement each other but that each ultimately serves a different purpose;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 288 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the lack of a clear and coherent strategy for iInternational cCultural rRelations (ICR); strongly encourages the Commission and the EEAS to develop coherent strateg, in collaboration with the EUNIC Clusters and CSOs in third countries, coherent strategies, including defining a common shared understanding of what constitutes ICR and steps towards their implementation, to be endorsed by the Member States and to be implemented by the EU Delegations in third countries;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 292 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. UWelcomes the recommendations published by the Voices for Culture SD on ICR and invites the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to take these into due account when developing their ICR strategies; particularly, urges the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to apply a bottom- up, human rights, and a people-to-people approach when building their cultural relations with third countries outside the EU; , and to design and implement their ICR strategy and project programming taking into account the needs and demands of their partner countries and local communities, while treating them as equal partners; stresses that such strategies should answer to the needs and specific political and socio-economic situation of each partner country or region, rather than being the product of a ‘one size fits all’ approach;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 295 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Warns the Commission, the EEAS, the EU Delegations in third countries, the Member States and all the actors in the CCSI of the risk of EU cultural activities, particularly in the field of ICR, of being perceived as too Eurocentric;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 296 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Praises the work done by the Member States’ cultural institutes and organisations and by the EUNIC Clusters in third countries; encourages further cooperation between them and the development of their network with local CSOs, with a particular attention to be given to smaller Member States and Member States with limited or no cultural visibility abroad, and to their cultural representation needs;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 297 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the fact that several Commission and EEAS units are engaging in cross-cutting work on ICR; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to improve the coordination mechanisms between the entities concerned, including through the creation of more coherent and streamlined working methods, in order to maximise efficiency, avoid overlapping actions and ensure institutional memory;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 299 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the creation of cultural focal points in EU dDelegations; encourages the EU dDelegations to strengthen their role and integrate them under their political teams, rather than their communications and events teams; calls for the allocation of the necessary budgetary and personnel resources to the EU’s ICR and cultural diplomacy teams in the Commission and EEAS headquarters, as well as in the EU delegationDelegations, in order to facilitate cultural cooperation with local actors and academia in third countries;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 304 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Encourages the Member States and the EEAS to integrate coaching on cultural policies, ICR and cultural diplomacy in the training of all their diplomatic staff, in order to raise awareness amongst diplomats of ICR as a key, independent field within public diplomacy, and build the appropriate political and policy competences in the field of ICR and cultural diplomacy; looks forward to the results of the newly launched European Diplomatic Academy based on a European Parliament pilot project and to the publication in November of the feasibility study commissioned by the EEAS;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 310 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the initialfirst results of the Preparatory Action European Spaces of Culture; invites the Commission to continue funding itEuropean Spaces of Culture Preparatory Action; underlines the positive outcomes of the innovative collaboration models undertaken by the project partners, based on a call for ideas co-created with local stakeholders in the spirit of equal partnership; invites the Commission to continue funding this highly successful action; encourages cultural actors in the EU and third countries to explore further modalities of collaboration, such as co- creation of joint works of art, to foster mutual understanding;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 311 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Insists on the need to step up the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural goods; welcomes the recent Commission consultation in preparation of a new Action Plan to provide a clear, comprehensive and effective framework to the EU contribution to fight illicit trafficking of cultural goods, aiming at disrupting criminal activities and protecting cultural heritage in the internal market, as part of the EU strategy on organised crime;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 315 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by certain Member States to return cultural works and artefacts to their places of origin as part of their external policy strategy and in order to foster mutual understanding of one another’s cultural heritage and to support the development of autonomous cultural policies in third countries; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support those Member States in their negotiating processes with third countries outside the EUin a holistic approach;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 320 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Recalls the importance of promoting culture as a facilitator of sustainable development, which brings high potential for social and economic growth; calls on the Commission to facilitate the contribution of cultural actors to sustainable development through their active participation in regular dialogue, professional networks and multi-stakeholder partnerships, as well as through NDICI-funded actions in the area of culture;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 324 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Recalls that, within the SDGs, promoting and safeguarding culture is both an end in itself and, notably as enshrined in targets 4.7, 8.9 and 11.4, as well as a key contributor to the implementation of the UN 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development; highlights the transversal nature of culture and cultural projects, which enables them to contribute positively to the achievement of all SDGs; invites the Commission, EU Delegations to third countries and the Member States to explore further the interlinkages between culture and cultural policies and the achievement of all SDGs;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 328 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to advocate at the UN level for the inclusion of a self-standing goal for culture in the development agenda beyond2030, as included in the final declaration of UNESCO’s MONDIACULT 2022, as well as to reaffirm the role of culture as a cross- cutting dimension of sustainable development;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 332 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Highlights the potential of culture and tangible and intangible cultural heritage as a vector of peace, reconciliation and conflict prevention; recalls that the destruction of cultural heritage may constitute a war crime, and in this respect recalls the Responsibility to Protect commitments undertaken by the Member States including in respect of protection of cultural heritage in the aftermath of as well as during armed conflicts;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 337 #

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Stresses the need for more rigorous monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of all actions within the framework of the New European Agenda for Culture and the 2016 Joint Communication on ICR, both on a strategic and project level, based on quantitative as well as qualitative targets, and for systematic, high-standard reporting; asks the Commission to develop a broader perspective on evaluating project results, taking into account also qualitative outcomes such as community- building values and lessons learnt from discontinued projects; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the sustainability of EU-funded cultural projects and initiatives over time;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Believes that the importance of culture for our identity, democracy, society and economy is not adequately reflected in the current multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, particularly in light of the long-lasting consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic which the cultural and creative sectors will continue to be suffering from for many years to come;
2022/09/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates its deep regret and incomprehension that - despite repeated calls by the European Parliament1a with overwhelming majority - the Recovery and Resilience Facility investments fail to reflect the enormous economic and social significance of the cultural and creative sectors which account for 4.4% of the EU’s GDP and about 8.7 million jobs in the EU, leaving these sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and to support the recovery and resilience of the European economy; _________________ 1a e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU
2022/09/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Is worried that the proposed massive budget cut of the Creative Europe programme - the proposed 2023 annual budget foresees a 20% reduction compared to the previous year2a - will bring further harm to the cultural and creative sectors that are only slowly starting to blossom again and will thus have a long-lasting negative impact on our European cultural ecosystem and its diversity; _________________ 2a 325.3 million EUR (2023 proposal) after 406.5 million EUR (2022 budget)
2022/09/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to adapt the multiannual financial framework by increasing the overall Creative Europe budget 2021-2027 by at least 720 million EUR3a in order to allow for a stable continuation of the funding and thus avoid any annual budget reductions; _________________ 3a Plus inflationary adjustment
2022/09/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/20131a, _________________ 1a OJ L 189, 28.5.2021, p. 34-60.
2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU2a, _________________ 2a OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 88–98.
2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas cultural creators - such as authors, performers and artists - with disabilities have more difficult access to professional and non-professional artistic and cultural activities as well as fewer opportunities to develop long-term careers in the cultural and creative sectors; whereas they are often excluded from policy and funding in the cultural and creative sectors as the result of a lack of account being taken, for example, of restricted mobility or the challenges posed by bureaucratic funding procedures; whereas the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the already existing obstacles;
2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to take due account of the unique situation of authors, performers and artists with disabilities in the development of all relevant policies, funding programmes and activities, and to remove all obstacles to ensuring equal rights and equal chances for all persons in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular by introducing measures which enable the equal access, participation and representation of all cultural creators;
2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to further enhance and promote inclusive elements of the Creative Europe programme in order to increase cultural participation across the Union on the way towards a more inclusive society, in particular with regards to people with disabilities, encouraging their active participation in creative processes as well as audience development;
2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the closure of nurseries, schools, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their intellectual, physical and mental health and well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas young people struggling with mental health difficulties are also subjected to the prominent stigma related to them which is regularly recognised, witnessed, and felt by young people; whereas those stigmas have significant negative impact on young people, taking many forms, such as prejudice, social isolation, verbal abuse andbullying25a, thus creating an unsafe environment for affected youth in educational institutions and might result in young people in need being unwilling to seek help; _________________ 25a https://www.ymca.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2016/10/IAMWHOLE- v1.1.pdf
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 38 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas other marginalised groups, such as LGBTIQ+, cultural minorities, youth with special needs as well as socio-economically disadvantaged youth have been subjected to a higher risk of developing a mental health disorder;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the successive lockdowns during the pandemic have increased the burden on parents as a result of home schooling, job uncertainties and consequential financial burdens, which exacerbated the risk of parental substance abuse and intra-familial violence affecting the mental health and well-being of the most vulnerable children and young people;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities and sudden transformation to home-schooling for children and students, as a result of various lock-down restrictions have resulted in significantly increased stress, psychological distress, post-traumatic stress symptoms, fear, anxiety, nervousness, loneliness and depression in youth. While lack of social interaction, physical contact and abrupt change in daily routines have amplified their anxiety and uncertainties making it hard for young generations to cope with the situation;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas education ranked among the most emotionally draining sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic29a and research shows a clear connection between the mental health of teachers and the one of students29b; _________________ 29a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2020/living-working-and- covid-19 29b https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eac/educatio n-and-training-monitor- 2021/en/chapters/chapter1.html#ch1-1
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 49 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas any EU mental health strategy aimed at children and young people must involve their parents and families, youth organisations, youth workers, cultural institutions and sports clubs, on top of schools and teachers, in order to facilitate a holistic approach and ensure outreach to marginalised groups;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the pandemic should be regarded as an opportunity to addressbuild up a complete cross-sectoral EU mental health strategy to address in a holistic approach long- standing mental health-related issues that have previously been ignored, while ensuring resilience for any possible future crisis;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas certain damaging geo- political developments, such as the war in Ukraine and the, can result ing uncertainties which are expected to have a further negative impact on the mental health of children and young people;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 83 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the role played by schools and nurseries in early childhood education and care institutions in providing the necessary material and psychological support for children and their families, and calls on the Member States to provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions and to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and education personnel in order to ensure that both the pedagogical and the psychological development of learners is increasingly promoted in a satisfactory way;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 97 #

2022/2004(INI)

2 a. In the light of the European Education Area, urges the Commission to adopt a proposal for a mandatory education on mental health and well- being in school curricula, as the cooperation and simultaneous implementation in all Member States is crucial for ensuring equal promotion of the citizens’ mental health and well-being across the EU. Notes that the holistic approach for ensuring an adequate level of knowledge and education on mental health and well-being is needed;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. In this regard, stresses the need to recognise the importance of promoting mental health literacy of teachers, education personnel, school administrators, social workers and students; Calls on the Member States to ensure a sufficient number of qualified staff members, such as psychologists or other mental health specialists, to create a safe environment for children and youth in all types of educational institutions;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 102 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Recognises the need to break the silence around mental health challenges for children and young people resulting from the pandemic, as well as to address discriminative stigma in a holistic approach; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch an EU-wide campaign to raise awareness on mental health in educational institutions in order to combat the existing stigma, and provide young people the access to mental health information to create an outright social understanding of mental health difficulties;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 104 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Underlines the importance of countering the phenomenon of underreporting and social stigma regarding mental health and well-being; in this regard, calls on the Commission to develop risk assessment tools and reporting systems based on reports and consultation with teachers, education personnel, students and parents’ associations to create a safer environment for young people in need while ensuring an early detection of possible mental health difficulties;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 105 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Urges the Member States to promote cross-sectoral investments to tackle mental disorders of children and young people, and to build up national action plans ensuring their implementation at regional and local levels, accommodating the actual needs of children and young people, with a special regard to the most disadvantaged groups;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 106 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Calls on the Commission to conduct research with a complete assessment of the long-term effects of all preventive measures related to the Covid- 19 pandemic taken by the Member States on children and young people, to gain thorough insight on the matter, which will enable the making of appropriate policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic or of any future sanitary crisis;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 110 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people, taking into account the important role of socialisation in education; calls, therefore, on the Member States, in the event of future pandemics or other unprecedented situations, to keep all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature, safely open; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to take into account the needs of different ageconsult with health and safety professionals, schools, teachers, and parents to adequately take into account the needs of different age groups, young people with specific needs and disadvantaged groups and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the need to adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enhance mobility experiences and increase their accessibility for all, regardless of income, gender, sexual orientation, disability, health status and region of origin; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the programs resilient to possible future mobility limitations, as well as improve the systematic sharing of projects’ outcomes in order to increase their visibility, upscaling and long-term impact;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 141 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Draws attention on the challenges of measuring mental health and well- being; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in further research and the development of unbiased indicators to measure mental health and well-being,including the impact caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 157 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for those with fewer economic opportunities, disabilities and minorities;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 163 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for more coordination at European level between Member States, regional authorities and local representatives of sports and cultural associations, youth organisations, early learning organisations, educational and university bodies, social partners involved in education and the private sector in order to strengthen dialogue and cooperation and create a dynamic, multi-level social network that can respond and adapt to future challenges;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 167 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses out that the closure of cultural institutions and related activities have created an uncertain time for young artists, some of whom have abandoned their dreams and others moved their creativity to social media platforms as a tool to facilitate mutual support and understanding; calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a financial support mechanism for artistic works done by young people on social media and support the positive perspectives of youth entrepreneurship that young people have taken up in order to mitigate the effects of the pandemic;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 186 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recognises the positive role digital tools and social media can have on young people in some aspects. However, lack of supervision of digital learning of young people, especially those in disadvantaged and remote environments can lead to a higher risk of addictions and mental health disorders; calls, in this regard, on the Member States to promote adequate and balanced use of distance-learning by school professionals when needed, but putting the return to face-to-face learning as a priority;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 209 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to promote digital literacy and raise awareness among young people of the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly so that they serve as valuable instruments for socialisation and democracy in order to, while reduceing online violence, harassment and fake news and cyber bullying, harassment, social exclusion, internet addiction and fake news; furthermore, special attention should be paid to combat health and safety impact of digital education usage, such as screen fatigue while promoting the teachers, education personnel’s and students right to disconnect;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 213 #

2022/2004(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on Commission to encourage teachers and employers to use tools that enable timely recognition of signs and prevention of burnout, stress, and psychological stress on students, young people, and young employees. Special attention should be paid to the aspect of mental health during the internship or introduction to a new job, with a key emphasis on constructive communication with young employees;
2022/06/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) At international level, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework28 aims at introducing greater tax transparency on crypto-assets and its reporting. Union rules should take into account the framework developed by the OECD in order to increase effectiveness of information exchange and to reduce the administrative burden. Member States should use the Commentaries on the Model Competent Authority Agreement and the Crypto- Asset Reporting Framework, developed by the OECD, in order to ensure consistent implementation and application of this Directive. __________________ 28 https://www.oecd.org/tax/exchange-of- tax-information/crypto-asset-reporting- framework-and-amendments-to-the- common-reporting-standard.pdf
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) The Directive applies to crypto- assets service providers regulated by and authorised under Regulation XXX and to crypto-asset operators that are not. Both are referred to as reporting crypto-asset service providers as they are required to report under this Directive. The general understanding of what constitutes crypto- assets is very broad and includes those crypto-assets that have been issued in a decentralised manner, as well as stablecoins, including e-money tokens as defined in Regulation XXX, and certain non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Crypto-assets that are used for payment or investment purposes are reportable under this Directive. Therefore, reporting crypto-asset service providers should consider on a case-by-case basis whether crypto-assets can be used for payment and investment purposes, taking into account the exemptions provided in Regulation XXX, in particular in relation to a limited network and certain utility tokens..
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 94 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) It is crucial to reinforce the provisions of Directive 2011/16/EU concerning the information to be reported or exchanged to adapt to new developments of different markets and consequently effectively tackle identified conducts for tax fraud, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Those provisions should reflect the developments observed in the internal market and at international level leading to an effective reporting and exchange of information. Consequently, the Directive includes among others the latest additions to the Common Reporting Standard of the OECD, the integration of e-money and central bank digital currency provisions, a clear and harmonised framework for compliance measures, and the extension of the scope of cross-border rulings to high net worth individuals. Member States should use the Commentaries on the Model Competent Authority Agreement and the Common Reporting Standard, developed by the OECD, in order to ensure consistent implementation and application of this Directive.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 100 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) The Tax Identification Number (‘TIN’) is essential for Member States to match information received with data present in national databases. It increases Member States’ capability of identifying the relevant taxpayers and correctly assessing the related taxes. Therefore, it is important that Member States require that TIN is indicated in the context of exchanges related to financial accounts, advance cross-border rulings and advance pricing agreements, country-by-country reports, reportable cross-border arrangements, and information on sellers on digital platforms and crypto-assets. However, when the TIN is not available, such an obligation may not be fulfilled by the competent authorities of Member States .
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 105 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Information acquired through the reporting or the exchange of information under Directive 2011/16/EU should be effectively used by each Member State. Therefore, a mechanism ensuring effective use, including risk analysis of the data, should be introduced in each Member State.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 111 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) In order to ensure compliance witha proper enforcement of the rules under theis Directive 2011/16/EU, Member States should lay down the rules on penalties, and other compliance measures that should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Each Member State should apply those rules in accordance with their national laws and the provisions set forth in this Directpplicable to infringements of national provisions on mandatory exchange of information reported by crypto-asset service providers, that should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 113 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) To guarantee an adequate level of effectiveness in all Member States, minimum levels of penalties should be established in relation to two conducts that are considered grievous: namely failure to report after two administrative reminders and when the provided information contains incomplete, incorrect or false data, which substantially affects the integrity and reliability of the reported information. Incomplete, incorrect or false data substantially affect the integrity and reliability of the reported information when they amount to more than 25 % of the total data that the taxpayer or reporting entity should have correctly reported in accordance with the required information set forth in Annex VI, Section II, subparagraph (B). These minimum amounts of penalties should not prevent Member States from applying more stringent sanctions for these two types of infringements. Member States still have to apply effective, dissuasive and proportional penalties for other types of infringements.deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 116 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) In order to take into account possible changes in the prices for goods and services, the Commission should evaluate the penalties provided for in this Directive every 5 years.deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 119 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-694/20, Directive 2011/16/EU should be amended in such a manner that its provisions do not have the effect of requiring a lawyer acting as an intermediary, where he or she is exempt from the reporting obligation, on account of the legal professional privilege by which he or she is bound, to notify any other intermediary who is not his or her client of that intermediary’s reporting obligations while preserving the obligation of intermediaries to notify without delay his or her client of his or her reporting obligations.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 120 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) International data exchange for tax purposes constitutes a necessary instrument to fight tax fraud in a globalized world. Given that there is an EU-wide standard for personal data protection, uniform rules regarding exchanges with third countries and ensuring data protection in international exchanges of tax information, both by the transferring Member States and by the receiving jurisdiction, should be established.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 154 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 8ab – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
(3a) in Article 8ab, paragraph 5, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "5. Each Member State may take the necessary measures to give intermediaries the right to a waiver from filing information on a reportable cross-border arrangement where the reporting obligation would breach the legal professional privilege under the national law of that Member State. In such circumstances, each Member State shall take the necessary measures to require any intermediaries to notify, without delay, any othery that has been granted a waiver to notify, without delay, his or her client, if such client is an intermediary or, if there is no such intermediary, if such client is the relevant taxpayer, of their reporting obligations under paragraph 6. " Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011L0016-20230101)
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 161 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 8ad – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall not have access to information referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 3 of this Article.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 164 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 8ad – paragraph 6
6. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, it is not necessary to report the information in relation to a Crypto-Asset User where the Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider has obtained adequate assurances that another Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider fulfils all reporting requirements of this Article in respect of that Crypto- Asset User.deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 182 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. The competent authority of each Member State shall put in place an effective mechanism to ensure the assessmentuse of data acquired through the reporting or the exchange of information under Articles 8 to 8ad within the scope of this Directive as well as to put in place procedures for the systematic risk analysis of the data.;
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 185 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 21 – paragraph 5a – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities of all Member States shall have access to the information recorded in that directory. The Commission shall alsoOn information communicated according to Article 8ad(2) and (3), the competent authority of a Member State shall, however, have access to theonly to information recorded in that directory for the purposes of complying wiconcerning persons resident in that Member State. The Commission shall also have access to the its obligations under this Dnformation recorded in that directiveory, however with the limitations set out in Article 8a(8), Article 8ab(17) and Article 8ad(8), and only for the purpose of collecting statistics. The necessary practical arrangements shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 191 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission a yearly assessment ofassess the effectiveness of the automatic exchange of information referred to in Articles 8 to 8ad as well as the practical results achieved, including in combatting tax evasion and tax avoidance, and shall inform the Commission once a year. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt the form and the conditions of communication for that yearly assessment. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2). The Commission shall also examine and evaluate the compliance cost that can result from a possible over-reporting situation.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 197 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new) and 2 b (new)
(11a) In Article 24, the following paragraphs 2a and 2b are added: "Article 24 Exchange of information with third countries 2a. The processing of personal data for the purposes of the exchange of tax relevant information with third countries, based on an international agreement, shall be deemed of public interest under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council. 2b. In case of an automatic exchange, Member States shall ensure that the level of protection of natural persons guaranteed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 is not undermined. "
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 198 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 25a – title
Article 25a Penalties and other compliance measures
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 200 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 25a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and concerning Article 8(3a), Articles 8aa to 8ad and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented and enforced. Penalties and compliance measures provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 204 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 25a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that where penalties and compliance measures can be applied to legal persons in the event of a non-compliance with national provisions transposing this Directive, and to the members of the management body and to other natural persons who under national law are responsible for the non- compliance in accordance with national law. Member States shall ensure that legal persons can be held liable for the non- compliance with national provisions transposing this Directive by any person acting individually or as part of an organ of that legal person and having a leading position within the legal person. Any of the following circumstances shall indicate the leading position within the legal person: (a) (b) behalf of the legal person; (c) the legal person.deleted power to represent the legal person authority to take decisions on authority to exercise control within
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 207 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 25a – paragraph 3
3. [...]deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 224 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 25a – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall indicate whether penalties stipulated in national legislation are applied by reference to individual cases of infringement or on a cumulative basis. The minimum penalties stipulated in subparagraph (3) shall be applied on a cumulative basis.deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 228 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 25a – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall set penalties for a false self-certification as referred to in Annex I, Section I and Annex VI, Section III of this Directive.deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 229 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 25a – paragraph 6
6. When imposing penalties and other compliance measures, competent authorities shall, where relevant, cooperate closely with one another and with other relevant competent authorities and shall coordinate their actions where appropriate, when dealing with cross- border cases.;deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 235 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2011/16/EU
Article 27c – paragraph 1
For taxable periods starting on or after 1 January 2026, Member States shall ensure that the TIN of reported individuals or entities issued by the Member State of residence, where available, is included in the communication of the information referred to in Article 8(1) and (3a), Article 8a(6), Article 8aa(3), Article 8ab(14), Article 8ac(2) and Article 8ad(3). The TIN shall be provided even when it is not specifically required by those Articles.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 243 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Directive 2011/16/EU
Annex VI – Section I – point A – subparagraph 1
1. an Entity authorised under Regulation XX;in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation XXX or allowed to provide Crypto-Asset Services following a notification to a Member State in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation XXX; or not an Entity authorised by a Member State in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation XXX or allowed to provide Crypto-Asset Services following a notification to a Member State in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation XXX, and it is:
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 246 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Directive 2011/16/EU
Annex VI – Section II – point B a (new)
Ba. Notwithstanding subparagraph A(1), the place of birth is not required to be reported unless the Reporting Crypto- Asset Service Provider is otherwise required to obtain and report it under domestic law.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 247 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Directive 2011/16/EU
Annex VI – Section II – point C
C. The information listed in paragraph 3 shall be reported by 31 January0 September of the calendar year following the year to which the information relates. The first information shall be reported for the relevant calendar year or other appropriate reporting period as from 1 January 2026.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 249 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Directive 2011/16/EU
Annex VI – Section IV – point A – subparagraph 5
5. For the purposes of this Directive, ‘Electronic Money’ or ‘E-money’ means Electronic Money or E-money as is defined in Directive 2009/110/EC. For the purposes of this Directive, tany Crypto-Asset that is: (a) a digital representation of a single Fiat Currency; (b) issued on the receipt of funds for the purpose of making payment transactions; (c) represented by a claim on the issuer denominated in the same Fiat Currency; (d) accepted in payment by a natural or legal person other than the issuer; and (e) by virtue of regulatory requirements to which the issuer is subject, redeemable at any time and at par value for the same Fiat Currency upon request of the holder of the product. The term ‘Electronic money’ or ‘E-money’ does not include a product created for the sole purpose of facilitating the transfer of funds from a customer to another person pursuant to instructions of the customer. A product is not created for the sole purpose of facilitating the transfer of funds if, in the ordinary course of business of the transferring Entity, either the funds connected with such product are held longer than 60 days after receipt of instructions to facilitate the transfer, or, if no instructions are received, the funds connected with such product are held longer than 60 days after receipt of the funds.
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 250 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Directive 2011/16/EU
Annex VI – Section IV – point A – subparagraph 6
6. ‘Electronic Money Token‘ or ‘E- money Token’ means Electronic Money Token or E-money Token as defined in Regulation XXX.deleted
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 257 #

2022/0413(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Directive 2011/16/EU
Annex VI – Section IV – point C – point 4
4. ‘Reportable Retail Payment Transaction’ means a Transfer of Reportable Crypto-Assets in consideration of goods or services for a value exceeding EURUSD 50 000 (or the equivalent amount in any other currency).
2023/04/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 83 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In accordance with the case law1a of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the scope of the principle of equal treatment of men and women shall not be limited to the prohibition of discrimination based on sex as it also applies to discrimination arising from gender, gender identity and gender expression. _________________ 1a Judgment of 30 April 1996, P. v S., C- 13/94; Judgment of 7 January 2004, K.B., C-117/01; Judgment of 26 June 2018, MB, C-451/16
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 86 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The purpose of this Directive is to lay down minimum requirements for the functioning of equality bodies to improve their effectiveness and guarantee their mandate and independence in order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal treatment as enshrined in the TEU, TFEU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and derived from Directives 2006/54/EC58 and 2010/41/EU59 . _________________ 58 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 59 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 90 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Directive 2000/43/EC60 of the Council and Directive 2004/113/EC61 of the European Parliament and the Council also provide for the designation of equality bodies. for the promotion, analysis, monitoring and support of equal treatment of all persons, without discrimination on grounds of sex, race or ethnic origin. _________________ 60 Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22). 61 Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 93 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU leave a wide margin of discretion to Member States as regards the structure and functioning of equality bodies. This results in significant differences between the equality bodies established in the Member States, in terms of the bodies' mandates, competences, structures, resources and operational functioning. This, in turn, means that protection against discrimination differs from one Member State to another. Levels of discrimination remain high, victims’ awareness of their rights remains low and underreporting is still a considerable problem. Public awareness about and knowledge of discrimination remain limited and a lack of sufficient powers and resources hampers equality bodies’ ability to assist victims effectively or to prevent and address the development of new forms of discrimination based on gender identity, health or socio-economic status or resulting from developments in technology.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 100 #

2022/0400(COD)

(12) This Directive should apply to equality bodies’ action as regards the matters covered by Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. The standards should only concern the functioning of equality bodies and should not extend the material or personal scope of those Directivand the competences of equality bodies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 101 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Equality bodies’ action to ensure the application of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women should include grounds of discrimination such as gender, gender identity, gender expression and those listed in article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation, as well as intersectional discrimination.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 103 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) The proposed DirectiveDirective (EU) 2023/970 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms69 should be considered lex specialis to the enforcement provisions of Directive 2006/54/EC that will be replaced by this Directive. Any hHigher minimum standards established by the future Directive on Pay Transparency for equality bodies in matters relating to equal pay for the same work or work of equal value, including in pay transparency, as compared to those set out in this Directive, should prevail over those set out in this Directive. _________________ 69 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (COM/2021/93 final).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 107 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In promoting equal treatment, preventing discrimination and assisting victims of discrimination, equality bodies should pay particular attention to multiple and instersectional discrimination based on several of the grounds protected by Directives 79/7/EEC, 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC, 2004/113/EC, 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 112 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) Equality bodies can only effectively play their role if they are able to act with complete independence without being subject to any external influence. For that purpose, Member States should take into account a number of criteria that contribute to the independence of equality bodies. Equality bodies should not be set up as part of a ministry or body taking or seeking instructions directly from the government. Any permanent or temporary staff member or person holding a managerial position – for example as member of a board managing the equality body, head of the equality body, or deputy or in case of interim – should be independent, qualified for their position, and selected through a transparent process. The transparency in this process can be ensured, for example, by publishing vacancy notices publicly. Equality bodies should be able to manage their own budget and resources, including by selecting and managing their own staff, and be able to set their own priorities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 120 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) To ensure that equality bodies can exercise all their competences and fulfil all their tasks, Member States should ensure thatguarantee the autonomy of equality bodies in the determination of their internal structure of equality bodiesin a way that allows the independent exercise of their various competences. Particular attention should be paid to situations where bodies are required both to be impartial and to offer support to victims. This is particularly relevant where the equality body holds binding decision- making powers requiring impartiality or is part of a multi-mandate body where another mandate requires impartiality. An internal structure ensuring a strict separation between the relevant competences and tasks should guarantee that the equality body can effectively exercise them.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 126 #

2022/0400(COD)

(18) The lack of appropriatedequate human, material, technical and financial resources is a key issue hampering the ability of equality bodies to adequateffectively fulfil their tasks. Therefore, Member States should ensure that equality bodies receive sufficientadequate funding, can hire qualified staff and, have appropriate premises and infrastructure to carry out each of their tasks effectively, within a reasonable time and within the deadlines established by national law. Their and have budgetary allocation should be stable, except in case of increase in competencend financial autonomy. Member States should ensure that human, material, technical and financial allocation of equality bodies increase proportionally to any extention of their missions and field of intervention or additional competences, especially their rights to act in court proceedings, planned on a multi-annual basis, and allow them to cover costs that may be difficult to anticipate such as increases in complaints and costs linked to litigation. To ensure that equality bodies are provided with sufficient resources, their budget should for instance not suffer cuts that are significantly higher than the average cuts to other public entities; similarly, their annual growth should at least be pegged to the average growth in funding to other entities. Resources should increase proportionally if equality bodies’ tasks and mandate are expandedadequate resources, their annual growth should at least be pegged to the average growth in funding to other similar public entities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 131 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Automated systems, including artificial intelligence, represent a useful tool to identify discrimination patterns, but algorithmic discrimination is also a risk. Equality bodies should therefore have access to qualified staff or services, able to use automated systems for their work on the one hand and to assess them as regards their compliance with non-discrimination rules on the other hand. Particular attention should be devoted to equipping equality bodies with appropriate digital resources, training and expertise, be it directly or by way of subcontracting. Automated systems should comply with accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities in accordance with Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 137 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Equality bodies, alongside other actors, have a key role to play in the prevention of discrimination and the promotion of equality. To address the structural aspects of discrimination and to contribute to social change, tequality bodies should be empowered to carry out activities to prevent discrimination and to promote equal treatment. They should promote equality duties, good practices, positive action and equality mainstreaming among public and private entities, and provide them with relevant training, information, advice, guidance and support, without prejudice to the competences of labour inspectorates or other enforcement bodies, as well as the social partners. They should communicate with public and private entities and groups at risks of discrimination in order to ensure an intersectional approach and to combat underreporting and engage in public debate in order to combat stereotypes and raise awareness about diversity and its benefits, a key pillar of the Union’s equality strategies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 141 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Beyond prevention, a central task of equality bodies is to provide assistance to victims of discrimination. This assistance should always be free of charge and include the provision of key information to complainants and a preliminary assessment of their complaint, based on the initial information gathered from the parties on a voluntary basis. Member States should beincluding whether the procedure will be closed or there are grounds to pursue it further. This preliminary assessment should be based on the initial information gathered from the parties on a voluntary basis or handed over upon request. In order to guarantee a simple and quick procedure, Member States should ensure that the equality body is in charge of defining the modalities under which ithe equality body would issue this assessment, such as the timeframe of the process or procedural safeguards against repetitive or abusive complaints.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 147 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) To ensure that all victims are able to complain, it should be possible to submit complaints in various ways, including orally, in writing and online and through a designated representative. Member States should also pay due regard to Commission Recommendation 2018/951 under which submission of complaints should be possible in a language of the complainant's choosing which is common in the Member State where the equality body is located. To address one of the causes of underreporting, namely, fear of reprisals, and without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law70 , confidentiality should be offered to witnesses and whistle-blowers, and as far as possible, to complainants and alleged perpetrators. _________________ 70 Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 153 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) To offer a possibility for a quick, affordable, out of court resolution of disputes, Member States should provide for the possibility for parties to seek an amicabllternative resolution to their disputes, by the equality body or another existing dedicated entity. They should define the modalities of the amicabllternative dispute settlement process according to national law and practice. They also ensure that initiating such a procedure does not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to justice.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 154 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Evidence is key in determining whether discrimination has taken place and it is often in the hands of the alleged perpetrator. Equality bodies should therefore be able to compel access to the necessary information and documents to establish discrimination and cooperate with the relevant public services – such as labour inspectorates or education inspectorates and social partners. Member States should establish an appropriate framework for the exercise of this competence, in accordance with national rules and procedures. Equality bodies may fully or partially entrust another competent body with conducting or collaborating on inquiries. This competent body should provide the equality body, upon its request, with the results of the inquiry.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 157 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) On the basis of the evidence gathered, either voluntarily or through an investigation, equality bodies should be empowered to provide their assessment to the complainant and the alleged perpetrator. Member States should determine the legal value of this assessment that can be a non- binding opinion or a binding enforceable decision. Both should state the reasons for the assessment and include, where necessary, measures to remedy any breach found and to prevent further occurrences. To ensure the effectiveness of equality bodies’ work, Member States should adopt appropriate measures for the follow-up of opinions and the enforcement of decisions.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 159 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) To promote their work and equality law, equality bodies should be able to publish a summary of their opinions and decisions without disclosing personal data. Equality bodies should be able to disclose personal data where such disclosure is provided for under national law, for example as a penalty for a finding of discrimination.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 162 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) Equality bodies should have the right to act in court proceedings in civil or administrative law matters in order to contribute to ensuring the respect of the principle of equal treatment laid down in Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. While those court proceedings should be subject to national procedural law, including national rules on admissibility of actions, such rules, and in particular any condition of legitimate interest, cannot be applied in a way so as to undermine the effectiveness of the equality bodies’ right to act. The powers of investigation and decision-making and the right to act in court proceedings given to equality bodies by this Directive will facilitate the practical implementation of the current provisions of Directives 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC and ,2004/113/EC and (EU) 2019/1158 on the burden of proof and defence of rights. Under the conditions provided for in this Directive, equality bodies will be able to establish facts “from which it may be presumed that there has been direct or indirect discrimination”, thereby fulfilling the conditions provided for in Article 8 of Directive 2000/43/EC, Article 10 of Directive 2000/78/EC and Article 9 of Directive 2004/113/EC and Article 12 and 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/1158. Their support will therefore facilitate access to justice for victims.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 167 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) Equality bodies should also be able to submit oral or written statements to the courts as third-party interventions - e.g. amicus curiae – as a lightern additional way to support cases with their expert opinion.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 168 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Equality bodies’ rights to act in court must respect the principles of fair trial and equality of arms. Therefore, except where the equality body acts as a party in proceedings on the enforcement or judicial review of an own decision or acts as amicus curiae, the equality body should not be allowed to submit in court proceedings evidence obtained through previous investigations of the same case which the alleged perpetrator or any third party was legally bound to provide.deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 173 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) The effectiveness of equality bodies’ work also depends on giving groups at risk of discrimination full access to their services. In a survey conducted by the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency72 , 71% of members of ethnic or immigrant minority groups reported to be unaware of any organisation offering support or advice to victims of discrimination. A key step to support this access is for Member States to ensure that people know their rights and are aware of the existence of and services offered by equality bodies. This is particularly important for disadvantaged groups and groups whose access to that information can be hindered, for example by their health or socio-economic status, theirage, disability, their literacy, nationality, membership of a national minority, language, residence status, remote and rural geographic locations or their lack of access to online tools. _________________ 72 FRA EU-MIDIS II Survey.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 177 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) Access to equality bodies’ services and publications on an equal basis for all should be guaranteed. For that purpose, potential barriers to access to equality bodies’ services should be identified and addressed. Services should be free of charge for all complainants. Member States should also make sure that the services of equality bodies are available to all potential victims throughout their territory, for example through the establishment of local offices, including mobile ones, easy-to-use digital tools and solutions, the organisation of local campaigns or ,cooperation with local delegates orand civil society organisations, and the creation of partnerships with labour and educational inspectorates, social partners and companies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 184 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) The Union and all Member States are parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities73 (UNCRPD), which includes the obligation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and to guarantee to persons with disabilities equal and effective legal protection against discrimination on all grounds. This Directive should be interpreted in a manner consistent with the UNCRPD. To guarantee equal and effective legal protection and access for persons with disabilities to all services and activities of equality bodies, it is necessary to ensure accessibility, in accordance with requirements set out in Directives (EU) 2016/2102 and (EU) 2019/882, and reasonable accommodation. Equality bodies should ensure physical and digital74 accessibility by preventing and removing the barriers that persons with disabilities may face in accessing their services and information, and provide reasonable accommodation, taking necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments where needed in a particular case. Equality bodies should ensure that all forms of discrimination faced by persons with disabilities are addressed in their activities in line with the UNCRPD, including direct and indirect discrimination, denial of reasonable accommodation, discrimination by association, harassment, instruction to discriminate, as well as victimisation and hate speech. _________________ 73 OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 37. 74 See Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (OJ L 327, 2.12.2016 p.1-15) and related Implementing Decision.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 188 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) Enabling equality bodies to regularly coordinate and cooperate at different levels, on a long-term basis, is key for mutual learning, coherence and consistency, and it may broaden the outreach and impact of their work. Equality bodies should cooperate, in particular, with other equality bodies in the same Member State and in other Member States – including in the framework of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) – and with relevant public and private entities at local, regional, national, Union and international level, such as civil society organisations, EU agencies, data protection authorities, trade unionsocial partners, labour and education inspectorates, law enforcement bodies, agencies with responsibility at national level for the defence of human rights, national statistical offices, authorities managing Union funds, National Roma Contact Points, consumer bodies, and national independent mechanisms for the promotion, protection and monitoring of the UNCRPD. Such cooperation should not involve the exchange of personal data (i.e. equality data in the form that individuals can be identified).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 195 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) Equality data are crucial for raising awareness, sensitising people, quantifying discrimination, showing trends over time, proving the existence of discrimination, evaluating the implementation of equality legislation, demonstrating the need for positive action, and contributing to evidence-based policymaking75 . Equality bodies have a role to play in contributing to the development of relevant equality data for those purposes, for example by organising regular roundtables gathering all relevant entities. They should also collect and analyse disaggregated data on their own activities or conduct surveys and should be able to accessand commission surveys, reports and research and should be able to access, in an easily accessible format, and make use of statistical information collected by other public or private entities – such as the national statistical offices, national courts, labour and education inspectorates, trade unionsocial partners or civil society organisations - concerning the matters they are entrusted with under Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. That statistical information should not contain any personal data. e personal data collected shall be anonymised and, where not possible, pseudonymised. _________________ 75 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (‘the Racial Equality Directive’) and of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (‘the Employment Equality Directive’) SWD(2021) 63 final.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 204 #

2022/0400(COD)

(43) In order to assess the effectiveness of this Directive it is necessary to establish a mechanism to monitor its application and, in addition to monitoring compliance, assess its practical effects. The Commission should be in charge of that monitoring and regularly draw up an application report, based on the information received from Member States and additional relevant data collected at national and Union level, in particular from stakeholders, and by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Institute for Gender Equality and equality bodies, including the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet). In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Member States’ reporting obligations pursuant to Article 16(2) as regards the practical effects of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish a list of relevant indicators, on the basis of which data should be collected. This monitoring should not involve the processing of personal data.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 209 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
(48) Where the fulfilment of the tasks of equality bodies requires the processing of special categories of personal data, namely data on racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability or sexual orientationreferred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Member States should also ensure that national law respects the essence of the right to data protection and provides for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject, in accordance with Article 9(2), point (g), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Such safeguards should include for example internal policies and measures to ensure data minimisation, including through anonymisation of personal data, where possible; to apply pseudonymisation and encryption to personal data; to prevent unauthorised access and transmission of personal data; and to ensure that personal data is not processed longer than is necessary for the purposes for which they are processed.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 210 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive lays down minimum requirements for the functioning of equality bodies to improve their effectiveness and guarantee their mandate and independence in order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal treatment as enshrined in the TEU, TFEU, Charter of Fundamental Rights and derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 215 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The application of the principle of equal treatment shall not be limited to the prohibition of discrimination based on sex as it also applies to discrimination arising from gender, gender identity and gender expression as derived from the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 219 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. This Directive is without prejudice to the more specific provisions contained in Directive 2023/970/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 226 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take measures to ensure that equality bodies are independent and free from external influence in performing their tasks and exercising their competences, in particular as regards their legal structure, accountability, budget and resources, staffing, and organisational matters. Equality bodies shall not be set up as part of a ministry or body taking or seeking instructions directly from the government.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 238 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide for transparent rules and safeguards concerning the selection, appointment, revocation and potential conflict of interest of the staff of equality bodies, in particular persons holding a managerial position, including members of a board managing the equality body, in order to guarantee their competence and independence.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 244 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure thatguarantee the autonomy of equality bodies in the determination of appropriate safeguards are in place, in particular in their internal structure of equality bodies, to guarantee the independent exercise of their competences, notably where some require impartiality and others focus on support to victims.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 248 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in the internal structure and operation of multi- mandate bodies to guarantee the autonomouseffective exercise of the equality mandate.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 252 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that each equality body has budgetary and financial autonomy and is provided with the human, material, technical and financial resources necessary to perform all its tasks and to exercise all its competences effectively, on all the grounds and in all fields covered by Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU including in the event of increases in competences, increases in complaints, litigation costs and the use of special expertise in developing areas with the potential for discrimination such as the use of automated systems.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 257 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that human, material, technical and financial resources of equality bodies are adequate and commensurate to any evolution of their mission and fields of intervention or increase in competences, especially their rights to act in court proceedings.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 265 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adopt a strategy to raise awareness of the general population, throughout their territory, with particular attention to individuals and groups at risk of discrimination, young people, on the rights under Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU and on the existence of equality bodies and their services;
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 268 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure thate conditions for equality bodies to engage in the prevention of discrimination and in the promotion of equal treatment, and guarantee independence for equality bodies in adopting a strategy defining how they will engage in public dialogue, communicate with individuals and groups at risk of discrimination, ensure an intersectional approach in combatting multiple discrimination as well as underreporting, provide training and guidance, and promote equality duties, equality mainstreaming and positive action among public and private entities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 278 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
In doing so, Member States and equality bodies shall take into consideration the most appropriate communication tools and formats for each target group. They shall focus in particular on disadvantaged groups whose access to information can be hindered, for example by their health or socio-economic status, age, disability, literacy, nationality, residence statusmembership of a national minority, language, residence status, remote and rural geographic locations, or their lack of access to online tools.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 287 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that 1. equality bodies are able to provide assistance to victims as set out in paragraphs 2 to 4.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 293 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Equality bodies shall provide assistance to victims, or their designated representatives, initially by informing them on the legal framework, including advice targeted to their specific situation, on the services offered by the equality body and related procedural aspects, as well as on available remedies, including the possibility to pursue a case in court.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 298 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Equality bodies shall issue a preliminary assessment of a complaint on the basedis onf information voluntarily submitted by the parties involved. Member States shall or handed over upon request. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies define the precise modalities under which the equality body will issue such preliminary assessment, ensuring that they contribute to a simple and rapid handling of complaints.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 301 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Equality bodies shall inform the complainants of their preliminary assessment and whether it will close their complaint or whether there are grounds to pursue it further, including via the procedures laid down in Articles 7, 8, 8a and 9.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 302 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Amicable settlementslternative dispute resolution
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 305 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Equality bodies or other existing dedicated entities shall be able to offer the parties the possibility to seek an amicabllternative resolution to their dispute. That process shall be subject to the agreement of the parties and may be led by the equality body itself or by another existing dedicated entity, in which case the equality body may formulate observations to that entity. The parties shall have the possibility to be assisted by designated representatives. Engaging in such a process shall not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to court.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 309 #
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 311 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies are empowered to effectively conduct inquiries where, following a complaint or on their own initiative, equality bodiesthey consider that the principle of equal treatment laid down in Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU may have been breached, those bodies are empowered to further investigate the case.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 314 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In particular, that framework shall provide equality bodies with effective rights to access information and documents which isare necessary to establish whether discrimination has occurred. It shall also provide for appropriate mechanisms for equality bodies to cooperate with relevant public bodies for that purpose such as labour inspectorates.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 318 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayshall also provide that the alleged perpetrator and any third party is legally bound to provide any information and documents requested by equality bodies. Equality bodies shall act with due regard towards the confidentiality of all information and documents received.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 319 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Equality bodies may also fully or partially entrust another competent body with the powers referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Where such a competent body is responsible for or collaborates with the equality body on inquiries, it shall provide the equality body, upon its request, with information on the results thereof.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 339 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the right of the equality body to submit observations to the court as a third- party intervention such as amicus curiae;
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 350 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the equality body can initiate court proceedings in its own name, in particular in order to address structural and systematic discrimination or in order to defend the public interest in cases selected by the equality body because of their abundance, their seriousness or their need for legal clarification.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 354 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that, except in cases referred to in paragraphs 2(a) and (b), the equality body does not submit in court proceedings evidence that it has obtained through the exercise of powers pursuant to Article 8(3).deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 358 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that no investigations pursuant to Article 8(2) to (4) are initiated or continued while court proceedings on the same case are pending.deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 361 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, in the procedures referred to in Articles 6, 7, 8, 8a and 9, the rights of defence of natural and legal persons involved are duly protected. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies guarantee confidentiality of witnesses and whistle-blowers, and as far as possible, of complainants and alleged perpetrators.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 365 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – title
AEqual access, accessibility and reasonable accommodation
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 366 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall guarantee access to equality bodies’ services and publications on an equal basis for all and ensure that there are no barriers to submission of complaints or to assistance of victims.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 367 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies provide all their services at no cost to complainants, throughout their territory, including in rural and remote areas. Member States shall ensure attention is paid to specific territorial characteristics, such as those of outermost regions and regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as northernmost regions with very low population density, islands, cross-border and mountain regions. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies offer tailor-made solutions to provide their services to all complainants such as mobile offices, itinerant solutions, digital tools and platforms.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 371 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure accessibility, including in accordance with Directives (EU) 2016/2102 and (EU) 2019/882, and provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities to guarantee their equal access to all services and activities of equality bodies, including assistance to victims, complaint handling, amicable settlementsubmission and handling, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, information and publications, and prevention, promotion and awareness- raising activities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 375 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that equality bodies, without prejudice to their independence, have appropriate mechanisms in place to cooperate, within their respective fields of competence, with other equality bodies within the same Member State, with equality bodies of other Member States, including in the framework of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet), and with relevant public and private entities, including civil society organisations, relevant EU agencies, social partners, labour and education inspectorates at national, regional, local level as well as in other Member States and at Union and international level.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 389 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies can access in an accessible format statistics related to the rights and obligations derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU collected by public and private entities including public authorities, trade unionsocial partners, companies, and civil society organisations where they deem such statistics necessary to make an overall assessment of the situation regarding discrimination in the Member State, and for drawing up the report referred to in Article 15, point (c).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 391 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall allow equality bodies to make recommendations on which data is to be collected in relation to the rights and obligations derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU, to public and private entities including public authorities, trade unionsocial partners, companies and civil society organisations, and require feedback from the authorities concerned. Member States shall also allow equality bodies to play a coordination role in the collection of equality data.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 395 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies may conduct independent surveys, reports and research concerning discrimination. They shall also ensure that equality bodies can commission such studies and reports.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 398 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) publish a report, with recommendations, ensuring an intersectional approach, at least every four years, on the state of equal treatment and discrimination, including potential structural issues, in their Member State.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 408 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of common indicators to measure the practical effects of this Directive. When preparing the indicators, the Commission may seek advice from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and, the European Institute for Gender Equality and equality bodies, including the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet). Those indicators shall cover the resources, independent functioning, activities, accessibility and effectiveness of equality bodies, as well as evolutions in their mandate, powers, appointments or structure, ensuring the comparability, objectivity and reliability of the data collected at national level.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 411 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By [53 years after the date of transposition], and every 5 years thereafter, Member States shall provide the Commission with all relevant information regarding the application of this Directive, including data on its practical effects collected on the basis of the indicators referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, and in particular taking into account the reports drawn up by the equality bodies under Article 145, points (b) and (c).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 415 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall draw up a report on the application and practical effects of this Directive, based on the information referred to in paragraph 2 and additional relevant data collected at national and Union level, in particular from stakeholders, by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and, the European Institute for Gender Equality and equality bodies, including the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet). The Commission shall issue recommendations as part of the European Semester framework if it identifies shortcomings in Member States' equal treatment and discrimination policies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 418 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The implementation of this Directive shall under no circumstances constitute grounds for a reduction in the level of protection against discrimination already afforded by Member States in the matters covered by this Directives 2006/54/EC, 2010/41/EU and 2023/970/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 421 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that when equality bodies process special categories of personal data, namely data on racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability or sexual orientationreferred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, suitable and specific measures are provided to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 423 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
References to the bodies for the promotion of equal treatment referred to in those Articles, as well as Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/1158, shall be construed as references to the equality bodies referred to in Article 2 of this Directive.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 152 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) State advertising should be understood broadly as covering promotional or self-promotional activities undertaken by, for or on behalf of a wide range of public authorities or entities, including governments, regulatory authorities or bodies as well as state-owned enterprises or other state-controlled entities in different sectors, at national or regional level, or local governments of territorial entities of more than 1 million inhabitants. However, the definition of state advertising should not include emergency messages by public authorities which are necessary, for example, in cases of natural or sanitary disasters, accidents or other sudden incidents that can cause harm to individuals.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 247 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Ensuring a consistent regulatory practice regarding this Regulation and Directive 2010/13/EU is essential. For this purpose, and to contribute to ensuring a convergent implementation of EU media law, the Commission may issue guidelines on matters covered by both this Regulation and Directive 2010/13/EU when needed. When deciding to issue guidelines, the Commission should consider in particular regulatory issues affecting a significant number of Member States or those with a cross-border element. This is the case in particular for national measures taken under Article 7a of Directive 2010/13/EU on the appropriate prominence of audiovisual media services of general interest. In view of the abundance of information and the increasing use of digital means to access the media, it is important to ensure prominence for content of general interest, in order to help achieving a level playing field in the internal market and compliance with the fundamental right to receive information under Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union. Given the possible impact of the national measures taken under Article 7a on the functioning of the internal media market, guidelines by the Commission would be important to achieve legal certainty in this field. It would also be useful to provide guidance on national measures taken under Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/13/EU with a view to ensuring the public availability of accessible, accurate and up-to-date information related to media ownership. In the process of preparing its guidelines, the Commission should be assisted by the Board. The Board should in particular share with the Commission its regulatory, technical and practical expertise regarding the areas and topics covered by the respective guidelines.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 254 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Transparency of media ownership is the precondition to a fuller understanding of media ownership in Europe and makes media pluralism effective. A media ownership database constitutes a valuable resource for citizens and a wide range of stakeholders, but collecting such information in a comprehensive manner remains a challenge. Therefore, Member States and the Board actively participate in information gathering, updating and dissemination activities relating to media- ownership issues.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 255 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)
(28b) National regulatory authorities or bodies established in accordance with Directive 2010/13/EU uphold a media ownership database in order to ensure the public interest because the media helps form public opinion and has direct influence on the outcome of elections. The Commission provides guidance on national measures taken under Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/13/EU with a view to ensuring the public availability of accessible, accurate and up-to-date information related to media ownership. In the process of preparing its guidelines, the Commission should be assisted by the Board. The Board should in particular share with the Commission its regulatory, technical and practical expertise regarding the areas and topics covered by the respective guidelines.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 473 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘spyware’ means any product with digital elements specially designed to exploit vulnerabilities in other products with digital elements'surveillance technologies’ means any electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance device that enables the covert surveillance of natural or legal persacquisition of informations by monitoring, extracting, collecting or analysing data from such products or from the natural or legal persons using such products, in particular by secretly recording calls or otherwise using the microphone of an end-user device, filming natural persons, machines or their surroundings, copying messages, photographing, tracking browsing activity, tracking geolocation, collecting other sensor data or tracking activities across multiple end-user devices,of any information and communication technology without the natural or legal person concerned being made aware in a specific manner and having given their express specific free and informed consent in that regard;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 490 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
RecipientsEveryone of media services in the Union shall have the right to receive a plurality of news and current affairs content, produced with respect for editorial freedom of media service providers, to the benefit of the public discourse.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 497 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) interfere in or try to influence in any way, directly or indirectly, editorial policies and decisions by media service providers or journalists ;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 501 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) order disclosure, detain, sanction, intercept, subject to surveillance or search and seizure, or inspect media service providers or, if applicableand their journalists, their family members, their employees or their family members, or their corporate and private premises, on the ground that they refuse to disclose information on their sources, unless this is justified by an overriding requirement in the public interest, in accordance with Article 52(1)if applicable, any other subject belonging to their professional and private network of relationships, ofr the Charir corporater and in compliance with other Union lawprivate premises;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 505 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) deploy spywareurveillance technologies in any device or machine used by media service providers or, if applicableand their journalists, their family members, or their employees or their family members, unless the deployment is justified, on a case-by-case basis, on grounds of national security and is in compliance with Article 52(1) of the Charter and other Union law or the deployment occurs in serious crimes investigations of one of the aforementioned persons, it is provided for under national law and is in compliance with Article 52(1) of the Charter and other Union law, and measures adopted pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) would be inadequate and insufficient to obtain the information sought.if applicable, any other subject belonging to their professional and private network of relationships;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 508 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) create or force access to encrypted communications in any device or machine used by media service providers and their journalists or, if applicable, any other subject belonging to their professional and private network of relationships;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 514 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Any action that correspond to an interference with journalists’ sources as mentioned in this article under paragraph 1 are only permitted if justified by an overriding requirement in the public interest, in accordance with Article 52(1) of the Charter, the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/1534 of 16 September 2021 on ensuring the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists and other media professionals in the European Union, and in compliance with other Union law;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 516 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Any sanctions against media service service providers or journalists who refuse to disclose the identity of a source should only be applied by an independent court after a fair trial, which shall be subject to effective judicial remedy;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 517 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. In order to be in accordance with Article 52(1) of the Charter and in compliance with other Union law, the following cumulative conditions need to be fulfilled for the justification of actions that interfere with the protection of journalists’ sources: (a) The interference is, ex ante, ordered exclusively by a judge, a court or another independent and impartial body; (b) The interference is justified for the prevention, investigation or prosecution of serious crime; (c) The information sought is crucial for the prevention, investigation or prosecution of serious crime; (d) The interference with journalists’ rights is prescribed by law and is proportionate in respect to the legitimate aim pursued; (e) There are no alternatives for the public authorities to obtain the information sought in another way, without interfering with the protection of journalists’ sources;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 551 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Duties of media service providers providing news and current affairs contentMedia ownership transparency
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 558 #

2022/0277(COD)

1. Media service providers providing news and current affairs content shall make easily and directly accessible to the recipients of their servicesshall make easily and directly accessible through electronic, machine readable and user friendly format the following information:
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 559 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) their legal name and contact details and registration numbers;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 569 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the name(s) and contact details of their direct or indirect owner(s) with shareholdings enabling them to exercise influence on the operation and strategic decision making;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 577 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) whether and if so to what extent their direct or beneficial ownership is held by the government, a state institution, state-owned enterprise or other public body;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 581 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) the interests, links or activities of their owners and their family members known to be close associates of politically exposed persons as defined in Article 3 points 9, 10, 11 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 582 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) the interests, links or activities of their owners and their family members in other media or non-media businesses;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 585 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
(cd) any other interests that could influence their strategic decision-making or their editorial line;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 604 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Without prejudice to national constitutional laws consistent with the Charter, media service providers providing news and current affairs content shall take measures that they deem appropriate with a view to guaranteeing the independence of individual editorial decisions. In particular, such measures shall aim to:
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 624 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ensure disclosure of any actual or potential conflict of interest by any party having a stake in media service providers that may affect the provision of news and current affairsmedia content.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 628 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Media service providers shall update the information made available according to paragraph 1 within 30 days of any change to their ownership or control arrangements;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 634 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The obligations under this Article shall not apply to media service providers that are micro enterprises within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2013/34/EU.deleted
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 640 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. National regulatory authorities or bodies established in accordance with Directive 2010/13/ EU shall establish national electronic databases of media ownership;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 641 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Media service providers shall submit the information made publicly available according to paragraph 1 to the national databases of media ownership established according to paragraph 3 within 30 days of any change to their ownership or control arrangements;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 642 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. National regulatory authorities or bodies established in accordance with Directive 2010/13/ EU shall submit data provided according to paragraph 4 to the European Database of Media Ownership;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 643 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. National regulatory authorities or bodies shall monitor and produce annual reports regarding the ownership in media markets within their Member State. In order to assess the accuracy of the information on media ownership made available pursuant to paragraph 4, national regulatory authorities or bodies may request from media service providers further information;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 683 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Board shall be composed of high level representatives of national regulatory authorities or bodies referred to in Article 30 of Directive 2010/13/EU.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 698 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall designate a representative to the Board. The representative of the Commission shall participate in all activities and meetings of the Board, without voting rights. The Chair of the Board shall keep the Commission informed about the ongoing and planned activities of the Board. The Board shallmay consult the Commission and other relevant stakeholders in preparation of its work programme and main deliverables.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 709 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The Board, in agreement with the Commission, may invite experts and observers to attend its meetings.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 738 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Board shall have a secretariat, which shall be provided by the Commissionbe supported by an independent secretariat. The secretariat shall have a legal personality.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 781 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) advise the Commission, where requested by it, on regulatory, technical or practical aspects pertinent to the consistent application of this Regulation and implementation of Directive 2010/13/EU as well as all on other matters related to media services within its competence. Where the Commission requests advice or opinions from the Board, it may indicate a time limit, taking into account the urgency of the matter;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 795 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e – introductory part
(e) in agreement with the Commission, draw up opinions with respect to:
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 806 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point f – introductory part
(f) upon request of the Commission, draw up opinions with respect to:
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 847 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) draw up and make available to national regulatory authorities and bodies established according to Directive 2010/13/EU a template for reporting on the ownership of media service providers according to Article 6(4) of this Regulation;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 850 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m b (new)
(mb) establish and operate a European Database of Media Ownership collecting information related to the ownership of media service providers;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 852 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m c (new)
(mc) In so far as necessary in order to achieve the objectives set out in this Regulation and carry out its tasks, and without prejudice to the competences of the Member States and the institutions of the Union, the Board, in consultation with the Commission, may cooperate with competent Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups, with competent authorities of third countries and with international organisations.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 855 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m d (new)
(md) To that end, the Board may, subject to prior approval by the Commission, establish working arrangements.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 967 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
[...]deleted
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1107 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Any legislative, regulatory or administrative measure taken by a Member State that is liable to affect the operation of media service providers in the internal market shall be duly justified and proportionate, including those taken to implement EU legislative acts, that is liable to affect the provision of media services or operation of media service providers in the internal market shall be duly and objectively justified, proportionate and minimise disruptions on the operation of media service providers. Such measures shall be adequate, reasoned, transparent, objective and non- discriminatory.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1131 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. The Board, upon request of the Commission, shall draw up an opinion where a national legislative, regulatory or administrative measure is likely to affect the functioning of the internal market for media services. Following the opinion of the Board, and without prejudice to its powers under the Treaties, the Commission may issue its own opinion on the matter. Opinions by the Board and, where applicable, by the Commission shall be made publicly available.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1211 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. In the absence of an assessment or a consultation pursuant to Article 21, the Board, upon request of the Commission, shall draw up an opinion on the impact of a media market concentration on media pluralism and editorial independence, where a media market concentration is likely to affect the functioning of the internal market for media services. The Board shall base its opinion on the elements set out in Article 21(2). The Board may bring media market concentrations likely to affect the functioning of the internal market for media services to the attention of the Commission.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1266 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Public funds or any other consideration or advantage granted by public authorities to media service providers for the purposes of advertising shall be awarded according to transparent, objective, proportionate and non- discriminatory criteria and through open, proportionate and non-discriminatory procedures. This Article shall not affect public procurement rules.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1270 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Prior to granting resources to media service providers for the purposes of advertising, public authorities shall ensure that the specific criteria employed to determine the allocation of state advertising according to paragraph 1 are made available to the public in a user- friendly manner over an online interface.Public funds or any other consideration or advantage granted by public authorities shall not exceed 20% of the total annual budget of the media service provider.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1278 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Public authorities, including national, federal or regional governments, regulatory authorities or bodies, as well as state-owned enterprises or other state- controlled entities at the national or regional level, or local governments of territorial entities of more than 1 million inhabitants, shall make publicly available accurate, comprehensive, intelligible, detailed and yearlyuser friendly and machine readable format detailed information about their advertising expenditure allocated to media service providers on a quarterly basis, which shall include at least the following details:
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1290 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) a thorough explanation of how the criteria outlined in paragraph 1a were implemented in the allocation of the state funds for the relevant quarter.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1293 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Public authorities allocating public funds or any other consideration or advantage granted for the purposes of advertising shall report on these exchanges to the national regulatory authorities or bodies established in accordance with Directive 2010/13/EU on a quarterly basis. Media service providers receiving such funds shall also make it tranparent that they received such funds.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1297 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. National regulatory authorities or bodies established in accordance with Directive 2010/13/EU shall submit data provided according to paragraph 2a to the European Database of State Advertising.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1302 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. National regulatory authorities or bodies shall monitor the proper allocation of state advertising in media markets. In order to assess the accuracy of the information on state advertising made available pursuant to paragraph 2, national regulatory authorities or bodies may request from the entities referred to in paragraph 2 further information, including information on the application of criteria referred to in paragraph 1.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1304 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The allocation of state resources to media service providers, for the purpose of transmitting emergency messages by public authorities, shall become subject to the requirements set out in this article after 6 months of adoption of those emergency measures.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1307 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. National regulatory authorities or bodies shall prohibit the provision of Public funds or any other consideration or advantage granted by public authorities to media service providers if the amount exceeded 20% of the total annual budget of the media service provider.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1332 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) a detailed assessment of the allocation of state advertising;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1335 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
(cb) an assessment of the rules and practices in the allocation of public subsidies to media services;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1340 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)
(cc) an assessment of the rules and practices in the allocation of public subsidies to media services;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1350 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) a detailed assessment of the allocation of state advertising;
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1351 #

2022/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
(db) an assessment of the rules and practices in the allotment of public subsidies to media services.
2023/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 6 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the strong need for culture and education, as the backbone of oEuropean democracy, values, society and economy, to receive support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), also with regard to the green and digital transitions;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas youth have significant decrease in personal income and a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion, as well as a considerable risk for the future labour market involvement; whereas immediate action is needed to secure and improve the future and well-being of young people; whereas the youth unemployment rate in the EU, while showing initial signs of recovery by mid- 2021, still stood at 17.4% in Q2-2021, nearly triple the unemployment rate of the population aged 25-741a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /economy- finance/2022_european_semester_propos al_for_a_joint_employment_report_0.pdf
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to use the available funding from RRF to bolster both the short-term recovery of the whole cultural ecosystem as well as the resilience, competitiveness, innovation and sustainability of the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) in the long term;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas, according to the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard, Member States have put forward 228 measures with a focus on supporting children and youth; whereas 74% of the measures focus on general, vocational and higher education and training capacity, as well as accessibility, affordability, quality and inclusiveness, including digitisation and infrastructure, the performance of education and increasing capacity in higher education; whereas 14% of the measures that Member States included are dealing with early childhood education and care, early school leaving and child poverty; whereas 12% of the measures focus on tackling youth unemployment through job creation, hiring, job transition incentives and support for self-employment;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for the promotion of cross- border approaches to culture and the search for European partners for the creation of major European cultural co- productions, fostering the mobility of artists and creators by reinforcing cooperation of all involved actors and exchanges of best practices;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Emphasizes the importance of adequate funding for digitisation, preservation and online availability of cultural and creative contents and our European cultural heritage;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 17 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the RRF created an unprecedented structure adapted to addressing the complex effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economy, society and institutions; whereas the RRF will drive Member States' reforms and investments in line with the EU’s priorities as set out in the six pillars;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Underlines that besides economic recovery of the CCSI, the support from RRF should be used also for the improvement of working conditions, training, up- and reskilling of workers in these sectors in order to keep up with the structural changes underway;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the cultural and creative sectorsCCSI were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the last to recover, given the restrictions in capacity of cultural events and venues, as well as postponements or cancellations of events;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas social and territorial cohesion is one of the six pillars of the RRF; whereas creating and fostering high- quality employment creation is one of the objectives included in the RRF Regulation; whereas this should be achieved through a comprehensive package of reforms and investments in order to promote social impact investments, as well as stable employments contracts, decent wages, collective bargaining and social protection coverage;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the European cultural and creative sectors including industries account for between 4 and 7 % of the EU’s GDP and for about 8.7 million jobs in the EU; emphasizes that these figures are not adequately reflected in the national recovery and resilience plans, leaving the cultural and creative sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and support the recovery and resilience of the European economy;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas policies for the next generation, children and youth, including education and skills, is one of the six pillars of the RRF; whereas the constant development of digital skills, as well as the development of skills with economic potential, such as green or entrepreneurial skills, is key for a healthy inclusive and future-oriented European labour market and should create access for every European to quality and paid employment; whereas the same applies to vocational education, trade skills and life skills; whereas in 2022 and 2023 3.4 million jobs are expected to be created1a,making it will be essential to ensure young people take part of these new employment opportunities; whereas an increasing number of young adults are now relying on the parental home to protect them from poverty, but 29 % of households with three generations are at risk of poverty and 13 % are severely deprived2a; whereas 40% of employers cannot find people with the right skills to fill their vacancies3a; whereas the EU needs to overcome all forms of skills mismatch in order to make effective use of its human capital4a; whereas access to proper digital infrastructure and training on digital skills should be available to all in order to avoid widening the gap between people on digital literacy and ensure equal opportunities for all in the education system and in the labour market; _________________ 1a European Commission Autumn 2021 Economic Outlook, p.2. 2a Source: Recital N – EP Resolution on Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions) 3a Source : https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId =1146⟨Id=en 4a Source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/BRIE/2016/573893/EPRS_BRI%2 82016%29573893_EN.pdf
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Emphasizes that the European Parliament repeatedly and with an overwhelming majority - e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU - called on the Commission and the Member States to include culture in the national recovery and resilience plans and to earmark at least 2 % of the RRF budget to culture;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Recalls that atypical employment (part-time and fixed-duration contracts, temporary work and economically dependent self-employment) is commonplace for authors, performers, artists and many other cultural creators, often leading to precarious working conditions; highlights that the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated this situation which poses a fundamental threat to the EU’s cultural ecosystem, to Europe’s cultural diversity and to our democracy and society;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the COVID-19 crisis has already left many young people jobless or in precarious employment; calls on the Commission and Member Sstates to fight against youth unemployment and to ensure that young people, especially those not in employment, education or training (NEETs), receive adequate, paid and quality first working experience; condemns the practice of unpaid internships as a form of exploitation of young workers, and a violation of their rights, and calls on the Commission and the Member States, in collaboration with Parliament, and respecting the principle of subsidiarity, to propose a common legal framework to ensure fair remuneration for traineeships and apprenticeships in order to avoid exploitative practices;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Opposes the Commission’s approach to incorporate not strictly cultural interventions such as tourism and energy efficiency of cultural buildings in the calculations, resulting in misleading statistics; calls for a recalculation and reassessment of the data available; of the overall RRF spending on the cultural sector, resulting in a lack of precise statistical information on Member States’ areas of action; calls for a recalculation and reassessment of the data available; calls on the Commission to collect, publish and periodically update comprehensive and disaggregated data on Member States’ interventions in the field of culture, as well as media, youth and sports in the framework of the implementation of RRF funds;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the thematic analysis of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) in terms of education actions published on the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard website is incomplete and rather general; calls therefore on the Commission to conduct more detailed analysis also in this regard, including on citizenship education as well as on actions fostering media literacy and critical thinking;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that Member States must adopt reforms and includeHighlights that, according to the Commission estimates provided to the European Parliament working group on the Recovery and Resilience Facility, Member States included in their plans measures dedicated to children and youth worth EUR 49.21 billion, representing approximately 11,5% of the total budget of the 22 recovery and resilience plans currently approved; stresses that Member States must include reforms and investments in the next generation, children and the youth in line with the objectives of the Child Guarantee and reinforced Youth Guarantee; recalls that there is RRF funding expressly available for the development of education, training and skills, particularly digital skills; stresses, further, the importance of the mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences in fostering labour mobility in order to access financing under the RRF and ensure complementarity between RRF, ESF+ and EU programmes; calls on the Commission to closely monitor Member States' investment in this area via the Semester cycle and the national reform programmes in line with the RRF, while involving social partners in the monitoring and evaluation of the national recovery and resilience plans;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need to address skills gaps and skills obsolescence in the EU in order to address labour market shortages which are holding back productivity and economic growth; stresses the need to transform and modernise education and training in light of the digital and green transitions enhancing the acquisition of digital skills and education particularly and promoting VET and lifelong learning; recalls the RRF funding expressly available for the development of education, training and skills, particularly digital skills; further stresses the importance of the mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences in fostering labour mobility and addressing labour market; demands and welcomes in this regard the Commission proposals for Council Recommendations on individual learning accounts and micro-credentials and urges the Council to adopt and implement the proposals without delay;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls previous requests urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to cultureCCSI and 10 % to education; criticises the fact that these already misleading with concrete, inclusive measures accessible to all; points out that these numbers have been achieved at an aggregated EU level only;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 76 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that only half of the Member States decided to include digital training of teachers and educators in their NRRPs; in the context of the digital transformation and the increased relevance of distance and blended learning during the pandemic, considers this number insufficient and encourages Member States to put more emphasis on teachers’ digital skills in their reforms of education systems;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 77 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Member States to put the recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors at the core of their investments into culture, with a particular focus on improving the overall situation of authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators who are the ones to create the cultural works that our democracy, society and economy benefit from;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 78 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that any action taken to help the cultural and creative sectors in their recovery should not only be aimed at economic recovery, but also be used for the improvement of the working conditions of authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators as well as for their up- and reskilling with regards to i.a. knowledge of their rights, the opportunities of the digital era and the possibilities of international mobility;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that high-quality education systems provide the foundation for the EU’s global competitiveness, and recalls that well-functioning education and training systems require high levels of public investment; calls on the Member States to make ambitious use of funds available through the recovery plan to drive investment in education, with the objective of creating a genuine EuropeanEducation Area;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 85 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has already received first payment requests under the RRF; urges the Commission to ensure a fast deployment of payments and to closely monitor the implementation of reforms and investments;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly believes that for the correct implementationin order to truly achieve the goals of the RRF, a special focus should be given to micro and small organisations, including independent ones; emphasizes at the same time the need to pay special attention to organisations in remote rural areas;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 96 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) are strategic for European citizens and economy, and that their workers must benefit from a genuine European recovery, in view of the fact that CCSI are an atypical sector made up of players characterised by the pre-eminence of small structures (SMEs or self-employed entrepreneurs) and often depending on irregular income; Deplores that the deteriorating economic situation of many households will lead to a diminishing rate of participation in many cultural activities, further jeopardising the remuneration of creators, particularly in terms of copyright, or even suspending it, for as long as productions are put on hold;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. CNotes that, according to the Commission estimates provided to the European Parliament working group on the Recovery and Resilience Facility, EUR 188 bln have been allocated for measures related to the social and territorial cohesion in the 22 approved plans; regrets that social investment measures were rather restricted towards social infrastructure and did not allow the development of proper care services and temporary relief measures; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support legislative and policy initiatives aimed at reducing inequalities and promoting decent working conditions for all, with a particular focus on telework, the right to disconnect, mental well-being at work, occupational health and safety, ensuring quality jobs for essential workers, and strengthening the role of the social partners and collective bargaining; calls in this regard for the swift adoption of the directives on improving working conditions in platform work and on adequate minimum wages in the European Union;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. StressesRecalls that COVID-19 crisis has made artists and cultural and creative professionals even more vulnerable, as the loss of earnings for non-standard workers, who make up the majority of the CCSI, has been exacerbated by weak or absent national social security schemes and dedicated support measures; Stresses therefore the need for sustainable structural reforms targeting education and the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular regarding social security and legal status in the latter; regrets that such reforms are planned in only a minority of Member States;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls the importance of mutual recognition and cross-border portability of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications facilitating cross- border mobility of workers in CCSI; Encourages the Member States to take action in this regard within their NRRPs;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 125 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the creation and publication of the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard. steps taken by the Commission in order to ensure full transparency in implementing of the RRF, such as making the Operational Arrangements concluded with the Member States available of the dedicated RRF website as well as launching Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard, that contains data on the plans submitted by Member States, approved by the Commission and endorsed by the Council; Reiterates the importance of the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard in providing a clear framework for the additionality impact, as well as ensuring a qualitative analysis of the reforms and investments proposed; urges the Member States to provide detailed information to the Commission in order to ensure an effective reporting of the impact of the RRF;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Deplores that national parliaments, regions and local authorities, as well as civil society organisations, including youth organisations have had a limited involvement in designing national plans; recalls that regions and local authorities and civil society organisations are at the forefront of RRP local implementation and asks the Commission and the Member States to ensure proper and deep involvement of social partners, civil society, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the plans, as well as effective coordination between the relevant levels of government;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Reiterates the importance of a successful implementation by the Member States in order to ensure a long-term impact on the EU economy and society; urges the Commission to use all lessons learned from the creation and implementation of the RRF in shaping the new EU economic governance framework;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to commit to transparency and to examine the possibility of redirecting unused or saved RRF resources to culture, education, youth, sports and media; recalls that the RRF resources can and should be used in combination with other funds and programmes aimed for these areas, available on European as well as national and regional levels, in order to create synergies and speed up their recovery and strengthen their transformation towards more resilience;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 147 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that 2022 is the European Year of Youth which aims to put young Europeans in the centre of the attention and to empower as well as support them in renewing their positive perspectives, especially in the context of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on them; calls on the Member States to adopt adequate measures in their NRRPs adressing this reality as a complement to the EuropeanYear of Youth actions, while calling on the Commission to ensure the funding of the legacy of those actions beyond 2022;
2022/02/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the fight against racism and discrimination in our societies, both overt and latent, needs to be stepped up and is a shared responsibility; whereas the European Union needs to further reflect on and commit to tackling the structural racism and discrimination faced by many minority groups;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 111 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s dedication to ensuring that Member States develop national action plans against racism; calls for specific targets on culture, education, media and sport to be included in the development of those plans; considers it necessary in this regard to collect good practices and share them with Member States in order to facilitate the development of their national action plans as well as to promote learning between National Agencies;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 113 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s dedication to ensuring that Member States develop national action plans against racism; calls for specific targets oobjectives to reflect the full diversity of society in culture, education, media and sport to be included in the development of those plans;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 115 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the publication and implementation of specific EU guidelines on the collection of equality data based on racial or ethnic origin; calls on the Member States to adapt national statistics and to remove legal barriers in order to facilitate the collection of quality data on equality; callsonsiders that, if data on ethe Commission and the Member States to use this data to develop policies to attain racial justicenic discrimination and hate crime were to be collected, this should be for the sole purpose of identifying the roots of and to combat racism and discriminatory discourse and acts, in accordance with the relevant national legal frameworks and EU data protection legislation;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 121 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the commitment to diversity and inclusion within Erasmus+, Creative Europe, the European Solidarity Corps, and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme; emphasizes the need to systematically follow and analyse the contribution of each of these programmes to the fight against racism and create an overview of good practices; calls on the Commission to ensure that the recently published inclusion strategies are mainstreamed across all educational, cultural, media and sporting initiatives;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 126 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the commitment to diversity and inclusion within Erasmus+, Creative Europe, the European Youth Guarantee, the European Solidarity Corps, and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme; calls on the Commission to ensure that the recently published inclusion strategies are mainstreamed across all educational, cultural, media and sporting initiatives;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 127 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the commitment to diversity and inclusion within Erasmus+, Creative Europe, the European Solidarity Corps, ESF+ and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme; calls on the Commission to ensure that the recently published inclusion strategies are mainstreamed across all educational, cultural, media and sporting initiatives;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 131 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Member States to reach a common position as soon as possible on the proposal for a Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation(Anti-discrimination directive), which has been blocked in the Council since 2009;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 170 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reiterates the crucial role of education in deconstructing prejudices and stereotypes, promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity, and highlights that education is a key tool to end structural discrimination and racism in our societies;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 179 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the need to give greater space in the history curricula to objective and factual learning about different racial or ethnic ideologies, such as slavery, colonialism or fascism, and their forms and origins, including the misuse of science for their justification, as well as their consequences and possible remnants in present times;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 187 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to foster the development of diverse and inclusive educational curricula to ensure that authors, historians, scientists and artists among other figures from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds are included in key materials;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 196 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the history of all racial and ethnic communities living in Europe to be included in all history curricula in order to encourage a broader perspective on world history centred on the interactions between different continents before, during and after European colonisation;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 202 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the practice of segregation in schools; calls on all Member States to introduce policies to prevent children from minority groups from being placed in separate schools or classes, whether intentionally or not; emphasizes that such practices often stem from misdiagnosing children from certain minority groups with intellectual disabilities based on their social or personal circumstances, resulting in their placement in special schools with reduced curricula and, consequently, limiting possibilities for their further education. Calls, therefore, on the Member States to ensure that their educational systems embrace the concept of adjustment to different needs of different children instead of retaining the concept of a child that does not meet the demands of the system and needs to be separated;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 213 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to enable talented children of racial and ethnic minorities to access high level schools and quality educational opportunities, accompanying them in their paths to excellence including by making funding available if needed;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 223 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that teachers and educators should be trained to work with children from all backgrounds and to be sensitive to their different needs as well as possible issues, including racial or ethnic discrimination. Underlines the need for a specialised training for all teachers and educators in order to become aware of their implicit bias and to be able to translate the training into their teaching methods;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 234 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to avoid budget cuts for education programmes, as it might result in less room for discussions on cross-cultural awareness and antiracism;8a _________________ 8a p. 13; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2021/690905/IPOL_STU(20 21)690905_EN.pdf
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 237 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Encourages the Member States to put more emphasis on responsible citizenship education in their curricula as well as on education about the EU, its history and values, in order to foster cohesion and tolerance and to help create a sense of common European identity, while acknowledging the existing differences;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 245 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the urgent need to put a greater emphasis on the development of critical thinking, media literacy and digital skills in education programmes through targeted age-appropriate activities in order to fight the spread of disinformation, hoaxes or harmful content, including those pertaining to race and racism;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 256 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to launching a communication and awareness-raising campaign to foster diversity in the audiovisual sector; calls for this campaign to be centred on the diversity and history of racialised communities and on how achieving racial justice can contribute to a more democratic Europe;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 258 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the cultural and media industries to avoid practices that reinforce negative stereotypes about ethnic and racial minorities and encourage showing them in positive roles;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 266 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that some Member States have audiovisual regulatory bodies with the power to issue sanctions following programmes that showpromote discriminatory or racist content; encourages the Member States to empower their regulatory agencies in this sense; calls for the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services to be given a greater role in coordinating the national agencies and collecting and sharing data;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 273 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Member States to incorporate more sports activities in their curricula, especially a broad variety of team sports, and encourages educational institutions to organise and/or participate in sports competitions more often, with the aim of facilitating bonding opportunities among children from diverse backgrounds;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 288 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to develop an EU code of ethics in sport in order to combat racism in sporting organisations and foster inclusion and respect, including for those that need specific clothing, at all levels of sport; invites sporting organisations at all levels to subscribe to such an EU code and to incorporate it within their statutes; encourages organisations to raise awareness of such a code and its content among their members and their families, and the wider public;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 291 #

2021/2057(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to take measures to protect athletes that take a political stand and denounce racism and other forms of discrimination in sports or speak out for diversity; urges sporting organisations at all levels to protect such athletes from retribution and take sanctions against hate speech, racism and other forms of discrimination;
2021/12/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 17 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe (2020/2708(RSP)),
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 September2020 on effective measures to ‘green’ Erasmus+, Creative Europe and theEuropean Solidarity Corps (2019/2195(INI)),
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the cultural and creative sectors, of which news media and audiovisual sectors are an integral part, have been among the hardest hit by the fallout from COVID-19; whereas these sectors are also expected to recover at a more moderate pace than the general economy; whereas COVID-19 has had different kinds of impact on the various actors of the media and audiovisual sector and industry, who are therefore facing different challenges; whereas these challenges therefore need to be addressed with global plans but also tailored measures to overcome this crisis;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas cinemas and film festivals play a central role in the European audiovisual ecosystem, particularly in terms of distribution but also regarding the viewing experience they provide to Europeans; whereas cinemas have suffered greatly from the closure of cultural venues and the social distancing measures that prevent them from operating at full capacity, if at all;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the audiovisual sector plays a vital part in fostering the resilience of our democratic societies; whereas the European audiovisual sector is mostly comprised of a variety of small businesses; whereas the heterogeneity of the sector is also one of its strengths, helping to promote and strengthen Europe’s cultural, linguistic, social and political diversity; whereas the structuring of the European audiovisual and media sector into a competitive industry should therefore go hand in hand with the promotion of cultural diversity and market access for smaller operators;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 75 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the fallout of the economic downturn, and strongly reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to increase support available for the news media and audiovisual sectors, and the cultural and creative sectors more broadly; considers that allocations for the media and audiovisual sector should be increased across various multiannual financial framework (MFF) programmes;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 99 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. AcknowledgeRegrets that some parts of the audiovisual ecosystem are not covered by current support measures; invites the Commission to continue exploring tailored support schemes; urges particular attention be paid in all support actions to Member States with low audiovisual production capacity;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 119 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that tax policies can help recovery and resilience of these sectors; encourages Member States with adequate fiscal scope to help boost media and cinema consumption and admissions through VAT rates that accommodate this;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 120 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the European Commission's announcement of an additional financial support for the European network of cinemas; calls, however, on the Commission to quickly consider tailored support for cinemas, that have to operate at reduced capacity and with additional costs, as well as for European film festivals;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 121 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Considers that more coverage should be devoted to European news in order to inform citizens about the activities of the Union; reiterates its support for the news media which have made the editorial choice to cover European affairs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to promote the emergence of a genuine European media sphere;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 141 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that global online platforms have a vast disruptive impact on the media and audiovisual sector, as they dominate the data and advertising market, and have radically changed audience consumption patterns; underlines that current legislation does not regulate pivotal issues in the information and audiovisual ecosystems such as access to data, digital advertising, algorithmic transparency, platform accountability, must-show and other questions which are crucial for the European media and audiovisual stakeholders to be able to fairly compete with these platforms; considers that timely adoption of legislation, such as the upcoming Digital Markets Act, to help address these shortcomings is a matter of urgency;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 159 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the additional challenges for news media operating in smaller markets, including local, regional and niche media, which have limited revenues, and are not viable using current commercial business models, and which cannot embrace new ones that media operating in larger markets can; believes, therefore, that public funding mechanisms based on the arm’s length principle are increasingly necessary, coupled with unobstructed access to the advertising market;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 188 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Is of the opinion that the correct, complete and timely implementation of European legislation in favour of audiovisual and news media stakeholders, such as the 2019/790 Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, and the 2018/1808/EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services(AVMSD), is of key importance to ensure a level-playing field for European actors;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 193 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to elaborate comprehensive European news media and audiovisual sector strategies, including sector-specific strategies for high added value activities where the EU is a competitive player or has the potential to be one, such as video games or virtual reality;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 218 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the added value of 17. including the media sector stakeholders in media and information literacy initiatives;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 226 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges that the existing creation and distribution models in the European audiovisual sector are largely based on territorial exclusivity, and ownership of intellectual property rights by independent producers and creators; calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay particular attention to the right of authors to receive fair remuneration for the exploitation of their works, especially in the digital environment;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 238 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Considers that more visibility should be given to EU programmes and initiatives aimed at promoting the circulation of high quality European works with international potential, such as Creative Europe MEDIA or the LUX Audience Award;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 239 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Recalls the adoption of the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which requires the catalogues of VOD platforms operating in the EU to offer and promote 30% of European works; asks the Commission and the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) to closely monitor the effective implementation of this measure, and to evaluate the success of its objective, in particular with regards to the definition of the “European works”;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 242 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines that video on demand (VOD) platforms and other innovations are reshaping the audiovisual media landscape, and by extension creating challenges and also opportunities for incumbent players; notes that in many respects, an irreversible transformation is under way and that the deployment of multiterritorial VOD platforms should not hamper the cultural and linguistic diversity of the European union; encourages the sector’s legacy players to enter new markets and embrace innovative business models;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 248 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses the opportunities offered by the major non-European VOD platforms to European audiovisual creators and producers; is concerned, however, about the system of work-for- hire and buy-out contracts used by these companies, which tend to buy the intellectual property rights to a work in return for a one-off payment and thus profit from the revenue generated by the exploitation of these works; calls on the Commission to monitor this trend, in particular in the light of the 30% of European works required under the AVMS Directive, which could then be fulfilled with European works held by non-European companies;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 264 #

2021/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Considers that the audiovisual and media sector is in many ways a pioneer in the European ecological transition and could benefit from more exchange of best practices; welcomes therefore the European Commission's intention to produce a best practice guide for green production and provision of services;
2021/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 202 #

2021/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. RegretNotes that the Council did not agree on any of the Commission’s related proposals, i.e. the digital services tax, the significant digital presence or the CCTB and CCCTB; recalls on the Member States to reconsider their position on these proposals, and to consider all options provided for by the Treaties if no unanimous agreement can be reachedimportance of reaching an agreement at OECD-level in order to avoid potential trade wars; highlights that taxation is a member state competence;
2021/03/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 217 #

2021/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for a stronger role for Parliament in legislative procedures in the area of taxation; takes note of the Commission’s proposed roadmap to qualified majority voting in its communication entitled ‘Toward a more efficient and democratic decision-making in EU tax policy’Recalls that taxation is a member state competence;
2021/03/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 413 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to introduce a proportionate and effective set of binding rules for AI systems, a clearly defined risk- based approach should be followed. That approach should tailor the type and content of such rules to the intensity and scope of the risks that AI systems can generate for individuals and society, rather than depend on the type of technology. It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain artificial intelligence practices, to lay down requirements for high-risk AI systems and obligations for the relevant operators, and to lay down transparency obligations for certain AI systems.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 441 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) AI systems used in law enforcement and criminal justice contexts based on predictive methods, profiling and risk assessment pose an unacceptable risk to fundamental rights and in particular to the right of non- discrimination, insofar as they contradict the fundamental right to be presumed innocent and are reflective of historical, systemic, institutional and societal discrimination and other discriminatory practices. These AI systems should therefore be prohibited;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 443 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) AI systems used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf to predict the probability of a natural person to offend or to reoffend, based on profiling and individual risk-assessment hold a particular risk of discrimination against certain persons or groups of persons, as they violate human dignity as well as the key legal principle of presumption of innocence. Such AI systems should therefore be prohibited.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 450 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement is considered particularly intrusive in the rights and freedoms of the concerned persons, to the extent that it may affect the private life of a large part of the population, evoke a feeling of constant surveillance and indirectly dissuade the exercise of the freedom of assembly and other fundamental rights. In addition, the immediacy of the impact and the limited opportunities for further checks or corrections in relation to the use of such systems operating in ‘real-time’ carry heightened risks for the rights and freedoms of the persons that are concerned by law enforcement activities. The use of those systems in publicly accessible places should therefore be prohibited.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 454 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement is considered particularly intrusive in the rights and freedoms of the concerned persons, to the extent that it may affect the private life of a large part of the population, evoke a feeling of constant surveillance and indirectly dissuade the exercise of the freedom of assembly and other fundamental rights. In addition, the immediacy of the impact and the limited opportunities for further checks or corrections in relation to the use of such systems operating in ‘real-time’ carry heightened risks for the rights and freedoms of the persons that are concerned by law enforcement activities.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 464 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The use of those systems for the purpose of law enforcement should therefore be prohibited, except in three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, where the use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest, the importance of which outweighs the risks. Those situations involve the search for potential victims of crime, including missing children; certain threats to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack; and the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of perpetrators or suspects of the criminal offences referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA38 if those criminal offences are punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years and as they are defined in the law of that Member State. Such threshold for the custodial sentence or detention order in accordance with national law contributes to ensure that the offence should be serious enough to potentially justify the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems. Moreover, of the 32 criminal offences listed in the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, some are in practice likely to be more relevant than others, in that the recourse to ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification will foreseeably be necessary and proportionate to highly varying degrees for the practical pursuit of the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of the different criminal offences listed and having regard to the likely differences in the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm or possible negative consequences. _________________ 38 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 465 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The use of those systems for the purpose of law enforcement should therefore be prohibited, except in three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, where the use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest, the importance of which outweighs the risks. Those situations involve the search for potential victims of crime, including missing children; certain threats to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack; and the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of perpetrators or suspects of the criminal offences referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA38 if those criminal offences are punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years and as they are defined in the law of that Member State. Such threshold for the custodial sentence or detention order in accordance with national law contributes to ensure that the offence should be serious enough to potentially justify the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems. Moreover, of the 32 criminal offences listed in the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, some are in practice likely to be more relevant than others, in that the recourse to ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification will foreseeably be necessary and proportionate to highly varying degrees for the practical pursuit of the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of the different criminal offences listed and having regard to the likely differences in the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm or possible negative consequences. _________________ 38 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 474 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that those systems are used in a responsible and proportionate manner, it is also important to establish that, in each of those three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, certain elements should be taken into account, in particular as regards the nature of the situation giving rise to the request and the consequences of the use for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned and the safeguards and conditions provided for with the use. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to appropriate limits in time and space, having regard in particular to the evidence or indications regarding the threats, the victims or perpetrator. The reference database of persons should be appropriate for each use case in each of the three situations mentioned above.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 477 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that those systems are used in a responsible and proportionate manner, it is also important to establish that, in each of those three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, certain elements should be taken into account, in particular as regards the nature of the situation giving rise to the request and the consequences of the use for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned and the safeguards and conditions provided for with the use. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to appropriate limits in time and space, having regard in particular to the evidence or indications regarding the threats, the victims or perpetrator. The reference database of persons should be appropriate for each use case in each of the three situations mentioned above.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 486 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Each use of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to an express and specific authorisation by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of a Member State. Such authorisation should in principle be obtained prior to the use, except in duly justified situations of urgency, that is, situations where the need to use the systems in question is such as to make it effectively and objectively impossible to obtain an authorisation before commencing the use. In such situations of urgency, the use should be restricted to the absolute minimum necessary and be subject to appropriate safeguards and conditions, as determined in national law and specified in the context of each individual urgent use case by the law enforcement authority itself. In addition, the law enforcement authority should in such situations seek to obtain an authorisation as soon as possible, whilst providing the reasons for not having been able to request it earlier.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 487 #

2021/0106(COD)

(21) Each use of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to an express and specific authorisation by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of a Member State. Such authorisation should in principle be obtained prior to the use, except in duly justified situations of urgency, that is, situations where the need to use the systems in question is such as to make it effectively and objectively impossible to obtain an authorisation before commencing the use. In such situations of urgency, the use should be restricted to the absolute minimum necessary and be subject to appropriate safeguards and conditions, as determined in national law and specified in the context of each individual urgent use case by the law enforcement authority itself. In addition, the law enforcement authority should in such situations seek to obtain an authorisation as soon as possible, whilst providing the reasons for not having been able to request it earlier.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 494 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Furthermore, it is appropriate to provide, within the exhaustive framework set by this Regulation that such use in the territory of a Member State in accordance with this Regulation should only be possible where and in as far as the Member State in question has decided to expressly provide for the possibility to authorise such use in its detailed rules of national law. Consequently, Member States remain free under this Regulation not to provide for such a possibility at all or to only provide for such a possibility in respect of some of the objectives capable of justifying authorised use identified in this Regulation.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 495 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Furthermore, it is appropriate to provide, within the exhaustive framework set by this Regulation that such use in the territory of a Member State in accordance with this Regulation should only be possible where and in as far as the Member State in question has decided to expressly provide for the possibility to authorise such use in its detailed rules of national law. Consequently, Member States remain free under this Regulation not to provide for such a possibility at all or to only provide for such a possibility in respect of some of the objectives capable of justifying authorised use identified in this Regulation.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 497 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement necessarily involves the processing of biometric data. The rules of this Regulation that prohibit, subject to certain exceptions, such use, which are based on Article 16 TFEU, should apply as lex specialis in respect of the rules on the processing of biometric data contained in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, thus regulating such use and the processing of biometric data involved in an exhaustive manner. Therefore, such use and processing should only be possible in as far as it is compatible with the framework set by this Regulation, without there being scope, outside that framework, for the competent authorities, where they act for purpose of law enforcement, to use such systems and process such data in connection thereto on the grounds listed in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680. In this context, this Regulation is not intended to provide the legal basis for the processing of personal data under Article 8 of Directive 2016/680. However, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for purposes other than law enforcement, including by competent authorities, should not be covered by the specific framework regarding such use for the purpose of law enforcement set by this Regulation. Such use for purposes other than law enforcement should therefore not be subject to the requirement of an authorisation under this Regulation and the applicable detailed rules of national law that may give effect to it.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 498 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement necessarily involves the processing of biometric data. The rules of this Regulation that prohibit, subject to certain exceptions, such use, which are based on Article 16 TFEU, should apply as lex specialis in respect of the rules on the processing of biometric data contained in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, thus regulating such use and the processing of biometric data involved in an exhaustive manner. Therefore, such use and processing should only be possible in as far as it is compatible with the framework set by this Regulation, without there being scope, outside that framework, for the competent authorities, where they act for purpose of law enforcement, to use such systems and process such data in connection thereto on the grounds listed in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680. In this context, this Regulation is not intended to provide the legal basis for the processing of personal data under Article 8 of Directive 2016/680. However, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for purposes other than law enforcement, including by competent authorities, should not be covered by the specific framework regarding such use for the purpose of law enforcement set by this Regulation. Such use for purposes other than law enforcement should therefore not be subject to the requirement of an authorisation under this Regulation and the applicable detailed rules of national law that may give effect to it.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 508 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Any processing of biometric data and other personal data involved in the use of AI systems for biometric identification, other than in connection to the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement as regulated by this Regulation, including where those systems are used by competent authorities in publicly accessible spaces for other purposes than law enforcement, should continue to comply with all requirements resulting from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, as applicable.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 511 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Any processing of biometric data and other personal data involved in the use of AI systems for biometric identification, other than in connection to the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement as regulated by this Regulation, including where those systems are used by competent authorities in publicly accessible spaces for other purposes than law enforcement, should continue to comply with all requirements resulting from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, as applicable.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 515 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) Fundamental rights in the digital sphere have to be guaranteed to the same extent as in the offline world. The right to privacy needs to be ensured, amongst others through end-to-end encryption in private online communication and the protection of private content against any kind of general or targeted surveillance, be it by public or private actors. Therefore, the use of AI systems violating the right to privacy in online communication services should be prohibited.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 582 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) Actions by law enforcement authorities involving certain uses of AI systems are characterised by a significant degree of power imbalance and may lead to surveillance, arrest or deprivation of a natural person’s liberty as well as other adverse impacts on fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter. In particular, if the AI system is not trained with high quality data, does not meet adequate requirements in terms of its accuracy or robustness, or is not properly designed and tested before being put on the market or otherwise put into service, it may single out people in a discriminatory or otherwise incorrect or unjust manner. Furthermore, the exercise of important procedural fundamental rights, such as the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial as well as the right of defence and the presumption of innocence, could be hampered, in particular, where such AI systems are not sufficiently transparent, explainable and documented. It is therefore appropriate to classify as high-risk a number of AI systems intended to be used in the law enforcement context where accuracy, reliability and transparency is particularly important to avoid adverse impacts, retain public trust and ensure accountability and effective redress. In view of the nature of the activities in question and the risks relating thereto, those high-risk AI systems should include in particular AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities for individual risk assessments, polygraphs and similar tools or to detect the emotional state of natural person, to detect ‘deep fakes’, for the evaluation of the reliability of evidence in criminal proceedings, for predicting the occurrence or reoccurrence of an actual or potential criminal offence based on profiling of natural persons, or assessing personality traits and characteristics or past criminal behaviour of natural persons or groups, for profiling in the course of detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences, as well as for crime analytics regarding natural persons. AI systems specifically intended to be used for administrative proceedings by tax and customs authorities should not be considered high-risk AI systems used by law enforcement authorities for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offences.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 592 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
(39 a) The use of AI systems in migration, asylum and border control management should in no circumstances be used by Member States or European Union institutions as a means to circumvent their international obligations under the Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees as amended by the Protocol of 31 January 1967, nor should they be used to in any way infringe on the principle of non- refoulement, or deny safe and effective legal avenues into the territory of the Union, including the right to international protection;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 595 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
(39 a) The use of AI systems in migration, asylum and border management should however not, at any point, be used by Member States or by the institutions or agencies of the Union to infringe on the principle of non- refoulement, the right to asylum or to circumvent international obligations under the Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees as amended by the Protocol of 31 January 1967.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 683 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) Given the more extensive experience of professional pre-market certifiers in the field of product safety and the different nature of risks involved, it is appropriate to limit, at least in an initial phase of application of this Regulation, the scope of application of third-party conformity assessment for high-risk AI systems other than those related to products. Therefore, the conformity assessment of such systems should be carried out as a general rule by the provider under its own responsibility, with the only exception of AI systems intended to be used for the remote biometric identification of persons, for which and AI systems intended to be used to make inferences on the basis of biometric data that produce legal effects or affect the rights and freedoms of natural persons. For those types of AI systems the involvement of a notified body in the conformity assessment should be foreseen, to the extent they are not prohibited..
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 939 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3 a) ‘risk’ means the combination of the probability of occurrence of a harm and the severity of that harm;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 940 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
(3 b) ‘significant harm‘ means a material harm to a person's life, health and safety or fundamental rights or entities or society at large whose severity is exceptional. The severity is in particular exceptional when the harm is hardly reversible, the outcome has a material adverse impact on health or safety of a person or the impacted person is dependent on the outcome;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1181 #

2021/0106(COD)

(b) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system that exploits any of the vulnerabilities of an individual, including characteristics of such individual’s known or predicted personality or social or economic situation, a specific group of persons due to their age, physical or mental or disability, in order to materially distort the behaviour of a person pertaining to that group in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or another person physical or psychological harm;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1223 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system for making individual risk assessments of natural persons in order to assess the risk of a natural person for offending or reoffending or for predicting the occurrence or reoccurrence of an actual or potential criminal offence based on profiling of a natural person or on assessing personality traits and characteristics or past criminal behaviour of natural persons or groups of natural persons;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1234 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement, unless and in as far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives:.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1239 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement, unless and in as far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives:;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1250 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) the targeted search for specific potential victims of crime, including missing children;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1254 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) the targeted search for specific potential victims of crime, including missing children;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1260 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) the prevention of a specific, substantial and imminent threat to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1261 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) the prevention of a specific, substantial and imminent threat to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1269 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of a criminal offence referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA62 and punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years, as determined by the law of that Member State. _________________ 62 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1274 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of a criminal offence referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA62 and punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years, as determined by the law of that Member State. _________________ 62 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1286 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) the use of an AI system for the general monitoring, detection and interpretation of private content in interpersonal communication services, including all measures that would undermine end-to-end encryption..
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1290 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) The use of predictive, profiling and risk assessment AI systems in law enforcement and criminal justice;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1292 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) The use of predictive, profiling and risk assessment AI system by or on behalf of competent authorities in migration, asylum or border control management, to profile an individual or assess a risk, including a security risk, a risk of irregular immigration, or a health risk, posed by a natural person who intends to enter or has entered the territory of a Member State, on the basis of personal or sensitive data, known or predicted, except for the sole purpose of identifying specific care and support needs;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1303 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(d c) the placing on the market, putting into service, or use of AI systems by law enforcement authorities or by competent authorities in migration, asylum and border control management, such as polygraphs and similar tools to detect deception, trustworthiness or related characteristics;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1308 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(d d) the use of AI systems by or on behalf of competent authorities in migration, asylum and border control management, to forecast or predict individual or collective movement for the purpose of, or in any way reasonably foreseeably leading to, the interdicting, curtailing or preventing migration or border crossings;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1353 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall take into account the following elements: (a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system; (b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1354 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall take into account the following elements: (a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system; (b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1356 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1358 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1361 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1367 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. As regards paragraphs 1, point (d) and 2, each individual use for the purpose of law enforcement of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces shall be subject to a prior authorisation granted by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of the Member State in which the use is to take place, issued upon a reasoned request and in accordance with the detailed rules of national law referred to in paragraph 4. However, in a duly justified situation of urgency, the use of the system may be commenced without an authorisation and the authorisation may be requested only during or after the use. The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1371 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. As regards paragraphs 1, point (d) and 2, each individual use for the purpose of law enforcement of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces shall be subject to a prior authorisation granted by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of the Member State in which the use is to take place, issued upon a reasoned request and in accordance with the detailed rules of national law referred to in paragraph 4. However, in a duly justified situation of urgency, the use of the system may be commenced without an authorisation and the authorisation may be requested only during or after the use. The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1375 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1384 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. A Member State may decide to provide for the possibility to fully or partially authorise the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement within the limits and under the conditions listed in paragraphs 1, point (d), 2 and 3. That Member State shall lay down in its national law the necessary detailed rules for the request, issuance and exercise of, as well as supervision relating to, the authorisations referred to in paragraph 3. Those rules shall also specify in respect of which of the objectives listed in paragraph 1, point (d), including which of the criminal offences referred to in point (iii) thereof, the competent authorities may be authorised to use those systems for the purpose of law enforcement.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1387 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. A Member State may decide to provide for the possibility to fully or partially authorise the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement within the limits and under the conditions listed in paragraphs 1, point (d), 2 and 3. That Member State shall lay down in its national law the necessary detailed rules for the request, issuance and exercise of, as well as supervision relating to, the authorisations referred to in paragraph 3. Those rules shall also specify in respect of which of the objectives listed in paragraph 1, point (d), including which of the criminal offences referred to in point (iii) thereof, the competent authorities may be authorised to use those systems for the purpose of law enforcement.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1405 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Amendments to Article 5 The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 73 to update the list of AI systems and practices prohibited under Article 5 of the present regulation, according to the latest development in technology and to the assessment of increased or newly emerged risks to fundamental rights.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1437 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the high-risk AI systems referred to in paragraph 1, AI systems referred to in Annex III shall also be considered high-risk in the meaning of this regulation, if they will be deployed in a critical area referred to in Annex III and an individual assessment of the specific application carried out in accordance with Art. 6a showed that a significant harm is likely to arise.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1456 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Risk assessment 1. In order to determine the level of risk of AI systems, the provider of an AI system with an intended purpose in the areas referred to in Annex III has to conduct a risk assessment. 2.The risk assessment has to contain the following elements: a) name all possible harms to life, health and safety or fundamental rights of potentially impacted persons or entities or society at large; b) asses the likelihood and severity these harms might materialise; c) name the potential benefits of such system for the potentially impacted persons and society at large; d) name possible and taken measures to address, prevent, minimise or mitigate the identified harms with a high probability to materialise; e) asses the possibilities to reverse these negative outcome; f) the extent to which decision-making of the system is autonomous and outside of human influence. 3. If the risk assessment showed a significant harm is likely to materialise the provider has to comply with Chapter 2 in a way that is appropriate and proportionate to the identified risks.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1466 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 73 to update the list in Annex III by adding high-risk AI systems where, after an adequate and transparent consultation process involving the relevant stakeholders, to update the list in Annex III by withdrawing areas from that list or by adding critical areas. For additions both of the following conditions arneed to be fulfilled:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1468 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 73 to update the list in Annex III by adding new area headings and high-risk AI systems where both of the following conditions are fulfilled:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1476 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the AI systems are intended to be used in any of the areas listed in points 1 to 8 of Annex III or in the newly identified area headings;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1503 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the extent to which the AI system acts autonomously;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1520 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) the potential misuse and malicious use of the AI system and of the technology underpinning it;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1531 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(g a) magnitude and likelihood of benefit of the deployment of the AI system for individuals, groups, or society at large;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1538 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h – introductory part
(h) the extent to which existing Union legislation, in particular the GDPR, provides for:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1909 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a Obligations of users of high-risk AI systems Users of high-risk AI systems shall conduct and publish a fundamental rights impact assessment, detailing specific information relating to the context of use of the high-risk AI system in question, including: (a) the affected persons, (b) intended purpose, (c) geographic and temporal scope, (d) assessment of the legality and fundamental rights impacts of the system, (e) compatibility with accessibility legislation, (f) potential direct and indirect impact on fundamental rights, (g) any specific risk of harm likely to impact marginalised persons or those at risk of discrimination, (h) the foreseeable impact of the use of the system on the environment, (i) any other negative impact on the public interest, (j) clear steps as to how the harms identified will be mitigated and how effective this mitigation is likely to be.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2287 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title IV a (new)
Rights of affected persons Article 52 a 1.Natural persons have the right not to be subject to non-compliant AI systems.The placing on the market, putting into service or use of non-compliant AI system gives rise to the right of the affected natural persons subject to such non-compliant AI systems to seek and receive redress. 2.Natural persons have the right to be informed about the use and functioning of AI systems they have been or may be exposed to, particularly in the case of high-risk and other regulated AI systems, according to Article 52. 3.Natural persons and public interest organisations have the right to lodge a complaint before the relevant national supervisory authorities against a producer or user of non-compliant AI systems where they consider that their rights or the rights of the natural persons they represent under the present regulation have been violated, and have the right receive effective remedy.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2772 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority 1. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, every natural or legal person shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if the natural or legal person considers that their health, safety, or fundamental rights have been breached by an AI system falling within the scope of this Regulation. 2. Natural or legal persons shall have a right to be heard in the complaint handling procedure and in the context of any investigations conducted by the national supervisory authority as a result of their complaint. 3. The national supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainants about the progress and outcome of their complaint. In particular, the national supervisory authority shall take all the necessary actions to follow up on the complaints it receives and, within three months of the reception of a complaint, give the complainant a preliminary response indicating the measures it intends to take and the next steps in the procedure, if any. 4. The national supervisory authority shall take a decision on the complaint and inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 68b, without delay and no later than six months after the date on which the complaint was lodged.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2779 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 b (new)
Article 68 b Right to an effective judicial remedy against a national supervisory authority 1. Without prejudice to any other administrative or non-judicial remedy, each natural or legal person shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy against a legally binding decision of a national supervisory authority concerning them. 2. Without prejudice to any other administrative or non-judicial remedy, each data subject shall have the right to a an effective judicial remedy where the national supervisory authority does not handle a complaint, does not inform the complainant on the progress or preliminary outcome of the complaint lodged within three months pursuant to Article 68a(3) or does not comply with its obligation to reach a final decision on the complaint within six months pursuant to Article 68a(4) or its obligations under Article 65. 3. Proceedings against a supervisory authority shall be brought before the courts of the Member State where the national supervisory authority is established.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2986 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 6
6. In carrying out the evaluations and reviews referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 the Commission shall take into account the positions and findings of the Board, of the European Parliament, of the Council, and of other relevant bodies or sources, including stakeholders, and in particular civil society.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2993 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall, if necessary, submit appropriate proposals to amend this Regulation, in particular taking into account developments in technology and new potential or realised risks to fundamental rights, and in the light of the state of progress in the information society.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3203 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(b) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or by third parties acting on their behalf to assess a risk, including but not limited to a security risk, a risk of irregular immigration, or a health risk, posed by a natural person who intends to enter or has entered into the territory of a Member State;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3211 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) AI systems intended to assist competent public authorities for the examination and assessment of the veracity of evidence and claims in relation tof applications for asylum, visa and residence permits and associated complaints with regard to the eligibility of the natural persons applying for a status.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3220 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
(d a) AI systems intended to be used by or on behalf of competent authorities in migration, asylum and border control management for the forecasting or prediction of trends related to migration, movement and border crossings;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3224 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d b (new)
(d b) AI systems that are or may be used by or on behalf of competent authorities in law enforcement, migration, asylum and border control management for the biometric identification of natural persons;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3226 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d c (new)
(d c) AI systems intended to be used by or on behalf of competent authorities in migration, asylum and border control management to monitor, surveil or process data in the context of border management activities for the purpose of recognising or detecting objects and natural persons;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the CCSI mainly comprise of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and self-employed entrepreneurs, whoorganisations and enterprises with restricted access to financial markets, as well as self-employed artists, cultural workers, freelance professionals and entrepreneurs, who are more likely to work part-time and often draw on irregular and mixed incomes from different sources;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 2 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the containment measures taken by the Member States affected the CCSI more than any other sectin response to the COVID-19 pandemic have severely undermined the fragile cultural and creative ecosystem, thus endangering the cultural and artistic creation and expression and weakening the contribution of arts and culture on our wellbeing, cultural diversity, democracy and more; whereas the CCSI experienced losses in turnover of over 30 % for 2020 – a cumulative loss of EUR 199 billion – with the music and performing arts sectors experiencing losses of 75 % and 90 % respectively8 ; __________________ 8 Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 3 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the development of thea multidimensional European framework for working conditions in the CCSI will require coordination with EU policies on employment, competition, the internal market, social policy, fundamental rights and equality, and copyright, and funding for culture, as well as permanent monitoring of the progress of Member States on improving working conditions in the CCSI and sharing best practices among them while fully respecting the fields of competence of the European Union and its Member States;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2261(INI)

F. whereas since the Parliament’s call for improvements to the situation of artists in its resolutions of June 2007, noNovember 2016 and September 2020, not much progress has been made and most of itstheir demands remain valid, especially in the light of the great differences between support schemes for artists and cultural professionals in different Member States and the fact that the situation of artists has deteriorated and thus most of its demands have become urgent;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has made artists and cultural and creative professionals even more vulnerable,exposed the pre-existing vulnerabilities of the CCSI characterised by intermittence, heterogeneity and instability, fragile livelihoods of artists and cultural workers, as well as the tight budgets of many cultural institutions and the insufficient public funding and has put artists and cultural and creative professionals and workers into even more precarious situations as the loss of earnings for freelancers and non-standard workers, who make up the majority of the CCSI, has been often exacerbated by weak or absent national social security schemes and dedicated support measures;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 6 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the ongoing impact of the pandemic has made it impossible for the majority of artists and cultural and creative workers to carry out their jobs andactivities and to keep their jobs, while it generated uncertainty over future prospects that couldare already causeing professionals to leave the sector, which will have a long-lasting effect on the composition and diversity of the European CCSI as a whole and discourage young people from working in these industriesas well as people from marginalised groups from working in these sectors and decrease creativity of the European society and economy as a whole;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas themany Member States enacted substantial emergency measures to help the CCSI to survive the crisis; whereas, however, this support was not available to some artistvaried greatly among Member States and was not always suitable for all CCSIs and was sometimes delivered with delays which jeopardise parts of the CCSIs; whereas the support was not available to several categories of cultural workers, artists and cultural mediation professions on account of their particular working status and as such was not sufficient to ensure sustainable working conditions; whereas the late and sometimes insufficient public support lead the sector to have to rely on itself for support, emphasizing the need for functioning support mechanisms to safeguard social rights of artists and cultural professionals and protect diversity of cultural expression;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas several definitions of artists and cultural workers coexist in the EU making potential harmonisation challenging; whereas, many workers in the cultural and creative industries, including but not limited to writers, literary translators, producers, technicians, suffer from uncertainty due to the lack of consistent definition of their status;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas several Member States have specific legislation in place providing a special status for artists to guarantee them access to social benefits; whereas, however, this legislation varies considerably between the Member States, which can hinders the mutual recognition of the status of artists and cultural and creative workers, cross-border collaboration and mobility, thereby creating barriers to cultural and artistic creation, expression and free movement and ultimately European cultural diversity and social sustainability;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas artists tend to have atypical work patterns and often lack proper social security protection, notably in cross-border contexts, which often leads to their exclusion from pensionand cultural and creative workers tend to engage in atypical work patterns due to the nature of the sector itself and are often subjected to insecure working arrangements impeding their access to full social security protection and excluding them from pension, health care and unemployment payments;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas artists’ and cultural and creative workers' remuneration is often unstable and uncertain, it comes from different sources such as contracts, royalties, grants and subsidies, which renders their income highly unpredictable, leaves them in precarious situations and weakens their resilience;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas the lack of and obstacles to collective bargaining for self-employed artists and cultural and creative workers, further serves to undermine their position on the labour market and leads to a lack of adequate social protections and a long- term negative effect on their position and security; whereas collective management of authors rights represents a major source of income for a majority of creators and artists in Europe, ensuring their continuous remuneration and should also protect them from unfair practices of large and dominant media and streaming platform companies;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas cross-border mobility is an essential part of an artist’rtists, authors, performers and all cultural creators and cultural workers work but is often hampered by bureaucratic procedures, a lack of clear information and myriadany administrative rules and requirements across the Member States, notably as regards to social protection and taxation, as well as complicated and expensive procedures for the specific transportation needs for artistic fragile equipment; whereas these barriers to cross-border cultural mobility undermine the principle of free movement;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas public grants are considered the most vital and effective form of financial support for the CCSI, but are often difficult to accesinsufficient, overly bureaucratic and too difficult to access or inaccessible particularly for marginalized groups and sometimes biased by political influence which discourages especially aspiring artists and creators from applying; furthermore the lack of an overarching European funding strategy for the sector by the Commission, the diverse sources within the MFF and their lack of mainstreaming additionally hinders access to public grants;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas access to finance remains the main challenge for individual artists, who are often ineligible for loans and bank guarantees and are highly dependent on public grants and subsidies; especially for smaller actors in the CCSI, including individual artists, artists collectives, and cultural and creative workers, who are often ineligible for loans and bank guarantees thus increasing the importance of access and availability of public and private grants and subsidies; reiterates the importance of supporting all cultural sectors, including cultural mediation professions, which play a vital role as an interface between the public and the artistic work or heritage, thereby ensuring access to and dissemination of culture to a wide audience;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas many private investors have scaled back their financial support for cultural projects during the crisisand public funders have scaled back or completely cancelled their financial support for cultural projects, especially those with a cross-border dimension, during the crisis; whereas this underlines the importance of reliable and constant public funding;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 17 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas although the participation of women in the cultural and creative sectors is high, there is still much gender based discrimination, lack of access, gender pay gap, obstacles to representation and visibility. and women rarely occupy key creative roles or decision-making positions in cultural institutions; whereas women artists are often silenced and subject to disproportionate criticism as a result of their work and women and LGBTIQ+ artists are more likely to be targeted by attacks or subjected to restrictions;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S b (new)
Sb. whereas artists and cultural professionals from marginalized groups, including women, young people, representatives of racial, ethnic and geographic minorities, people with vulnerable socio-economic background, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ people, have lesser access to artistic and cultural careers, fewer possibilities to develop long-term careers in the sector; whereas the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been especially strong on women and has exacerbated the already existing obstacles in terms of access, equal payment, representation and visibility in the CCSI of those groups;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 19 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas freedom of expression and freedom of the arts, as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, are currently under threat in several Member States by state interference and politically driven restrictions and are sometimes hindered by the use of antiterrorism legislation or allegations that artistic works insult religious feelings or national symbols, or are deemed to be offensive or inappropriate, also resulting in cases of self-censorship;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas, in light of the consequences of the pandemic, a whole generation of young artists and cultural workers will struggle to find cultural employment or enrol in higher art education as a result of the narrowing of opportunities; whereas artists under 30 are more likely to be unemployed, to accept unpaid work and to be subject to exploitative working conditions such as unpaid salaries and precarious contracts;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to recognise the fundamental role of culture for society, the well-being of EU citizens and the economyintrinsic value of culture, as well as the fundamental role of culture for society, its progress and our well-being, the economy and inclusiveness, and to translate this recognition into adequate and continuous financial and structural support;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to recognise the European added value of cross-border cooperation and to eliminate all barriers to sustainable and inclusive cross-border mobility in the EU, and with third countries for artists and cultural professionals;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to providesupport and provide authors, performers, other creative professionals and workers in the CCSI with clear information and guidelines on mobility opportunities and review and where necessary revise administrative requirements in all Member States, including on visas, taxation, social security and access to training; and recognition of artistic education degrees, VET and academic, with a view on simplifying and unifying access to all aforementioned, as well on Union programmes and funds that can serve their needs, such as Creative Europe, but also those not directly or specifically targeted at the CCSI; calls for specific programmes dedicated to the mobility of young creators and innovators to promote exchanges and innovation in the fields of culture and creativity;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the establishment of mobility information points to provide assistance to artists and recommends thatcultural professionals and support sustainable mobility; calls on all Member States to establish oneat least one such mobility and information point to offer free and tailored support to artists and cultural and creative workers; recommends the Commission to provide consistent and more comprehensive information targeted to cultural cross-border workers as well as authors, performers and creators, on mobility through initiatives such as updated toolkits and handbooks;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages greater synergy between the cultural and educational sector and promotes greater participation of artistic and cultural schools and institutions in activities under Erasmus+, and in other actions under EU programmes, both for students and teachers; calls on the Member States to fully include and promote access to art education, VET and academic, as part of a holistic approach for the CCSI recovery and society as a whole; notes the importance of providing access to lifelong learning, upskilling and reskilling and training through, among others, mentoring programmes, as well as the development of EU-wide training material for the transition from education to cultural and creative employment;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright in the digital single market with a strong focus on protection of cultural and creative works and those creating them, and, in particular, to guarantee fair, appropriate and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers; calls on the Commission to closely monitor effective implementation of these key principles;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that the current pandemic has underlined the importance of the digital sphere and amplified the dependency of artists and users on dominant digital platforms; in this regard highlights the need for more transparency; recalls that for some artists and creators who were mainly dependent on public events, this change in economic paradigm represents a challenge in terms of stability of revenue; is worried about the fact that many artists and creators cannot ensure in this new business model the same amount of revenue as the practice of imposing buy-out clauses by dominant or large streaming platforms deprive authors or their royalties and hinders adequate and proportionate remuneration for creators; asks therefore the Commission to evaluate and to take measures to ensure that revenues are duly and fairly distributed to all creators, artists and right holders;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s inception impact assessment and ongoingrecent public consultation on collective bargaining agreements, which is designed to deffor self-employed, which is examining the possibility of removineg the scompe of application of EU competition rules in order to remove obstacles and improve working condittition law obstacle to collective bargaining for self-employed and freelancers; urges in this regard that the Commission take the broadest possible approach, in order to ensure access to collective bargaining for all solo-self- employed, including artists and cultural workers; invites the Commissions through collective bargaining on behalf of solo self-employed workers in the CCSIo further evaluate current state aid rules and their application for the CCSI and the possible needs for adaptation; calls on Member States to acknowledge the right of association for all workers in the CCSI and promote collective bargaining;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. UPoints out that atypical employment (part-time and fixed-duration contracts, temporary work and economically dependent self-employment) is commonplace in the media and culture sector, often leading to precarious working situations for artists and cultural professionals; underlines the urgent need to improve the working conditions in the CCSI; encourages the Member States to utilise upward convergence to establish minimum standards for artists and cultural workerprofessionals in relation to working conditions and social secur, fair remuneration and social security while recognizing the special characteristics of the CCSI such as seasonal work and the non-monetized quality of creativity;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends the creation of a European framework for working conditions in the CCSI; welcomes, in this regard, the forthcoming OMC discussions between the Member States on the status of artists; Calls on the Commission to propose a European Status of the Artist setting out a common framework for working conditions and a minimum standards common to all EU countries while fully respecting the responsibilities of Member States and the EU in regards to labour market and cultural policy, through the adoption or application of a number of coherent and comprehensive guidelines with respect, but not exclusively, to contracts, means of collective representation and management, social security, sickness and unemployment insurance, pension schemes , direct and indirect taxation, non-tariff barriers and information asymmetries; welcomes, in this regard, the forthcoming OMC discussions between the Member States on the status of artists as a first step; calls for the establishment of a working group in the framework of the OMC to facilitate best practice sharing between Member States as well as to facilitate the monitoring of progress in relation to the amelioration of the conditions of artists;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 31 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges theall Member States to fulfil their obligation to defend and respectresponsibility and obligation to foster and defend artistic freedom in order to uphold the fundamental right to freedom of expression and to ensure that EU citizens can freely enjoy and consume artistic creations and participate in culture and urges the Commission to sanction those Member States that fail to comply their obligations; invites the European Commission to develop further research on the topic and prepare a roadmap for achieving better protection of freedom of artistic expression in Europe; calls upon the Member States to jointly establish a structured dialogue amongst artists, legal experts and relevant stakeholders to determine common standards for freedom of artistic expression and develop and implement relevant guidelines;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to reconsiderensure full access to basic social protection for artists and cultural workers, regardless of their employment status, and including access to unemployment allowance, health care and pensions; urges Member States and the Commission to take specific measures for the different categories of the creative professions to tackle unstable income, unpaid work and job insecurity and safeguard a total minimum standard for their income;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on Member States to take due account of the unique situation of artists from marginalised groups in the development of all relevant policies, funding programmes and activities and to remove all obstacles for achieving gender equality in the sector, namely by introducing measures which enable equal access, participations and representation of all cultural workers and artists;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to eincourage and promote private investment in the CCSIrease their support to the CCSI through strengthening the public investment and encouraging private investment in the CCSI as well as public- private partnerships; calls on the Member States to ensure easier access to finance for artists and all cultural creators;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate access to public grants and loans by reducing administrative burdens at all stages of the application and reporting processes; and ensure transparency; emphasises the necessity to promote synergies between all relevant EU funding schemes with specific amounts dedicated to the cultural and creative sector, like Horizon Europe, Creative Europe, InvestEU, Digital Europe, the Cohesion Policy Funds and the RRF to be exploited in order to better support artists and cultural workers and provide new, accessible and where possible regular funding streams;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. RStresses the importance of directing an adequate part of economic recovery measures to the CCSI; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to include culture in the national recovery and resilience plans and to earmark at least 2 % of the budget envelope of the Recovery and Resilience Facility to culture with concrete, inclusive and accessible to all measures, leaving no one behind; is alarmed that in some Member States submitted plans appear to earmark a lower percentage or lacks of dedicated funding at all to those sectors; calls on the Commission to publish data on amounts and purpose of funds earmarked in the Plans to ensure transparency and facilitate democratic oversight;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 37 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. CHighlights that the CCSI are the first sectors and most severely hit by the pandemic and the last to recover, while given the restrictions in capacity of cultural events and venues, the recovery for the CCSI is expected to be even slower; underlines that the recovery of CCSI must go hand-in-hand with transition towards sustainability of the sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the short-term recovery of the CCSIwhole cultural ecosystem and to bolster the resilience and, competitiveness of these industries in the long termand innovation of the CCSI in the long term, and to reinforce these sectors by providing fair and structured support to all, especially the most vulnerable actors, and foster employment opportunities for artists, authors, performers, cultural workers and cultural mediation professionals by supporting cooperation across disciplinary domains, as well as to ensure comprehensive monitoring of the socio- economic situation in the CCSI with the help of the European Framework for working conditions, in order to tackle any major crises as effectively as possible in the future and accompany their digital and green transition;
2021/09/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2020/2261(INI)

H. whereas the ongoing impact of the pandemic has made it impossible for cultural and creative workers to carry out their jobs and generated uncertainty over future prospects that could cause professionals to leave the sector, which will have a long-lasting effect on the composition of the European CCSI as a whole and discourage young people from working in these industries and decrease creativity of the European society and economy as a whole.;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas several definitions of artists and cultural workers coexist in the EU making potential harmonisation challenging,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 80 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. Whereas authors, performers and all cultural creators should have access to guaranteed minimum standards of social security, including employment and health insurance and pension funds, so that they can concentrate fully on their artistic process and creativity
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 111 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
S a. whereas although the participation of women in the cultural and creative sectors is high, there is still much gender based discrimination and they rarely occupy decision-making positions in cultural institutions,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 112 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S b (new)
S b. Whereas culture, arts, cultural heritage, and cultural diversity are of great value to European society from a cultural, educational, democratic, environmental, social, human rights and economic point of view and should be promoted and supported. Whereas Education and culture are key to building inclusive and cohesive societies for all, fostering integration, and sustaining European competitiveness;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 124 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to recognise the fundamental role of culture for society, the well-being of EU citizens and the economy and inclusiveness, and to translate this recognition into financial and structural support;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 148 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. calls on the Commission to provide clear information for artists on mobility issues related to the EU-UK relations
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 149 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. encourages Member States to allow cultural and creative professionals tax deduction of business expenses in relation to their artistic activity as well as costs concerning equipment or training (upskilling and reskilling);
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 150 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. underlines the need for detailed gender-disaggregated, comparable data and statistics on cultural employment and income in CCSI,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 151 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Encourages greater synergy between the cultural and educational sector and promotes greater participation of artistic and cultural schools and institutions in activities under Erasmus+, and in other actions under EU programmes, both for students and teachers;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 162 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission to effectively implement gender equality, inclusion and integration initiatives in culture and audiovisual fields through the Creative Europe Programme and to monitor the results;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 166 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. strongly condemns stereotypes, sexism and sexual harassment in the CCSI;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 169 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Welcomes the initiatives of some Member States to encourage gender equality in the selection process for higher positions in public cultural institutions
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 171 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Recognises the crucial role of culture and arts in promoting cultural diversity and fostering inclusive societies and the fight against any kind of discrimination;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 196 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to support vocational training programmes and initiatives for the career development of all authors, performers and cultural creators, and in particular to support them in acquiring digital, entrepreneurial and other skills in order benefit from digital opportunities to promote their work and collaborate with other artists;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 246 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. CUnderlines that the recovery of CCSI must go hand-in-hand with transition towards sustainability of the sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the short-term recovery of the CCSI and to bolster the resilience and competitiveness of these industries in the long term in order to tackle any major crises as effectively as possible in the future and accompany their digital and ecological transition;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 256 #

2020/2261(INI)

15 a. underlines the importance of remuneration for of authors and performers online and offline, specifically through the promotion of collective bargaining;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 260 #

2020/2261(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes that during the crisis many cultural ecosystems of workers and organisations adapted to new digital distribution formats showing innovative ways of reaching their audience, nevertheless, digital engagement should not replace cultural experiences in person;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the Council Recommendation of 22 May 2018 on promoting common values, inclusive education and the European dimension of teaching,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015 on Promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non- discrimination through education,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the 2021 Eurydice Report on Teachers in Europe, careers, development and well-being,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the 2021 study requested by the Committee on Culture and Education entitled ‘Education and youth in post-COVID-19 Europe - crisis effects and policy recommendations,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 19 March 2021 on Achieving the European Education Area by 2025,
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU single market and other EU policies have contributed to the natural development of a European educational space, historically underpinned by the traditions of European humanism, fundamental rights and values;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the ultimate goal is building a bottom-up European Education Area with common European vision and policy objectives, guaranteeing quality, inclusive and accessible education, reinforcing the exchange of good practices, ensuring an effective framework for European mobility, requiring existing obstacles to be removed, European tools to be utilised and supporting policies at national and European levels to be developed;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 38 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the fundamental right to education needs to be conceptualised broadly as ‘lifelong learning’, ranging from pre-primary to tertiary education, including vocational education and training as well as non-formal and informal modes of education, and being aimed at acquiring transversal skills;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the challenges the EU and its Member States are faced with today, including climate change, various forms of extremism and populism, disinformation and conspiracy, the undermining of evidence-based education and the COVID- 19 pandemic, require appropriate educational answers and concerted European action;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas across the Union, Member States, educational institutions and stakeholders had to face common challenges during the different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as ensuring crisis management, pedagogical continuity, quality and accessible distance learning, hybrid mobility, innovative teaching, teachers and parental support, and the social and emotional wellbeing of learners; whereas all the education sector has been negatively impacted by the pandemic, in particular vocational education and training;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the European Parliament has called on Member States to prioritise investments in education and training, valuing education spending as an investment in our common future rather than an expense; whereas the European Parliament has called investment in education and training to be a substantial part of Member States’ Recovery plans and the European Commission’s Next Generation EU instrument; ;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the teaching profession is going through a vocational crisis while being the beating heart of the European Education Area and related educational strategies; whereas there is a need for improved recognition of the profession and more continuous training of motivated and competent teachers and trainers; whereas many were not equipped with the pedagogical and digital skills that the COVID-19 pandemic required; whereas there is considerable variation between Member States in teachers’ initial education and induction, working conditions, remuneration, appraisal, career and continuing professional development; whereas in 2018, only 40.9% of teachers in the EU have been mobile at least once as a student, teacher or both1a; _________________ 1a2021 Eurydice Report on Teachers in Europe, careers, development and well- being.
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas progress has been made in building a European Higher Education Area, arising from the long-term efforts of the Bologna Process; whereas European universities need support with their transformative agendas and alliances; whereas they play a central role in creating synergies between education, research and innovation, and substantially contribute to European excellence and its geopolitical power;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 56 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas there is a clear lack of recognition of vocational education and training as a path of choice and excellence, on equal footing with other educational pathways, also contributing the Union's geopolitical influence; whereas there is a need for a common understanding and definition of VET learners across Europe; whereas there are too many remaining obstacles to long- term mobility for apprentices notwithstanding the progress made under the Copenhagen process;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 69 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the role of the EEA in fostering a sense ofallowing a greater and better flow of learners, teachers and knowledge across the Union, fostering the European sense of belonging and in providing economic opportunidentity, while guaranteeing our rights, freedoms and values, and leading to the emergence of an educational culture and vision that draws from the richness of our diversity and exchange of practices by addressing existingon common challenges, enshrining Europe as a true educational challengespower;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 75 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers education a driver for European economic and social prosperity, and for ensuring that the EU is a globally competitive and resilient player and leading the green and digital transitions; insists therefore on the EEA to rely on the new European strategies for youth and skills;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for a clearer and stronger geopolitical dimension of the EEA, to allow the Union to strategically use its educational power with its closest neighbours and partners;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 88 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the variety of visions of, and approaches to, an EEA, which express a common wish to provide a new impetus for common standards in education across the Union and for the ‘European project’ itself;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 91 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists that the EEA should serve as the backbone and stimulus for more and stronger partnerships between stakeholders of, or related to, the education sector; recalls public-private partnerships are crucial, without undermining the essential role of the State; calling all actors of society to take part in overcoming the educational challenges of our society;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 99 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the urgent need to develop a common implementation strategy and roadmap that includes the European institutions, Member States and all relevant stakeholders, and defines their respective responsibilitiest local, regional, national and European levels, and defines their respective responsibilities and opportunities; insists that the EEA should be readable, clear and accessible, and echo, at all levels of governance; recalls the role of the European Semester for successful implementation of EU policies in the field of education;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 117 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights inclusiveness as a central dimension of an EEA and a prerequisite for achieving quality education for all, ensuring that no talentone is left behind;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 118 #

2020/2243(INI)

12 a. Urges Member States, in the allocation of their resources and investments in education, to adopt an approach that is sensitive to social inclusion, emphasising increased equity, integration and social justice, supporting the most marginalised, vulnerable and disadvantaged; insists, in relation to all levels of governance, on the promotion and support of practices such as mentoring and of intergenerational solidarity to reduce inequalities, exclusion, early school leaving or youth unemployment;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 120 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls for a common, rights based, child- sensitive and inclusive approach in the EEA to empower persons with disabilities, learning and thinking differences, such as those on the autism spectrum or with high potential; calls on Member States to support individual learning paths and the acquisition of competences for dealing with persons with specific pedagogical needs, especially for teachers and leaders of educational institutions;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 133 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Emphasises that European censuses, data collection and research on territorial needs and educational practices across the Union are an essential priority for education systems and Member States to identify common educational challenges and solutions; urges the European Commission and Member States to develop common and participatory research on education with a well-defined budget line and mandate within the remit of EU competences;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 135 #

2020/2243(INI)

15. Aims to fosterUrges Member States to develop media literacy and critical thinking initiatives at all stages of learning as an absolute priority and a central means to empower responsible European citizens; calls on Member States to see the EEA as embodying a commitment towards the development of basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and a culture of tolerance, solidarity and respect for others;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 140 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Insists on the role of the EEA in reinforcing European citizenship and democratic participation; regrets civic education is not systematically taught in all Member States; encourages the European Commission and Member States in this respect to work towards a common strategy and flagship initiative;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 145 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a common frameworkstandards on the development of digital competences and on learning about the EU throughout all appropriate levels and areas of education;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 146 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Urges the Union to recognise connectivity and digital infrastructure as a fundamental right, allowing access for all, to a quality network and affordable subscription; calls on Member States to ensure that all learners, especially children, benefit from basic digital equipment;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 149 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of enhancing the promotion, competences and motivation in the education profession, especially supported through the improved recognition of educators’ value to society and by bolstering pedagogical autonomy; urges Member States, in cooperation with the European Commission, to invest in the initial education of teachers and trainers, especially on including a European dimension and transnational mobility in their curricula; welcomes the European Commission’s plans on the European Teachers Award and guidance for national career frameworks; stresses the need for increased mentoring support or induction at the beginning of careers; calls for a further strengthening of EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and the teachers academies as support and funding schemes for teachers' pedagogical competence and transnational mobility; calls for the further development of the E-Twinning and School Education Gateway initiatives;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 154 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Encourages the European Commission and Member States to put in place disaster mitigation strategies for the education sector, in partnership and consultation with all stakeholders; insists on the importance of European concerted action in times of crisis, such as with the COVID 19 pandemic;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 165 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Acknowledges the central role of European Universities in contributing to European identity, knowledge and evidence based society, digital and green transitions, sustainability, long-term resilience and societal engagement; calls for further efforts towards a European strategy for Universities, including a European approach to micro-credentials and the full completion and alignment to the Bologna process; notes the role of universities of the third age in providing seniors with lifelong learning opportunities and stimulating intergenerational solidarity;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 167 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls the European Commission and Member States to fully deploy the Copenhagen process and create a standalone European Education and Training Area, with the objective of improving the quality and coherence of VET in Europe and to facilitate the long term mobility of VET learners and trainers; asks the European Commission and Member States to work towards the creation of a European apprentices statute triggered during mobility; welcomes the initiative of European Centres of Vocational Excellence structuring the sector at European level;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 172 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the EEA to be the final milestone in the recognition of diplomas and qualifications across the Union; Calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitatensure the expansion of automatic mutual recognition of learning outcomes and study periods abroad, including in VET;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 175 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses that non-formal and informal competences play a key role in our society, education and labour market; calls the European Commission and Member States to promote a common vision and recognition of soft skills across the Union; urges for a European framework on civic and social competences, that values, promotes and recognises the benefits of practices such as mentoring and the supervision of youth activities, to be established;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 190 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes the proposal for a steering committee for the EEA, allowing a structured and systematic governance framework; regrets the proposed consultative and informal nature and would rather see a clear mandate be given to the steering committee in respect of subsidiarity; underlines the importance of the participation of the European Parliament in EEA governance;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 193 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Commission and the Member States to clarify the type of participation required from Member Statesthe European Commission, Member States, the European Parliament and other levels of government, including local and regional authorities, and to devise effective multi- level governance arrangements that respect subsidiarity while aiming to generate European added value;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 198 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Asks the European Commission and Member States to come up with a clear European education budget line, in the next multi-annual framework, for the governance and implementation of EEA initiatives;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 205 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the need for a European dimension in education by strengthening a distinct European perspective in students’ curricula and teachers’ training, including with support from Jean Monnet actions and teacher academies; proposes that these teacher academies be called ‘Comenius Teacher Academies’;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 208 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the need to provide learners with knowledge about European history and cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, and to foster a critical European memory and historical consciousness; calls on the European Commission, Member States and the Council of Europe to work towards the inclusion of European history and cultural heritage in curricula across the Union;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 216 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to familiarise learners with the European integration process, the institutions and policies of the EU, the rights emerging from EU citizenship and how to actively participate in the EU’s democratic processes; calls on Member States, in cooperation with the European Commission, to create a taskforce to establish common standards that can be implemented in curricula across the Union;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 219 #

2020/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Underlines the importance of the Conference on the Future of Europe to discuss the way forward on European education challenges and policy development;
2021/06/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas digital literacy must be addressed in a multidimensional approach, covering technical skills, digital literacy, disseminated content and access to digital infrastructure;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the sudden shift to online and distance learning also revealed alarming gaps in the digital skills of teachers, parents and learners and in their ability to use digital technologies effectively and safely;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic will herald profound changes and may well not be the last pandemicfor our way of life; whereas it would be unforgivable not to be properly prepared to deliver full- scale quality digital education for all in the event of a potential second wave;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 59 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas basic skills, such as numeracy, critical thinking and social communication skills, are a fundamental prerequisite for the acquisition of digital skills and competences;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 66 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas basic education in cyber hygiene, cyber safety, data protection and media literacy must be age- and development- oriented in order to help children become critical learners, active citizens, internet users and make informed decisions, and be aware of the risks associated with the internet, such as online disinformation, harassment and personal data breaches;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 79 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the updated Digital Education Action Plan as a further step towards a more comprehensive digital skills and education strategy; believes that the plan will have been a success if, by its completion, digital education is considered a significant part of education policy and has delivered clear, consistent and positive results in terms of availability, access and quality across the Union;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 89 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes, however, that delivering the plan effectively depends on coordination across a broad range of programmes and between the Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure effective synergies between these programmes and to avoid overlap between the different national and European policies in this area;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 91 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes, however, that delivering the plan effectively depends on coordination across a broad range of programmes; calls on the Commission to ensure effective synergies between these programmes, while respecting the limits of subsidiarity in this regard;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 96 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the importance of the ‘Connect’ and ‘Reskill and upskill’ flagship investment priorities in the Recovery and Resilience Facility for driving the digital education agenda; calls for 10 %a significant share of the facility’s funding to be allocated to education and encourages the Member States to increase their education funding;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 107 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s scheduled mid-term review of the plan and its intention to ramp up data collection; reiterates the need for a clear implementation timetable; remains convinced that the plan needs a clearer governance and coordination structure, in which Parliament should be involved, to monitor developments and performance on an ongoing basis; calls on the Commission, therefore, to establish a forum bringing together the Member States, Parliament and other relevant stakeholders, including education providers and civil society organisations, and experts; urges the Commission to better integrate digital education into the European Semester exercise;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 112 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Digital Education Hubs as a first step towards a co-creation process involving key stakeholders; calls on the Commission to supervise implementation at national level and ensure fair representation and independence within the hubs; calls on the Commission to fully involve Parliament in creating European and national hubs and in nominating relevant stakeholders;deleted
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 118 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for interdisciplinary research into the various impacts of digital technologies on education and development of children, linking education sciences, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, neuroscience and computer science so as to achieve as deep an understanding as possible of how the minds of children and adults are responding to the digital environment and what challenges might be connected with digital education;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 122 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes with satisfaction the growing number of digital education platforms being set up; calls on the Commission, in particular through a dedicated Knowledge and Innovation Community within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and the Erasmus+ and InvestEU programmes, to support the creation of pan-European platforms for the broad dissemination of educational content and tools in an inclusive and multilingual way; stresses the importance for teachers and pupils to have access to content hosted and stored in a Member State and not in a third country; notes the huge potential of the eTwinning platform and calls on the Commission to promote it as widely as possible;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 126 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the persistent digital divide in the Union; regrets the fact that in some Member States, like Romania, efforts to provide access to quality digital education have failed, leaving more than 30 % oftoo many pupils without access to education for several months; shares the Commission’s analysis that fast and reliable internet and quality digital equipment in educational establishments, non-formal settings and the home are prerequisites for effective digital education;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 135 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that broadband should be considered a public good and be universally accessible as a critical step in closing the digital divide; calls for specific measures to enhance access for remote, rural and mountain areas with low connectivity and limited access to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, blockchain, new educational devices or gamification, in the light of their growing importance and potential; calls for a newnotes the potential that the deployment of 5G could have in Europe and invitiative on AI and robotics for educationes the Commission to study the possible contributions of 5G to e-learning;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 136 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that broadband should be considered a public good and be universally accessible as a critical step in closing the digital divide; calls for specific measures to enhance access for all schools, especially those in remote, rural and mountain areas with low connectivity and limited access to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, blockchain, new educational devices or gamification, in the light of their growing importance and potential; calls for a new initiative on AI and robotics for education;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 141 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the plan’s focus on supporting school and university connectivity through the Connecting Europe Facility and efforts to publicise EU funding opportunities; calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States, local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that EU support dovetails with national schemes, in particular to support disadvantaged groups; calls on the Commission to target support at otherall formal and non-formal educational establishments besides schools;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 142 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the plan’s focus on supporting school and university connectivity through the Connecting Europe Facility and efforts to publicise EU funding opportunities; calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States, local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that EU support dovetails with national schemes, in particular to support disadvantaged groups; calls on the Commission to target support at other educational establishments besides schools; highlights that educational establishments should be given considerable autonomy in achieving innovation and in developing teaching methods for education in the digital era, as they are closest to the learner;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 164 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that greater attention be devoted to teacher training as the plan is rolled out so as to ensure that teachers not only possess digital skills, but can also teach them, freely and within the framework of the pedagogical exception provided for in Directive (EU) 2019/790; calls for a pan-Union initiative to develop new pedagogical methods for the digital environment; underlines the increasingly important role played by parents and tutors in distance learning and calls for them to be given special training and support mechanisms; stresses the essential role of Erasmus+ and teacher mobility for the acquisition of skills; notes with interest the potential of the future Teacher Academy;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 167 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses the importance of the portability and certification of digital skills; notes with interest the Commission's initiative to establish a European digital skills passport; calls for it to be developed in accordance both with the systems already in place and usedin the Member States and with the European Digital Competence Framework, in order to avoid duplication and overlapping; stresses the need to integrate this future passport into Europass; calls on the Commission to study its integration into the future European Student Card; calls on the Commission to support the development of European open badges;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 179 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the challenge of cyberthreats, cyberbullying, data and privacy protection, dangerous online games and disinformation in the digital environment, including in terms of mental health and wellbeing; warmly welcomes, therefore, the increased focus on digital and information literacy in the revised plan; looks forward to the swift adoption of the Media Action Plan and the guidelines for teachers and educational staff; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious and to launch large-scale digital and media literacy campaigns; stresses that while digital skills have to be promoted they should not overshadow traditional and humanistic skills;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 180 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the challenge of cyberthreats including online child pornography and grooming, cyberbullying, data and privacy protection, dangerous online games and disinformation in the digital environment; warmly welcomes, therefore, the increased focus on digital and information literacy in the revised plan; looks forward to the swift adoption of the Media Action Plan and the guidelines for teachers and educational staff; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious and to launch large-scale digital literacy campaigns; notes the importance of widely promoting events such as the EU Code Week and the Safer Internet Day;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 187 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. In light of the growing use of digital tools within educational curricula, calls on the Commission to address the specific nature of educational data and the risk posed by the lack of regulation on their exchange and storage; calls on the Commission to involve the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in a reflection on the creation of a specific status for data relating to pupils and learners;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 197 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need to enhance tools at Union level to open up lifelong learning opportunities and to enable full and quality access to university and post- university courses and materials; calls on the Commission to create an Online European University with distance and online education content available across Europe sourced, verified and validated by the competent administrations;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 198 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need to enhance tools and mechanisms at Union level to open up lifelong learning opportunities for all and to enable full and quality access to university and post- university courses and materials; calls on the Commission to create an Online European University with distance and online education content available across Europe;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 203 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to earmark funding for the acquisition of professional and secure digital educational resources hosted and stored in Europe, co-created in cooperation with professionals and experts in the production of educational material;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 209 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that special attention should be paid to digital proficiency for lower- skilled adults, persons with disabilities, persons from vulnerable groups and older people; points out that in 2018, just 4.3 % of low-skilled adults used any form of adult learning; notes the potential of the ESF+ programme for lifelong learning;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 215 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores, therefore, the continued absence of measures targeting lower- skilled adult learners and older people; stresses that this omission undermines the essential lifelong learning dimension of digital education and hampers efforts to ensure that everyone has essential life skills; calls on the Commission, therefore, to work with regional and local authorities to put further measures in place, to incentivise adult education by making it available and accessible, so as to ensure that these population groups can truly benefit from the digital transition;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 217 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores, therefore, the continued absence of measures targeting lower- skilled adult learners and older people in the Digital Education Action Plan; stresses that this omission undermines the essential lifelong learning dimension of digital education and hampers efforts to ensure that everyone has essential life skills; calls on the Commission, therefore, to work with regional and local authorities to put further measures in place to ensure that these population groups can truly benefit from the digital transition;
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 220 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights that a rights-based approach to digital education is necessary to ensure that policies are aimed at the making of the right to education a reality; stresses that successful digital education can be achieved only through inclusive digital education.
2020/11/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns the fact that, according to these petitions, individuals with disabilities continue to encounter many challenges related to accessibility, participation in employment and mobility within the EU, and continue to encounter discrimination; considers it unacceptable that many employers are still not taking appropriate measures to tackle these issues, despite such measures being crucial to the economic and social inclusion of the 100 million persons with disabilities in the EU;, highlights that this leads to a large unused percentage of potential workforce.
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call on the Member States to take specific measures with a view to ensuring full equality in practice to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to disabilities, and recommends that the Member States ensure the employment of people with disabilities is addressed in their national reform programmes; Member states shall ensure that Enterprises should receive incentives for a better inclusion of disabled people within their business. In this context, financial support and technical measures for the hiring of the disabled people should be simplified, and enterprises should be encouraged to adapt recruitment procedures so that people with disabilities have easier access to job offers and application procedures.
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 19 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that member states should make a reasonable effort should be made to adapt all public workplaces to accommodate special needs with a view to potentially employing persons with all types of disabilities and insists on promoting it in the private sector, as well as dialogue between social partners with a view to fostering equal treatment, including through the monitoring of workplace practices, collective agreements, codes of conduct and research on or the exchange of experiences and good practices;, especially to foster inclusion of women with disabilities, people from a disadvantaged socio-economic background and LGBTQ+ people with disabilities. Relevant research should be made available in simple language.
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 31 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to take appropriate action to achieve the social and economic integration of disabled people, to raise awareness, to share best practices and to combat youth and senior unemployment, as unemployment can lead to poverty, social exclusion and mental health problems; calls on member states to ensure access for people with disabilities to quality education, employment measures like the Youth Guarantee and exchange programmes as Erasmus+.
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the role of women, who usually have primary responsibility for taking care of children and dependants with disabilities; stresses that this has a direct effect on women’s access to jobs and their professional development and may negatively affect their conditions of employment; Member states should promote research on this topic, as data is scarce. Calls on member states to establish a flexible parental leave system, with a job guarantee once the parental leave is over, which is equally accessible regardless of gender.
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 2 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that education is an investment for the Union’s future and a key tool for achieving the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which states that ‘everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life- long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society’;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the full implementation of this principle by the Union and its Member States in line with the commitments of the March 2017 Rome Declaration and the November 2017 Gothenburg Summit; stresses the need for an Action Plan to deliver the Pillar of Social Rights and welcomes the determination of the Commission in this regard; insists on Member States implementing the country specific recommendations of the European Semester, especially on social affairs;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Asserts that an adequate education and training in transitions to environmentally and socially sustainable economies can become a strong driver of job creation, social justice and poverty eradication; calls for the Union to facilitate stronger cooperation, information sharing and exchange of best practices between Member States and their education and training systems;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that Member States’ education and training systems must be adapted to make full use of the opportunities offered by the digital transition; digital skills development, e- learning initiatives and the connectivity of schools must be fostered and most vulnerable groups should be supported in obtaining equal access to them; calls on the EU and Members States to provide incentives for digital education and careers; emphasises that the participation of women in STEAM studies must be promoted;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an enhanced university- business dialoguecooperation between educational institutions and the business environment to allow for studyies in a sector where there will be jobs, particularly in vulnerable communities, regions and sectorsgreater need of jobs; calls for more public-private partnerships to realise the full potential of our educational systems and for lifelong up- and re-skilling; calls Member States to explore compulsory traineeships as part of university curricula;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls the Union to strengthen the portability and full recognition of skills and professional qualifications to increase mobility and optimal attainment of skills within the internal market and ultimately Europe’s competitiveness in the world;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on governments and employers to invest in programmes and measures to ensure that vulnerable individuals have the skills necessary for a successful transition to a zero-emission economyto embrace the green and digital transitions; recalls particular attention must be given to people with disabilities who often fall under double discrimination;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the most effective and inclusive education systems are those that rely on pedagogical research; calls the Union’s next flagship research programme, Horizon 2020, to be a vehicle to help further excellence in education and training;
2020/06/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
- having regard to Articles 4, 9, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 165, 166, 174 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the free movement of workers is a fundamental principle of the European Union and essential to the proper functioning of the Internal Market;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 crisis is a symmetric shock affecting all Members States, though the impact of the crisis is set to be uneven; whereas the COVID-19 crisis requires a coordinated European response ensuring social and territorial cohesion;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas effective European economic, social and health policy coordination with the European Semester at its core is crucial for mitigating the effects of the crisis and ensuring a recovery which is economically innovative, socially fair and environmentally responsible;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the urgency of the recovery must go hand in hand with the commitments of the European Union and its Member States to implement the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the objectives of the Green Compact and the Paris Agreement;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas austerity policies resulted in less protective andcertain political choices made in the wake of the financial and economic crisis had regrettable consequences on the level of protection provided by the sometimes underfunded social and healthcare systems, which aggravated the effects of the pandemic in certain Member States;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7,.5 % in 2019 to about 9,.5 % in 2020, with substantial differences among Member States; whereas many companies have either been forced to close or are likely to have to do so; whereas national short-time working systems, supported by European measures, enable jobs to be maintained and salaries to be broadly kept unchanged; whereas many jobs remain at very high risk in the medium term;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the crisis will have a significant impact on social conditions, in particular for vulnerable groups;; whereas the COVID-19 crisis affects vulnerable groups in particular, resulting in increased inequalities, fragility, poverty, unemployment and social divergences, as well as undermining social and employment standards in Europe; whereas young people and non- standard workers are at greatest risk of losing their jobs and falling into poverty,
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the pay and pension gaps between men and women remain and are likely to widen with the COVID-19 crisis; whereas across the EU, women still earn on average 16% less than men and the gender gap for pensions is around 37.2% in the EU;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas social protection systems are under severe pressure to mitigate the social impact of the crisis and ensure decent living conditions for all as well as access to essential services such as health, education and housing;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas global challenges such as digitalisation and the fight against climate change persist and require a just transition so as to leave no one behind;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s 2020 country-specific recommendations (CSRs); expresses its concern that Member States have made limited or no progress in six out of 10 CSRs addressed to them in 2019; regrets the fact that too many CSRs are not implemented and urges the Member States to implement them, particularly those concerning employment and social aspects;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the devastating social effects of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on vulnerable groups, especially workers who were in the front line during the crisis; stresses that only a decisive and coordinated European response will offset the consequences of the current crisis; calls in this context on the Member States to use the REACT-EU package to ensure aid for the most deprived by guaranteeing adequate funding for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), to support retention and the return to employment by prioritising young people in the funding provided by the European Social Fund (ESF), and to take specific action in support of cohesion and the territories of the Union, in particular the outermost regions;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that, despite the importance of sound and responsible fiscal policies, budgetary stability should not be detrimental to; calls, nonetheless, on the Member States and the Commission, in response to the health crisis, to boost public investment, especially in education, social and healthcare systems;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes Next Generation EU, the EU’s recovery plan; insists that the recovery plan must contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, implementing our growth strategy as set out in the Green Compact, and fulfilling the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights; calls on the Member States to make full use of the general escape clausepotential offered by the general escape clause to support companies which are in difficulty and lack liquidity, particularly SMEs; safeguard the jobs, wages and working conditions of European workers; and invest in people and social welfare systems; calls for specific social progress plans to ensure more effective and stronger welfare states;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 203 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s SURE proposal as an emergency measure in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on the Member States to reach a swift agreement to allow its urgent implementation and, as a result, to increase the chances of companies obtaining the liquidity necessary for resuming economic activity and safeguarding jobs;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the Commission’s commitment to mobilising the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on employment; calls therefore on the Member States to rapidly submit to the Commission applications for funding to support European workers who have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19 in their retraining, requalification and reintegration into the labour market;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 241 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to prioritise the fight against youth unemployment, particularly in the context of the European ‘Next Generation EU’ recovery; to make full use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee and European programmes such as Erasmus +; and to take appropriate measures to tackle youth unemployment and improve the employability of young people;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 267 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission’s second phase consultation of the social partners on an EU framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission to present a European framework for minimum wages to ensure upward social convergence and eliminate in-work poverty by ensuring decent living wages above the poverty threshold for all workers through collective agreements or through national law, in line with national traditions; calls for EU-level safeguards for decent old-age pensions for all workers;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 270 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes with concern the inadequacy of access to social protection systems and the lack of such access for non-standard and self-employed workers; calls on the Member States to take measures to remedy these problems, in particular by following the Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed; welcomes, once again, the adoption of this recommendation as a first measure and the Commission’s commitment to strengthening social protection systems in Europe, but stresses the need to make universal access to social protection a reality, especially in the current difficult situation;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 278 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to propose legal instruments to ensure decent working conditions for all workers, strengthen collective bargaining coverage, bancombat the improper use of precarious and non- standard contracts, particularly zero- hour contracts, end and cases of bogus self- employment, set strict limits on subcontracting practices, and improve social protection standards; calls on the Commission to present a European directive on decent working conditionsconduct a comprehensive assessment of the working conditions of non-standard workers and to present a European regulatory framework aimed at strengthening and ensuring decent working conditions, rights and access to social protection for platform workers and non-standard workers;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 297 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect, taking into account the special circumstances regarding tax and social security coordination of frontier workers teleworking;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 298 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an EU teleworking agenda, including a legislative proposal to ensure decent working conditions including respect for working hours, leave and the right to disconnect, and to ensure a work-life balance;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 310 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. ACalls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the portability of rights and ensure fair and just working conditions for mobile, cross- border and seasonal workers in the EU; calls on the Member States to commit fully to the digitalisation of public services in order to facilitate fair labour mobility, particularly with regard to the coordination of social security systems; therefore asks the Commission to put forward a proposal for a digital EU Social Security Number;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 321 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned about the limited intergenerational social mobility and increasing income inequality; stresses that national tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way that reduces inequalities, promotes fairness and provides incentives for labour market participationsocial mobility that hinder labour mobility and the realisation of a well-functioning single market; Stresses the need to improve opportunities for mobility responding to labour market shortages in Member States;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 329 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to present an EU child guarantee in 2020, a rights- based, comprehensive and integrated anti- poverty strategy, an EU framework on national homelessness strategies by adopting the ‘Housing First’ principle, to conduct a comparative study on the different minimum income schemes in the Member States, and to highlight best practice cases with a view to presenting a framework in this regard;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 338 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put forward specific proposals to ensure a just transition in terms of improving the energy efficiency of housing and to adequately address the problem of energy poverty in relation to the objectives and principles of the Green Compact;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 344 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce binding pay transparency measures, and urges their swift adoption in order to avoid further gender-based inequalities; further stresses the need for gender budgeting as well as for the monitoring of this spending and gender mainstreaming across all budgetary, policy and legislative proposals, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 352 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for accessible and affordable quality childcare and early education services, as well as short- and long-term care services, including for the elderly and people with disabilities; calls, in this regard, on the Member States to swiftly and fully implement the Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 361 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy; notes that the guiding principles underlying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, such as full and effective participation and inclusion in society, equal opportunities and accessibility, must be fully applied at both EU and national level;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 365 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and long-term post-2020 EU Disability Strategy which addresses accessibility to goods and services as well as to leisure activities, such as sports;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 368 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to improve the quality, accessibility and inclusiveness of their education systems, and to ensure high-quality basic skills training with tailored support, especially for the most marginalised groups in society; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to invest in quality, accessible education and training, strengthening requalification and retraining measures, in particular the acquisition of digital skills, and to promote lifelong learning; stresses that matching qualifications with skills on the one hand and job opportunities on the other is a prerequisite for the creation of a competitive European labour market and that this should be achieved by facilitating closer cooperation of education systems with businesses, for example by promoting learning, work experience and lifelong learning;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 385 #

2020/2079(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in sustainable and inclusive development, economic growth and job creation in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their support for SMEs and their workers in the resumption of economic activity and in the transition towards a more digital and greener economy;
2020/07/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that digitalization, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, cyber security, innovation and development of measures for sustainable industries are essential for creating better social cohesion, achieving the European green deal objectives and ensuring EU’s competitiveness.
2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that the EU industrial strategy should be developed together with skilling, reskilling and upskilling policies aimed at the development of the right skills for the shift to sustainable ways of production and service delivery, in line with the EU commitments to achieve climate-neutral economy by 2050.
2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Acknowledges that skills shortages are among the biggest challenges faced by businesses today, which impedes production and growth; believes that businesses are key actors in fostering the development of skills and competences; calls on the EU and the Member States to encourage and support better cooperation between educational institutions and firms to provide the new skills for new occupations and sectors that will emerge from transitioning to sustainable, digital and green economy.
2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that high-skilled and specialised workers are major resource for innovation and competitiveness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance the mobility within the internal market, removing all remaining obstacles, ensuring the portability and full recognition of skills and professional qualifications and effective protection of the social security right of mobile people within the EU;
2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Considers that urgent actions are needed in order satisfy the current and future demand for qualified workers; calls on the EU and the Member States to improve and further develop the policies for attracting researchers, high performing students and highly-skilled workers from third countries.
2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Believes that the New Industrial Strategy should take into account SME’s diversity in terms of size, age or sector; furthermore, acknowledges that the green and digital transformations may pose a challenge for some SMEs; calls on the Commission and the Members States to provide more support for the upfront investments required by circular and greener business models and to remove any existing administrative burdens that SMEs face.
2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Highlights that EU citizens and businesses across the EU should have equal opportunities to profit from the industrial transformations; calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure that the transition towards more digital, innovative and sustainable industries boost economic growth and prosperity and does not lead to exclusion or social and geographic polarisation.
2020/06/17
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 9 July 2020 entitled 'Getting ready for changes. Communication on readiness at the end of the transition period between the European Union and the United Kingdom' (COM(2020) 324),
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 11 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas all actions taken to create a Capital Markets Union (CMU) should have as their core objectives improving the range of financing options offered to companies and citizens, as well as fostering the availability of a greater range of more attractive investment offers, as their objectiveto incentivise financial participation and to turn savers into investors; whereas access to equity financing for SMEs, entrepreneurs and the social economy has become even more crucial for the COVID-19 recovery;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 29 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the actions taken so far to achieve the CMU are moving in the right direction; whereas much work nevertheless remains to be done in terms of the precision, effectiveness and simplification of the measures adopted; whereas an ambitious vision for the CMU project is essential to overcome national sensitivities and build the momentum to complete the CMU;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 42 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the social and economic crisis resulting from COVID-19 will have a particularly negative impact on SMEs and retail savers; whereas the EU’s response to COVID-19 through the European Recovery Plan should provide a large injection of capital in order to increase European enterprises’ access to finance; whereas capital market financing is needed to increase the overall financing capacity and to reduce the reliance on bank lending in the EU;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas bringing the Capital Markets Union project closer to EU citizens is crucial to increase their confidence in capital market and equity financing; whereas the Commission should explore further opportunities to communicate on the benefits of the CMU project, for example with a change of name highlighting the direct link between EU citizens' savings and investments in the economic growth and post-COVID recovery;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 69 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the removal of barriers, including the simplification of legislation where relevant and conducive to financial stability, to diversify funding sources for SMEstart-ups, SMEs and mid-caps, in order to promote SMEs’their ability to access equity markets, and to reduce the existing debt bias; points out that the current situation makes SMEs more fragile and vulnerablnotes that necessary measures include facilitating investment research, streamlining the definition of SMEs across relevant EU legislation, and easing issuance requirements to ensure that start-ups, SMEs and mid-caps find their way to public markets; calls on the Member States to rebalance debt-equity bias in taxation; points out that the current situation makes SMEs more fragile and vulnerable; calls on the introduction of an ‘SME test’ for impact assessments on each CMU initiative;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 80 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take due consideration of the transition towards a sustainable and resilient economy, in line with the EU Green Deal and with the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities, when designing, adopting, implementing and enforcing policies related to financial market integration, protection and promotion; notes the importance of the contribution of the private sector in financing this transition;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 85 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the fundamental and urgent need to ensure access to more reliable and comparable data on sustainable investments and activities, thanks to a review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD); calls on the Commission to streamline transparency requirements under the NFRD with those under the Taxonomy Regulation and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation; supports the creation of a public sustainability data register to ensure access to reliable and comparable sustainability data for all investors, notably with the inclusion of SRD and NFRD data in a EU Single Access Point;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 113 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for a review of the ELTIF Regulation and of related prudential calibrations in the banking and insurance regulatory frameworks to enhance the take-up and attractiveness of this innovative European label; notes that creating of a new additional ELTIF regime, based on an open-ended fund structure with the possibility to redeem at set intervals, could offer a new opportunity for retail investors to benefit from a diversified portfolio of long-term investments;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 122 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Requests the Commission to assess how targeted amendments to the Securitisation Regulation could free up financing capacity; such targeted amendments could include the realignment of the treatment of cash and synthetic securitisations, of the treatment of regulatory capital and liquidity with that of covered bonds and loans, as well as with the disclosure and due diligence requirements for covered bonds and simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisation;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 127 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for targeted measures within securities market legislation tohat could help expedite the recovery after the COVID-19 crisis; supports as part of a broad package of measures to increase public and private financing; welcomes targeted changes in the Prospectus Regulation, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID), and the Securitisation Regulation and the Market Abuse Regulations long as they aim to preserve market liquidity and transparency, and to facilitate investments in the real economy, in particular in SMEs, and tomid-caps; notes that, allowing newcomers and new products to enter the markets, preserving consumer protection and market integrity; incumbent market players to offer new innovative products while preserving consumer protection and market integrity, is one of the strongest assets of the EU single market;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 158 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that innovative and competitive EU financial products with global reach, such as UCITS and green bonds using the future EU Green Bond Standard, are channels to extend the EU’s influence on the global stage and to strengthen the international role of the euro; calls on the Commission to draw inspiration from these examples, if necessary through amending the respective legislation, in order to bring the same level of international recognition to other EU financial products such as ELTIFs and STS securitisations, and prospective future instruments such as social bonds;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 176 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Member States to promote multi-pillar pension systems, including occupational pension schemes, as a way to improve market dynamics and the incentives to and personal pension schemes, as a way to deepen the pools of European capital available for investment in strategic sectors through incentives for long-term investments; believes that private pensions should be revitalised and made more attractive; encourages the participation of investors in long-term products with tax reduction or exemption policiincentive policies promoting a level playing field across providers and product types;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 188 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that the Solvency 2 Directive requires a review by the end of 2020 and that the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) will provide technical advice to the Commission after consultations with different stakeholders; requests the Commission and EIOPA to consider adjusting the capital requirements for investments in equity and private debt, in particular of SMEs and mid-caps, to ensure that incentives for insurers and pension funds do not penalise equity investments; strongly calls on insurers and re-insurers to draw conclusions from the COVID-19 crisis, including on the coverage of pandemic-related risks; encourages the rapid phasing out of national exemptions and to the reduction of ‘gold-plating’ in national implementation of Solvency II, to foster harmonisation and integration of the EU insurance and re-insurance market;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 200 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for European and national ssupervisory convergence to promote a common European model, highlights the crucial role of the European Supervisory aAuthorities to overcome their differences; calls for supervisory convergence to promote a common European model, guided by the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA),(ESAs) in facilitating this; recalls the additional competences given and structural changes made to the ESAs by the recently adopted Regulation (EU) 2019/2175; calls on the ESAs, together with the national supervisory authorities, to implement and exercise these changes as soon as possible to allow the ESAs to act swiftly to preserve financial stability and the orderly functioning and integrity of the market, and to reduce the existing obstacles to cross-border financial operations;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 219 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to present a detailed road map to strengthen the robustness of the financial ecosystem, drawing lessons from the benefits and the shortcomings of the existing EU rulebook on financial stability and financial supervision, identified during the COVID- 19 crisis; takes note of the recent recommendations from the ESRB, notably on liquidity risks arising from margin calls and liquidity risks in investment funds;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 226 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned that retail investors’ engagement with financial markets remains low; calls for measures to promote retail investments in view of the demographic challenges faced by the EU by increasing the participation of retail investors in capital markets through more attractive and appropriate personal pension products; calls on the Commission to put forward initiatives specifically targeting retail investors, including facilitating the development of independent web-based EU comparison tools, to help retail investors determine the most appropriate products in terms of risk, return on investment and value for their particular needs, and promoting incentives for ESG products and products typically associated with better value for money;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 231 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that various studies consistently show that a significant majority of retail investors mention sustainability preferences when asked about their investment preferences, and considers that this is an opportunity to further incentivise retail investors to be more active in financial markets;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 236 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that access to financial markets should be possible for all enterprises under the ‘same business, same rules’ principle; notes that this principle is particularly relevant in the FinTech and financial innovation spaces, and that reciprocal access to financial data should be balanced with the need to have a level playing field across all providers and product types;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 251 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission to make clear the differentiation betweenintroduce more proportionality on the rules for professional and retail investors on all levels of MIFID, making it possible to tailor the treatment of clients according to their knowledge and experience on the markets; requests that the Commission consider the introduction of a category of semi-professional investors to better respond to, while avoiding a fundamental change in MiFID categorisation; suggests that the Commission consider the introduction of an opt-in regime, allowing retail investors to choose to be treated as professional investors, notably in the areality of participation on the financial marke of information requirements;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 259 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the opinionRecognises claims that the current reporting framework within MIFID II and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) ismay be very costly and complex, which could hindering the effectiveness of the system; believes that a simplification thereof is necessarycalls on the Commission to explore whether a simplification thereof and streamlining across legislation is necessary, while ensuring that financial stability and market transparency is preserved at all times; highlights that any assessment of reporting and transparency in financial markets would not be complete without a proper review on the cost and availability of market data for all market participants;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 267 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for amendments to legislation to ensure access to independent advice by financial intermediaries while avoiding promotion of the institution’s own financial products and, to ensure that distributors do not promote financial products manufactured 'in-house' without a thorough assessment of products from other manufacturers, and to ensuringe a fair marketing of financial products; notes that ESMA adopted a nuanced view on a potential ban on inducements, and calls on the Commission to explore alternative approaches, with similar effects on aligning interests across the entire distribution chain;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 286 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises that financial education is a medium-term tool, which enriches the financial system and which is a good step for engaging retail investors with financial markets; notes that employee share ownership programmes are amongst the most effective means to increase financial awareness and literacy for EU adult citizens;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 290 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Member States to include financial literacy programs in school curriculain all curricula from school to university, with evolutive programs adapted to the needs of pupils and students and aimed at developing autonomy in financial matters; suggests the inclusion of this topic in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 334 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Reiterates the need for a more streamlined and codified representation of the EU in multilateral organisations/bodies, following the European Parliament resolution of 12 April 2016 on the EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies; notes that promoting EU values and global competitiveness of the EU’s financial sector when making policy at European and international level is ever more crucial as the multilateral world order further polarises;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 5 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the full implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Protocol on Northern Ireland, is a prerequisite for and a basic component of a futurenew partnership between the EU and the UK; expresses concern at the UK Government’s statements demonstrating a lack of political will to fully comply with its commitments under the Withdrawal Agreement, namely regarding border controls in the Irish Sea; notes that no concrete reassurances were given on this matter during the first meeting of the Joint Committee; underlines that trust between the Parties is essential in these negotiations;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 7 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the considerable level of integration and interdependence of the EU’s and UK’s economies, as well as the geographical proximity of the Parties; notes the acknowledgment of these circumstances by both Parties in the ‘Political Declaration setting out the Framework for the Future Relationship Between the EU and the UK’; recalls that the Political Declaration, based on the existing unique relationship, serves as the basis for an ambitious, broad, deep and flexible partnership;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 8 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has presented and published a comprehensive legal proposal for a future relationnew partnership, broadly in line with its negotiating mandate and the European Parliament’s resolution, and deeply regrets the fact that the UK Government has refused to accept a similar level of transparenc; urges the Commission to continue its transparency towards the co-legislators, as well as the financial services industry and consumers, and deeply regrets the fact that the UK Government has refused to accept a similar level of transparency; stresses that clarity and certainty are crucial to business continuity and a seamless provision of services to consumers, as well as to preventing market volatility;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 16 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it to be in both Parties’ mutual interests to establish an ambitious futurenew economic partnership covering a wide number of sectors; underlines that, in any case, a level playing field must be ensured and EU standards safeguarded in order to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’ and the acquisition of unfair competitive advantages through the undercutting of levels of protection or other regulatory divergences; considers that any futurenew framework should safeguard EU financial stability, fair competition, investor and consumer protection, and the integrity of the single market, and commitments to combat climate change, while respecting the EU’s regulatory regime and decision- making autonomy;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 29 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses the need to uphold common high standards in the field of state aid control and competition law; underlines that achieving a level playing field between the Parties will require a robust framework for state aid control, antitrust, and merger control that prevents unfair distortion of trade and competition;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 34 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that the resulting framework must be clear and transparent, and must not impose a disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 52 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls, in the context of financial services, that passporting rights, which are based on mutual recognition and harmonised prudential rules in the internal market, will cease to apply between the EU and the UK at the end of the transitional period; underlines that, thereafter, access to the European financial market must be based on equivalence decisions made within the EU’s legal framework; notes that equivalence examinations are a technical process which should be based on clear and transparent criteria; recalls that equivalence decisions are unilaterally granted and withdrawn by the European Commission, taking due account of the impact on the market and the need to preserve EU financial stability; recalls the importance of the EU maintaining its autonomy to adopt any measures for prudential reasons;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls, however, the limited scope of equivalence decisions, in particular in respect of retail financial services; calls on the Parties to endeavour to limit regulatory divergence in these sectors;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 68 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the Parties’ commitment in the ‘Political Declaration setting out the Framework for the Future Relationship between the EU and the UK’ to endeavour to conclude the equivalence decision assessments by the end of June 2020; urges both Parties to continue their efforts to meet this objective;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Recommends that the Parties establish a mechanism for continuous cooperation and dialogue amongst policy- makers, regulators and supervisors; such a mechanism would serve as a forum for enhancing regulatory alignment and sharing supervisory concerns and best practices, including on new innovative services such as crypto assets; believes it is of mutual benefit to both Parties to continue to share necessary and relevant information and data between supervisors;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 74 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Given the increasing digitisation of trade, including services, recommends that the Parties agree, as part of the governance framework of the new partnership, provisions for facilitating digital trade, addressing unjustified barriers to trade by electronic means, and ensuring an open, secure and trustworthy online environment for businesses and consumers; these provisions should facilitate necessary data flows, subject to exceptions for legitimate public policy objectives, while not undermining the EU’s personal data protection rules, and should be subject to appropriate judicial control;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 76 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Believes it is of mutual benefit to both Parties to continue to share any necessary and relevant information and data required to combat money- laundering and terrorist financing; recommends that the Parties establish a mechanism that will ensure full cooperation and communication in this regard;
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 80 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Defends the need to extend the transition period in order to allow enough time to conclude the negotiations on a comprehensive futuIn light of the impact of the Covid- 19 crisis on the societies, economies and politics of the Parties, asks the European Commission to pre partnership, while safeguarding citizens’ rights, legal certainty and economic ane the scenario of a potential extension to the transition period financial stability case requested by the UK.
2020/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises that the Disinformation Code of Practice (CoP) has helped to structure a dialogue with platforms and regulatory bodies; suggests that online platforms should place effective and appropriate safeguards, in particular with a view to ensuring that they act in a diligent, proportionate, and non-discriminatory manner and to prevent the unintended removal of content which is not illegal;
2020/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for action against hate speech, including racism, xenophobia, homophobia and gender violence to foster a safer and more secure online environment for its citizens and businesses, including cooperation with fact-checkers and researchers; encourages fight against bots and fake accounts, and providing easily recognisable online paid political advertisement; suggests providing clear boundaries to data processing for research purposes in order to facilitate a privacy-compliant access to data on political advertising; encourages online services to provide more transparency about their policies and processes for responding to illegal and harmful content and for fighting against the spread of disinformation as well as to provide transparent and clear explanation to their users on their implementing of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules;
2020/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to develop criteria for the use of AI in education, media and creative sectors, by developing benchmarks for ethically responsible and accepted uses of AI technologies in these areas, including a clear liability regime for products resulting from AI use; underlines that these criteria must be constantly adjusted to the progress in AI technologies;
2020/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notices that AI personalised learning systems are increasingly being deployed in schools and universities, which is changing the role of teachers in the learning process to one more of facilitationby individualising monitoring and teaching; stresses that this shift should be reflected in school curricula, as well as in teacher training; recalls that AI should always be a support and not a replacement for the education provided by teachers;
2020/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 49 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that education should empower citizens to develop new forms of critical thinking, including ‘algorithm awareness’, an understanding of the functioning of AI and its inherent biases, and the ability to reflect on the impact of AI on information, knowledge, and decision-making;
2020/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance for transparency and accountability of algorithms used by media streaming companies, in order to ensure access to culturally and linguistically diverse content; believes that every user should be properly informed when an algorithm is used to recommend content and optimise his or her choices; stresses that such algorithms should be designed in such a way that they do not privilege specific works by limiting their ‘personalised’ suggestions to the most popular works; considers that any user should also be able to disable content recommendation by AI;
2020/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 61 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists that user data collected by AI, such as cultural preferences or educational performance, cannot be transmitted or used without the owner's knowledge;
2020/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas traineeships are a commonn important way for young people to gain experience before finding stable employment; whereas traineeships can ease the transition from education or vocational training into the labour market; whereas it is crucial that optimal conditions and incentives are established to enable young people to have access to high-quality traineeships that will provide them with a useful learning experience, as well as work experience and the development of a relevant set of skills; whereas the skills acquired and the workload of traineeships must be proportionate to the remuneration for the traineeshiprainees carrying out open labour market traineeships, traineeships in the context of active labour market policies (ALMP) and traineeships that are part of mandatory professional training should have the right to remuneration as set out in Annex I; whereas trainees carrying out traineeships undertaken with the aim of obtaining educational qualifications should have access to adequate compensation as set out in Annex II;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas different definitiontypes of traineeships exist across the Union; whereas a traineeship can be understood to be a limited period of work practice which is paid and which includes a learning and training component and which a person undertakes in order to gain practical and professional experience with a view to improving that person’s employability and facilitating transition to stable employment7; _________________ whereas Parliament has repeatedly condemned the practice of unpaid traineeships as a form of exploitation of young workers and a violation of their rights and has called for a common legal framework to ensure fair remuneration for traineeships in order to avoid exploitative practices1a; _________________ 1a European Parliament resolution of 17 February 2022 on empowering European youth: post-pandemic employment and social recovery (2021/2952(RSP)) 7 2014 Council Recommendation, p. 3.
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas different types of traineeship exist across the Union and not all types can be found in all Member States; whereas most traineeships across the Union can be divided into the categories comprising: open-market traineeships, traineeships associated with active labour market policies and traineeships that are part of professional training oALMPs, traineeships that are part of professional training and traineeships that are part of an academic or vocational curricula; whereas all these different types of traineeships provide an opportunity for young people to receive training, acquire skills that meet labour pmart of an academic or vocational curricula; ket needs and should provide them with easier access to quality jobs in the future while fulfilling their personal needs; whereas the Union, Member States and the social partners have a key role to play in providing access to quality traineeships;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas studies have established links between the quality of traineeships and employment outcomes8, with remuneration being one of the key quality criteria of what establishes a high-quality traineeship8a; _________________ 8 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/STUD/2022/699459/EPRS_STU(202 2)699459_EN.pdf, p. 1 8a https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---dgreports/---dcomm/--- publ/documents/publication/wcms_79977 3.pdf
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas a person may experience discrimination differently based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, that person’s gendersex, race, colour or ethn, nationality, ethnic or social and economic origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, class or social origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, or agepolitical or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation must be prohibited 9a; whereas it is crucial to focus on addressing and overcoming all discrimination in traineeships and ensuring the accessibility of traineeships to persons and groups of persons who are furthest away from the labour market; whereas young people living in weaker financial circumstances, including people living in single-parent households, people with disabilities, migrants, people with lower educational levels, young people not living with their parents and people from low work- intensity households, are less likely to have access to the financial resources required to undertake unpaid or low- paying traineeships9b; _________________ 9a Article 21 on Non-discrimination of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights http://fra.europa.eu/en/eu- charter/article/21-non- discrimination#:~:text=Any%20discrimin ation%20based%20on%20any,sexual%20 orientation%20shall%20be%20prohibited. 9b https://www.youthforum.org/files/230111- DP-CostUnpaidInternships.pdf
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2020/2005(INL)

Amendments - 61, 70, 71, 72, 73 Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas high-quality traineeships can contribute to combatting skills mismatches and consequent labour market shortages in the Union, by reducing the search burden and matching the costs borne by traineeship providers and trainees; whereas too many young people are unable to find stable employment because they do not have the necessary skills or because they are working in jobs that do not match their skill set; whereas, at the same time, 40 % of employers cannot find people with the necessary skills to fill their vacancies9are crucial to properly educate and train young people for the needs of the labour market and to tackle skills mismatches and consequent labour market shortages in the Union, while fulfilling the personal interests of the trainee and emphasising the potential added value for both employers and trainees; whereas too many young people are unable to find stable employment because available jobs might not correspond to their skill set; whereas, at the same time, 40 % of employers9face difficulties finding employeeswith the rightskills; whereas the Union’s youth unemployment rate is 15,1%, and in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis, according to Eurostat9a, young people are the group facing the highest risk of living in poverty, with 1 in 4 of young people living at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion, and with young women living at a higher risk of poverty or social exclusion; _________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 1146&langId=en 9a https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/9173_ en.pdf
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas about half of all 15 to 34- year olds in the Union have gained work experience in at least one traineeship; whereas the majority of young people report having worked in two unpaid internships before getting stable employment8c; whereas this means that approximately four million persons take part in at least one traineeship per year in the Union10; _________________ 8c https://www.youthforum.org/files/230111- DP-CostUnpaidInternships.pdf 10 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/STUD/2022/699459/EPRS_STU(202 2)699459_EN.pdf, p. 2
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas, according to the same Eurobarometer survey, only 40 % of trainees received financial compensation and whereas more than half of those trainees (53 %) considered say that compensation to be insufficient to cover their basic living costs12; whereas adequate remuneration for traineeships must cover at least basic living costs; _________________ 12 Ibid
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas incentives to employers are crucial when offering quality traineeships, in particular where those employers are microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises; whereas strengthening digital skills and the necessary digital tools to support trainees while carrying out their traineeship is encouraged; whereas, in this regard, the Digital Opportunity Traineeships (DOTs) programme, offered under the Erasmus+ programme, provides students and young graduates with the opportunity to gain digital skills at work and gain experience in the technology sector; whereas quality traineeships should in general be carried out while being physically present; whereas remote or hybrid work is increasingly the norm in a number of sectors and undertakings; whereas, in this regard, any remote or hybrid part of a traineeship should be acceptable only when presence in the workplace is not necessary or possible and should comply with quality criteria;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2020/2005(INL)

1. Highlights that traineeships are primarily a learning experience that should not replace entry-level jobs; calls on the Commission and the Member States, in close cooperation with the social partners, to facilitate and improve access for young people to high-quality, paid and, inclusive traineeships, particularly for those coming from vulnerable backgrounds, with a view to achieving the Union’s objective of social cohesion and inclusion;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to tackle skills mismatches, whileproperly educate and train young people for the needs of the labour market to tackle skills mismatches, while fulfilling their personal interests and emphasising the potential added value in this regard for both employers and trainees; in this regard, highlights the need to offer traineeships in areas linked to skills needs of, labour marketshortages and future oriented sectors to overcome labour shortages in view of both the green and the digital transition;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2020/2005(INL)

4. Recalls that high-quality traineeships can play a valuable contribution in achieving the Union social targets by 2030, asof having at least 60 % of all adults participating in training every year and having at least 78 % of people aged 20 to 64 who should be in employment, as well as reducing the rate of NEETs to 9% through quality opportunities, in line with Agenda 2030 and SDG Nos 1, 4, 8 and 10;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to update and strengthen the 2014 Council Recommendation on Quality Framework for Traineeships and to turn it into a stronger legislative instrument;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Recognises that existing Quality Framework for Traineeships (QFT) principles remain relevant in supporting young people who undertake high-quality traineeships; however, stresses that new principles must be addedguiding employers to offer high-quality traineeships; takes note of the vulnerable position faced by young people in the labour market; stresses that new principles must be added to the QFT in order to improve the quality of traineeships and ease the transition of all young people from education into the labour market; calls on the Commission, therefore, to include the following additional principles in an updated Quality Framework for Traineeships:
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent -1 (new)
-1 access to adequate compensation in line with the cost of living;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2
- increased access to traineeships byfor trainees with disabilities and trainees from other marginalised groupfrom vulnerable backgrounds, including trainees with disabilities, using an intersectional approach,;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
- accessible workplaces;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3
- access to high-quality conditions for remote and hybrid traineeships, where applicable,compliance of any remote part of a traineeship with quality criteria;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4
- clear learning objectives and access to adequate mentorship and to the guidance of trained mentors; to ensure intergenerational transfers of skills;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
- in cooperation with the national labour inspectorates and relevant authorities, report malpractice and poor conditions during the traineeship period by means of established channels;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive to ensure adequate remuneration for traineeshipsfor open labour market traineeships, traineeships in the context of ALMP and traineeships that are a mandatory part of professional training to ensure minimum quality standards, including rules on duration, access to social protection in accordance with national law and practices as well as remuneration ensuring a decent standard of living as set out in Annex I in order to avoid exploitative practices;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates the central role that the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Recovery and Resilience Facility and its associated Scoreboard linking funding to policies for the Next Generation, and the Youth Guarantee, can play in contributing to an increase in the number of high- quality traineeships including those that are accessible to disadvantaged groups; urges Member States, with the support of the Commission, to use all available resources in this area; calls on the Member States to increase investment including through the ESF+ to support measures aimed at integrating disadvantaged youth;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to better utilise the ESF+ to help progression within education and, training and transition to work, by supporting the development of skills and competences, including upskilling, reskilling, lifelong learning and employability with a view to facilitating full participation in society for all, and contributing to competitiveness14; particularly with regard to persons who come from a vulnerable background in order to ensure their access to equal opportunities, and contributing to competitiveness14; underlines the particular role of Erasmus+ in promoting intra-Union labour mobility for young trainees; _________________ 14 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021 R1057&from=EN
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness at national, regional and local level of available Union funds to ensure the accessibility by all to high-quality traineeships, particularly persons who come from a vulnerable background in order to ensure their access to equal opportunities;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to support the exchange of best practices between the Members States onin the area of high-quality traineeships that are accessible to all; encourages Member States to provide guidance and assistance to employers, in particular microenterprises and small and medium sized-enterprises, to enable them to offer high-quality traineeships, and to offer incentives to employers that provide trainees a high- quality job placement after the successful completion of a traineeship;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. WelcomesCalls on the Commission proposal toto place particular focus on ensuring quality, accessible (EPP 175) and paid traineeships, particularly in the open labour marke 2023t, during the European Year of Skills; calls on the Commission to place particular attention on quality and paid traineeships during the European Year of Skills as a follow-up to the European Year of Youth and in line with the Report on the Final Outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe, May 2022;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for more cooperation between all stakeholders involved, in particular education and vocational training providers, businessespublic employment services, traineeship providers including employers , national, regional and local governments and involvement of social partners, representatives of youth organisations and trainees; suggests the creation of a European Alliance for Traineeships, similar to the European Alliance for Apprenticeships, uniting governments and key stakeholders with the aim of strengthening the quality and offer of traineeships across the Union, while promoting the mobility of trainees, in particular by ensuring access to sufficient financial resources, including language courses;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the support of local pacts for skills in cooperation with public employment agencies of local authoritiesservices and all relevant actors at local level to ensure that traineeships help in closing the skills mismatch in the labour markets;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2020/2005(INL)

20. Highlights that further data is needed in particular on: statistics of unpaid traineeships and in which sectors the issue is more predominant; barriers that trainees face in obtaining a high-quality traineeship and ways of overcoming them; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemicrecent socio-economic crises on trainees; the challenges frequently faced when undertaking a traineeship and ways in which to overcome them; possible obstacles faced by employers when offering high-quality traineeships and ways in which to overcome them; the advantages and disadvantages of digital traineeships; the experiences of trainees with disabilities as well as trainees who come from vulnerable backgrounds; obstacles to cross-border traineeships and ways in which to overcome them;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that any discrimination based on grounds such as sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or social and economic origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation must be prohibited; calls on the Member States to put in place specific measures to ensure this; 1a _________________ 1a Article 21 on Non-discrimination of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights http://fra.europa.eu/en/eu- charter/article/21-non- discrimination#:~:text=Any%20discrimin ation%20based%20on%20any,sexual%20 orientation%20shall%20be%20prohibited.
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines that high-quality traineeships must be inclusive and accessible to all; stresses, in particular, the need to support persons with disabilities to have access to high-quality traineeships while ensuring an inclusive recruitment process and reducing barriers for people with disabilities; calls for a Union-wide definition of disability and an expanscalls on the Commission to accelerate the introduction of the EuropeanU disability card to facilitate the mobility of persons with disabilities and their ability to take up traineeship opportunities in other Member States; stresses the need for an accessible workplace for trainees withadapted to the needs of trainees with different types of disabilities; calls for a revision of Council Directive 2000/78/EC15to improve the article on reasonable accommodation in the workplace in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; calls for the unblocking of the adoption of a proposal for an anti-discrimination directive (COM(2008)0426); highlights the need for the unbundling of remuneration and disability support to allow for extra disability related costs for traineeships; highlights the importance of personal assistance to support persons with disabilities, with a view to supporting independent living; calls for more cooperation between employthe social partnersand the organisations representing people who are at greater risk of discrimination; _________________ 15 Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16).
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to encourage more cross-border traineeships; in this regard, highlights the potential of EURES as a traineeship-matching and placement tool; calls on the Commission to further develop EURES by providing clearer information, in formats that are accessible to people with different types of disabilities, as well as better guidance and placement services to interested trainees wishing to take advantage of cross-border mobility; calls on the Members States to promote EURES among, inter alia, traineeship providers, young people, unemployed people and recent graduates; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the recognition and validation of knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the traineeship, in particular when it comes to cross-border recognition of skills; reiterates the fact that traineeships are a valid work experience and should be recognised as such in recruitment processes;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Requests that the Commission submit on the basis of Article 153(2)(b) TFEU in conjunction with Article 153(1)(b) TFEU, a proposal for a framework dDirective on Quality Traineeships setting out minimum requirements for quality standards and adequate remuneration for traineeshipsopen labour market traineeships, traineeships in the context of ALMPs and traineeships that are a mandatory part of professional training, following the recommendations set out in Annex I hereto;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2020/2005(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Requests that the Commission submit a proposal to update the 2014 Council Recommendation on the basis of Article 292 TFEU, in conjunction with Articles 153 and 166 TFEU, following the recommendations set out in Annex II heretofor a decision of Parliament and of the Council on a Quality Framework for Traineeships on the basis of Article 166(4) TFEU, following the recommendations set out in Annex II hereto for traineeships undertaken with the aim of obtaining educational qualifications;
2023/05/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) Pursuant to Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, the aims of the Union are, inter alia, to promote the well-being of its peoples and to work for the sustainable development of Europe based on a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment and social progress.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union36 provides for the right of workers and employers, or their respective organisations, in accordance with Union law and national laws and practices, to negotiate and conclude collective agreements at the appropriate levels and, in cases of conflicts of interest, to take collective action to defend their interests, including strike action. Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union367 provides for the right of every worker to working conditions which respect his or her health, safety and dignity. __________________ 36Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 2012/C 326/02 OJEU C326/391 of 26.10.2012. 37 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 2012/C 326/02 OJEU C326/391 of 26.10.2012.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) TArticle 2 of the European Social Charter establishes that all workers have the right to just conditions of work. ItArticle 4 recognises the right of all workers to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families. Article 4 of the Charter recognises and the role of freely concluded collective agreements as well as of statutory minimum wage setting mechanisms, to ensure the effective exercise of this right. Article 5 recognises the right of workers and employers to form local, national or international organisations for the protection of their economic and social interests and to join those organisations. Article 6 recognises the right to bargain collectively.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) Chapter II of the European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed at Gothenburg on 17 November 2017, establishes a set of principles to serve as a guide towards ensuring fair working conditions. Principle No 6 of the European Pillar of Social Rights reaffirms the workers’ right to fair wages that provide for a decent standard of living. It also provides that adequate minimum wages shall be ensured, in a way that provides for the satisfaction of the needs of the worker and his/her family in the light of national economic and social conditions, whilst safeguarding access to employment and incentives to seek work. Furthermore, it recalls that in-work poverty shall be prevented and that all wages shall be set in a transparent and predictable way according to national practices and respecting the autonomy of the social partners.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Guideline 5 of Council Decision 2020/ 1512/EU on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States37 calls on Member States to ensure an effective involvement of social partners in wage-setting, providing for fair wages that enable a decent standard of living and allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developments, with a view to upward convergence. The Guideline also calls on Member States to promote social dialogue and collective bargaining on wage setting. It also calls on Member States and the social partners to ensure that all workers have adequate and fair wages by benefitting from collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, and taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and in- work poverty. The Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202138 states that Member States should adopt measures to ensure fair working conditions. In addition, the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202039 recalled that in the context of growing social divides, it is important to ensure that each worker earns an adequate wage. Several Country Specific Recommendations have also been issued to some Member States in the field of minimum wages. However, individual countries may be little inclined to improve their minimum wage settings because of the perception that this could negatively affect their external cost competitiveness. __________________ 37Council Decision 2020/1512/EU of 13 October 2020 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (OJ L 344, 19.10.2020, p. 22–28). 38 Commission Communication COM(2020) 575 final. 39 Commission Communication COM(2019) 650 final.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Better working and living conditions, including through adequate minimum wages, benefit both workers and businesses in the Union and are a prerequisite for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. Addressing large differences in the coverage and adequacy of minimum wage protection contributes to improving the fairness of the EU labour market and promote economic, social progress and upward convergence. Competition in the Single Market should be based on high social standards, creation of quality jobs, innovation and productivity improvements ensuring a level playing field.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) When set at adequate levels, minimum wages protect the income of disadvantaged workers, help ensure a decent living, and limit the fall in income during bad times, as recognised in Convention 131 of the International Labour Organisation on the establishment of a system of minimum wage fixing. Minimum wages contribute to sustaining domestic demand, strengthen incentives to work, boost economic resilience, reduce wage inequalities and help to prevent and combat in- work poverty.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Women, young and low-skilled and migrant workers and persons with disabilities have a higher probability of being minimum wage or low wage earners than other groups. During economic downturns, such as the Covid-19 crisis, the role of adequate minimum wages in protecting low-wage workers becomes increasingly important and is essential to support a sustainable and inclusive economic recovery. AddressingEnsuring and improving the adequacy of the minimum wage contributes to gender equality, closing the gender pay and pension gap as well as elevating women and children out of poverty.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the labour market generally and in particular the services sector and small and micro firms, which both have a high share of minimum wage earners. In addition, minimum wages are also important in view of the structural trends that are reshaping labour markets and which are increasingly characterised by high shares of non-standard and precarious work. These trends have led to an increased job polarisation resulting in an increasing share of low-paid and low- skilled occupations in most Member States, as well as to higher wage inequality in some of them.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 184 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Minimum wage protection set out by collective agreements in low-paid occupations is adequate in most cases; statutory minimum wages are low compared to other wages in the economy in several Member States. In 2018, the statutory minimum wage did not provide sufficient income for a single minimum- wage earner to reach the at-risk-of-poverty threshold in nine Member States. In addition, the use of reduced minimum wage rates (variations) and deductions from statutory minimum wages, the limited use of which in some instances is justified, can negatively affect their adequacy.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Not all workers in the Union are protected by minimum wages. In some Member States some workers, even though they are covered, receive in practice a remuneration below the statutory minimum wage due to the non-respect ofcompliance with existing rules. In particular, such non- compliance has been found to affect notably women, young workers, people with disabilities and agricultural workers. In Member States where minimum wage protection is provided only through collective agreements, the share of workers not covered is estimated to vary from 2% to 55% of all workers.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 203 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) While strong collective bargaining at sector or cross-industry level contributes to ensuring adequate minimum wage protection, traditional collective bargaining structures have bseen erodinga declining trend during the last decades, in part due to structural shifts in the economy towards less unionised sectors and to the decline in trade union membership related to inter alia the increase of atypical and new forms of work.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 223 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) This Directive establishes minimum requirements at Union level to ensure both that minimum wages are set at adequate level and thatboth improve the adequacy of statutory minimum wages and workers have access to minimum wage protection, in the form of a statutory minimum wage or in the form of wages set under collective agreements as defined for the purpose of this Directive.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 262 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In a context of declining collective bargaining coverage, it is essential that the Member States protect the right to engage in and promote collective bargaining to enhance workers’ access to minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements. Member States with a high collective bargaining coverage tend to have a low share of low-wage workers and high minimum wages. Member States with a small share of low wage earners have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 70%. Similarly, the majority of the Member States with high levels of minimum wages relative to the median wage have a collective bargaining coverage above 70%. While all Member States should bare encouraged to promote collective bargaining and increase collective bargaining coverage, those who do not reach this level of coverage should, in consultation and/or agreement with the social partners, provide for or, where it already exists, strengthen a framework of facilitative procedures and institutional arrangements enabling the conditions for collective bargaining. Such a framework should be established by law or by tripartite agreement.. Member States should establish and implement an action plan to promote collective bargaining in cooperation with the social partners. This action plan should be made public, notified to the European Commission, reviewed and, where necessary, revised at least every three years. It must be acknowledged that Member States’ collective bargaining coverage rates differ significantly owing to a number of factors including national tradition and practice and their historic contexts and this must be taken into account when assessing progress with regard to the enabling framework and action plan to promote collective bargaining.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Sound rules,, clear rules, transparent procedures and practice for setting and updating statutory minimum wages are necessary to delivfoster adequate minimum wages, while safeguarding jobs and the competitiveness of firms including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. They include a number of elements to preservomote the adequacy of statutory minimum wages, including guiding criteria and indicators to assess adequacy, regular and timely updates, the existence of consultative bodies and the involvement of social partners. A timely and effective involvement of the latter is another element of good governance that allows for an informed and inclusive decision-making process.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Minimum wages arcan be considered adequate if they are fair in relation to the wage distribution in the country and if they provide a decent standard of living taking into account general economic conditions in the country. The adequacy of statutory minimum wages is determined in view of the national socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness as well as regional and sectoral developments. Their adequacy should be assessed at least in relation to their purchasing power, to the productivity develop taking into account the cost of living and the contribution of taxes and social benefits in kind or in cash, to the requirements of economic development, national labour productivity levels, attaining and maintaining a high level of employments and to their relation to the gross wage levels, distribution and growth. The use of indicators commonly used at international level, such as 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage, can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wages.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 322 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) To promote adequacy of minimum wages for all groups of workers, variations and deductions from statutory minimum wages should be provided for by law and strictly limited to a minimum, while ensuring that social partners are duly consulted in their definition and continuous assessment. Some deductions to statutory minimum wages may be justified by a legitimate aim, including overstated amounts paid or deductions ordered by a judicial authority. Others, such as deductions related to the equipment necessary to perform a job or deductions of allowances in kind, such as accommodation, may bare unjustified orand disproportionate and should not be permitted.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 331 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) An effective enforcement system, including reinforced controls and field inspections, is necessary to ensure the functioning of and compliance with national statutory minimum wage frameworks particularly in at-risk sectors. To strengthen the effectiveness of enforcement authorities, a close cooperation with the social partners is also needed, including to address critical challenges such as those related to abusive sub- contracting, bogus self-employment or non-recorded overtime. Moreover, workers should havebe able to easily access to appropriate information on applicable statutory minimum wages to ensure an adequate degree of transparency and predictability as regards their working conditions. and enforcement of their rights. Member States should ensure this through, inter alia, the establishment of dedicated public websites and awareness raising campaigns.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 341 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) The effective implementation of minimum wage protection set out by legal provisions or provided by collective agreements is essential in the performance of public procurement and concession contracts. Non-respect of collective agreements providing for minimum wage protection in a given sector may indeed occur in the execution of such contracts or in the sub-contracting chain thereafter, resulting in workers being paid less than the wage level agreed in the sectoral collective agreements. To prevent such situations, economic operators and their subcontractors have to apply to their workers the wages set byapplicable obligations in the fields of social and labour law concerning wages and working conditions including the right to organise and collectively bargain set by Union and national law, collective agreements including for the relevant sector and geographical area in order to abide by applicable obligations in the field of labour lawor by the relevant international social and labour law provisions listed in their respective annexes, in accordance with Articles 18(2) and 71(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement40 , Articles 36(2) and 88(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and the Council41 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Articles 30(3) and 42(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and the Council42 on the award of concession contracts. __________________ 40Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65). 41 Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243). 42Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contract (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 1).
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 349 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Reliable monitoring and data collection are key to ensure the effective protection of minimum wages protection. The Commission should report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council its assessment of developments in the adequacy and coverage of minimum wages and the coverage of collective bargaining on the basis of annual data and information to be provided by Member States in consultation with social partners. In addition, progress should be monitored in the framework of the process of economic and employment policy coordination at Union level. In that context, the Employment Committee should examine every year the situation in the Member States on the basis of the reports produced by the Commission and Eurofound as well as other multilateral surveillance tools such as benchmarking.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 355 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) Workers and their representatives and trade union members should be in a position to exercise their right of defence when their rights relating to established minimum wage protection are violated. In order to prevent that workers are deprived from their rights, and without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for in collective agreements, including systems of collective dispute resolution, Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure that they have access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including to adequate compensation, as well as effective protection from any form of detriment in case they decide to exercise their right of defence.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 361 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) The reforms and measures adopted by the Member States to promote adequate minimum wage protection of workers, while being steps in the right direction, have not been comprehensive and systematic. Moreover, individual countries may be little inclined to improve the adequacy and coverage of minimum wages because of the perception that this could negatively affect their external cost competitiveness. Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 383 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) The Technical Support Instrument43 and the European Social Fund plus44 (ESF+) are available to Member States to develop or improve the technical aspects of minimum wage frameworks, including on assessment of adequacy, monitoring and data collection, broadening access, as well as on enforcement and on general capacity building related to the implementation of said frameworks. The ESF+ also obliges all Member States to allocate an appropriate amount for the capacity building of social partners, which should be mobilised inter alia to promote collective bargaining coverage. __________________ 43Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2020 on the establishment of the Technical Support Instrument, COM(2020) 409 final 44Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund Plus, COM/2018/382 final.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 388 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With a view to improving working and living conditions, upward social convergence and gender equality in the Union, this Directive establishes a framework for:
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 400 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting adequate levels ofimproving the adequacy of statutory minimum wages;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 460 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘collective bargaining’ means all negotiations which take place in accordance with national law and practice between an employer, a group of employers or one or more employers’ organisations, on the one hand, and one or morea group of workers organisat one or more trade unions , on the other, for determining working conditions and terms of employment; and/or regulating relations between employers and workers; and/or regulating relations between employers or their organisations and a worker organisation or worker organisats or their trade unions;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 525 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States, where collective bargaining coverage is less than 70% of the workers defined within the meaning of Article 2, shall in addition provide for a framework of enabling conditions foror, where it already exists, strengthen a framework of enabling conditions to protect the right to engage in and promote collective bargaining, either by law after consultation of the social partners or by agreement with them, and. Member States shall establish and implement an action plan to promote collective bargaining in cooperation with the social partners in order to progressively increase collective bargaining coverage across the Union. The action plan shall be made public and, shall be notified to the European Commission and be reviewed and where necessary revised at least every three years.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 549 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – title
Adequacy of statutory minimum wages
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 558 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States with statutory minimum wages shall take the necessary measures to ensure that their setting and updating of statutory minimum wages are guided by criteria set to promote adequacy with the aim to achieve decent working and living conditions, social cohesion and upward convergence and prevent and combat in-work poverty. Member States shall define those criteria in accordance with their national practices and socio- economic conditions, either in relevant national legislation, in decisions of the competent bodies or in tripartite agreements. The criteria shall be defined in a stable and clear way.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 574 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The national criteria referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least the following elements whose relative weight shall be decided by Member States:
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 600 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) labour productivity developthe requirements of economic development, national labour productivity levels and attaining and maintaining a high level of employments.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 627 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall use indicative reference values to guide their assessment of adequacy of statutory minimum wages in relation to the general level of gross wages, such as those commonly used at international level.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 637 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the regular, transparent and timely updates of statutory minimum wages in order to preservcontinue to promote their adequacy.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 655 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall destablishignate relevant consultative bodies, or establish them where they do not exist, to advise the competent authorities on issues related to statutory minimum wages.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 685 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may only allow deductions by law that reduce the remuneration paid to workers to a level below that of the statutory minimum wage where provided by law. Member States shall ensure that these deductions from statutory minimum wages are necessary, objectively justified and proportionate. Deductions for the value of equipment needed to perform work or the cost of travel, board or lodging and accommodation shall not be permitted.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 716 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the establishment and continuous assessment of variations and deductions in statutory minimum wages referred to in Article 6;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 727 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – title
EMonitoring compliance and effective access of workers to statutory minimum wages
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 729 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall, in cooperation with social partners, take the following measures to monitor compliance of, and enhance the access of workers to, statutory minimum wage protection as appropriate:
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 739 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) strengthen the controls and field inspections conducted by labour inspectorates or the bodies responsible for the enforcement of statutory minimum wages and ensure their adequate resourcing. The controls and inspections shall be proportionate and non- discriminatory;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 743 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) develop capacity-building, training and guidance for enforcement authorities to proactively target and pursue non- compliant businesses;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 758 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU, Directive 2014/25/EU and Directive 2014/23/EU, Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public procurement or concession contracts economic operators comply with the wages set out byand their subcontractors comply with the applicable obligations in the fields of social and labour law concerning wages and working conditions including the right to organise and collectively bargain set out by Union and national law, collective agreements including for the relevant sector and geographical area and with the statutory minimum wages where they existor by the relevant international social and labour law provisions listed in their respective annexes.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 773 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall task their competent authorities, in consultation with social partners, with developing effective data collection tools to monitor the coverage and adequacy of minimum wages and the coverage of collective bargaining.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 790 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) the existing variations, the objective justifications provided and the share of workers covered by them;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 796 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) the existing deductions and the objective justifications provided;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 813 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) measures provided for under the national action plans to promote collective bargaining referred to under Article 4.2;
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 834 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that information regarding minimum wage protection, including universally applicable collective agreements and wage provisions therein, is transparent and publicly accessible.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 867 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for, where applicable, in collective agreements, workers, including those whose employment relationship has ended, have access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, in the case of infringements of their rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements, without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for, where applicable, in collective agreements.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 878 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to protect workers, including those who are workers’ representatives or trade union members, from any adverse treatment by the employer and from any adverse consequences resulting from a complaint lodged with the employer or resulting from any proceedings initiated with the aim of enforcing compliance with the rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 888 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the relevant provisions already in force concerning the scope of this Directive. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 892 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States may entrustshall, in accordance with their national law and practice, take adequate measures to ensure the effective involvement of the social partners with the implementation of this Directivea view to implementing this Directive and may entrust the social partners with its implementation, where the social partners jointly request to do so. In so doing, the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the results sought by this Directive are guaranteed at all times.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 899 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the national measures transposing this Directive, together with the relevant provisions already in force relating to the subject matter as set out in Article 1, are brought to the attention of workers and employers, including SMEs and made publically available.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 900 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall conduct an evaluation of the Directive by [five years after the date of transposition]. The Commission shall, after consulting the Member States and the social partners at Union level, submit thereafter a report to the European Parliament and the Council reviewing the implementation of the Directive and propose, where appropriate, legislative amendments.
2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In order to redress huge shocks to the economy and society stemming from the exceptional restrictions put in place by Member States to contain the COVID-19 spreading and the risks of an asymmetric recovery stemming from the different national means available in different Member States resulting in serious impacts on the functioning of the Internal Market, the European Council endorsed on 23 April 2020 the “Roadmap for recovery” with a strong investment component, called for the establishment of the European Recovery Fund and mandated the Commission to analyse the needs so that the resources would be targeted towards the sectors and geographical parts of the Union most affected, while clarifying also the link with the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027.
2020/07/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to allow maximum flexibility to Member States for tailoring crisis repair actions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy, allocations should be established by the Commission at Member State level. Furthermore, the possibility for using any additional resources to support aid for the most deprived should also be provided for. In addition, it is necessary to establish ceilings concerning the allocation to technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States while allowing maximum flexibility to the Member States as to its allocation within operational programmes supported by the ERDF or the ESF. It should be clarified that there is no need to respect the ESF minimum share for the additional resources. Taking account of the expected quick spending of the additional resources, the commitments linked to those additional resources should only be decommitted at the closure of the operational programmes.
2020/07/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In order to complement the actions already available under the scope of support of the ERDF, as extended by Regulations (EU) 2020/460 and (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council5, Member States should continue to be allowed to use the additional resources primarily for investments in products and services for health services, for providing support in the form of working capital or investment support to SMEs, especially micro- and small enterprises, in operations contributing to the transition towards a digital and green economy, infrastructure providing basic services to citizens or economic support measures for those regions most dependent on sectors most affected by the crisis as well as helping the most deprived. Technical assistance should also be supported. It is appropriate that the additional resources are focused exclusively under the new thematic objective “Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy”, which should also constitute a single investment priority, to allow for simplified programming and implementation of the additional resources. __________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2020/460 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 508/2014 as regards specific measures to mobilise investments in the healthcare systems of Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative) (OJ L99, 31.3.2020, p. 5); Regulation (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013 and (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, (OJ L 130, 23.4.2020, p. 1).
2020/07/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) For the ESF, Member States should primarily use the additional resources to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self-employed, job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, support to youth employment measures, education and training, skills development, in particular for disadvantaged groups and carers, and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children. It should be clarified that in the present exceptional circumstances support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self- employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be provided even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. Union support to those short-time work schemes should be limited in time.
2020/07/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 11
The requirements laid down in Article 92(4) shall not apply to the initial allocation or their subsequent transfers.deleted
2020/07/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self- employed, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. The additional resources shall also support job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, youth employment measures, education and training, skills development, in particular for disadvantaged groups and carers, to support the twin green and digital transitions, and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children.
2020/07/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 4
The elements set out in point (b)(v) and (vii) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, in paragraph 4, in point (b) and (c) of paragraph 6 and in paragraph 7 of Article 96 shall not be required for such new operational programme. The elements set out in Article 96(3) shall only be required where corresponding support is provided.
2020/07/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In order to be successful, the transition has to be fair and socially acceptable for all. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverse consequences. The Union budget has an important role in that regard. When it comes to the implementation and use of the Just Transition Fund, the Member States should pay particular attention to the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) As set out in the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, a Just Transition Mechanism should complement the other actions under the next multi-annual financial framework for the period from 2021 to 2027. It should contribute to addressing the social and economic consequences of transitioning towards Union climate neutrality by bringing together the Union budget’s spending on climate and social objectives at regional level, focusing on social impact investment and targeting the regions and areas of society which will be at the greatest risk of economic instability due to the transition.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) which is one of the pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism implemented under cohesion policy. The aim of the JTF is to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate transition by supporting the most affected territories and workers concerned and creating a balanced socio-economic transition that avoids creating or furthering the risks of social precarity or an unstable business environment. In line with the JTF specific objective, actions supported by the JTF should directly contribute to alleviate the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and modernisation of the local economy and by mitigating the negative repercussions on employment. This is reflected in the JTF specific objective, which is established at the same level and listed together with the policy objectives set out in Article [4] of Regulation EU [new CPR].
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) which is one of the pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism implemented under cohesion policy. The aim of the JTF is to mitigate the adverse effects of the climate transition by supporting the most affected territories and workers concerned. In line with the JTF specific objective, actions supported by the JTF should directly contribute to alleviate the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and, modernisation and reconversion of the local economy and by mitigating the negative repercussions on employment. This is reflected in the JTF specific objective, which is established at the same level and listed together with the policy objectives set out in Article [4] of Regulation EU [new CPR].
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+ will contribute fully tomplement the achievement of this target.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) As the JTF is part of the European Green Deal, financial allocation under the JTF should be conditional on the Member State having a commitment to a target of climate neutrality by 2050.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The resources from the JTF should complement the resources available under cohesion policy. and focus specifically on the issue of transitioning to a green economy in the regions most heavily dependent on coal or other such unsustainable fuels, for example the Jiu Valley Region, prioritising social impact investment that fosters both business development and the positive development of social indicators, with a care to avoid social shocks or sudden closures of businesses or the loss of human capital and the depopulation of the vulnerable regions.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Transitioning to a climate-neutral economy is a challenge for all Member States. It will be particularly demanding for those Member States that rely heavily on fossil fuels or greenhouse gas intensive industrial activities which need to be phased out or which need to adapt due to the transition towards climate neutrality and that lack the financial means to do so. The JTF should therefore cover all Member States, but the distribution of its financial means should reflect the capacity of Member States to finance the necessary investments to cope with the transition towards climate neutrality, including their promotion of alternatives to the fossil economy through bio-based circular economy, which offers opportunities for new jobs, regional economic development, improved territorial cohesion and boosting local rural economies.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment and avoiding environmental degradation. Particular attention should also be given to social impact investment and activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. __________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) With a view to tackling climate change and to achieving a climate-neutral economy, the JTF should support the development of a strong circular bioeconomy and the necessary skills, knowledge, innovation and new business model.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) To protect citizens who are most vulnerable to the climate transition, the JTF should also cover the up-skilling and reskilling of the affected workers, with the aim of helping them to adapt to new employment opportunities, as well as providing job-search assistance and counselling to jobseekers and their active inclusion into the labour market.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 199 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In order to enhance the economic diversification, modernisation and reconversion of territories impacted by the transition, the JTF should provide support to productive investment in SMEs. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross-capital formation and employment. For enterprises other than SMEs, productive investments should only be supported if they are necessary for mitigating job losses resulting from the transition, by creating or protecting a significant number of jobs and they do not lead to or result from relocation. Investments in existing industrial facilities, including those covered by the Union Emissions Trading System, should be allowed if they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and go substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council14 and if they result in the protection of a significant number of jobs. Any such investment should be justified accordingly in the relevant territorial just transition plan. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market and cohesion policy, support to undertakings should comply with Union State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 TFEU and, in particular, support to productive investments by enterprises other than SMEs should be limited to enterprises located in areas designated as assisted areas for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) TFEU. __________________ 14Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to provide flexibility for the programming of the JTF resources under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, it should be possible to prepare a self- standing JTF programme or to programme JTF resources in one or more dedicated priorities within a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund (‘ERDF’), the European Social Fund Plus (‘ESF+’) or the Cohesion Fund. In accordance with Article 21a of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], JTF resources should be reinforced with complementary funding from the ERDF and the ESF+. The respective amounts transferred from the ERDF and the ESF+ should be consistent with the type of operations set out in the territorial just transition plans.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 218 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The JTF support should be conditional on the real need for external support in the green transition and a present dependence on unsustainable business cycles and provide the needed support for local authorities to begin the effective implementation of a transition process in a specific territory in order to achieve a climate-neutral economy. In that regard, Member States should prepare, in cooperation with the relevant stakeholders and supported by the Commission, territorial just transition plans, detailing the transition process, consistently with their National Energy and Climate Plans. To this end, the Commission should set up a Just Transition Platform, which would build on the existing platform for coal regions in transition to enable bilateral and multilateral exchanges of experience on lessons learnt and best practices across all affected sectors.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 235 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The territorial just transition plans should identify the territories most negatively affected, where JTF support should be concentrated and describe specific actions to be undertaken to reach a climate-neutral economy, notably as regards the conversion or closure of facilities involving fossil fuel production or other greenhouse gas intensive activities. Those territories should be precisely defined and correspond to NUTS level 3 regions or should be parts thereof. The plans should detail the challenges and needs of those territories and identify the type of operations needed in a manner that ensures the coherent development of climate-resilient economic activities that are also consistent withprioritise the alleviation of any socio- economic shocks from the transition to climate-neutrality and the objectives of the Green Deal. Only investments in accordance with the transition plans should receive financial support from the JTF. The territorial just transition plans should be part of the programmes (supported by the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund or the JTF, as the case may be) which are approved by the Commission.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to enhance the result orientation of the use of JTF resources, the Commission, in line with the principle of proportionality, should be able to apply financial corrections in case of serious underachievement of targets established for the JTF specific objectiveensure that regions with low performance from the point of view of JTF specific objectives are helped not to fall too much behind in order to avoid the risk of further geographical unbalances, with previously well performing regions or regions which are already on their way to a green transition or are not as dependent on coal or other fuels receiving more funds while the regions still heavily relying on unsustainable energy mixes or slow in beginning their green transition would fall even further behind and receive even less funds to assist in their transition.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to enhancoptimise the result orientation of the use of JTF resources and to enhance the result orientation of the JTF, the Commission, in line with the principle of proportionality, should be able to apply financial corrections in case of serious underachievement of targets established for the JTF specific objective.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 248 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) to provide support to territories facing serious socio-economic challenges deriving fromin the transition process towards a climate-neutral and circular economy of the Union by 2050.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5 billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 269 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
0.A minimum share of 0,35% of the amount referred to in the first subparagraph shall be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission, with the possibility of this share to be increased upon the request of a Member State based on the specificity of the territorial just transition plan.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 271 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Access to the JTF shall be conditional on the Member State having a commitment to a target of climate neutrality by 2050.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 272 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from Article [21a] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], any additional resources referred to in paragraph 2, allocated to the JTF in the Union budget or provided by other resources shall not require complementary support from the ERDF or the ESF+.deleted
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 277 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The JTF shall only support activities that are directly linked to its specific objective as set out in Article 2 and which contribute to the implementation of the territorial just transition plans established in accordance with Article 7.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 297 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) social impact investments which foster the development of businesses that can have a positive social impact in their immediate area, providing alternative income sources to citizens affected by the transition to a greener economy;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 299 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the deployment of technology and infrastructures for affordable clean energy, in greenhouse gas emission reduction, the conversion to natural gas as a transitional energy source from coal, energy efficiency and renewable energy;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 309 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) investments in social and health care infrastructure and enhancing the equal and timely access to quality, sustainable and affordable social and health care services;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 313 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) investment in smart, energy efficient local transportation infrastructure;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 321 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) investments in the circular bioeconomy;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 327 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) job-search assistance toand counselling for jobseekers;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 330 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j
(j) active inclusion of jobseekerand socioeconomic integration of people and communities;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 359 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investment related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels, with the exception of natural gas as a transitional, intermediate fuel between coal and green energies;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 368 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall only approve a programme where the identification of the territories most negatively affected by the transition process, contained within the relevant territorial just transition plan, is duly justified and the relevant territorial just transition plan is consistent with the National Energy and Climate Plan of the Member State concerned, and corresponds to the objectives of the European Green Deal.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 370 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The JTF priority or priorities shall comprise the JTF resources consisting of all or part of the JTF allocation for the Member States and the resources transferred in accordance with Article [21a] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR]. The total of the ERDF and ESF+ resources transferred to the JTF priority shall be at least equal to one and a half times the amount of support from the JTF to that priority but shall not exceed three times that amount.deleted
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 380 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The JTF priority or priorities shall comprise the JTF resources consisting of all or part of the JTF allocation for the Member States and the resources transferred in accordance with Article [21a] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR]. The total of the ERDF and ESF+ resources transferred to the JTF priority shall be at least equal to one and a half times the amount of support from the JTF to that priority but shall not exceed three times that amount.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 389 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare, together with the relevant authorities and stakeholders of the territories concerned, one or more territorial just transition plans covering one or more affected territories corresponding to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (‘NUTS level 3 regions’) as established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/201417 or parts thereof, in accordance with the template set out in Annex II. Those territories shall be those most negatively affected based on the economic and social impacts resulting from the transition, in particular with regard to expected job losses in fossil fuel production and use and the transformation needs of the production processes of industrial facilities with the highest greenhouse gas intensity. __________________ 17 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154 21.6.2003, p. 1).
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 442 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission concludes, based on the examination of the final performance report of the programme, that there is a failure to achieve at least 6575 % of the target established for one or more output or result indicators for the JTF resources, it may make financial corrections pursuant to Article [98] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] by reducing the support from the JTF to the priority concerned in proportion to the achievements.
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 458 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) employment in mining of coal and, lignite, oil shale and peat (weighting 25%),
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 470 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the allocations resulting from the application of point (a) are adjusted to ensure that no Member State receives an amount exceeding EUR 2 billion. The amounts exceeding EUR 2 billion per Member State, respectively 5 billion for a Member State that can justify through clear indictors that it holds a larger proportion of vulnerable regions where the transition to an environmentally sustainable energy policy would create tangible socio- economic risks than the median of other Member States. The amounts exceeding EUR 2 billion per Member State, respectively 5 billion for heavily affected Member States, are redistributed proportionally to the allocations of all other Member States. The Member States shares are recalculated accordingly;
2020/05/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a genuine revision of the EU’s and the Member States’ education, training and skills policies to deliver education and lifelong learning that is accessible to all, addressing, in particular, the digital skills gap and the need for adaptation to the realities of the digitalised economy, and of preparing for the future impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market; stresses that these policies should promote personal and societal development as well as new future job opportunities, while respecting the goals of the energy transition towards the low- carbon economy; quality education, access for all and inclusiveness; calls on the MSs to accelerate the implementation of Country Specific Recommendations.
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that socio-economic disadvantage is frequently a predictor of poor educational outcomes and vice versa; insists that a properly funded, quality education and lifelong learning system can help break this vicious circle and promote social inclusion and equal opportunities, particularity gender equality; supports the plans to make the European Education Area a reality in the foreseeable future with the aim of allowing everyone access to a quality education, including disadvantaged groups, people with a migrant background and people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to assist the Member States in reforming and modernising their education systems, including digital learning; , and to foster the exchange of best practices within the Erasmus+ programme;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Asserts that quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) has a positive impact on all children, boys and girls, especially children with disabilities and even more so on children belonging to less privileged socio-economic backgrounds, thereby contributing to reducing social inequalities; stresses that ECEC has an impact on children’s development, learning and well-being in the short-term, and creates the building blocks for improving later long-term life outcomes;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that investing in human capital, with a particular focus on young people and people with fewer opportunities, including people with a migrant background, is key to boosting knowledge-intensive, sustainable and inclusive growth, in a context of increasing skills shortages and mismatches in a rapidly changing world of work, particularly in the era of digitalisation; underlines the importance of entrepreneurship education from an early age on, in order to motivate young people to opt to set up in business and of promoting environmental, digital and financial literacy among young generations;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 31 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the European Structural and Investment Funds can provide options for better access to information and the active inclusion of young people, especially those living in rural and remote areas and people with a migrant background;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 36 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to foster cooperation between education and businesses with a view to addressing skills mismatches, including by fostering technical, entrepreneurial and digital skills, as well as vocational training and dual studies, and to put in place effective and comprehensive methodologies for the mutual recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learningskills, diplomas and qualifications as well as non-formal and informal learning in order to facilitate mobility; stresses the need to effectively implement the European universities initiative with a view to ensuring that European universities become a pole of excellence and innovation;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for an increase in the quality and efficiency of education and training systems, the strengthening of comprehensive lifelong learning and the upgrading of skills, notably of disadvantaged groups, including people, especially young adults, with a migrant background; stresses the need for educational systems to promote healthy habits, particularly sport practice which significantly contributes to social inclusion and integration and reiterates its support to citizenship education in schools as a key pillar of developing European democracy;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 46 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of the learning of foreign languages to enhance student’s and workers’ mobility and in order to achieve the Barcelona European Council’s objective of “mother tongue +two”;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #

2019/2212(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that effective governance and adequate funding for all educational settings, modern quality educational resources and teaching, motivated and competent teachers and lifelong learning are crucial for achieving equity, diversity and excellence in education; stresses, in this context, the need to attract greater numbers of motivated candidates with sound academic or professional backgrounds and pedagogical skills into the teaching profession.; calls for the need to ensure continuous quality training for teachers and trainers;
2020/01/30
Committee: CULT
Amendment 305 #

2019/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for qualified majority voting in Council on tax matters;deleted
2020/01/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 321 #

2019/2211(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the systematic inclusion of tax matters in the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs), with the aim of ensuring economic coherence across EU Member States as well as the fairness of EU tax systems; believes that the CSRs could ensure a fair balance between sources of revenue and should alsoBelieves that the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) should include innovative elements aiming at promoting the Green Deal; further believes that they should also support Member States in tackling tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning where necessary;
2020/01/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 54 #

2019/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of all types of education – formal, non-formal and informal – relating to history and cultural heritage, at all ages; and the need to develop teaching materials for those suffering of sensorial impairment; reiterates the significance of including art, music, film and theatre, design and architecture in school curricula; calls for the e-twinning kit produced on the occasion of the European Year of Cultural Heritage to be more widely disseminated to the educational community;
2020/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 70 #

2019/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern about the lack of skilled craftspeople, restoration professionals and heritage experts, which is putting European heritage at risktraining courses in ancestral techniques, of skilled craftspeople, conservation, preservation, restoration professionals and heritage experts, which is putting European heritage at risk; recalls the importance of exchanges of know-how in the field of craftsmanship; stresses, to this end, the potential of the Erasmus + programme, which allows the long-term mobility of apprentices, and in particular the potential of the future Centres of Excellence for Apprenticeship and Training; reiterates, on this occasion, the need to triple the budget for the Erasmus+ 2021-2027 programme;
2020/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 98 #

2019/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the need to develop a comprehensive EU framework with adequate funding for the protection and promotion of digitised and born-digital cultural heritage; notes with interest the many digitisation projects already carried out via the ERDF and calls for the next programming period to allow for the continuity of this type of funding;
2020/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 106 #

2019/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that the cultural heritage sector’s contribution to economic development is noteworthy, with spillover effects in other economic sectors; notes that over 300 000 people in Europe are employed in the cultural heritage sector, while 7.8 million jobs in Europe are indirectly linked to it51 ; calls, therefore, for special support to be given to this key sector in light of the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; _________________ 51 http://blogs.encatc.org/culturalheritagecoun tsforeurope/wp- content/uploads/2015/06/CHCfE_FULL- REPORT_v2.pdf.
2020/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 115 #

2019/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends further efforts to encourage travel to less well-known and popular destinations and rural areas, as well as low-season travel; stresses the role that the EAFRD can play, especially with the LEADER programme to support local tourism initiatives; calls for this programme to be adequately funded for the 2021-2027 programming period;
2020/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 142 #

2019/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that nearly three quarters of Europeans surveyed think public authorities should allocate more resources to cultural heritage; highlights the need to increase EU funding to activities related to cultural heritage; insists on the synergies to be enabled and strengthened between the Structural Funds, the Creative Europe and LIFE programmes, and the future Horizon Europe programme;
2020/04/27
Committee: CULT
Amendment 3 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity; recalls, also, that in implementing their policies the Commission and the Member States must take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of a decent standard of living and adequate social protection for all, the fight against poverty and social exclusion and a high level of education and training in accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 7 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the high number of petitions received by Committee on Petitions alerting it to the precarious nature and abusive use of fixed-term contracts in both the public1 and private2 sectors; calls on the Commission to examine these petitions and to provide a better response, in line with its competences and those of the Member States, in order to effectively tackle in-work poverty, social exclusion and precarious work; _________________ 1These include petitions 0240/18, 0328/18, 0365/18, 0374/18, 0396/18, 0419/18, 0829/2018, 0897/2018, 1161/2018, 0290/19, 0310/2019, 0335/2019, 0579/19, 0624/19, 0652/19, 0683/2019, 0737/2019, 1017/19, 1045/2019, 1241/2019, 1318/2019 and 0036/2020. 2These include petitions 1378/2013, 0019/2016, 0020/2016, 0021/2016, 0099/2017, 1162/2017, 0110/2018 and 0335/2019.
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 14 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors characterised by a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workers in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rights; calls on the Member States to take measures, in line with the Council recommendation of 2018, to ensure that all workers and self-employed persons have access to adequate social protection;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 16 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that these new forms of work, including platform work, present not only opportunities in terms of employability and access to the labour market, but also challenges in terms of fair working conditions and access to social protection; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to work to improve the working conditions of these workers;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 20 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s consultation with the social partners on a European framework for minimum wages; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present as soon as possible a legal instrument for upward social convergence in accordance with national traditions, so that every worker in the European Union benefits from a fair minimum wage; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers by guaranteeing their jobs and wages and also their working conditions;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 20 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas one of the EU’s strengths is its social model; whereas the technological change and the global trend of rising inequalities require that social model to be reassessed and adapted to the modern, fast-paced, complex and unpredictable global environment;
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas according to Eurostat’s definition, individuals are at risk of in- work poverty when they work for over half of the year and when their equivalised yearly disposable income is below 60% of the national household median income level (after social transfers); whereas the latest Eurostat figures show that 9.4% of European workers were at risk of poverty in 20181a; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/sdg_01_41/default/table?lang=en
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas there is great inequality exists both within and between Member States and varies significantly; whereas the gap between rich and poor is widening; whereas, while net wealth per household in the Eurogroup countries fell for the bottom 20%, it increased relatively sharply for the top 20%6 , and the bottom 20% of households had net debt averaging EUR 4 500, while the top 10% had net assets of EUR 1 189 7007 ; __________________ 6The Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2017 wave, ECB Statistics Paper Series No 36, March 2020, p. 25. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ ecb.sps36~0245ed80c7.en.pdf?bd73411fbe b0a33928ce4c5ef2c5e872 7 The Household Finance and Consumption Survey Wave 2017 Statistical tables, March 2020, p. 5. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/resea rch/hfcn/HFCS_Statistical_Tables_Wave_ 2017.pdf?656f4e10de45c91c3c882840e91 74eac
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas low wages and, increasingly, wage differentiation are deepening inequalitythe factors contributing to the increase of inequality are very complex and interlinked, among which inequality in wages, technological changes, policy and regulatory reforms; whereas increasing productivity without corresponding wage increases also exacerbatesmay lead to economic disparities within and between Member States;
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; calls on the Member States to put legislation and strategies in place to ensure equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law; calls on the Member States and the Union to ensure pay transparency, including by introducing a wage equality index comparing women and men;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 34 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make fighting unemployment and insecure employment of young people a priority and to make full use of financial instruments such as the Youth Guarantee and European programmes such as Erasmus+ in order to tackle youth unemployment and enhance the employability of young people;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 70 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas 95 million people (21.7%) are affected by poverty or social exclusion, which means that the economic survival and place in societywellbeing of one in five people in the world's third largest economic area (EU- 27) are at risk10 ; __________________ 10 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/29 95521/10163468/3-16102019-CP- EN.pdf/edc3178f-ae3e-9973-f147- b839ee522578
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas rents are constantly rising and people on or below the poverty line have to spend 38% of their disposable income on accommodation, and in some Member States this rate is as much as 50- 90%13; __________________ in the majority of the Member States rents are constantly rising and housing cost burdens vary considerably across the income distribution; whereas in the EU, low- income tenant households face median housing costs between 20 to 45% of disposable income; whereas in 2018, 9.6 % of the EU-27 population lived in households that spent 40 % or more of their equivalised disposable income on housing2a; __________________ 2ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Housing_statistics#H ousing_affordability 13 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi163/default/table?lang=en
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas old-age poverty continues to increase also in combination with fundamental pension reforms: the at-risk- of-poverty rate for people over 65 was on average 16.1% (EU-28); whereas this figure will continue to grow due to precarious and atypical employment15 ; __________________ 15 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/v iew/tessi012/default/table?lang=en
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas privatisation and outsourcing are reducing job security, and this is also an indicatormore analysis and researches are needed in order to examine the effects of privatisation and outsourcing ofn the increase in precarious employmentemployment rates, worker’s wellbeing, wages and productivity;
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas in ten years the increase in atypical employment was significantly higher than the overall increase in jobs; part-time employment rose most, followed by short-term work19 ; whereas over 1/3 of part-time workers involuntarily work part- time and one in two work in short-term employment only for lack of any alternative20 ; __________________ 19Labour market and Social Development (ETUI, 2019) Benchmarking Working Europe, 2019. 20 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378
2020/09/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de- solidarisation within and between Member Stateshat preventing in-work poverty must be part of the overall goal to reduce poverty in the EU; stresses the need to tackle in-work poverty through upward social and economic convergence and through appropriate and dedicated measures, such as the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, a minimum income, minimum wages and minimum pensions; fostering equal opportunities in education and training from early ages, ensuring access to affordable and quality services including childcare, promoting gender equality, addressing regional disparities, ensuring robust social protection systems and supporting social dialogue;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the digital transformation and the growing number of high-skilled professions require targeted investment in lifelong learning to help people adapt to the changes or move into better-paid jobs which will reduce in- work poverty in the EU in the long term; calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer coherent and comprehensive support for building up the needed digital skills ensuring fast and successful digital transformation;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the axiom that ‘work is the best remedy for poverty’ no longer appa focus on employment and wages alone is not sufficient to address the issue of in-work for poverty; believes today in the face of low- wage sectors, atypical and precarious working conditions and the dismantling of social security systems and that a poverty- free life can only be secured by effective collective agreementhat a holistic approach combining both direct and indirect measures targeted towards household as well as aind minimum wage systemsividual incomes should be fostered;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 210 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that high quality education, including vocational education and training, is essential for the reduction of inequalities, improving the employability and adaptability of the workers and facilitating their successful transition into employment; calls on the Member States to guarantee equal access to inclusive education and training and to strength their efforts to reduce early school leaving;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 223 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates that one of the essential step towards reducing inequalities is eliminating the persistent gender-based wage gap; calls on Member States to continue their efforts to eliminate the gender pay gap by enforcing the principle of equal pay for equal work;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that changes in technology and the structure of the economy are concentrating more economic activity and high-skilled jobs in metropolitan areas, which increases social and geographical inequalities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen investments in digital technology in the rural areas in order to enhance public services, improve their quality and efficiency and create new modes of service delivery for the remote and underserved regions, in order to address inequalities and create better job opportunities;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 241 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to promptly propose a legal instrument to ensure that every worker in the Union receives a fair minimum wage21 ; calls also for this plan to ensure, through legislation or collective agreements, that nobody is at risk of poverty and that everyone can live from their work and participate in society; underlines that the floor should be at least 60% of the national gross median wage; stresses that if this is too low to live on in relation to standards in a given country, an additional mechanism based on objective criteria should be used to calculate a supplement that ensures a decent lifelaunch of second stage consultations of social partners on fair minimum wages in the EU21 and awaits their findings as a basis for the Commission’s anticipated proposal; __________________ 21 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/political-guidelines-next- commission_de.pdfhttps://ec.europa.eu/co mmission/sites/beta-political/files/political- guidelines-next-commission_en.pdf
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 265 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure mandatoryand the Member States to monitor and enforce existing labour law and minimum working conditions for all workers, in particular for those employed in atypical and precarious work, cross-border workers or the bogus self-employed, either by improving existing directives or through new legal acts, and to ban zero-hour contracts and address legislative gaps where relevant;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 270 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that labour mobility is essential for getting the most out of Europeans’ talents and ambitions, maximising economic performance and prosperity of companies and individuals and offering people various opportunities; calls on the Commission and Member States to remove the existing barriers to the mobility in the European Union;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 278 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to adopt the Directiveorganise a European Summit on platform work, which is intended to ensure that platform workers are covered by existing labour law, are socially insured and are able to form workers’ representations and organise in unions in order to conclude collectivexplore possibilities to improve the labour conditions of platform workers as well as its commitment to closely monitor and enforce existing EU law in this agreementsa;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 288 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States, when to swiftly transpose and implementing the work- life-balance Directive22 ,and to ensure that access to childcare in general andaffordable childcare, in particular for single parents is secured so that they are not pushed into precarious and low-paid work, which should be available to workers with young children in households characterised by lower levels of work intensity and less stable jobs that are associated with lower earnings; __________________ 22Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 298 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for compliance with the rules on equality and anti-discrimination, particularly with regard to wagespeople with disabilities, ethnic or racial minorities, LGBTQ community, women and other groups of disadvantaged workers; calls in this regard for an immediate unblocking of the horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 311 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure access to decent, affordable housing for all and to do more to promote affordable public housing; encourages Member States to strengthen the exchange of best practices on effective social housing policies;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 353 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to enforce, effectively and through sanctions,guarantee the right of workers to organise and to negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to ensure that unions can enter plants, speak to workers at work and organise themundertake immediate actions when this right is being violated;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 369 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to work to change European competition rules so that public service institutions, for instance, hospitals and care facilities, can remain under, or revert to, public control;deleted
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 380 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes to the Commission to change European rules so thatAcknowledges that the digitalization and globalization led to significant increase of self-employment and atypical forms of work; proposes to the Commission and the Member States to examine the need and the possibilities for solo self- employed and non-standard workers canto unite and conclude collective agreements and to propose regulatory changes where necessary;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 399 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that imbalances must not be exacerbated and that the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis must not be borne by workers or the poor through austerity measures or through the European Semester; insists that measures to combat poverty and in-work poverty are particularly necessarythe policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis must be human- centred and built on global solidarity; insists that measures to combat poverty and in-work poverty are particularly necessary; calls on the Member States to ensure adequate protection for all vulnerable workers during the pandemic and to work together with businesses and social partners on the development of effective, practical, and equitable solutions to the challenges posed by the pandemic;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 421 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to mitigate the worst consequences of COVID-19 through targeted European and national support, with the and allocation of public money, e.g. through SURE, being linked to a ban on shedding existing jobssufficient recourses; welcomes, in this regard, the creation of the temporary instrument SURE and calls on the Member States to implement it swiftly;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 436 #

2019/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes to actively counter potential high unemployment through European and national employment programmes and to invest in innovation, new jobs, future-oriented infrastructure, digital change and ‘green transition’.;
2020/09/04
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to prioritise emissions reductions and energy efficiency through housing renovation, including the social housing sector and particularly for worst performing buildings in the Renovation Wave, while tackling inadequate housing and housing accessibility and eliminating energy poverty in order to ensure a socially just transition to a climate-neutral economy that leaves no one behind; stresses, therefore, that tenants and owner-occupiers should be fully informed and involved in renovation projects and should not see overall costs increase because of them;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the Renovation Wave within the Multiannual Financial Framework and Next Generation EU, placing people in vulnerable situations at the centre of the recovery policies, and to ensure equal access to renovation projects for all; calls on the Member States to prioritise renovation in their recovery and resilience plans in order to contribute to achieving deep renovation of 3 % of the European building stock per year;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 184 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to create a clear definition of homelessness, decent and affordable housing, in order to facilitate comparative analysis of homelessness and housing data across the EU;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a comprehensive and integrated anti-poverty strategy with a designated poverty reduction target, including for child poverty; calls on the Commission to present an EU Child Guarantee no later than 2021; calls for a European framework for minimum income schemes;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with deep concern that the living conditions of Roma, as well as other national and linguistic minorities, continue to be extremely worrying; calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma, as well as other national and linguistic minority beneficiaries in housing projects, to prevent forced evictions, and to provide halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investment in this regard;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 265 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the inclusion of housing affordability in the European Semester; urges the Commission to ensure that all country-specific recommendations contribute positively to the implementation of the principles of the EPSR; stresses the need to refine the House Price Index indicator and to set the reference threshold for the housing cost overburden rate at no higher than 25 %a reasonable amount of the disposable income of a household;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 277 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to put in place legal provisions to protect tenants and owner-occupiers from eviction and to ensure security of tenure by favouring long-term rental contracts as the default option, together withfor rent transparency and rent control measures;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 352 #

2019/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further increase investment in the EU in affordable and energy-efficient social housing and in tackling homelessness and housing exclusion, through the European Regional Development Fund, the Just Transition Fund, InvestEU, ESF+, Horizon Europe and Next Generation EU and in tackling homelessness and housing exclusion through the ESF+ and REACT-EU, and to ensure greater synergies between those instruments;
2020/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas gender equality is one of the common and fundamental principles of the European Union, enshrined in Articles 2 and 3(3) of the TEU, Article 8 of the TFEU and Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas Article 157 of the TFEU expressly states that the Member States must ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas according to the latest figures from the Commission, the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16%, although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas only 67% of women in the EU are employed, compared to 78% of men; whereas the gender pension gap stands at 37% and on average women’s pensions are 30.1% lower than men’s;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas women’s economic empowerment is key to achieving gender equality, combatting poverty and social exclusion and improving the European economy; whereas the economic loss resulting from the gender employment gap amounts to around EUR 370 billion per year1a;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A x (new)
Ax. whereas one in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A y (new)
Ay. whereas the participation of women in the labour market continues to grow; whereas women work more frequently in jobs that they are over- qualified for;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Welcomes the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality 2020-2025, in particular the inclusion of the horizontal principles of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality; stresses the importance of ensuring that all women, including those from minority groups such as women with disabilities, migrant, women of colour and ethnic minority women, older women, single mothers and LGBTIQ people, benefit from its objectives and actions;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Is concerned about the limited social mobility that hinders labour mobility amongst women; stresses the need to improve opportunities for labour mobility within the EU;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a binding definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupational sectors which, on the basis of its recent evaluation of the functioning and implementation of the EU’s equal pay laws, to present a timely revision of Directive 2006/54/EC inc orporates the gender perspectiveder to update and improve existing legislation and improve enforcement in line with ECJ case law;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a legal instrument on gender pay transparency as soon as possibleWelcomes the Commission's commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency in order for workers to have the necessary information about pay levels in order to detect gaps and discrimination and take action where necessary; stresses the importance of delivering the proposal by the end of 2020 as promised; believes these measures should build upon the 2014 Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency1b; stresses the importance of the social partners in efforts to improve gender employment, pay and pension gaps, in particular for the forthcoming pay transparency proposal;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities in the labour market for men and women and to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into availability of and access to pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the need to combat such stereotypes and the overrepresentation of women in atypical forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthenpromote the role of social partners and collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement policies that promote the employment of women and their financial independence, including policies that promote the integration of women from marginalised groups into the labour market; calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segmentation by investing in education and training to ensure women's access to high-quality employment in future oriented sectors, in particular in the areas of entrepreneurship, STEM and digital education;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to put forward a Care Deal for Europe to covern EU framework for care services to set minimum standards and quality guidelines to address all care needs throughout the lifecycle in the context of demographic change; calls on the Member States to ratify ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers and to fully implement and go beyond the Barcelona care targets as well as long- term care services and progressive working arrangements to facilitate women’s participation in the labour markets, ensuring the coverage of those needs through quality universal public, accessible and affordable care services; urges Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive1 as quickly as possible and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards; __________________ 1 OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to advocate its ratification and implementation by all Member States; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on combating violence and harassment in the world of work without delay;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassment; further calls on the European institutions to lead by example and introduce preventive and reactive measures to better combat harassment in the workplace;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopting an action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights; underlines the need to emainsutream the gender sensitive rightsperspective using an intersectional approach in line with Principles 2 and 3 of the Pillar; calls on the Commission, to that end, to develop and include ainclude the EIGE's Gender Equality Index in the Social Scoreboard and CSRs in order to feed into the European Semester toprocess and monitor the gender effects of macroeconomic policies as well as of the green and digital transitions.;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to unblock the Women on Boards Directive and the horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive which are key to achieving the aims of the Strategy; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU institutions lead by example and ensure a minimum of 50% of women in senior management positions; calls further on the Member States to establish transparency reporting by companies as to the percentage of women in their senior management positions and information on pay levels;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 183 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to gender mainstreaming throughout the Multiannual Financial Framework and in particular the European Social Fund Plus, in order to finance, inter alia, actions to promote women's participation in the labour market, work-life balance and female entrepreneurship;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 196 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls the importance of improving the collection of gender- disaggregated data, in particular on the participation of women in the labour market and the underlying causes of gender inequality;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 197 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to promote the participation of women as voters and candidates in the 2024 European Parliament elections; in this regard, stresses the need for a revision of the European Electoral Act in order to provide for the possibility of temporary replacement of a Member of the European Parliament that is availing of their right to maternity, paternity or parental leave; calls upon the European Commission to revise the Electoral Act accordingly and on the Council to endorse this revision;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including employment and social policy;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Calls on the European Commission to further strengthen the role of the EU as a catalyst for gender equality worldwide;
2020/05/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission's decision of 7 January 2019 to prolong seven sets of EU state aid rules (State Aid modernisation initiative for 2014-2020) until the end of 2022 and to launch evaluations in the meantime;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 9 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas competition policy must benefit the consumer while defending European businessesst promoting healthy competition amongst businesses operating in the Single Market, in particular by ensuring SMEs, against unfair competition outside Europere afforded the opportunity to compete on a fair basis;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 16 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, private investment, including from third-country undertakings, is crucial to the success of the European Green Deal;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 28 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas a more sustainable and solidarity-based economy, which takes into account new types of enterprises in the Single Market such as social economy enterprises (SEEs), is important;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 29 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas, the primary objective of European competition policy is to prevent the distortion of competition in order to preserve the integrity of the internal market and protect consumers;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to develop the influence of EU competition policy in the world, in particular by stepping up cooperation with the USA and China, and by leveraging the EU's economic power to incorporate state aid rules into FTAs with the aim to ensure a level playing field;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 72 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure the balanced application of State aid control to European operators in order to avoid asymmetries with their foreign competitors, who are not subject to it, whilst ensuring that the internal market is not undermined and that application and enforcement of EU competition law is not weakened;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 183 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that, while intermediation platforms play a major role in access to consumers for online services, some abuse their privileged position by acting as gatekeepers; calls on the Commission to conclude its preliminary investigation into Spotify’s complaint about Apple’s anticompetitive practices and to launch a formal procedure as soon as possiblewhich is ultimately to the detriment of the consumer;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 219 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the slowness of the application of antitrust rules; stresses the financial and structural risk to which some actors are exposed if they initiate lengthy and costly proceedings; calls on the Commission to consider setting deadlines which take into account the economic timeframe of businesses; stresses, however, that due process must be observed;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 230 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Relatives however that such precautionary measures need to be conducted on a case by case basis and cannot become a general policy as it would compromise the attractiveness of the Single Market;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 268 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Recalls that a number of State aid rules adopted as part of the State Aid Modernisation are due to expire by the end of 2020; the evaluation which has been launched in January 2019 should also take into account long-term considerations of the new European Commission as well as the view of the newly elected European Parliament;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 277 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to fully mobilise and reform the state aid modernisation strategy, in particular for the energy transition as the upcoming requirements of the New Green Deal for EU companies will be higher in comparison to the EU 2020 strategy which focused on creating the conditions for smart,sustainable and inclusive growth;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 282 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the challenges for micro and small enterprises throughout the sectors when it comes to the requirements based on the Paris Agreement and the upcoming New Green Deal; urges therefore to review the de minimis regulation, in particularly the ceiling of 200.000 € per undertaking over a three year period; a reduction of the three year period or a higher ceiling is needed to support SMEs which neither hold the technological know-how nor the funding to go through a sustainable and viable transition in the next 20 to 30 years;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 297 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Recalls that Social economy enterprises and organisations are run according to shared features, values and principles such as the primacy of the individual and the social objective over capital; calls the European Commission to better recognize SEEs and to include them on the basis of studies in their reviews of competition rules, including state aid rules;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 311 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Stresses the importance for a geopolitical European Commission to achieve an international standard setting by EU competition policy which shall contribute to improve the EU's international competitiveness;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 5 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
— having regard to the European Banking Authority (EBA) report of DecNovember 20189 entitled ‘Risk Assessment of the European Banking System’5 ;5, _________________ 5 https://eba.europa.eu/eba-sees-further- improvesites/default/docume nts-in-eu-banks-resilience-but- highlights-challenges-connected-to- profitability-funding-and-operational-risk /files/document_library/Risk%20Analy sis%20and%20Data/Risk%20Assessment %20Reports/2019/Risk%20Assessment%2 0Report_November%202019.PDF
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 14 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
- having regard to the EBA report of November 2019 entitled 'Report on NPLs: Progress made and challenges ahead',15a _________________ 15a https://eba.europa.eu/file/233465/downloa d?token=xH5hxq39
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 16 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
- having regard to the joint advice of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to the European Commission of April 2019 on the need for improvements relating to ICT risk management requirements in the EU financial sector15b, _________________ 15bJC 2019 26, https://eba.europa.eu/file/102634/downloa d?token=ZR98JZp8
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 18 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 c (new)
- having regard to the EBA report of October 2019 entitled 'Report on potential impediments to the cross-border provision of banking and payment services',15c _________________ 15c https://eba.europa.eu/file/178124/downloa d?token=7fFsD9og
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 25 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the completion of the Banking Union is a vital contributor to the international perception of the euro and its increased role in global markets;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas entrusting the ECB with the supervision of systemically important financial institutions has proven to be successful; whereas the ECB can exercise, where necessary, supervisory tasks in relation to all credit institutions authorised in, and branches established in, participating Member States;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 55 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Rrecalls the progress made regarding the implementation of the Banking Union, namely on risk reduction; stresses, however, that the Union and the banking sector must not become complacent and further progress has to be made, particularly onboth on risk reduction and risk sharing;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 60 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that the Banking Union is open to all Members States wishing to join; considers that the control and accountability of the Banking Union lies primarily with the participating Member States and institutions;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 88 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that bank profitability has increased steadily since 2012, with return on equity surpassing 6 % since 2017; highlights, however, that recent findings from the EBA state that banks' profitability has weakened and the challenges to profitability are not expected to abate in the short-term; underlines that the low risk and low interest rate environment has resulted in lower costs for provisions and losses; recalls the need to continuously evaluate the levels of financing to the economy and particularly to SMEs;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 97 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the crucial role of the banking sector in channelling funding into sustainable investments and enabling the transition to a climate-neutral economy; is concerned that the vulnerabilities of banks to climate-related risks may not be fully comprehended; in that regard, welcomes the EBA's commitments to include climate-risk considerations in its annual risk assessment and to introduce a dedicated climate change stress test; calls on the Commission to respond to these risks if necessary;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 116 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Restates the importance of a safe asset in the euro area as a way to help stabilise financial markets and allow banks to reduce the exposure of their balance sheets to national sovereign debt; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the creation of a true European safe assetbring forward a new proposal, building on existing initiatives and taking note of their limitations, which would provide an EU safe asset; urges the Commission to explore complementary measures to incentivise the market to invest in the EU safe asset; recalls the lack of appetite at present for any instrument requiring the mutualisation of debt amongst the Member States participating in the Banking Union;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 135 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls the political mandate given to Commission Vice-President Dombrovskis to deliver an economy that works for people; stresses that the objective of all prospective measures or reforms should be to contribute to the stability or proper functioning of the Banking Union to the benefit of the citizen and the real economy;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 140 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines that the EU banking sector hosts a plethora of banking models; stresses that all future measures and reforms should take due consideration of the diversity of the EU banking sectors and deliver proportionate measures which will maintain the competitiveness of the sector, both in the internal market and vis-à-vis global markets;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 152 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the ratio of non- performing loans (NPLs) held by significant institutionEU banks has fallen by more than half from the start of ECB banking supervision, in November 2014, to June 2019; underlines the need to protect customers’ rights in the context of NPL transactio but that there are still disparities amongst the Member States; stresses that all institutions across the EU should contribute to lowering the ratio; underlines the need to protect customers’ rights in the context of NPL transactions in the primary and secondary markets and that these rights should apply equally to existing and future loans;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 171 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that work on the implementation of the final Basel III standards has already started; recalls its resolution of 23 November 2016 on the finalisation of Basel III and the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council of 12 July 2016 and calls on the Commission to act on the recommendations therein when drafting the new legislative proposals; underlines that the Commission should ensure that implementation in the EU is proportionate, and maintains the competitiveness of the EU banking sector, both internally and vis-à-vis global competitors;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 182 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Requests increased transparency in banking supervision in order to reinforce trust from capital and financial markets, companies and citizens, as well as to ensure consistency of treatment across Member States;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 185 #

2019/2130(INI)

13. Notes that innovative financial technologies are profoundly transforming the financial sector, including banking and payment services, and welcomes the efficiencies these offer to consumers and the competition these bring to the market; highlights the need to address the challenges posed by these new technologies, such as ensuring sustainable business models that are interoperable across borders, a level playing field in terms of regulation and supervision, and cybersecurity; notes, also, the increasing reliance on cloud-computing by the banking sector and urges the Commission to respond to the Joint Advice of the ESAs on the need for legislative improvements relating to ICT risk management requirements in the EU financial sector;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 191 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. NotesRecognises the important contribution the 'shadow banking' sector can make to the establishment of the Capital Markets Union by diversifying funding channels; notes, however, that there is considerable interconnectedness between the ‘shadow banking’ sector and the ‘traditional’ banking sector, which has raisesd concerns of systemic risk given the lack of appropriate supervision of the first; calls,; in this regard, calls for the establishment of a macroprudential toolkit to counter threats to financial stability posed by the increasing role of the ‘shadow banking’ system; encourages global standards setters to work to identify and address these risks;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 203 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the agreement on the exchange of information between the ECB and the AML/CFT supervisors; recalls its serious concern about regulatory and supervisory fragmentation in the AML/CFT area, which has failed to provide adequate oversight and responses to national supervisory authorities’ deficiencies, and is ill-suited to supervise the increasing cross-border activity in the EU; calls on the Commission to start working on the overhaul ofidentifying shortcomings in the EU AML framework, and legislation to effectively address the risks posed by cross-border illegal activityto provide clarity on the division of responsibilities and coordination of cross-border supervision, with legislative measures if necessary; reiterates the importance of a robust and coherent AML/CFT framework to the integrity of the EU financial system and the security of EU citizens;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 218 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls its resthe evolution of 8 June 2011 on credit rating agencies: future perspectives; notes that the creation of a European credit rating agency would contribute to increasing competition, reducing information asymmetries and increasing transparency for marketthe EU framework for credit rating agencies; notes that sustainability ratings based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are an important complement to the credit risk assessments provided by credit ratings in channelling funds towards investments in sustainable activities; stresses the importance of ensuring that the development of a market for the provision of sustainability ratings is competitive and not concentrated with a limited number of providers;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 222 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses that banks need to be able to operate across borders while managing their capital and liquidity at a consolidated level, in order to diversify their risks and address any lack of profitability; highlights that rules should allow for greater flexibility for the parent company in this regard, while specifying that, in the event of a crisis, the parent company should provide capital and liquidity to the subsidiary located in the host country; notes the greater clarity on the division of supervision responsibilities provided by the Banking Package; urges, however, the Commission and Member States to continue to work to diffuse home-host tensions;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 223 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Notes the recent findings of the EBA highlighting remaining impediments to the cross-border provision of banking services; highlights the benefits of increased cross-border activity to market competition and the provision of services to consumers; calls on the Commission to identify and address aspects of the Single Rulebook which could be harmonised further, as well as divergent implementation of the rules across Member States; recommends that the Commission explores aspects of national insolvency regimes which could be harmonised;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 230 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the Single Resolution Board has not been required to take resolution action in 2019; urges the Commission to review whether the legislation isand the 2013 Banking Communication on State aid are adequate to ensure that all banks could, if needed, be resolved without the need for taxpayers’ money; invites the Commission to follow up on the Financial Stability Board review of the ‘too big to fail’ legislation and consider if legislation to separate deposit-taking and investment banking should once again be considered;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 241 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is concerned by the lack of mechanisms in the Banking Union to ensure that emergency liquidity can be provided in the event of a resolution and; highlights the importance of liquidity in resolution to the smooth continuity of services and stability of financial markets; recognises that the common backstop to the SRF would not be sufficient to serve this purpose, particularly in the event of the resolution of a G-SIB; calls on the Commission to attempt to address this gap without further delay;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 245 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the operationalisationNotes the progress made by the Eurogroup in reaching an agreement on the legal framework for the common backstop to the SRF; regrets, however, its decision to postpone the final decision on the introduction of the common backstop; recalls the importance of the common backstop to the SRFas an important tool for the SRM; urges the operationalisation of the backstop as soon as practicable;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 269 #

2019/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the completion of the Banking Union through the creation of a fully mutualised EDIS, to protect depositors against banking disruptions and to ensure confidence among depositors and investors across the Banking Union; recognises the potential need for a pragmatic phasing in of EDIS whilst maintaining the ambition to introduce a fully mutualised framework; welcomes the support of the [incoming] President of the Commission and the President of the ECB for the establishment of EDIS;
2019/12/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 7 #

2019/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of the activities of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to increase the current levels of investment in the EU, which are below historical averages and insufficient to fulfil the EU’s sustainability, social, economic and innovation ambitions; stresses that in order to achieve these ambitions, more risk- taking by the EIB may be necessary in parallel to increasing equity and the development of expertise in innovative funding instruments; calls for adequate capitalisation of the EIB to allow for the use of innovative instruments in the financing of projects with substantial potential sustainability, social and innovation gains in the financing of projects with substantial potential sustainability, social, economic, competitiveness and innovation gains;emphasizes the impact and additionalityof EIB to investments across the EU and appreciates its openness to cooperation with partners stated in their 2019 operational plan;
2019/12/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 22 #

2019/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the commitment by the Commission President-elect to turn sections of the EIB into a climate bank, and the commitments from the EIB President to increase the share of EIB financing for climate action and environmental sustainability to at least 50 % by 2025 and to align all EIB financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement by the end of 2020 and the principles of the upcoming EU Green Deal; calls on the Commission to present an ambitious new European Sustainable Investment Plan, including additional financial commitments, as soon as possible, and to fully support the EIB in its sustainability ambitions;
2019/12/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 39 #

2019/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the key quantitative target of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) of mobiliszing EUR 500 billion of additional private and public investment should be replaced by measurable targets on sustainability and social impact in future investment strategies; calls on the EIB to increase the share of EFSI and InvestEU financing to projects that substantially contribute to the EU’s sustainability and social objectiveare framed under either or both sustainability and infrastructure and social investment and skills windows; calls on the Commission to ensure that InvestEU’s sustainability-proofing methodologies are fully consistent with the EU’s sustainability objectives and that social projects evaluation criteria take into account the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2019/12/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #

2019/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasizes the key role that EIB plays in EU’s objective to compete in global economy through enhanced innovation and further adoption of digital technologies; calls on the EIB to further promote and provide financial support for investment in digital technologies, digital skills of employees and entrepreneurs, digital infrastructure and capacity- building for entities that require support throughout the digitalization process;
2019/12/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 52 #

2019/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Takes note of the results of the EIB investment report 2019/2020 with regards to the SMEs and mid-caps finance; stresses the need to develop increased efforts and methods to facilitate access to finance for SMEs and mid-caps across the EU territory and welcomes in this sense the EIB role in the SMEs window budget guarantee of the InvestEU Fund; calls on the EIB to continue and improve its work to tackle barriers to the entry and growth of young SMEs, mid- caps, start-ups and scale-ups and the disparities across countries in the external financing for EU small businesses;
2019/12/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 65 #

2019/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIB group to be more transparent about its economic operations, its use of the EU budget guarantee, the additionality of EIB operations and on possible future plans for a development subsidiary at the EIB, and for the EIB group to improve its accountability on these issues; calls on the EIB to further communicate and promote through their liaison offices in the Member States its instruments to national and local public and private actors; calls for a memorandum of understanding between the EIB and Parliament to improve access to EIB documents and data related to strategic orientation and financing policies in the future in order to strengthen the Bank’s accountability.
2019/12/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 20 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the findings of ECA Special report No 05/2019 (‘FEAD-Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived: Valuable support but its contribution to reducing poverty is not yet established’), in particular the ECA conclusion that FEAD is a significant instrument in ensuring the provision of food and material support and, in addition to alleviating poverty through food aid (which represents 83 % of FEAD budget), the innovative social policy elements of FEAD offer possibilities to Member States to foster social inclusion;
2019/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concernBelieves that EU committed action for the most deprived is of paramount importance having in mind that, on average, more than one out of five persons and one out of four children are still at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union; notes that, due to limitations in its monitoring and lack of EU-wide data, FEAD’s contribution to reducing poverty has not yet been established, and deplores in particular that the Commission does not have data which demonstrates the relative importance of FEAD in overall support to deprived people in the Union; quantitatively demonstrated; nonetheless recalls that available data presented in the European Court of Auditors' special report1a indicate that this fund represents a significant share of the total social support activities in some Member States and that, according to food banks, one third of the food they provide is financed by FEAD, and that FEAD allows to be less dependent on the irregular flow of donation and therefore enables to better plan the redistribution of specific foods; _________________ 1aEuropean Court of Auditors, Special report No 5/2019: FEAD-Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived: Valuable support but its contribution to reducing poverty is not yet established, April 2019, p. 19.
2019/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2019/0000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen efforts against discrimination based on ethnicity, membership of a minority or minority language by raising awareness, implementing national diversity strategies and collecting and analysing reliable disaggregated data on discrimination;
2019/09/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 213 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In July 2017 the Council in its "Action Plan to Tackle Non-Performing Loans in Europe"25 called upon various institutions to take appropriate measures to further address the high number of NPLs in the Union and to avoid long-run increases of NPLs in the future. The Action Plan sets out a comprehensive approach that focuses on a mix of complementary policy actions in four areas: (i) bank supervision and regulation (ii) reform of restructuring, insolvency and debt recovery frameworks, (iii) developing secondary markets for distressed assets, and (iv) fostering restructuring of the banking system. Actions in these areas are to be taken at national level and at Union level where appropriate. The Commission announced a similar intention in its "Communication on completing the Banking Union" of 11 October 201726 , which called for a comprehensive package on tackling NPLs within the Union. _________________ 2511/07/2017, http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/p ress-releases/2017/07/11/conclusions-non- performing-loans/pdf. 26Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on completing the Banking Union, COM(2017) 592 final, 11.10.2017.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 229 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) There are currently no common minimum standards at European level to regulate credit servicing activities. Moreover, no common standards are currently laid down to regulate the activities related to debt collection.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 234 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Similarly, the Directive does not affect the restrictions in national laws regarding transfer of creditor´s rights under a non-performing credit agreement or the credit agreement itself that is not terminated in accordance with national civil law with the effect that all amounts payable under the credit agreement become immediately due, where this is required for the transfer to an entity outside the banking system. This way, there will be Member States where, taking into account the national rules, the acquisition of non-performing credit agreements that are not past due, are less than 90 days past due or are not terminated in accordance with national civil law by non-regulated creditors will remain limited. It is open to Member States to regulate the transfer of performing credit agreements, including by imposing requirements equivalent to those under this Directive.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 263 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) credit servicers acting on behalf of a credit institution or a credit purchaser in respect of aof creditor's rights under a non-performing credit agreement or of the non-performing credit agreement itself issued by a credit institution or by its subsidiariesestablished in the Union, who act on behalf of a credit institution or a credit purchaser;
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 270 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Directive relates to non-performing credit agreements only. Creditors shall not be allowed to transfer to third parties performing credit agreements concluded with consumers.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 281 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. This Directive shall not affect the restrictions in the Member States' national laws regarding the transfer of creditor’s rights under a non-performing credit agreement that is not past due, or is less than 90 days past due or is not terminated in accordance with national civil law, or the transfer of such a non- performing credit agreement.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 285 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the servicing of a credit agreement carried out by a credit institution established in the Union or its subsidiaries established in the Union; an AIFM as defined in point (b) of Article 4(1) of Directive2011/61/EU; a management company as defined in point (b) of Article 2(1) in Directive 2009/65/EC; or an investment firm as defined in point (1) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU;
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 300 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point e a (new)
(ea) handles any activities related to debt collection;
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 315 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) where the applicant is a legal person, the members of its management or administrative organ and the persons who hold qualifying holdings in the applicant, within the meaning of point (36) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, or where the applicant is a natural person, shall have the followre of sufficiently good repute by proving ctharacteristicst they:
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 316 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) are of sufficiently good reputehave a clean police record or other national equivalent in relation to serious criminal offences relating to property, to financial activities, money laundering, fraud, tax crimes, violation of professional secrecy or to physical integrity;
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 319 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) have a clean police record or other national equivalent in relation to serious criminal offences relating to property, to financial activities or to physical integrityare not subject to any on-going insolvency procedure or have previously been declared bankrupt unless reinstated in accordance with national law;
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 320 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) are not currently subject to any insolvency procedure or have previously been declared bankrupt unless reinstated in accordance with national law;the management, taken as a whole, has adequate knowledge and experience to conduct the business in a competent and responsible manner.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 341 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) has ceased to engage in the activities of a credit servicer for more than six monthsone year;
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 353 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) a clause requiring the fair and diligent treatment of the borrowers.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 394 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a 1. creditor shall provide alls the necessary information regarding the creditor’s rights under a non-performing credit agreement or the non-performing credit agreement itself and, if applicable, the collateral, to a credit purchaser to enable that credit purchaser to assess the value of the credit agreementor’s rights under a non-performing credit agreement or the non-performing credit agreements itself and the likelihood of recovery of the value of that agreement prior to entering into a contract for the transfer of that credit agreementor’s rights under a non-performing credit agreement or of that non-performing credit agreement while ensuring the protection of information made available by the creditor and the confidentiality of business data.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 415 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall require a credit purchaser or, where applicable, its representative designated in accordance with Article 17, that transfers a credit agreement to anoWhen a credit purchaser transfers a creditor’s rights under a non-performing credit agreement or the non-performing credit agreements itself to another credit purchaser, Member States shall require the appointed credit servicer to inform the competent authorities of the home Member State on a quarterly basis for each transfer about the new credit purchaser’s legal entity identifier (LEI) or where such identifier does not exist about: (i) the identity of the new credit purchaser or members of the new purchaser's management or administrative organ and the persons who hold qualifying holdings in the new purchaser within the meaning of point (36) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; and (ii) the address of the new purchaser. Additionally, on an aggregated level, ther credit purchaser toshall inform the competent authorities referred to in Article 18(1) of the transfat least the following: (a) the aggregated outstanding balance of the creditor’s rights under the non- performing credit agreements or of the non-performing credit agreements transferred; (b) the number and size of the creditor’s rights under, the identity and address of the new credit purchaser and, where applicable, its representative designated in accordance with Article 17non-performing credit agreements or of the non-performing credit agreements transferred; (c) on whether the transfer includes creditor’s rights under non-performing credit agreements or non-performing credit agreements concluded with consumers and the types of assets securing them, when applicable.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 458 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34
Modification of the credit agreement Without prejudice to the obligations to inform the consumer pursuant to Directive 2014/17/EU, Directive 2008/48/EC and Directive 93/13/EEC, Member States shall ensure that prior to modifying the terms and conditions of a credit agreement either by consent or by operation of law, the creditor communicates the following information to the consumer: (a) a clear and comprehensive description of the proposed changes; (b) the timescale for the implementation of those changes; (c) the grounds of complaint available to the consumer regarding those modifications; (d) the time period available for lodging any such complaint; (e) the name and address of the competent authority where that complaint may be submitted.Article 34 deleted
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 462 #

2018/0063A(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a clear and comprehensive description of the proposed changes;
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON
Amendment 464 #

2018/0063A(COD)

The provision of information to individuals about the processing of personal data and the processing of such personal data and any other processing of personal data for the purposes of this Directive shall be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. Debt collection is a legal ground for data storing and processing.
2020/01/07
Committee: ECON