Activities of Elżbieta RAFALSKA related to 2020/2020(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on strengthening the single market: the future of free movement of services
Amendments (12)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas 27% of the value added of manufactured goods in the EU is generated by services and 14 million jobs are attributed to the services sector in support of manufacturing1a __________________ 1aEva Rytter Synesen, Martin Hvidt Thelle,Copenhagen Economics, "Making EU Trade in Services Work for All", November 2018
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the free movement of services must under no circumstancesnot undermine workers’ rights, social protection or the principle of subsidiarity, and whereas digital technology can facilitate the supervision and enforcement of the rules safeguarding the rights of mobile workers;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there is no EU wide, systematic data gathering, or digital tracking system, in order to provide adequate data on the total numbers of mobile, frontier, cross border and seasonal workers, or to allow workers to easily and quickly establish their social security coverage status and claim various entitlements accrued;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Opposes the introduction of the country-of-origin principle, and cConsiders that the free movement of services must be achieved without undermining workers’ rights and social rights;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake initiatives aimed primarily at combating the shadow economy and undeclared work, as these phenomena have an adverse impact on employee protection and distort competition; calls, at the same time, for employers to be supported by providing them with predictable and non- discriminatory operating conditions so that they can continue to generate growth and provide jobs;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. underlines the need for good cooperation between Member States towards data collection regarding mobile, frontier, cross-border and seasonal workers in order to bridge gaps in national practices, gain better access to available information and create a predictable and accessible internal labour market;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the use of digital tools and provide labour inspectorates with sufficient resources.; calls on the Member States to implement all components of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system to ensure a more effective cooperation between social security institutions and a faster, digitised processing of individual cases to the benefit of citizens in cross-border situations;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that establishing a digital and dynamic system of identification and data exchange between Member States could help facilitate the fight against abuses of and issues with mobile, frontier, cross border and seasonal workers’ rights, undeclared work and determining coverage of the responsible social security system; calls in that context for the Commission to prepare an exhaustive impact assessment on the introduction of a digital European Social Security Number with a view to smooth launching a proposal;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that the development of services linked to disruptive or emerging technologies require appropriate market scale and opportunities in order to justify investment and to support companies' growth; considers that the current status of the internal market does not fully support such investment; recalls that many innovative or scaling-up companies seek to establish themselves outside of Europe once they reach a certain size; stresses that in order for European companies to remain significantly headquartered, competitive, operational and to provide quality jobs in Europe realisation of the freedom to provide services is needed;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Warns that without further reform of the services, reshoring of the production back to EU might be jeopardised and European businesses might lack a solid basis to compete globally and to offer quality jobs in the EU;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Encourages the Commission to supplement the data published with relevant data arising from IMI, SOLVIT, ChAP and other relevant resources;