20 Amendments of Antonio TAJANI related to 2016/2143(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 11 June 2010 on players' agents in sports,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 21 November 2013 on Qatar: situation of migrant workers,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the European organised sports model is based on the principles of territoriality and nationality, with one federation per discipline, and solidarity mechanisms such as promotion-relegation and, open competitions and financial redistribution;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists on the recommendations in its resolution on recent revelations on high-level corruption cases in FIFA, and in particular urges FIFA's new president and the Executive Committee to implement structural reforms in order to bring transparency and accountability and to guarantee open, balanced and democratic decision-making processes within FIFA;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for an unrestrained commitment from FIFA to a thorough review of past and present decisions and for complete transparency, believes this review should cover FIFA's statutes, structure, codes and operational policies and practices, the introduction of term limits and independent due diligence for members of the Executive Committee and an external and fully independent financial audit assessing the reliability of its financial statements;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports the conclusion of the report on FIFA's human rights obligations, released in April this year that "where FIFA is unable to reduce severe human rights impacts by using its leverage, it should consider suspending or terminating the relationship" and calls on FIFA to give adequate follow up to this conclusion in the light of the monitoring of ILO on Qatar and their eventual decision to start a commission of inquiry into its progress toward ending forced labour and improving conditions for migrant workers;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Is worried about the often unstable financial situation of investors in professional sport and the opaque source of their means; calls on governing bodies to require an independent fit and proper test for (candidate) owners and shareholders of clubs and regular checks on the basis of good governance criteria and well established codes of conduct;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Considers the ownership model of professional clubs in Germany, where the clubs' members must retain overall control of the club (through the 50+1 rule), as a best practice in the EU and invites Member States, sport governing bodies, national federations, and leagues to start a constructive dialogue and exchange on this model;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Proposes that - in order to tackle the corruption in the management of clubs and malpractices of agents - competent authorities in consultation with federation and leagues establish independent bodies to bring back good governance to professional football;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that athletes must be protected from abusive practices such as third-party ownership which raise numerous questions of integrity and broader ethical concerns, supports decisions of governing bodies to ban the third-party ownership of players and calls on the Commission to incite Member States to take additional measures in this regard;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that strengthening the rules on the local players (through the requirement that half of the players on the pitch should be locally trained) is required in order to broaden the opportunities for talented young players and improve the competitive balance;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on governing bodies and national authorities at all levels to take measures that guarantee compensation to training clubs in order to attain the objective of encouraging the recruitment and training of young players, in accordance with the Bernard ruling of the ECJ of 16 March 2010;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Emphasises that financial fair play rules encourage better financial management in professional sport and thus contribute to the sustainable development of sport in Europe; calls on governing bodies to strictly apply the financial fair play rules and to monitor and prevent loopholes;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Asks sports competitions organisers to distribute revenues in a more balanced way between clubs from big and smaller countries and insists in particular on the need to maintain competitions open;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on sport governing bodies to allow and support cross-border competitions as a means for smaller leagues and federations to have a chance to compete with the bigger ones;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to follow- up on the conclusions of its "Study on sports agents in the European Union", in particular with regard to the observation that agents are central in financial streams which are often not transparent and which makes them prone to illegal activities;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls onfor the establishment of transparency registers for the payment of sports agents underpinned by an efficient monitoring system, in cooperation with relevant public authorities and for the introduction of a minimum level of qualifications in order to set higher standards for the activity; calls on the Commission to take an initiative in this regard;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. AskWelcomes the Commission to issue guidelines on the application of state aid rules in sport; 's block exemption regarding local sports infrastructures; believes however that further guidance on the application of state aid rules for sport could bring more legal certainty; stresses in particular that public funding to such infrastructures is compatible with EU rules when these infrastructures contribute to broader social objectives and are available for use by broader target groups or for health, educational or integration projects;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Looks forward to the adoption of the regulation on the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Stresses the importance of a sound and supportive framework for the development of young players (including insurance for volunteers and fair remuneration for trainers), e.g. through tax incentives, in order to eradicate fraudulent payments and in-transparent money flows;