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Activities of Ilan DE BASSO

Plenary speeches (24)

Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)
2022/02/15
Dossiers: 2020/2267(INI)
EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (continuation of debate)
2022/02/16
Protection of workers from the risks relating to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work (continuation of debate)
2022/02/17
Dossiers: 2020/0262(COD)
A new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (continuation of debate)
2022/03/09
Dossiers: 2021/2165(INI)
Prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus (debate)
2022/05/18
Dossiers: 2022/2664(RSP)
The new European Bauhaus (debate)
2022/09/13
Dossiers: 2021/2255(INI)
Situation of Roma people living in settlements in the EU (debate)
2022/10/04
Dossiers: 2022/2662(RSP)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)
2022/10/17
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
2022/10/18
Dossiers: 2022/0212(BUD)
The future European Financial Architecture for Development (debate)
2022/11/23
Dossiers: 2021/2252(INI)
Tackle the cost of living crisis: increase pay, tax profits, stop speculation (topical debate)
2022/12/14
Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
2022/12/14
Dossiers: 2022/2046(INI)
Revision of the European Works Councils Directive (debate)
2023/01/19
Dossiers: 2019/2183(INL)
EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria (debate)
2023/02/13
Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)
2023/04/18
Dossiers: 2022/2184(BUI)
Discharge 2021 (continuation of debate)
2023/05/09
Dossiers: 2022/2088(DEC)
Start of the European Year of skills (debate)
2023/05/09
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (debate)
2023/05/31
Dossiers: 2022/0051(COD)
Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)
2023/06/14
Dossiers: 2023/2010(INI)
2022 Report on Türkiye (debate)
2023/09/12
Dossiers: 2022/2205(INI)
Improving firefighters’ working conditions (debate)
2023/09/14
Dossiers: 2023/2701(RSP)
Protection of workers from asbestos (debate)
2023/10/02
Dossiers: 2022/0298(COD)
Interim report on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (debate)
2023/10/03
Dossiers: 2023/0201R(APP)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections (debate)
2023/10/17
Dossiers: 2023/0264(BUD)

Shadow reports (2)

REPORT on fostering and adapting vocational training as a tool for employees’ success and a building block for the EU economy in the new industry 4.0
2023/07/05
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2022/2207(INI)
Documents: PDF(202 KB) DOC(74 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Anna ZALEWSKA', 'mepid': 197572}]
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2023/0033(COD)
Documents: PDF(271 KB) DOC(120 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Nikolaj VILLUMSEN', 'mepid': 197571}]

Opinions (2)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
2023/07/04
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2022/0269(COD)
Documents: PDF(276 KB) DOC(152 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Ilan DE BASSO', 'mepid': 228604}]
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024
2023/09/20
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2023/0264(BUD)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(65 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Ilan DE BASSO', 'mepid': 228604}]

Shadow opinions (8)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Green Bonds
2022/03/17
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2021/0191(COD)
Documents: PDF(226 KB) DOC(183 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'José Manuel FERNANDES', 'mepid': 96899}]
OPINION on the New European Bauhaus
2022/03/17
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2021/2255(INI)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(65 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Jan OLBRYCHT', 'mepid': 28288}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027
2022/07/12
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2022/0039(COD)
Documents: PDF(243 KB) DOC(180 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'José Manuel FERNANDES', 'mepid': 96899}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act)
2022/11/18
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2022/0032(COD)
Documents: PDF(237 KB) DOC(179 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karlo RESSLER', 'mepid': 197413}]
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, section III - Commission
2023/01/30
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2022/2081(DEC)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(67 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Charles GOERENS', 'mepid': 840}]
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds for the financial year 2021
2023/01/30
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2022/2135(DEC)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(64 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Charles GOERENS', 'mepid': 840}]
OPINION on shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims
2023/10/25
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2023/2108(INI)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(46 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Miguel URBÁN CRESPO', 'mepid': 131507}]
OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the European Union (FLEGT)
2023/12/07
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2023/0222(NLE)
Documents: PDF(129 KB) DOC(47 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Carlos ZORRINHO', 'mepid': 124739}]

Oral questions (1)

Ukrainian women fleeing the war lack access to abortion
2023/02/20
Documents: PDF(50 KB) DOC(10 KB)

Written explanations (10)

System of own resources of the European Union (A9-0266/2022 - Valérie Hayer, José Manuel Fernandes)

. – Vi socialdemokrater valde att avstå i omröstningen om nya egna medel. EU måste ha tillräckliga medel för att finansiera viktiga initiativ, men vi måste slå vakt om orimliga ökningar på inbetalningarna till EU. Det gäller också förslag om nya inkomstkällor för EU, även om dessa inte direkt påverkar nivån på vår EU-avgift, som i detta fall.
2022/11/23
Protection of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe (RC-B9-0503/2022, B9-0503/2022, B9-0504/2022, B9-0509/2022, B9-0514/2022, B9-0518/2022, B9-0519/2022, B9-0520/2022)

. – Vargbeståndet ser väldigt olika ut i Europa och därför är det viktigt att frågan behandlas på lokal och regional nivå. Vi socialdemokrater värnar biologisk mångfald. Det är viktigt att främja samexistens mellan rovdjur och människor, men det får inte ske på bekostnad av en levande landsbygd och människors – och djurs – trygghet. Därför röstade vi socialdemokrater för att vargen fortsättningsvis ska skyddas i art- och habitatdirektivet, men gå från att vara strikt skyddad till förvaltningsbar, förutsatt att gynnsam bevarandestatus upprätthålls.
2022/11/24
Discharge 2021: EU general budget - European Parliament (A9-0086/2023 - Isabel García Muñoz)

. – Vi socialdemokrater valde att rösta för betänkandet om ansvarsfrihet för Europaparlamentets budget 2021. Vi stöder de åtgärder som syftar till att bekämpa korruption samt öka transparens och insyn i parlamentets verksamhet. Vissa delar av betänkandet stöder vi dock inte. För oss är det en självklarhet att parlamentet har en skyldighet att respektera den geografiska balansen bland personalen i EU-institutionerna, inte minst för ett land som Sverige som redan är underrepresenterat inom institutionerna. Vidare är flexibilitet i parlamentets verksamhet viktigt för att öka representationen i parlamentet, men balansen mellan jobb och privatliv måste fortsättningsvis också respekteras. Därför valde vi att rösta emot skrivningar som uppmanar till att ledamöter som exempelvis är lediga eller långtidssjuka bör kunna votera på distans. Slutligen valde vi att avstå i omröstningar om den frivilliga pensionsfonden, eftersom det just nu pågår en utredning i parlamentet angående ärendet.
2023/05/10
Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs (A9-0163/2023 - Johan Van Overtveldt)

. – Vi socialdemokrater valde att avstå i omröstningen om konsekvenserna för EU:s budget av de ökade lånekostnaderna för Europeiska unionens återhämtningsfond. Vi anser att EU måste fullgöra sin rättsliga skyldighet att återbetala lånekostnaderna i samband med återhämtningsinstrumentet på ett effektivt sätt, men orimliga ökningar av EU:s budget måste undvikas.
2023/05/10
Artificial Intelligence Act (A9-0188/2023 - Brando Benifei, Dragoş Tudorache)

. – Vi svenska socialdemokrater välkomnar det nödvändiga förslaget om att reglera AI. Vi anser dock att vi inte får försumma AI:s potential när det gäller inre säkerhet, grov brottslighet och terroristbekämpning. Vi ska ha regler som beaktar fördelarna med AI, men också dess nackdelar. Detta är nödvändigt för att Sverige och Europa ska kunna konkurrera på den internationella arenan. För att se till att AI inte används på ett orättvist diskriminerande och integritetskränkande sätt anser vi dessutom att högriskanvändning måste förhandsgodkännas av en rättslig myndighet, särskilt när det gäller biometriska identifieringssystem.
2023/06/14
Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (A9-0185/2023 - Marlene Mortler)

. – Matsäkerhet är en avgörande framtidsfråga. Pandemin och kriget i Ukraina har satt ljuset på sårbarheter i livsmedelskedjan och klimatförändringarna har stor påverkan på jordbruket. Det är vår skyldighet att säkra en hållbar och motståndskraftig jordbrukssektor som kan möta dessa utmaningar. Vi socialdemokrater röstade för resolutionen i sin helhet då den lyfter fram flera viktiga aspekter, men vi vill betona att det finns brister i betänkandet relaterat till hållbarhet. Bland annat måste vikten av en hållbar användning av bekämpningsmedel erkännas. Vid omröstningen om skrivelserna som rör biobränslen valde delegationen att avstå eftersom skrivningarna målar upp obefogade motsättningar. Vår ståndpunkt är tydlig: biobränslen är oerhört viktiga i klimatomställningen och utfasningen av fossila bränslen behöver ske så snabbt som möjligt.
2023/06/14
Quality traineeships in the EU (A9-0186/2023 - Monica Semedo)

. – Vi socialdemokrater valde att avstå i voteringen om betänkandet om praktikplatser av hög kvalitet i EU. Praktik kan vara ett sätt att underlätta för unga att komma in på arbetsmarknaden och vi stöder generellt att praktikplatser ska vara av hög kvalitet vad gäller exempelvis lärande, innehåll och arbetsuppgifter. Vi beklagar också att det tyvärr förekommer arbetsplatser där praktikanter blir utnyttjade som gratis arbetskraft. Detta är oacceptabelt. Men samtidigt är frågan om praktik komplicerad då den berör olika delar av arbetsmarknaden liksom att det ser olika ut inom olika sektorer och branscher. Dessutom ser regelverket kring praktik olika ut i olika medlemsstater. Då de båda förslagen till lagstiftande rättsakter i betänkandet är oerhört detaljerade och innehåller känsliga skrivningar rörande ersättning till praktikanter valde vi alltså att avstå i voteringen om betänkandet, trots att det underliggande syftet med betänkandet är bra och lovvärt.
2023/06/14
Draft amending budget No 2/2023: Entering the surplus of the financial year 2022 (A9-0225/2023 - Fabienne Keller)

. – Vi svenska socialdemokrater i Europaparlamentet stöder ändringsbudget nr 2/2023. Vi stöder dock inte uppmaningen att avskaffa rabatter eller att använda böter och avgifter som ytterligare intäkter för unionens budget istället för till en minskning av BNI-baserade avgifter.
2023/07/11
Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (A9-0290/2023 - José Manuel Fernandes, Christian Ehler)

. – Vi svenska socialdemokrater i Europaparlamentet stöttar inte parlamentets betänkande om förslaget om inrättande av den europeiska plattformen för strategisk teknik (STEP). Det råder ingen tvekan om att EU:s konkurrenskraft är oerhört viktig. Däremot finns det flera mycket problematiska delar i såväl kommissionens som parlamentets förslag som riskerar att snedvrida konkurrensen i EU, vilket vi inte kan ställa oss bakom.
2023/10/17
Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (A9-0283/2023 - Isabel Carvalhais)

. – Ägarskiften i lantbruket är avgörande för att säkra vår försörjningsförmåga. Unga lantbrukare måste ges bättre förutsättningar att etablera sig i branschen. Socialdemokraterna i Europaparlamentet anser att fler insatser behövs för att bemöta de olika hinder som står i vägen för nästa generation livsmedelsproducenter. Vi valde dock att avstå i omröstningen för betänkandet eftersom det listar flera långtgående förslag på områden som är nationell kompetens för medlemsländerna.
2023/10/19

Written questions (4)

Addressing menopause as a workplace issue and preventing discrimination of women of menopausal age
2022/01/22
Documents: PDF(57 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Revising public procurement legislation to stop the publicly financed race to the bottom on working conditions
2022/12/16
Documents: PDF(51 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Labour crime and subcontracting chains
2023/06/07
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Commission efforts to improve the situation of the unpaid truck drivers in Gräfenhausen
2023/09/12
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(10 KB)

Amendments (1020)

Amendment 231 #

2024/0006(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2009/38/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to members of the European Works Council who reveal information to national or local trade union representatives or work councils that may affect the situation of workers where such information has been provided to them in confidence and is subject to national rules on confidentiality.
2024/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 280 #

2024/0006(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2009/38/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) adequate procedures are availaadministrative and judicial procedures are available and easily accessible to enable the rights and obligations deriving from this Directive to be enforced in a timely and effective manner, to apply for and terminate including the possibility to request a preliminary injunction for the temporary suspension of decisions of the central management where such decisions are challenged on the basis that there has been an infringement of the information and consultation requirements under this Directive or under agreements concluded pursuant thereto. The rule on suspension shall be without prejudice to a decision or part of decision made after consultation or collective bargaining with trade unions in accordance with national law. The effects of the challenged decisions on employment contracts or employment relationships of the affected employees shall be suspended accordingly;
2024/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Recital G
G. whereas, based on its founding regulation, ELA carriesshall contribute to ensuring fair labour mobility across the Union and assist Member States and the Commission in the coordination of social security systems within the Union; whereas the authority shall carry out several tasks in this regard: facilitating access to information for individuals and, employers and social partners on labour mobility, supporting Member States in promoting cross-border job matching and coordinating the European Employment Services (EURES), facilitating cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, coordinating and supporting concerted and joint inspections, carrying out analyses and risk assessments on issues related to cross-border labour mobility, supporting Member States with capacity building in the field of labour mobility and tackling undeclared work, and mediating disputes between Member States on the application of relevant EU law;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Recital J
J. whereas social partners may bring cases to the attention of ELA with a view to initiating cross-border inspections; whereas the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EU, sectoral and national social partners is indispensable in improving the effectiveness of ELA;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 2
2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to be substantially strengthened in order to allow it to investigate alleged breaches or non- application of EU law and to initiate inspections on its own initiative; stresses the need to keep national competent authorities informed of any ELA investigation in their jurisdiction and to ensure that national competent authorities provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delay; recalls the importance of ensuring that ELA and national competent authorities effectively cooperate with social partners, respecting their autonomy, rights and prerogatives in accordance with national industrial relations systems;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to non-EUissues related to migration instruments under Union and national law related to third country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include non-EUthird country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transportsector, the construction sector and the agriculture sector;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges ELA to prioritise cross- border law enforcement and controls to tackle cross-border fraud and labour crime cases; emphasises the need to bolster support for national authorities and sectoral social partners in the cross- border collection of fines and recovery of unpaid wages;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EUnion, sectoral and national social partners in the elaboration and execution of the authority’s activities to improve the effectiveness of ELA; calls on national competent authorities to cooperate more closely with their national social partners in this regard;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to recognise the added value of cooperating with ELA; recall and to provide sufficient resources to national enforcement authorities and ensure efficient structures and controls; recalls the key role of national liaison officers to facilitate the cooperation between Member States and ELA; underlines that national experts seconded by the Member States, including national liaison officers, should help carry out ELA’s tasks and should not be working under the direction or supervision of their Member State; stresses the need to offer EU-level social partners the opportunity to also nominate one liaison officer each;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 7
7. Notes the increase in workers from non-EUthird countries entering the EU labour market, who often find themselves in precarious working conditions; underlines that ELA should be empowered to address the situation of non-EUthird country nationals and that close cooperation with Member States and social partners is needed in this regard; points out that Member States could benefit from ELA’s ability to provide a clear overview of the migration flows of non-EUthird country workers; stresses that ELA should be able to collect and access data related to non-EUthird country nationals and support Member States to better enforce existing labour mobility and labour migration legislation for the non-EUthird country nationals working in the single market;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 8
8. Points out that exploitative and fraudulent practices by international actors are not always easy to identify and tackle at national level; is therefore convinced that ELA could provide added value through operational analyses at EU level with a view to better identifying problematic practices and involved entities; regrets that the current ELA regulation provides neither a sufficient legal basis for conducting operational risk analyses nor any follow-up procedures; recalls that any breach or infringement of EU law, including in the area of labour mobility, should entail investigations and, where appropriate, dissuasive sanctions;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for a public list published by ELA of companies that have been sanctioned for breaches of relevant Union and national law in the area of labour mobility, which would have a deterrent effect and contribute to fair labour mobility;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2023/2866(RSP)


Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses the need for an efficient cooperation between Union agencies in order to create synergies;
2023/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Recital B
B. whereas the EPSR was proclaimed in 2017 in Goteborg, setting out 20 principles and establishing a social rulebookguiding compass towards a strong social Europe that is fair, inclusive and full of opportunity in the 21st century; whereas at the Porto Social Summit in May 2021, the Council committed to three headline targets for 2030 on employment, training and poverty; whereas at least 78 % of the population between 20 and 64 years old should be in employment by 2030; whereas at least 60 % of all adults should participate in training every year; whereas the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion should be reduced by at least 15 million by 2030; whereas the three headline targets do not cover the full implementation of the EPSR;
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to take measures to mitigate the impact of the crises on Member State labour markets in order to keep employment rates high; calls therefore on the Commission, and the Member States, and EUlong with social partners, to commit to reaching collective bargaining coverage of at least 80 % by 2030,promote and increase the use of collective bargaining with a view to improving living and working conditions in the EU, which will contribute to upward social convergence and reduce in-work poverty, social exclusion and wage inequality;
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that, according to principle 8 in the EPSR, the social partners shall be consulted on the design and implementation of economic, employment and social policies according to national practices and they shall be encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to them, while respecting their autonomy and the right to collective action; stresses that social dialogue, workplace democracy and the right to collective bargaining are key for the implementation of the EPSR and achieving upward convergence of living and working conditions across Europe; acknowledges in this context that the encouragement of collective bargaining in the Member States presupposes that policy and legislation, at all levels, allows for independent and equal national social partners to adapt, complement or deviate from the legislation by way of collective agreements;
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the above-mentioned conclusions of the 2021 Porto Social Summit; welcomacknowledges the adoption of the Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU3 and welcomes the soon-to-be adopted directive on pay transparency4 ; urges the Council to agree on a general approach concerning the directive for platform work5 in order to improve worker protection in the platform economy and to create fair competition; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to occupational health and safety in the workplace; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to follow up with a legislative proposal after the adoption of Parliament’s resolution of 2 February 20236 ; welcomes the launch of a two-stage consultation of EU social partners; __________________ 3 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, 25.10.2022, p. 33. 4 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 March 2021 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)0093). 5 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2021 on improving working conditions in platform work (COM(2021)0762). 6 European Parliament resolution of 2 February 2023 with recommendations to the Commission on Revision of European Works Councils Directive, Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0028.
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to put forward a legal framework for an effective and enforceable ban on unpaid internships, traineeships and apprenticeships; welcomes the European Year of Skills and highlights the importance of access to training and reskilling for workers in industries and sectors that need to undergo fundamental changes in order to achieve the green and digital transitions, ensuring no one is left behind; calls on the Commission to consider a directive on adequate minimum income in order to ensurewelcomes the Council recommendation on minimum income to foster the reintegration of people absent from the labour market, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity, the specificities of national social protection systems and the competences of the Member States; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to presenting a proposal, by the end of 2023, on the creation of an EU disability card to be recognised in all Member States; welcomes the ongoing negotiations of the social partners on the right to disconnect, with a view to putting forward a legally binding agreement implemented via a directive; calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal for a European social security pass to provide national authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections with a real-time instrument to effectively enforce national and EU law;
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, although many legislative and non-legislative initiatives have been initiated by the Commission, so far the EU has fallen short on fully implementing the EPSR; stresses the need for further legislative action by the Commission and the Member States to ensure its full implementation, with a specific focus on implementing principles 11 (childcare), 12 (social protection), 19 (housing) and 20 (essential services);
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Paragraph 8
8. Warns that, for the correct implementation of principle 12, adequate social protection needs to be expanded in order to cover the risks associated with the unequal impact of climate change and environmental degradation on different income groups, as well as the social consequences of the transformation of our societies towards climate neutrality; calls on the Commission and the Member States to build upon the Social Climate Fund and lay the foundations for the development of green social protection schemes at national level with EU support;
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2023/2586(RSP)


Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that, according to principle 19, access to social housing or housing assistance of good quality should be provided for those in need; urges the Commission to develop an ambitious action plan to achieve accessible and green social and affordable housing to meet the housing needs of all EU citizens and to progressively eradicate homelessness by 2030;
2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Citation 7
— having regard to International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No 135 concerning protection and facilities to be afforded to workers’ representatives in the undertaking (the Workers’ Representatives Convention), ILO convention No 155 concerning Occupational Safety and Health, ILO convention No 187 concerning Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health and ILO convention no 190 concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work,
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Citation 19 b (new)
— having regard the Council Decision (EU) 2022/2296 of 21 November 2022 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Citation 19 c (new)
— having regard the Commission action plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights of 4 March 2021 and the Porto Declaration on social affairs adopted by the members of the European Council in May 2021
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital B
B. whereas collective bargaining at the sectoral and cross-industry levels came under pressure or have been dismantled in some Member States in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis; whereas the European Semester's Country Specific Recommendations adopted between the years 2011 and 2015 requested Member States to decentralise collective bargaining systems and stop wage indexation as well as the ultra-activity of collective agreements; whereas the share of workers covered by collective agreements has declined significantly over the past 30 years, with an estimated drop in EU average coverage from about 66 % in 2000 to about 56 % in 201811, owing to labour market reforms in many Member States that decentralised collective bargaining systems, the rise of precarious forms of employment and bogus self- employment; whereas in most Member States, collective bargaining covering rates tend to be higher for employees on permanent contracts and for those working in larger companies; whereas bargaining coverage is substantially higher in countries where there are sectoral agreements and where these are frequently extended to non-covered companies or workers; _________________ 11 Visser, Jelle, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies, ‘Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts’, Version 6.1, November 2019.
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital C
C. whereas European workers and employers are currently facing major challenges stemming from the consequences of the pandemic and, since 24 February 2022, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the consequent cost-of-living and energy crisis; whereas these events have shown a pressing need for broader and stronger participation by social partners, especially if the green and digital transitions to a sustainable, fair and social future for the EU are to be achieved; whereas workers or their representatives have the right to be informed and consulted in good time on matters relevant to them, in particular on the transfer, restructuring and merger of undertakings and on collective redundancies; whereas according to Eurofound EUPolicy Watch database, social partners have been involved during the pandemic in almost half of the legislative policy measures recorded, while this involvement has decreased during 2022, when further policy measures related to the green transition, support for refugees from Ukraine and responses to the cost-of-living crisis were mapped;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the RRF regulation includes an obligation for Member States to consult social partners in the preparation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans through a greater variety of settings, however the quality and intensity of the involvement is uneven and rather weak in a relatively high number of countries; whereas the review report of the Commission on the RRF states that the success of the RRF depends on the close involvement of social partners, civil society organizations, local and regional authorities, and other stakeholders;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital F
F. whereas the involvement of social partners in policymaking and particularly in the implementation of the European Semester and the Recovery and Resilience Plans is an indicator of the quality of social dialogue; whereas some Member States are ensuring an enabling framework for social dialogue, while in some other Member States, social dialogue is under pressure for reasons including ineffective consultation procedures, a lack of capacity and strict representational criteria, attacks against workers’ rights to join or to form a trade union at the workplace, ineffective legislation that does not enable trade unions to access workplaces for the purpose of organising, attacks against the right to strike; whereas the EU regulatory landscape in the field of employment law and company law remains excessively fragmented, which could result in a lack of legal certainty on applicable rules and rights for both employers and employees;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital H
H. whereas the enabling conditions for a well-functioning social dialogue are: (i) the existence of strong, independent trade unions and technical capacity in employers’ organisations; (ii) access to relevant information to participate in social dialogue; (iii) a commitment from all parties to engage in social dialogue; (iv) respect for the fundamental rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining; and (v) appropriate institutional support; and (vi) allowing for independent social partners to negotiate and conclude collective agreements autonomously without undue political intervention;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital H
H. whereas the enabling conditions for a well-functioning social dialogue are: (i) the existence of strong, independent trade unions and technical capacity in employers’ organisations; (ii) access to relevant information to participate in social dialogue; (iii) a commitment from all parties to engage in social dialogue; (iv) respect for the fundamental rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining; and (v) appropriate institutional support and (vi) allowing for independent social partners to negotiate and conclude collective agreements autonomously;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital I
I. whereas strong collective bargaining, in particular at sectoral or cross-industry level, contributes to quality jobs; whereas trade unions, workers’ representation and participation and collective bargaining coverage are essential for the enforcement of workers’ rights and the proper functioning of companies; whereas action isand better legislation to protect trade union rights are needed to ensure a balance of bargaining power between employers and trade unions, which can be improved by strengthening democracy at work;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Recital L
L. whereas social dialogue and collective bargaining are key instruments for employers and trade unions to use to establish fair wages and working conditions; whereas strong collective bargaining systems increase Member States’ resilience in times of economic crisis; whereas societies with strong collective bargaining systems tend to be wealthier and more equal; whereas the right to collective bargaining is an issue that concerns all European workersworkers in Europe and that can also have crucial implications for democracy and the rule of law, including respect for fundamental social rights; whereas collective bargaining is a European fundamental right and the EU institutions are bound to respect it by Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU; whereas in this context, policies that respect, promote and strengthen collective bargaining and the position of workers in wage-setting systems play a critical role in achieving better working conditions and ensures better living conditions;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 2
2. UIs convinced that good-quality social dialogue pays off in turbulent times when stability is needed to face ongoing economic uncertainty, as it was proved during the COVID-19 crisis when it played a major role in managing the crisis and mitigating its negative economic and social effects; urges the Commission to monitor the implementation of its recommendation at national and Union level, jointly with the Member States and relevant social partners; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that this monitoring allows social partners to, among other things, identify situations from which they have been excluded or in which they were inadequately involved in national-level consultations on Union and national policy, including access to justice and the right to redress; calls on the Commission to initiate infringement procedures in case social partners involvement is not respected; proposes that Eurofound’s EUPolicyWatch database, as unique EU wide instrument to capture social partner’s involvement in national policy making, could be used for that purpose;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2023/2536(RSP)

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the density of employers’ organisations and trade unions is declining across all Member States; notes that main reason for the decline in coverage is the weakening and dismantling of cross-sectoral and sectoral collective bargaining structures as well as the detrimental regulatory changes made in some Member States in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis in order to comply with the European Semester recommendations on the one hand and in order to access rescue funds on the other for some Member States; warns that the decrease in collective bargaining coverage is not only due to the decline in trade union density, but also to the lack of representation within employers’ organisation and employers’ lack of involvement and willingness to participate in collective bargaining;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Member States to take note of the fact that both mutual recognition of social partners and the statutory recognition of trade unions and employers’ organisations by the authorities of each Member State are key to a successful collective bargaining framework, provided employers and workers are able to choose freely which organisation(s) will represent them; calls on the Commission, the Union legislators and the Member States to safeguard the incentives for the social partners to negotiate and take responsibility for the well-functioning of the labour markets and to leave room for manoeuvre for autonomous collective bargaining;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2023/2536(RSP)

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Member States to take note of the fact that both mutual recognition of social partners and the statutory recognition of trade unions and employers’ organisations by the authorities of each Member State are key to a successful collective bargaining framework, provided employers and workers are able to choose freely which organisation(s) will represent them; calls on the Commission and Member States to protect the autonomy of social partners to negotiate and contribute to the well- functioning of the labour markets;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the Commission to promote collective bargaining, democracy at work, and social dialogue through the European Semester, and specifically in the country- specific recommendations, in order to ensure, decent wages through collective bargaining; encourages the Commission to propose new social dialogue indicators for the European Semester, relating to industrial relations in the Member States that could be used to further strengthening the social dialogue; such indicators could include references to industrial democracy already used by Eurofound in its Industrial Relations Index;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, along with social partners, to commit to reaching collective bargaining coverage of 90 % by 2030promote and support social dialogue and increase the use of collective bargaining, with a view to improving living and working conditions in the Union, contributing to upward social convergence, fighting in- work poverty and social exclusion and reducing wage inequality;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to repeal any national legislation that hampers collective bargaining, including any legislation that inhibits trade unions’ access to workplaces for the purpose of organising; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sectoral- level collective bargaining as an important instrument to increase collective agreement coverage, making sure that derogations from collective agreements concluded at a higher leveEU legislation allow for independent and equal national social pare restricted to situations in which those derogations are needed to maintain quality employtners to adapt, complement or deviate from the legislation by way of collective agreements;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the EU industrial strategy to ensure that the jobs of tomorrow are not only green, but above all decent, well paid and based on good working conditions, including as regards health and safety at work, robust social protection and gender equality; calls on the Member States, in the context of the European Green Deal and the RePowerEU plan, to adopt and implement, in close cooperation with social partners, comprehensive and coherent policy packages to benefit all societal groups and to make optimal use of public and private funding, including social conditionalities for the creation of quality jobs with fair working conditions and good pay, the promotion of collective bargaining and respect for collective agreements and trade union rights; considers furthermore that all EU financial support to undertakings, including the Green Deal industrial plan programmes, should be made conditional on the undertakings’ compliance with the applicable working and employment conditions and/or employer obligations, including any applicable collective agreements; urges the Commission and the Member States to enforce the requirements that companies receiving public support must avoid redundancies and the worsening of working conditions and that, under the EU industrial plan, undertakings must respect collective bargaining and information and consultation processes with unions on investments, restructuring and any reforms; public funding must also be linked with training obligations under which companies agree to put in place paid apprenticeships with the right to be retained, as well as cost-free, on-the-job re- and up-skilling programs for workers;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of the urgent need for a social progress protocol that, in the event of conflicts between economic freedoms and fundamental social rights, give priority to the latter
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 219 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission to further promote the use of ESF+ for capacity building of social partners with the aim of strengthening collective bargaining in Europe; Highlights the need for an EU Social Dialogue Fund for the development of strong, independent, and effective structures for social dialogue in Member States, where necessary;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to ratify and implement all ILO core conventions, including No 155 concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment and No 187 concerning the promotional framework for occupational safety and health, which have both been recently designated as ILO core conventions and which have not yet been ratified by all Member States, as well as ILO convention 190 concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to ratify and implement all the ILO core conventions;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 238 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls on the Commission to make the necessary improvements to the legal frameworks regulating European public limited-liability companies (Societas Europea or SE) and European Cooperative Societies and, on the basis of a timely evaluation by the Commission, to the Company Law Package, and to amend them to introduce minimum EU rules governing employee participation and representation on supervisory boards, including on gender equality;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2023/2536(RSP)


Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Is convinced that introducing new digital technologies has the potential to have a positive impact on the work environment if they are implemented and monitored in a trustworthy manner, which will require timely and meaningful information and the consultation of workers’ representatives, including trade unions, to ensure full respect for their health and safety at work, data protection, equal treatment, employment stability, social protection and well-being at work, and to prevent undue exploitation and surveillance of workers, as well as discrimination and stigmatisation, in particular via management by algorithms; underlines the fact that trade unions and workers’ representatives should have the necessary access and means to assess and evaluate digital technology prior to their introduction; emphasises that new digital technologies and artificial intelligence should not replicate existing discrimination and societal biases but should help the social inclusion and participation of diverse groups; highlights the need to apply the ethics-by-default principle throughout the entire life cycle of the digital technologies in order to harness their full potential and avoid biases; stresses that social dialogue structures, sectoral collective bargaining, the provision of information to trade unions and workers’ representatives, and the consultation and participation thereof are key to providing the necessary support for workers to better build and participate in the uptake and monitoring by social partners of digital technology at the workplace;
2023/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2023/2183(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the implementation of the European Development Funds (EDFs) concerns countries that are facing aggravating impacts of climate change and are weakened by the consequence of the COVID pandemic, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, as well as rising debt, generating growing inequality and increasing poverty levels; insists, therefore, that the remaining projects under the EDFs should focus on advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
2023/12/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2023/2183(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recognises the work of the Commission in ensuring the correct implementation of the EDF funds, notes that the Court of Auditors considers the EDFs’ accounts for 2022 to have been handled in accordance with applicable rules; notes with concern that the level of error in transactions, estimated by the Court of Auditors, grew from 4,6 % to 7,1 % between 2021 and 2022;
2023/12/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2023/2183(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; is concerned about the limited progress on the implementation of the recommendations by the Court of Auditors; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to fully implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors;
2023/12/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2022;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to the Cedefop's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2022;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)
– having regard to the ETF's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2022;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 d (new)
– having regard to the EU-OSHA's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2022;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 e (new)
– having regard to the ELA's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2022;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that, following a formal decision by the Management Board of Eurofound, the Executive Directors of ETF, ELA, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) participated in person or were represented at the Management Board meeting for the first time, joining colleagues from EU-OSHA and Cedefop, who already joined the meetings in the past; notes that such participation is in line with the reinforced cooperation foreseen in the Commission’s 2019 staff working document on the evaluation of the EU agencies working in the employment and social affairs policy field;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the agencies are the most qualified at assessing the use of resources and play a crucial role in supporting the right sustainable projects in line with the European Green Deal; calls on the Commission to ensure funding supportwelcomes the fact that plans to improve energy efficiency and climate neutrality of their operations were incorporated by nearly two ing three EU agencies in securing the social dialogue; notes; welcomes that Cedefop, EIT and Eurofound plan to start issuing a sustainability report by 2024; welcomes the fact that EU aAgencies have a crucial role in securing social dialogue with the EU institutionsNetwork (EUAN) set up a working group to promote the introduction of sustainability reporting and the sharing of good practices in this area;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2023/2182(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure funding supporting the EU agencies in securing the social dialogue; notes that EU agencies have a crucial role in securing social dialogue with the EU institutions;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2023/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highly values the Foundation’s mission to provide knowledghigh quality work enhancing and disseminating knowledge, and providing evidence-based expertise to support the development of better informed social, employment and work-related policies in Europe, and appreciates the work done by the Foundation in this field; stresses the Foundation’s importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2023/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the budget of the Foundation for the financial year 2022 was EUR 26 million (EUR 27 million in 2021)1 ; expresses its satisfaction that the Foundation’s budget for 2022 was executed by 100% (as it was in 2021); highlights the need of ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Foundation to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate, including in the light of the significant challenges regarding the changing world of work; _________________ 1 These budget figures were taken from the ECA’s Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2022 and are based on the total payment appropriations available during the financial year.
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2023/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Appreciates that Foundation’s leadership is seeking close cooperation with other European Union Agencies, including Cedefop, EU-OSHA, ETF, EIGE, FRA, EEA, and EEACDC, which aims at strengthening the synergies between these agencies and avoid overlaps;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2023/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Appreciates the Foundation’s close working relationships with international organisations, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO), with which a new Framework agreement for cooperation was signed in 2022, as well as the Organisation for Cooperation and Development (OECD);
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2023/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Appreciates that the Foundation is further building on its relations with the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) and close collaboration is taking place in the domains of digitalisation and new forms of work, as well as monitoring structural change in the labour market;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2023/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note that some weaknesses related to the procurement procedure for networking services were found due to the lack of a clear distinction between selection and award criteria; welcomes the fact that the Foundation has taken the steps to correct its tender templates accordingly;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2023/2167(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Takes noteRegrets that some weaknesses related to Foundation’s traineeship programme in 2022 were found related to updating trainees’ remuneration and welcomes, resulting in the payment of €3 330 less than it should have to the 16 affected trainees; welcomes, however, the fact that the Foundation made the necessary corrections; also takes note offter paying adjustments to the trainees from October 2022 onwards; acknowledges the fact that in order to avoid such issues in the future, the Foundation updated its rules for 2023 accordingly;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2023/2166(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, the budget of the Agency for the financial year 2022 was EUR 22 million (the same as in 2021)1 ; expresses its satisfaction that the Agency’s budget for 2022 was executed by 98.7%; highlights the need to keep ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Agency to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate; _________________ 1 These budget figures were taken from the ECA’s Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2022 and are based on the total payment appropriations available during the financial year.
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2023/2166(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. ANotes the prominent role that the Agency has been given when implementing the principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights and achievements of Porto targets; appreciates the Agency’s continued significant contribution, through several actions carried out alone or in collaboration with others, to safer and healthier workplaces in Europefor every worker in Europe regardless of the size of the company, the type of contract or the employment relationship further to the global health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic; congratulates the Agency on the good results achieved;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2023/2166(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with satisfaction the important role assigned to the Agency in the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 and the way this has been taken forward; welcomes the Agency’s strong commitment to delivering on the Vision Zero approach to work- related deaths, on mental health at work, as well as on the impact of heatwaves and climate change on the health and safety of workers;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2023/2163(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. AppreciatWelcomes the Foundation’s activities in helping transition and developingUnion partner countries, enlargement countries and Central Asian countries harness the potential of their human capital and improve the employment prospects of their citizens through the reform of education, vocational training, skills and labour market systems, in the context of the Union’s external relations policies;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2023/2163(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. NotWelcomes that, the budget of the Foundation for the financial year 2022 amountedincreased up to EUR 25 million (EUR 21 million in 2021)1 ; expresses its satisfaction that the Foundation’s budget for 2022 was executed by 97.7%; highlights the need to keep ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Foundation to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate; _________________ 1 These budget figures were taken from the ECA’s Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2022 and are based on the total payment appropriations available during the financial year.
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2023/2163(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that the Foundation’s objectives and actions are closely aligned with EU policies and activities in the field of vocational education and training, human development, skills and migration; welcomes the Foundation’s continued cooperation and sharing of resources with other agencies, in particular with Cedefop and Eurofound, which enables significant knowledge sharing; stresses its importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2023/2163(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that the Court reported weaknesses in sometwo public procurement procedures related to the lack of financial solvency of the tenderers proposed by the Foundation; calls on the Foundation to further improve its public procurement procedures, ensuring full compliance with the applicable rules, to ensure they achieve the best possible value for money, notably by simplifying its methodology and together with relevant Commission services discuss possible alternative methods to implement activities in the Foundation’s partner countries;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2023/2155(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the year 2022 was the first full year after the Authority gained financial autonomy (in May 2021) and that the Authority is still in a growing stage reaching full resources only in 2024; notwelcomes that the budget of the Authority for the financial year 2022 was EUR 54 million (EUR 31 million in 2021)1 ; expresses its satisfaction that the Authority’s budget for 2022 was executed by 97% (95,8% in 2021); nevertheless, notes with concern the high rates of carry- overs of available 2022 commitment appropriations to 2023; highlights the need to keep ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Authority to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate; _________________ 1 These budget figures were taken from the ECA’s Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2022 and are based on the total payment appropriations available during the financial year.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2023/2155(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the Authority’s work to assist Member States and the Commission in ensuring a fair and effective enforcement of Union rules on labour mobility and social security coordination, and in facilitating effective labour mobility in Europe through European Employment Services (EURES) activities, making it easier for citizens and businesses to benefit from the internal market;
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2023/2155(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. RegretsTakes note that the Court found systematic weaknesses in the Authority’s management and control systems, particularly related to the payment of daily and monthly allowances to SNEs and national liason officers (NLOs); acknowledges that the Authority has strengthened the management and control of the SNE file regarding the ex-ante and ex-post controls and calls on the Authority to further address these weaknesses;
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2023/2143(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. NotWelcomes that the budget of the Cedefop for the financial year 2022 amountedincreased up to EUR 26 million (25 million in 2021)1 ; expresses its satisfaction that the Cedefop utilised essentially all of its available funding with an overall budget implementation rate of 99,98%; _________________ 1 These budget figures were taken from the ECA’s Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2022 and are based on the total payment appropriations available during the financial year.
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2023/2143(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Appreciates the Cedefop’s activitieshigh quality work , providing research, analyses and technical advice and expertise in vocational education and training (VET), qualifications and skills policies; with the aim of promoting high-quality training tailored to the needs of individuals and of the labour market; highlights the need to keep ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Centre to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate; stresses its importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2023/2143(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the fact that the Court found some issuirregularities related to the payment of daily subsistence allowances made by Cedefop to two seconded national experts (SNEs) employed by it; welcomacknowledges the fact that Cedefop intendsdentified and documented such irregularities in the registry of non-compliance and rectified the situation based on external legal advice; welcomes the Centre’s aim to amend its rules to make it possible for any SNE that has to change their place of living and relocate to Thessaloniki to be eligible to receive allowances, as this would also ensure equal treatment of SNEs independently of their nationality;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the European Commission’s Annual management and performance report for the EU budget 2022;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is alarmed about the rising number of crises worldwide and the highest-ever humanitarian funding gap; is worried that Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) - Global Europe (GE) is stretched to its limits and is not sufficient to address existing needs; calls on the Member States to ensure that the cushion is mobilised only for purposes within its intended scope;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that spending under the subheading “Economic, social and territorial cohesion” (Subheading 2a) focuses on reducing development disparities between the different Member States and regions of the EU; stresses the importance of EU cohesion policy in supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and achieving its targets and assisting Member States and regions to harness new opportunities and address challenges, such as globalisation, unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, industrial change, digitalisation and supporting up and re- skilling and lifelong learning;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is greatly worried that the overall level of error was material at 4.2 %, compared to 3.0 % in 2021, largely above the 2 % materiality threshold; and is particularly worried that the level of error is mainly driven by ‘Cohesion, resilience and values’, which was the biggest contributor to this rate (2.5 %); recognises that the majority of spending in this area is deemed high-risk expenditure as mainly reimbursement-based and often subject to complex rules; notes that the most common errors under the Cohesion heading were ineligible projects and infringements of internal market rules, in particular non- compliance with public procurement and state aid rules; calls for urgent action to decrease the error rate in the future, especially for the new funding period, and calls on the Commission to assist the agencies to improve their internal procedures in order to ensure compliance with applicable public procurement and state aid rules;
2023/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises the work of the Commission in applying controls to make sure that transactions are made in a legitimate manner and that activities are implemented in accordance with the priorities set by the legislator; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to fully implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; calls on the Commission to redouble efforts to find eligible projects and to ensure a sufficient amount of payments under the current expenditure ceiling;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2022 was the first full year of the implementation of the Global Gateway strategy; underlines that actions bringing together public and private investment must always be guided by development objectives; calls for more transparency and Parliament’s involvement in strategic choices involving Union funds; insists that Global Gateway should not only align with the EU interests but also with Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement, the needs of partner countries and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 24 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the role of local NGOs and partners in service delivery; underlines the importance of enhancing their capacity to manage and implement actions financed by the EU and invites the Commission to facilitate adequate training towards this aim; is concerned about the continued difficulties faced by small local NGOs to access Union funding; highlights the efficacy of local ownership in project implementation as concerns prioritisation, allocation of resources and building local know-how;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the finding of the ECA report on the EU budget for 2022 that DG ECHO implemented ECA recommendation and established a procedure ensuring that partner organisations base their allocation of shared costs on expenditure actually incurred; urges the Commission to act upon ECA recommendations that have not been implemented.
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that people in developing countries, especially indigenous and traditional communities, smallholders and other small-scale food producers, women, human rights defenders and, workers, and minorities are disproportionally affected by the human, labour and environmental rights violations committed by TNCs, which often go unpunished;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance that the scope of the LBI under negotiation covers all TNCs and other business enterprises of a transnational character, as established by Resolution 26/9;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the right to full reparation refers to both the process of providing remedy to victims, their families or affected communities for a negative human, labour or environmental rights violation suffered and the substantive outcomes that can counteract, or make good, the negative impact of violations; highlights that reparation must be adequate, effective and prompt, and should be proportional to the gravity of the violations and the harm suffered, in all cases adapted to the specific context and condition of the rightsholder;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 39 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the UN Member States to ensure that the negotiations leading to the LBI are conducted in a transparent fashion, with meaningful engagement of stakeholders impacted by the treaty, including international organisations, trade unions and other workers’ representatives and civil society representatives;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses the need to adopt a gender-sensitive approach throughout the process, as human rights violations are not gender neutral and should not be treated as such; calls on the EU and its Member States to mainstream a meaningful gender approach in their negotiating position;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 43 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Recalls that the promotion of decent work objectives, such as sustainable business conduct, social dialogue, freedom of association, collective bargaining and social protection, is imperative for the eradication of human rights violations;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Recalls that due diligence is a key component of the UN Guiding Principles’ second pillar regarding corporate responsibility and respect for human rights; stresses that effective due diligence practices can also help strengthen access to remedy; reminds that implementation of due diligence procedures should not automatically exempt TNCs from their liability;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted in New York on 16 December 1966,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
– having regard to the EPSR Action Plan with its 2030 headline targets and the EU social scoreboard,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
– having regard to the UNICEF research centre report (2014) entitled ‘Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2021 on access to decent and affordable housing for all,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 29 April 2021 on the European Child Guarantee,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 7 April 2022 on the EU’s protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 July 2022 towards a common European action on care,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 October 2022 on the EU’s response to the increase in energy prices in Europe,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
– having regard to the Eurydice Brief (2019) entitled ‘Key data on early childhood education and care in Europe’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
– having regard to the UNICEF report (2020) entitled ‘Innocenti Report Card 16. Worlds of Influence – Understanding what shapes child well- being in rich countries’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
– having regard to UNICEF’s annual report (2021) entitled ‘Protecting child rights in a time of crises’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
– having regard to UNICEF’s annual report (2021) entitled ‘Where do rich countries stand on childcare?’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to the Council recommendation of 22 May 2019 on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020) 152 final), of 5 March 2020,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation for 2020-2030 (COM(2020) 620 final), of 7 October 2020,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 e (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 (COM(2021) 101 final), of 3 March 2021,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 f (new)
– having regard to the Communication of the European Commission on European Care Strategy (COM/2022/440 final) of 7 September 2022 , the Council recommendation 14785/22 of 29 November 2022 on early childhood education and care: the Barcelona targets for 2030 and the Council recommendation 13948/22 of 25 November 2022 on access to affordable high-quality long-term care,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 g (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion 2023/C 41/01,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
– having regard to the Eurochild report (2022) entitled ‘(In)visible children – Eurochild 2022 report on children in need across Europe’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
– having regard to the Save the Children report (2023) entitled ‘Guaranteeing Children’s Future – How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to the report of the International Labour Organization (ILO) – UNICEF (2021) entitled ‘Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
– having regard to the ILO – UNICEF report (2023) entitled ‘More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
– having regard to the reportopinion of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas child poverty iin 2021, more than 19.6 million children (one in four children) were at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU; whereas despite significant differences in child poverty and social exclusion rates between the Member States, no Member State is free of child poverty1a; whereas over one-fifth (22.4 %) of the EU population living in households with dependent children was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 20222a; whereas in 2021, 54.3 % of people living in single-adult households with dependent children in the EU were unable to meet unexpected financial expenses3a; whereas child poverty is thus a multidimensional phenomenon stemming from household poverty, meaning that low- er-education and low-income families, single-parent families – mostly made up of women and their children – and large disadvantaged families are at greater risk of poverty and bear a higher probability of transmission of poverty over several generation; whereas this phenomenon requires a multidimensional response, which necessarily includes improving employment quality and job security, guaranteeing and enforcing rights, increasing income and ensuring universal access to quality public services; , as well as family and child benefits; _________________ 1a Save the Children Europe (2023) Guaranteeing Children's Future: How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do. Available at: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net /pdf/Guaranteeing-Childrens-Future- Report-Full-MARCH-2023.pdf/. 2a Eurostat (2023) Living conditions in Europe - poverty and social exclusion. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Living_conditi ons_in_Europe_- _poverty_and_social_exclusion&oldid=58 4082. 3a Eurostat (2022) Living conditions in Europe - material deprivation and economic strain. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Living_conditi ons_in_Europe_- _material_deprivation_and_economic_str ain.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas poverty and social exclusion are closely related to migration, minority or disability status of children and their parents;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas life in areas with the lack of accessible quality child-centred services and support to the families increases the risk of child poverty and social exclusion;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the quality of environments where children are born and their living spaces has a significant impact on the quality of their life and their equal opportunities to grow and develop healthy; whereas in 2021, 17 % of the EU population lived in overcrowded households and 6.9% of it was unable to keep their home adequately warm; whereas 8.3 % of the EU population spent 40 % or more of their household disposable income on housing1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat (2023) 7% of EU population unable to keep home warm in 2021. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/prod ucts-eurostat-news/w/DDN-20230515-1.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the economic and social consequences of the pandemic and the increased inequalities have become intertwined with the economic and social hardship caused by the war in Ukraine and the rising cost of living, which exacerbated the economic and social vulnerabilities of children and their families, especially the low- and middle- income households that have been most affected by the pandemic and previous crises; whereas already in 2022, charitable organisations recorded average 40 % increase in the requests for social services support1a; whereas current global social and economic volatility as well as the risks generated by climate change increase the possibility for emergence of new large-scale crises; whereas the right to a safe, secure and clean environment for children and their protection from the negative aspects of climate change crisis are not yet fully integrated in the European Union policies and instruments; _________________ 1a Eurodiaconia & Caritas Europa (2022) Survey on energy poverty/cost-of-living crisis. Available at: https://www.caritas.eu/wordpress/wp- content/uploads/2022/12/Energy-survey- Data-with-Eurodiaconia.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas in April 2023, there were almost 4 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion benefitting from the secondary protection in the EU Member States1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat (2023) 30 April 2023: Almost 4 million with EU temporary protection. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/prod ucts-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20230609-1.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas almost 83 % of Roma children in the EU live in the households at risk of poverty; whereas one in five Roma lived in a household without indoor tap water in 20211a; whereas the proportion of Roma children experiencing severe material deprivation strongly exceeds the share of vulnerable children in the general population2a; whereas in 2022, 6 out of 10 Roma children did not have access to quality early childhood services, and 4 out of 10 Roma families with children under 6 did not receive any kind of subsidy or similar support3a; _________________ 1a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Roma in 10 European countries: Main results. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2022-roma-survey-2021- main-results2_en.pdf. 2a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Roma in 10 European countries: Main results. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2022-roma-survey-2021- main-results2_en.pdf. 3a Romani Early Years Network (2023) Breaking the silence: The REYN Early Childhood Research. Available at: https://www.reyn.eu/wp- content/uploads/2023/05/REYN- Research-Cross-country-Report- Summary.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas not having a nationality or identity documents makes it difficult for stateless children to access some of the most fundamental rights, such as birth registration, education, healthcare, social security and housing, and exposes them to greater risks of abuse and exploitation such as trafficking, child labour, and immigration detention;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, adopted in 2021, aims to reduce the number of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion by at least 5 million by 2030; whereas even if this target were achieved around 15 million children in the EU would still be at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas this number is projected to further increase with the emergence of new complex and intertwined social crises1a; _________________ 1a Save the Children Europe (2023) Guaranteeing Children's Future: How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do. Available at: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net /pdf/Guaranteeing-Childrens-Future- Report-Full-MARCH-2023.pdf/.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Child Guarantee is a key EU instrument for preventing and combatting poverty and social exclusion by guaranteeing free and effective access for children in need to essential care services, such as early childhood education and care, educational and school-based activities, healthcare and at least one healthy meal per school day, and effective access for all children in need to healthy nutrition and adequate housing;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas childcare and pre-scgh-quality inclusive early childhoold education mayand care plays a significant role in compensating for the disadvantaged socio-economic status of children at risk of poverty and its impact on children’s health and socio-emotional development, and fosters the integration of parents, especially mothers, into the labour market; whereas the remote learning policies during the COVID-19 pandemic increased inequalities due to the lack of resources and support needed to the disadvantaged children and their families1a; _________________ 1a Human Rights Watch (2021) “Years don’t wait for them”: increased inequality in children’s right to education due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Available at: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/me dia_2021/05/global_covideducation0521_ web.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the first 1000 days of child’s life are crucial for laying the foundations of optimum health, growth, and neurodevelopment across the lifespan1a; whereas child- and family- centred quality services for infants and young children can help to identify, prevent, overcome, or minimise at-risk situations, particularly for children with developmental delays, physical, intellectual or sensory impairments, or conditions such as autism, and mental health issues2a; _________________ 1a Cusick, Sarah and Michael K. Georgieff (2013) The first 1,000 days of life: The brain’s window of opportunity. Available at: https://www.unicef- irc.org/article/958-the-first-1000-days-of- life-the-brains-window-of- opportunity.html 2a European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (2022) Family-centred Early Childhood Intervention: The best start in life. Available at: https://www.easpd.eu/fileadmin/user_uplo ad/Publications/Family- Centred_ECI_PP_EASPD_The_best_star t_in_life.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas in 2021, 3.6% of children in the EU below 16 had unmet medical needs and 4.4 % of children reported a disability1a; whereas even in countries where the right to health is enshrined in law, inequalities persist and many children do not have timely access to adequate healthcare and some have extremely limited access to services other than emergency services, putting at risk the health of women during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as thessential health services; whereas the far-reaching crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic put at risk mental health and well-being of the entire generations of children; whereas the prevalence of mental health problems is three times higher among children from low-income families2a; whereas the risks of pervasive digital technologies for health and wellbeing of children and their families should not be underestimated; _________________ 1a Eurostat (2023) Health statistics - children. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Health_statistic s_-_children&oldid=508288. 2a Save thealth of babies and children; Children Europe (2023) Guaranteeing Children's Future: How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do. Available at: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net /pdf/Guaranteeing-Childrens-Future- Report-Full-MARCH-2023.pdf/.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families; whereas several Member States are attempting to further limit access to sexual and reproductive health and rights through highly restrictive laws that put at risk the health of women during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as the health of children;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas all children, parents, foster families and carers should be protected from discrimination, such as discrimination on grounds of sex, language, sexual orientationand/or gender identity , religion or belief, political or ideological beliefs, national, racial, ethnic or social origin, belonging to a national minority, economic situation, disability, age or any other status, and children from vulnerable population groups are at greater risk of marginalisation, poverty and social exclusion;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas children with disabilities and children born to parents with disabilities are still exposed to discrimination and violation of their rights through persistent barriers in all areas of life; whereas these barriers and lack of accessible quality care and support services for persons with disabilities and other persons in need of care and support is particularly manifest in the times of crises, leading to the additional burden on informal, family carers, majority of whom are women;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas child support and family policies do not always reflect and are not sufficiently adapted to the family diversity and family living arrangements (e.g. families with unmarried parents, children of separated parents living in two households or children living in a blended large family, foster families, rainbow families), to the detriment of families’ living standards, access to social protection programs and benefits, and their resilience to crises;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas poverty is an important risk marker for entry into alternative care as it increases the vulnerability of children and their families and may lead to a situation where parents can no longer provide adequate care for the children; whereas estimated 345, 000 children in the EU, still live in institutions1a; whereas child protection measures, including deinstitutionalisation and child protection and care reform, are also essential for children to achieve their rights and reach their full potential; whereas the EU has committed to the transition from institutional to family and community- based care; _________________ 1a Lerch, Véronique and Anna Nordenmark Severinsson (2019) Feasibility Study for a Child Guarantee: Target Group Discussion Paper on Children in Alternative Care.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas playing gives children the opportunity to express themselves in a symbolic way and forms an essential basis of the way they think; is the natural and the most effective way for children to learn about themselves, their social and natural environment, to express themselves and develop; whereas participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport directly contributes to children’s well-being and helps them to thrive; whereas financial constraints hamper participation of children from disadvantaged families in non-formal educations and extracurricular activities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increassignificantly increase and ensure sustainable and adequate public investment in universal and targeted policies that have a direct and indirect impact on children’s lives, above all by guaranteeing equal access to high-quality public services (especially, such as care, early childhood education and care, education, health, decent housing, cultural and leisure activities), to promote the creation of work with rights based on robust collective bargaining and recruitment with decent and fair wages, to facilitate a work-life balance by, inter alia, reducing working hours and providing for maternity and paternity leave, and to bolster mechanisms for ensuring the participation of children and their families in the development, implementation and monitoring of these policies; for children and families in vulnerable situations; calls on the Commission and Member States to bolster mechanisms for ensuring the participation of children and their families in the development, implementation and monitoring of these policies; underlines the importance of exempting the investment in the key policies for combatting child poverty and social exclusion from the national spending cuts;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Acknowledges the critical role of family and child benefits, as part of fair and inclusive social protection systems, which are adapted to the variety of family arrangements and provide timely access to social protection and adequate support for all, including for refugee and migrant children and their families; calls on the Member States to tackle the low take-up of social benefits and support by campaigns dedicated to raising awareness and combatting stigma and stereotypes;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that the governments of the Member States are moving away from universal policies andto increasingly promoting policies based on the liberalisation of services and instruments whose availability depends on the resources of the beneficiaries; stresses that universal, coordinated and long-term policies offer better protection against the multiple causes of poverty and social exclusion, by providing structural responses that can, if necessary, be supplemented by immediate, one-off support measuresor temporary targeted support measures; calls on the Commission to take this issue up in the context of the annual cycles of the European Semester for coordination of economic and social policies; encourages the Commission to invest in further take- up of the Social Imbalances Procedure;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to refrain from recommending reforms that lead to cuts in and the weakening of public administrationsector in the Member States, aimed at promoting the relaxation of employment relationships and the privatisation and liberalisation of public services, which have led to the weakening and, in some cases, the undermining of the social and labour rights of children and their families; calls on the Member States to increase the investment in availability and accessibility of professional care services as a means of reducing the burden on informal carers and ensuring minimum quality standards in care; deplores the recent statements by the President of the ECB, who criticised the investments by national governments in social responses aimed at addressing the increased cost of living;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 233 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the widest possible use of the Child Guarantee as a social response facilitating the social integration and inclusion of children suffering from poverty and exclusion; stresses the key importance of living up to the political commitment with comprehensive ambitious, regularly and timely updated Child Guarantee national action plans with measures targeting the most vulnerable children and their families, clear indicators, a timeframe and a structured monitoring framework that guarantees meaningful participation of multi-sectoral stakeholders, paired with a national framework for adequately disaggregated data collection; calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up investment and to strengthen child protection systems and social welfare services, allowing for swift implementation of the Child Guarantee in the context of new crises and the growing number of children in need;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 261 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to implement legislation that protects or enhances maternity, paternity and parental rights, allowing for a more effective work- life balance and a more equal distribution of care and housework, that makes it possible for women to return to work after pregnancy and maternity leave, and for breastfeedingallow for adequate time for breastfeeding after returning to work;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 273 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU budgetary authorities to take advantage of the upcoming mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 to strengthen and make better use of ESF+, ERDF, FEAD and Child Guarantee allocations in order to strengthen structural policies and social support for children and families accounting for the multisectoral nature of poverty; reiterates its repeated calls for the urgent increase in funding of the Child Guarantee with a dedicated budget of at least €20 billion for the period 2021-2027; insists on making this dedicated budget part of the revised MFF and reinforced ESF+; calls on the Commission to make available – and on the Member States to make full use of – all available resources to effectively implement the Child Guarantee, including the ESF+, ReactEU and the RRF;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 282 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends thatCalls on the Member States to ensure that all children have access to formal and non-formal, public, free, inclusive and quality education at all ages; deplores persistent cases of discrimination through separation or concentration of disadvantaged children, particularly Roma children, children with disabilities and children with a migrant background, in specific schools and classrooms; calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat school segregation and to develop policies, strategies and tools for advancing inclusive education; calls on the Commission and the Member States to specifically ensure access to inclusive, high-quality education for all persons with disabilities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses, in view of the difficulties in accessing early childhood care in most Member Stateducation and care throughout the Union, especially for children aged 0-3 and children from economically and socially disadvantaged families, the need for increased investment in quality early childhood education and care services, thereby creating or bolstering a public, universal and free response from the very beginning of the education processupport to parents and carers from child’s early years;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 311 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the experience of some Member States, which ensure that textbooks and teaching materials, as well as school transport and healthy meals, are inclusive and provided free of charge; recommends extending this system to all Member States as a means of ensuring equal access to education and as an important means of financial support for the most vulnerable of families; encourages the Member States to use the available European funds to promote equal participation of children from disadvantaged households in extracurricular and leisure activities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 329 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to develop specific measures to support parents with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, and to ensure accessible information about the support available to them; acknowledges the benefits of family-centred early childhood intervention and calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream it in all the relevant policy areas, such as policies for the protection of children’s rights and persons with disabilities, and to foster an exchange of information and best practices on it; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate the disability perspective and meaningfully consult persons with disabilities and their representative organisations when planning actions to ensure adequate standard of living and social protection of persons with disabilities, particularly in times of crises and transitions;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 335 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the right to comfortabledecent housing that meets the needs of children and their families and ensures their well- being, privacy and quality of life; calls on the Member States to eradicate homelessness through preventive and housing-led strategies, to promote a public housing policy that tackles property speculation and guarantees this righte right to affordable quality housing, and to increase investment in quality social housing; highlights the importance of adapting the living, care and education facilities to climate emergencies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream child-sensitive approach in policies and measures for tackling climate change;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 340 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Deplores the fact that the cycle of poverty in Roma families often leads to Roma children being overrepresented in social protection institutions in comparison to non-Roma children; highlights the fact that Roma children and their families are often the first to suffer in times of crisis; calls on the Commission and Member States to pay specific attention in the implementation of the Child Guarantee to the unique challenges faced by Roma children, who often experience extreme poverty, marginalisation, and discrimination in all spheres of life; calls on the Member States to prioritise effective measures and specific actions for improving the status of the family and living conditions, health and well-being of children, early learning and fostering responsive parenting in the implementation of the EU Roma Strategic Framework;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 344 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to foster programmes to monitor the prices of food, energy, transport and other essential goods in order to reduce the impact of the rise in the cost of living on children and their familiesprovide timely assistance to the families hit by the cost of living crisis, taking into account child- and gender-sensitive approach; highlights the detrimental impact of inflation and cost- of-living crisis on the life and rights of children and families in vulnerable situations and calls on the Member States to uprate social benefits and wages to inflation;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 359 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Condemns all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation, including child labour, and neglect with regard to children, as well as violence against women, domestic and gender based violence; calls on the Member States to develop and implement integrated prevention and protection systems for children and other victims with a view to eradicating violence and discrimination, both in physical and digital environment;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 374 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to invest in support and follow-up for children and young asylum seekersrefugee and migrant children , especially unaccompanied minors and stateless children, their families, carers and host institutioncommunities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Report 20221a _________________ 1a https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/Th e-Sustainable-Development-Goals- Report-2022.pdf
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 24 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
— Having regard to the Commission Communication on decent work worldwide for a global just transition and sustainable recovery (COM(2022) 66 final, in particular its commitments included to achieve the SDGs,
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 25 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit on 16- 19 September in New York;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 48 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
— having regard to the resolution on Policy Coherence for Development adopted by the European Parliament on 14 March 20231a _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2023-0071_EN.pdf
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 54 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, with less than seven years to go until the deadline for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the new geopolitical landscape and the multiple crises in various areas have further hindered the achievement of the SDGs; whereas collective action on a new scale is urgently needed to respond to poverty that is ruining hundreds of millions of lives and to respond to the unprecedented threats to the habitability of our planet posed by the interlinked climate and biodiversity crises; whereas the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs are key to addressing the current challenges and reorienting the global compass towards a socially and environmentally just transition that leaves no one behind;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 65 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, despite some progress on certain SDGs before the crises, some trends are now reversed; whereas, according to the SDNS Sustainable Development Report 2022, for the second year in a row, the world is no longer making progress on the SDGs and the average SDG Index score further declined in 2021;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 73 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas reducing inequalities (SDG 10) is inextricably linked to the overall implementation of the Agenda 2030 and to effective climate action; whereas sustainable resource mobilisation is essential for transformative public action; whereas tax justice, climate justice and intergenerational justice must be urgently pursued both within developed and developing countries;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 81 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. Whereas 760 million people currently live without electricity and 2.4 billion people rely on harmful fuels for cooking1a; whereas 3.6 billion people worldwide live without safely managed sanitation1band 2.3 billion lack basic handwashing facilities at home1c; whereas 2018-2028 has been declared the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”; _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/news/item/20-01- 2022-who-publishes-new-global-data-on- the-use-of-clean-and-polluting-fuels-for- cooking-by-fuel-type 1b https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and- sanitation/sanitation/ 1c https://www.unwater.org/water- facts/handwashing-and-hand-hygiene
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 88 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the COVID crisis required forceful public policy responses, for which developed countries rapidly found resources, and a wide consensus emerged on the need for a transformative “build back better” approach responding also to the deepening climate crisis; whereas, at the same time, the very asymmetric impact of the COVID crisis rapidly exacerbated the inequality crisis plaguing the world;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 95 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas education is a key resource for achieving the SDGs and a lifeline for people in crisis situations; whereas yet hundreds of millions of the most vulnerable children, youth and adults are still excluded from education today; whereas the education-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda have been severely derailed and risk leaving learners and societies ill-equipped to face an uncertain future;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 102 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
A f. Whereas the Commission has not yet devised an integrated plan for the EU’s implementation of Agenda 2030 or a financing plan for the SDGs, as requested several times by the EP, notably the resolution of 23 June 2022; whereas the Commission has committed to taking a ‘whole-of-government’ approach to SDG implementation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 107 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
A g. Whereas there is a significant annual SDG investment gap of $USD 4 trillion and the fiscal space for relevant policies in developing countries’ is critically reduced by huge and further increasing debt burdens, external shocks related to the cumulating crises and the absence of a conducive international environment for domestic resource mobilisation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 113 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas France will host an international summit on 22 and 23 June 2023 on the theme of a "New Global Financial Pact" in order to take stock of all the ways and means to strengthen financial solidarity with the countries of the Global South, especially in the context of the current and future crises they are facing;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 117 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
A i. whereas the 8th Union Environment Action Programme forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climate objectives defined under the UN 2030 Agenda and its SDGs; whereas the achievement of the environmental- and climate-related SDGs underpins the social and economic SDGs;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 124 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
A j. whereas the Joint Statement on legislative priorities for 2023 and 2024 sets the overarching objective to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable development through the legislative proposals put forward;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 128 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
A k. whereas the success of the European Green Deal and the pledge of a just green transition is inextricably linked to the achievement of the SDGs;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 130 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
A l. whereas 2023 is a pivotal year for the review of the SDGs and a push for their realisation by 2023, especially with the EU presenting its first Voluntary Review report at the HLPF in July 2023 and the global SDGs Summit on 19-20 September 2023 marking the mid-term of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 140 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with their 169 accompanying measurable targets, especially in light of the new deteriorating geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and health crises; warns against further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increaseding levels of inequality and poverty ; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide a universal compassthe only evidence-based universal policy roadmap for people’s prosperity and to, protecting the planet and averting the climate crisis; recalls that athe pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs should benefit all countries, people and segments of society;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 190 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has disrupted the global energy supply systems, and has underscored the need to rapidly end dependence on fossil fuels and phase out all relevant subsidies and shift to renewable energy sources; stresses, in this regard, the urgency for the EU and Member States to make concerted efforts to progress towards SDG 7 to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; underlines that security of energy supply, universal access and affordability in the long term can only be attained through renewable energy deployment; stresses that achieving SDG 7 will contribute to the attainment of several other SDGs, including in relation to poverty eradication, gender equality, climate change, food security, health, education, sustainable cities and communities, clean water and sanitation, decent jobs, innovation, transport, and refugees; highlights that the implementation of SDG 7 should be aligned with a just, inclusive and equitable energy transition with universal energy access, green jobs, diversified economies, people’s well-being and the empowerment of women, local communities and vulnerable groups to leave no one behind;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 193 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes the outcome of the UN 2023 Water Conference; calls on the EU and Member States to put forward ambitious commitments to advance on SDG 7; stresses that water policies must prioritise the sustainable management of rivers, lakes, wetlands, springs, and aquifers, guaranteeing their good ecological status, within the framework of the human right to a healthy environment and as key to confronting ongoing crises of pollution, deforestation, desertification, biodiversity loss, and climate change; highlights that water and sanitation services should be guided by the respect for human rights, leaving no one behind, including those who live in situations of vulnerability, marginalization or poverty; stresses that privatisation or commodification of water and sanitation services are detrimental to the complete fulfilment of human rights, and should therefore not be considered as policies at the global, national or local level, or in international cooperation, but that, instead, public ownership and management, strengthened through public-public and public-community partnerships, should be promoted;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 224 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester as its compass and to use the country- specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for improvement, including recommendations for country-specific SDG targets ; suggests that reporting on the implementation of the SDGs should be an opportunity to streamline the European Semester, notably in country reports and national reform programmes;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 246 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recognises that the SDGs have to be strengthened through the creation of effective legal and regulatory frameworks, policies and practices at EU and Member States’ level to promote their implementation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 250 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the cornerstone of the follow- up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda and a key accountability tool; welcomes the Ccommission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023tment of nine EU Member States to present their national voluntary review at the 2023 HLPF and invites all Member States to engage in this process in the following years; emphasizes that voluntary national reviews can only serve the purpose of providing accountability if they are done in an objective manner that focuses on shortcomings as much as on achievements;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 254 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023;highlights the importance of the EU voluntary review containing: a. a reaffirmation of the EU’s commitment to deliver the Agenda 2030 and the accompanying Goals; b. a strategic overview of the EU commitments and targets to progress towards the SDGs, including, where applicable, quantified and time-bound targets for 2030; c. a comprehensive summary of EU internal and external actions in support of the implementation of the SDGs, as well as policy coherence between action at both levels, including potential trade-offs, having regard to impacts on partner countries; d. orientations on actions to be undertaken to take the implementation of the 2030 Agenda further, in particular in anticipation of the 2024-2029 Commission political priorities .
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 272 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of enhanced cooperation with partners in the Global South, particularly the African Union and civil society representatives, in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally; notes that its implementation will enable partner countries to achieve their own development goals (e.g. the AU Agenda 2063) and their self-reliance on the path to a just and equal society; stresses in this context that the universality of the SDGs as a common agenda represents an opportunity to restore trust and position the EU as a bridge builder between the Global North and the Global South;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 314 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates its support for the work of Eurostat in relation to the SDGs monitoring in the EU; Points out that, in order to assess the Member States’ progress on the SDGs, the Eurostat sustainable development indicators must be improved by filling the gaps for some SDGs and better measuring policies’ impact on territories and specific vulnerable groupscross- border and long-term distributional impact on territories and specific marginalized and vulnerable groups, in the EU and globally;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 322 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses that a minimum level of data and statistical disaggregation should be ensured in the Eurostat SDG monitoring, closer aligned to the global SDG monitoring framework, covering, where appropriate, geographic location, gender, income, education level, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, impairment and other characteristics;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 328 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes, furthermore, that important evidence-based data remains unavailable on global, national and regional development policies in the Global South, particularly with regard to the their impact on poorest and most marginalised peoplevulnerable and marginalised groups and territories people; highlights that accurate and reliable data is crucial to measure progress and identify bottlenecks; regrets the lack of comprehensive ODA reporting per SDG by the EU and all Member States; calls for strengthening and accelerating human, institutional and infrastructure data capacity building, especially in the developing countries and EU internal monitoring tools, such as the Gender Marker or the newly established Inequality Marker;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 335 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews as a means of further localising the SDGs and therefore advancing their implementation; stresses that regular comprehensive reviews of SDGs progress at sub-national and local level can reinforce vertical and horizontal coherence, stimulate local participation, facilitate peer-learning between regions and cities at global level and contribute to the overall SDG implementation; strongly supports, in this regard, the work of the Joint Research Center on localising the SDGs inter alia through the “REGIONS2030: Monitoring the SDGs in the EU regions - Filling the data gaps” project and the European Handbook for SDGs Voluntary Local Reviews; calls for a European platform for VLRs to foster exchange and learning as well as twinning approaches across Europe for accelerated SDG implementation at local level; suggests that this data be integrated in the EU cohesion policies;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 343 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that there is a growing awareness that economic growth, as measured primarily by GDP, has little to do with prosperity and well-being and that sustainability must be at the core of economic systems; regrets that no policy at EU level aims at a paradigm shift or reform of our economic systems, including the replacement of GDP growth with a measure of progress based on the well-being of people and planet as the key measure of economic performance; Calls on the Commission to present the ‘beyond GDP’ dashboard without delay, as set out in the 8th environment action programme;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 362 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Draws attention to the fact that, with global GDP now over USD 100 trillion and the capitalisation of global equity and fixed income markets being around USD 250 trillion, global financial resources are sufficient for a big push towards closure of the SDG financing gap and should be made available for this, including through wealth and profit taxes and effective international measures against tax competition, tax avoidance and evasion;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 376 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the preparaadoption of an EU financing plan for the SDGs; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming, especially the MFF, NDICI-Global Europe, EFSD+, the EU’s main development financing tools; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a social taxonomy to complement the green taxonomy and help implement the European Green Deal;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 382 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses that important EU investment strategies like the Global Gateway must be clearly oriented towards and fully assessed against the need to implement the 2030 Agenda with its “leave no one behind” principle and encompassing the whole social, economic and environmental dimension;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 385 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Highlights the urgency to require financial institutions to define and adopt strategies and targets to align financial portfolios and other assets with the SDGs and regularly report on progress inter alia in the context of their ESG reporting;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 388 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Encourages all actors across society, including public and private profit and non-profit entities, to engage in regular voluntary reporting on SDG implementation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 389 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Underlines the importance of making the Union budget consistent with the 17 SDGs and their respective sub- targets; invites the Commission to examine the modalities of a dedicated methodology for tracking SDGs expenditure in the Union budget, complementary to the climate and biodiversity tracking methodologies already in place; requests that a comprehensive mapping of the financial envelopes of existing and future Union policies, programmes and funds, including of the investments and structural reforms pursued under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, be made to ensure coherence with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 390 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18 e. Adds its voice to the multiplying calls for deep reform of the global development finance architecture to align all of its parts with the Agenda 2030 for global development, the Paris Agreement on climate action and the Global Biodiversity Framework; calls for the shift operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 391 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18 f. Calls on the EU and international partners to fully engage in real commitments and action during the international summit on the "New Global Financial Pact" in Paris in June to facilitate vulnerable countries' access to the financing they need to address the consequences of current and future crises and to implement Agenda 2030;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 417 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that more than half of the world’s 69 poorest countries face either a debt crisis or a high risk of one; welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s push for a global SDG stimulus package and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors; emphasises the need both for rapid debt relief, ending the “too little, too late”1asyndrome and unnecessary aggravation of debt situations, and for systemic changes towards a rules-based multilateral order capable of preventing new debt crises;Reiterates its call on the Commission, in consultation with all major international actors and the countries concerned, to draw up a genuine strategy to save developing countries from excessive indebtedness;Notes that the Common Debt Framework still does not provide concrete debt reliefand calls for an enhanced multilateraldebt relief initiative with an effective mechanism to engageprivate creditors, debt relief in return for SDG achievement and climate action (debt swaps) and measures to facilitate lender coordination on new loan contracts; _________________ 1a https://www.undp.org/publications/dfs- avoiding-too-little-too-late-international- debt-relief
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 421 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Points to the pertinence of its 2018 resolution “Enhancing developing countries’ debt sustainability”1a, which has only increased since new pressures and the lack of adequate action are now resulting in a new big debt crisis; Reaffirms the calls made in this resolution for the systematic consideration of resource needs in the context of human rights, including the right to development, and the prioritisation of these needs, for the establishment of an international debt repayment mechanism, for the transformation of the UNCTAD Principles to Promote Responsible Lending and Borrowing into legally binding and enforceable instruments, for the sanctioning of lenders who lend to manifestly corrupt governments or in violation of the law established by the national parliament of the borrowing state; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2018-0104_EN.html
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 426 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Welcomes the UN Secretary- General’s push for a global SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030 and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors; calls for a collective response from the EU and its Member States to the SDG Stimulus initiative; calls also on the Commission to start without delay parallel preparation of proposals for such a plan;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 435 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Reiterates its support for private sector engagement to increase developmental investments in developing countries, but also warns of the risks involved, for example the erosion of universal access to quality public services or the overcompensation of private investors; Notes with great concern that the overall evidence of the development effectiveness of subsidising private investment remains weak;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 443 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Insists that Official Development Assistance (ODA), as defined in the OECD, should always have as its primary objective the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries; Stresses that the principles of development effectiveness should be followed, that human rights must be fully respected by all actors benefiting from blended finance and guarantees, and that the private sector entities involved must have a transparent ownership structure, practice country-specific reporting and refrain from tax avoidance; Calls on the Commission to ensure full transparency in private sector cooperation so that it is open to effective stakeholder, parliamentary and public scrutiny;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 446 #

2023/2010(INI)

22 c. Highlights that the NDICI-Global Europe mid-term review provides an opportunity to assess the EU’s contribution to achieve the SDGs worldwide and reaffirms its support towards the Agenda 2030 by setting out clear and measurable commitments for the coming years;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 468 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Suggests that the UN should push all Member States to support the introduction of concrete timelines and implementation plans that are binding for the signatory states towards 2030 and beyond; Furthermore calls on the UN to prepare a post-Agenda 2030 strategy well ahead of time;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 469 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission as well as to the Secretary General of the United Nations and the President of the United Nations General Assembly .
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 83 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The UNCRPD further recognises the difficult conditions faced by persons with disabilities who are subject to multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic, indigenous or social origin, property, birth, age or other status. It particular, it recognises that women and girls with disabilities are at greater risk and subject to multiple discrimination, and that State Parties should take adequate measures to ensure their full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission at Gothenburg on 17 November 201740 provides that everyone, inter alia regardless of disability, has the right to equal treatment and opportunities regarding, among others, employment, social protection, education, and access to goods and services available to the public and that equal opportunities of under-represented groups are to be fostered (principle 3). In addition, the European Pillar of Social Rights recognises that persons with disabilities have the right to services that enable them to participate in society (principle 17). _________________ 40 Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights, OJ C 428, 13.12.2017, p. 10live in dignity and to income support that ensures a decent living, services that enable them to participate in society and a work environment adapted to their requirements (principle 17).
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) PIn the cases where persons with disabilities movinge for longer periods to other Member States for employment, study or other purposes, except where otherwise provided by law or agreed among Member States, may have their disability status assessed and formally recognisedthe European Disability Card should serve as temporary recognition of their disability status until formal decision by the competent authorities in the other Member State and may receive, by means of a disability certificate, a disability card or any other formal document recognising their disability status in accordance with applicable rules of that Member State.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Alongside physicvarious physical, intellectual and other barriers in accessing both public and private spaces and services, high expenses are a key factor discouraging many persons with disabilities from travel48 12, because they have specific needs resulting in additional expenses related to their disability 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 13. 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?]personal autonomy.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) Examples of special conditions or preferential treatment include free access, reduced tariffs, reduced fees or user charges for toll roads/bridges/tunnels, priority access, designated seats in parks and other public areas, accessible seating in cultural or public events, personal assistance, assistance animals (particularly guide dogs or assistance dogs for persons with visual disabilities), assistance on the beach to enter the water, support (such as access to braille, audio guides, sign language interpretation), provisions of aids or assistance, loan of a wheelchair, loan of a floating wheelchair, obtaining tourist information in accessible formats, using a mobility scooter on roads or a wheelchair in bike lanes without a fine, etc. Parking conditions and facilities include extended parking or reserved parking spaces. With respect to passenger transport services, in addition to the special conditions or preferential treatment offered to persons with disabilities, in accordance with national legislation or practices, assistance animals (particularly guide dogs or assistance dogs for persons with visual disabilities), personal assistants or other persons accompanying or assisting persons with disabilities (or reduced mobility) may travel free of charge or be seated, where practicable next to the person with disabilities. Persons accompanying or assisting persons with disabilities are designated by the persons with disabilities themselves or their legal guardian(s) and can change on an ad hoc basis provided there is explicit consent by the persons with disabilities or their legal guardian(s) depending on their needs.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) The issuance and renewal of the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities should always be and remain free of charge.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) In order to strengthen the utility and impact of the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities, the Commission should establish a publicly available Union database, based on information provided and regularly updated by the Member States, in order to inform persons with disabilities of the different parking conditions and facilities offered for persons with disabilities in each Member State and its regions, cities, and municipalities. This Union database should be available in a public and fully accessible Union website dedicated to the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) In order to guarantee that workers with disabilities can effectively exercise their rights to free movement fully and also enjoy services, activities and facilities offered by Member States, including when provided not for remuneration, the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities should also be available to workers who travel to or visit another Member State for work-related purposalso applies to mobile workers, including frontier and cross-border workers with disabilities.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

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, accessible formats, for persons with disabilities including in digital formats, national sign languages and easy-to-read, 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 165 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) Member States should ensure that private operators or public authorities make information on any special conditions or preferential treatment publicly available in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly and easily accessible way and in accessible formats. The Commission should establish a single dedicated website, available in all official languages, collating the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by their public authorities. Member States should facilitate information concerning the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by private operators on the website where available and to update this information regularly according to any national legislation changes.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

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.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the following time-limited and momentary situations in order to ensure equal treatment and equal access between national and other Union citizens with disabilities: a) where European Disability Card holders move to another Member State to engage in an employment contract or enrol in an educational institution until such time as their disability status is re- assessed and formally recognised by the competent authorities in the other Member State or b) where a European Disability Card holder participates in any Union initiative and/or any mobility programme.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 226 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) “special conditions or preferential treatment” means any specific conditions, including those related to financial conditions, or any 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) or assistance animals, such as guide dogs or assistance dogs, recognised in accordance with the national legislation or practices as such, irrespective of whether provided on a voluntary basis or imposed by legal obligations;
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #

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 format set out in Annex Iand the universal accessibility requirements set out in Annex I. Member States shall provide the option to persons with disabilities, when applying for the card to the relevant authorities, to display their required reasonable accommodation via the relevant symbols on the Card. 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 287 #

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 samwhere already provided for in the national disability assessment and recognition procedure, or upon application by the person with disabilities. It shall be issued and renewed free of charge for the beneficiary and within a reasonable period from the date of the application which shall not exceed either 60 days or the 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 whichever is shorter.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 297 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that persons with disabilities, or designated representatives acting on their behalf and with their or their legal guardian(s)´ approval, may appeal a decision by the competent authorities regarding the issuance, renewal or withdrawal of a European Disability Card.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 310 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 11 to supplement this Directive in order to set the digital format of the European Disability Card and ensure interoperability, and to amend Annex I in order to modify the common features of the standardised format, adapt the format to technical developments, introduce digital features in order to prevent forgery and fraud, address abuse or misuse and ensure accessibility and interoperability.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 326 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The European Parking Card for persons with disabilities shall be issued or renewed by the Member State of residence upon application by the person with disabilities. It shall be issued or renewed free of charge for the beneficiary and within a reasonable period from the date of the application which shall not exceed 60 days.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 331 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that persons with disabilities, or designated representatives acting on their behalf and with their or their legal guardian(s)´ approval, may appeal a decision by the competent authorities regarding the issuance, renewal or withdrawal of a European Parking Card.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 341 #

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 all 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 in accessible formats. The database shall be available in the single website, in all official languages, collating the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by their public authorities. Member States shall facilitate information concerning the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by private operators on the website where available and to update this information regularly according to any national legislation changes.
2023/11/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 400 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making as well as persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 406 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee and shall meaningfully involve representative organisations of persons with disabilities. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 411 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that adequate and effective means exist to ensure compliance with this Directive. Participation and permanent dialogue with civil society organisations and associations representing persons with disabilities shall be promoted.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 413 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) provisions whereby 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 in ensuring that the provisions of this Directive are complied with may take action in accordance with national law and procedures before the courts or before the competent administrative bodies on behalf or in support of a person with disabilities, with his or hetheir approval, in any judicial or administrative proceedings provided for the enforcement of obligations under this Directive.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 416 #

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 format clear, comprehensive, user-friendly and easily accessible way and in accessible formats. The Commission shall establish a single dedicated website, available in all EU languages, including all of the EU’s national sign languages for audio and video content and in accessible formats, collating the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by their public authorities. Member States shall facilitate information concerning the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by public and private operators on the website where available and to update this information regularly according to any national legislation changes.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 431 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. By dd/mm/yy [threewo years after the date of application of this Directive], and every fivthree years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a report on the application of this Directive.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 433 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The report shall address, inter alia, in the light of social, economic developmentsand other relevant developments, including technological, 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.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 441 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by dd/mm/yy [within 182 months after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 445 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from dd/mm/yy [3024 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive].
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 464 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
The card shall have a QR code containing all data included in the card in accessible format duly defined and indicated by an embossed stamp, fully compliant with data protection legislation.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 474 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3 – point b – indent 1
– in capital letters, the words ‘European Parking Card for persons with disabilities’ in the language(s) of the Member State issuing the card and in braille using the Marburg code dimensions; after a suitable space, it shall appear in small type in the other languages of the European Union;
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 480 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II a (new)
The card shall have a QR code containing all data included in the card in accessible format duly defined and indicated by an embossed stamp, fully compliant with data protection legislation.
2023/11/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to increase the education share of the EU's development aid budget from 10 % to 13 %; notes with concern the persistently high illiteracy in the least developed countries; highlights that illiteracy is a gendered issue, affecting two thirds of women worldwide.
2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reminds that women and children bear the greatest consequences of limited access to humanitarian aid and are the most vulnerable to violence and abuses; calls for child-centred transversal approaches in budget decisions; invites the Commission to introduce a child marker to track the Union’s external spending on children’s development and protection in humanitarian settings, in line with the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child (2021-2024);
2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Reaffirms the key role of civil society organizations (CSOs) as development actors in implementing the EU external action agenda and values; calls for their active involvement in budget programming;
2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 50 #

2023/0155(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – Paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) postponing the daily rest period by at most 1 hour, provided that the total accumulated drivworking time for that day has not exceeded 7 hours;
2023/09/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Lead and its inorganic compounds are key occupational reprotoxicants that can affect both fertility and the development of the foetus and meet the criteria for classification as toxic for reproduction (category 1A) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and are therefore a reprotoxic substances within the meaning of Article 2, point (ba), of Directive 2004/37/EC. Studies show that lead accounts for around half of all occupational exposures to reprotoxic substances.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Oral and inhalation exposure are both relevant routes for the uptake of lead and its inorganic compounds into the human body. Taking into account the most recent scientific data and new findings with regard to lead and its inorganic compounds, it is necessary to improve the protection of workers exposed to a potential health risk, by reducing both the occupational exposure and biological limit values for lead. Therefore, a revised biological limit value equal to 15 µg/100ml blood, accompanied by a revised occupational exposure limit value equal to 0.03 mg/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) should be established.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Committee for Risk Assessment of the European Chemicals Agency has recommended an occupational exposure limit (OEL) of 4 μg Pb/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA)1a. The Committee also recommended a binding biological limit value (BLV) of 15 µg Pb/100ml (150 µg Pb/L), but concluded that such a BLV for lead does not protect the future children of female workers of childbearing age exposed. The Committee recommended that the blood-lead level in female workers of childbearing age should not exceed the reference values for the general population not occupationally exposed to lead in the relevant Member State. Where national reference levels are not available, blood-lead levels in women of childbearing age should not exceed the biological guidance value (BGV) of 4.5 μg/ml (45 μg/L), the maximal European reference value. The BGV relates to background exposure of the general population not occupationally exposed to lead. __________________ 1a https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/e d7a37e4-1641-b147-aaac-fce4c3014037
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) In its initiative report on a new Union strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (including better protection of workers from exposure to harmful substances, stress at work and repetitive motion injuries) of 9 February 2022, the European Parliament noted that a BLV of 15 µg Pb/100ml (150 µg Pb/L) “does not protect women and especially pregnant women properly” and called for revised exposure limit values for lead and its compounds while ensuring equal protection for all workers regardless of gender.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) This Directive respects the fundamental rights recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular the prohibition of discrimination on the ground of sex and the right to fair and just working conditions provided for, respectively, in Articles 21 and 31 thereof. Moreover, it complies with Principle No 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, according to which workers have the right to a healthy, safe and well- adapted work environment. The right of workers to the protection of health and safety at work includes the right to protection from the effects of lead and its inorganic compounds on future generations, such as the negative impacts on the reproductive capacity of men and women, as well as on foetal development. Therefore, a revised BLV equal to 4.5 µg/100ml blood, accompanied by a revised OEL equal to 4 µg Pb/m3 TWA should be established, to ensure the protection of workers who are occupationally exposed to lead, irrespective of their sex. Such a revised BLV is also intended to foster the full participation of women of child- bearing age in economic sectors targeted by the European Green Deal, such as the production of sustainable and circular batteries, in support of the Union’s energy transition.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Moreover, to strengthen the health surveillance of workers exposed to lead and its inorganic compounds and thus contribute to the prevention and protection measures to be undertaken by the employer, it is necessary to amend the existing requirements that apply when workers are exposed to certain levels of lead and its inorganic compounds. To that end, detailed medical surveillance should be required when exposure to lead and its inorganic compounds exceeds 0.015 m2 µg/m3 in air (50% of current OEL) or 92.7 µg/100ml blood (approx. 60% of the current BLV).
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Workers who have been occupationally exposed to lead over several years may have accumulated blood-lead levels well above the revised BLV. In the opinion of Committee for Risk Assessment, adverse health effects can already be observed at blood-lead levels that fall within the current BLV of 70 µg Pb/100ml. It is not acceptable that such workers continue to be exposed to lead in the workplace. Instead, employers should move such workers to other tasks in the workplace to ensure the fastest possible decrease in such workers’ blood- lead levels.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Specific measures should be put in place with regard to risk management, including specific health surveillance that should take into consideration the circumstances of individual workers. Under the general requirements of Directive 2004/37/EC, employers are obliged to ensure the substitution of the substance when technically possible, the use of closed systems, or the reduction of exposure to as low as technically possible. In addition, as suggested in the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work90 , the blood level of lead and its inorganic compounds in women of childbearing age should not exceed the reference values of the general population not occupationally exposed to lead and its inorganic compounds in the respective Member State. The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), established by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council91 , advised the use of a biological guidance value (BGV) as there was insufficient scientific evidence to set a BLV for women of childbearing age. When national reference levels are not available, blood levels of lead and its inorganic compounds in women of childbearing age should not exceed the BGV of 4.5 µg/100ml, as recommended by the opinion of the RAC92 . The BGV is an indicator of exposure but not of identifiable adverse health effects. Therefore, it acts as a sentinel marker to alert employers on the need to pay specific attention to this specific potential risk and to introduce measures to ensure that any exposure to lead and its inorganic compounds does not result in adverse developmental health effects in the foetus or offspring of female workers. __________________ 90 ACSH opinion on lead (2021). https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/cb9293 be-4563-4f19-89cf- 4c4588bd6541/library/60b206e1-ee10- 40c2-9540-fb6510c11a0c/details 91 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.) 92 On the evaluation of the occupational exposure limits for lead and its compounds, delivered on 11 June 2020. (See section 8.2.4. of the annex to the opinion). https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/e d7a37e4-1641-b147-aaac-fce4c3014037Since lead is a non-threshold reprotoxic substance, preventive medical surveillance should be one of the most important protection measures for lead- exposed workers, in addition to technical preventive measures to be taken by the employer. Under the general requirements of Directive 2004/37/EC, employers are obliged to ensure the substitution of the substance when technically possible, the use of closed systems, or the reduction of exposure to as low as technically possible.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Diisocyanates can be absorbed through the skin and exposure to diisocyanates at the place of work may also result in dermal sensitisation and sensitisation of the respiratory tract. It is therefore appropriate to establish an occupational exposure limit of 6 µg NCO/m³ and a short-term exposure limit of 12 µg NCO/m³ for this group of chemical agents and to assign a skin, dermal and respiratory sensitisation notation to it.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) It may be difficult to comply with an occupational exposure limit equal to 6 µg NCO/m³ for diisocyanates, accompanied by an associated short-term exposure limit equal to 12 µg NCO/m³. This difficulty is due to technical measurement feasibility issues and the time needed to implement risk management measures in particular in downstream sectors involving activities such as applications of paints, work with lead metal, demolition, repair and scrap management, other waste management and soil remediation. Therefore, a transitional value of 10 µg NCO/m³ with an associated short- term exposure limit equal to 20 µg NCO/m³ should apply until 31 December 2028.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) No later than 1 January 2029, the Commission should launch the process of evaluating the need to modify the binding limit values for diisocyanates and, where appropriate, after consulting the ACSH, should propose necessary amendments and modifications related to that group of substances in Annex I without delay.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Following the adoption of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/7071a and the introduction of a new hazard class for endocrine disruptors, such substances should be covered by Union health and safety law. It is therefore necessary to consider extending the scope of Directive 2004/37/EC to endocrine disruptors, which have the ability to interfere with the hormonal system and can therefore induce adverse health effects. __________________ 1a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/707 of 19 December 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as regards hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 93, 31.3.2023, p. 7)
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) To ensure a comprehensive level of protection, it is necessary to consider the effects of combined exposure to multiple substances. In the workplace, workers are often exposed to a cocktail of hazardous substances, which can increase risks and cause adverse health effects. In the case of exposure to a combination of substances acting by the same mode of action or at the same target cell or tissue, it is necessary to adapt the implementation of their possible limit values to take into account the combined effects.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 c (new)
(15c) The World Health Organization classified the occupational exposure of firefighter as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). Occupational exposure as a firefighter includes a variety of hazards resulting from fires and non-fire events. Firefighters can be exposed to combustion products from fires, building materials, chemicals in firefighting foams, flame- retardants and diesel exhaust. The uptake of fire effluents or other chemicals can occur via inhalation and dermal absorption and possibly via ingestion. Such workers should therefore be better protected from such exposure.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 d (new)
(15d) Union action, such as the European Green Deal launched in the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 and the Critical Raw Material initiative launched in the Commission communication 16 March 2023, entitled ‘A secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials in support of the twin transition’, promote sustainable development, which requires a balance between environmental, economic, and social considerations. By enacting binding occupational exposure limits of carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances, workers are better protected from harm and can continue to work as safely as possible in industries that produce critical raw materials or contribute to the green economy. This, in turn, promotes a just green and digital transition by ensuring that workers’ health are not compromised at the expense of the Union’s economic and environmental goals. Protecting workers from exposure to hazardous substances also contributes to the objectives of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, set out in the Commission communication of 3 February 2021.1 __________________ 1 https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/20 22-02/eu_cancer-plan_en_0.pdf
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 e (new)
(15e) Due to unpredictable exposure to certain substances, a mix of substances or constraints in the organisation of work, some occupations should be considered to be carcinogenic per se. It is difficult in some occupations to predict and prepare for the extent to which workers will be exposed to substances or mixes of substances. It is to be expected that the World Health Organization’s list of carcinogenic hazards will be expanded in accordance with the increasing amount of data and the progress of medical and scientific research, which highlight the carcinogenic nature of some occupations. Therefore, a non-exhaustive Union list of occupations that are considered to be carcinogenic would help employers identify recognised professions at risk and would facilitate the implementation of adequate protective measures and training pursuant to Directives 98/24/EC and 2004/37/EC. While the protective measures under Directives 98/24/EC and 2004/37/EC should not be exclusive to occupations on that list, it would provide employers with guidance.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 f (new)
(15f) The circular economy and the waste collecting, sorting and recovery sectors are growing fast to meet the objectives of the European Green Deal, to ensure the sustainability of European industry and to ensure greater strategic autonomy to the Union. However, those positive developments raise many occupational health and safety issues for workers in that industry, who, by the very nature of their activity, are likely to be disproportionately exposed to harmful substances. Exposure to lead, mercury and other hazardous metals in waste recycling facilities is for example already a reality for many such workers. Ambitious protective measures, adequate prevention policies, as well as good quality working conditions are necessary to reduce the risks of exposure to hazardous substances and to ensure a high level of protection.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 g (new)
(15g) The informal sector is proportionally over-represented in the waste collecting, sorting and recovery sectors. A high exposure to risks, including harmful substances, combined with a low level of social protection place most informal economy workers in a very vulnerable situation. Preventive measures, in the form of occupational health and safety management systems and a general safety culture, to reduce risks at work often do not reach the informal economy. Special attention should be paid to those precarious workers in order to offer safe working conditions and environments as well as equal treatment with workers in the same sector or in sectors that are better regulated.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 h (new)
(15h) Following the amendments to Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC, as set out in this Directive, further limit values for additional substances or group of substances and processes should be introduced by the end of 2024. Between 50 and 70 substances or group of substances have been identified by different agencies, stakeholders, and the World Health Organization in priority lists of workplace carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances for which binding limit values are needed. [The Commission should, no later than the end of 2023, update its action plan to achieve occupational exposure limits for at least 5 additional substances or group of substances or process generated substances.] The additional substances or group of substances referred to in Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC should include but not be limited to substances and processes such as lithium and lithium compounds, methyl hydrazine, 1,3- propanesultone, welding fumes and leather dust.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC is amended as follows:
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1) in Article 2(1), point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) ‘mutagen’ means: (i) a substance or mixture which meets the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B germ cell mutagen set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; (ii) a substance, mixture or process referred to in Annex I to this Directive as well as a substance or mixture released by a process referred to in that Annex; "
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 – point b a
(2) in Article 2(1), point (ba) is replaced by the following: "(ba) ‘reprotoxic substance’ means: (i) a substance or mixture, which meets the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B reproductive toxicant set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; (ii) a substance, mixture or process referred to in Annex I to this Directive as well as a substance or mixture released by a process referred to in that Annex; "
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 3 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 –– point e a (new)
(3) in Article 2(1), the following point is added: “(ea) 'hazardous medicinal products’ or HMP’ means medicinal products that contain one or more substances that meet the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1A or 1B), mutagenic (category 1A or 1B) or toxic for reproduction (category 1A or 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4) in Article 5, the following paragraph 4a is inserted: “4a. In the case of exposure to a combination of substances acting by the same mode of action or at the same target cell or tissue, the implementation of the possible limit values of those substances shall be adapted to take into account the combined effects in accordance with Union guidelines to be developed pursuant to Article 18a.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5) in Article 5, the following paragraph is added: “5a. Biological levels shall not exceed the biological limit value for a carcinogen, mutagen or a reprotoxic substance set out in Annex IIIa.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 6 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 a (new)
(6) in Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “By ... [one year after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive], the Commission shall, taking into account the latest developments in scientific knowledge and the opinion of the Committee for Risk Assessment of the European Chemicals Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and after appropriate consultation of relevant stakeholders, prepare Union guidelines on how the implementation of the limit values referred to in Article 5(4) and 5(4b) are to be adapted in the case of exposure to a combination of substances. Those guidelines shall be published on the EU- OSHA website and shall be disseminated in all Member States by the relevant competent authorities.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 g (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 b (new)
(7) in Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “By ... [x months after the date of entry into force of this amending directive], the Commission shall review the implementation of this Directive. In the context of that review, its shall consider whether further amendments to this Directive are appropriate, shall assess the feasibility of including endocrine disrupters within the scope of this Directive and, where appropriate, shall present a legislative proposal.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 h (new)
2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 c (new)
(8) in Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “By ... [twelve months after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive], the Commission shall, after consulting the ACSH, develop a definition of ‘carcinogenic occupations’. A non- exhaustive list of such occupations shall be annexed to this Directive.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 i (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 d (new)
(9) in Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “By ... [twelve months after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive], the Commission shall, after consulting the ACSH, develop guidelines as regards historical occupational exposure to lead, in particular the protection and reduction of exposure for workers whose blood-level levels are above the biological limit value. Those guidelines shall be published on the EU- OSHA website and shall be disseminated in all Member States by the relevant competent authorities.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 j (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 e (new)
(9) in Article 18a, the following paragraph is added: “No later than 31 December 2023, the Commission shall, after consulting the Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) and taking into account the existing recommendations from different agencies, stakeholders and the World Health Organization on priority carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances for which limit values are needed, revise its action plan to achieve occupational exposure limits values for substances, or groups of substances or process-generated substances additional to those referred to in this Directive. No later than 31 December 2024, the Commission shall, taking into account that action plan to achieve limit values for additional substances or group of substances or process-generated substances, the latest developments in scientific knowledge, and after consulting of the ACSH, present a legislative proposal.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Annexes I, III and IIIa to Directive 2004/37/EC are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 166 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I
Directive 98/24/EC
Annex I
Annex I to Directive 98/24/EC is replaced by the following: ANNEX I LIST OF BINDING OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT VALUES Limit values 8 hours (3) Short-term Name of EC No CAS (4) Transitional (4) Notation agent (1) No (2) measures µg/m3 pPpm f/ml µg/m3 ppm (5) (6) (7) Diisocyanates 6 12 Skin (8) The limit value of Dermal and 10 µg/m3 in respiratory relation to a sensitisation reference period (9) of eight hours and a short-termDermal and relation to a respiratory reference period sensitisation of eight hours and (9) a short-term exposure limit value of 20 µg/m3 shall apply until 31 December 2028. Alternatively, Member States exposure limitwhere limit values for value of 20 µg/m3 shall apply until diisocyanates were set before the publication of the Directive shall be allowed to continue to apply their national values for a transitional period, i.e. until 31 December 2028. (1) EC No, i.e. Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the substance within the European Union, as defined in Section 1.1.1.2 in Annex VI, Part 1, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. (2) CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number. (3) Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours time-weighted average (TWA). (4) Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value above which exposure should not occur and which is related to a 15-minute period unless otherwise specified. (5) µg/m3 = micrograms per cubic metre of air. (6) ppm = parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3). (7) f/ml = fibres per millilitre. (8) The substance can cause sensitisation of the skin. (9) The substance can cause sensitisation of the skin and of the respiratory tract.’.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annexes I, III and IIIa to Directive 2004/37/EC are amended as follows:
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
2004/37/EC
Annex I – title
(-1) in Annex I, the title is amended as follows: "List of substances, preparations and processes (Article 2(a)(ii), 2(b)(ii), 2(ba)(ii))
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 174 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph -1 b (new)
2004/37/EC
Annex I – point 8 a (new)
(-1b) in Annex I, the following point is added: “8a. Work involving exposure to hazardous medicinal products.”
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – point A – row 31
(1) in Annex III, point A, the row related to inorganic lead and its compounds is replaced by the following: Limit values EC No CAS 8 hours (3) Short-term (4) Transitional Name of agent (1) No (2) Notati 3 3 measures mg/m3 Ppm f/ml mg/m3 ppm f/ml on (5) (6) (7) Inorganic lead and 0.0304 its compounds (1) EC No, i.e. Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the substance within the European Union, as defined in Section 1.1.1.2 in Annex VI, Part 1, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. (2) CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number. (3) Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours time-weighted average (TWA) (4) Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value above which exposure should not occur and which is related to a 15-minute period unless otherwise specified. (5) mg/m3 = milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa (760 mm mercury pressure) (6) ppm = parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3). (7) f/ml = fibres per millilitre.’;
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
2004/37/EC
Annex III a
14.5 μg Pb/100 ml blood (1)
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
Medical surveillance is carried out if exposure to a concentration of lead in air is greater than 0,01502 mg/m3, calculated as a time-weighted average over 40 hours per week, or a blood-lead level greater than 92.7 μg Pb/100 ml blood is measured in individual workers. If the results of the medical surveillance reveal a blood-lead level of a worker greater than the biological limit value due to historical occupational exposure to lead, the employer and the authority responsible for the health surveillance of that worker shall take the necessary measures to ensure a decrease of the worker’s blood-lead level in accordance with the guidelines developed pursuant to Article 18a.
2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) European statistics on population and housing are required for the design, implementation and evaluation of Union policies, in particular those addressing the demographic change, the green and digital transformations, the promotion of energy efficiency, economic, social and territorial cohesion, implementing the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) To achieve the targets of the European Green Deal and the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, to tackle the economic and social crises caused by the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and to fight the cost-of-living crisis, the development and evaluation of effective policies require enhanced statistics relating to the energy use and efficiency of housing, detailed geographical data on the distribution of the population as well as deeper studies of the relationship between population and housing. With the COVID-19 pandemic the need for reliable, high frequency and timely statistics on deaths in the Union was manifested. While data needs were met with a voluntary data collection from Member States to the Commission (Eurostat), the Union needs an adequate mechanism for mandatory collection of such data within the European Statistical System (ESS) with the necessary frequency, timeliness and detail.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The rapidly changing nature of some population and housing characteristics, in particular in relation to demographic and migration phenomena, and the corresponding need for a prompt targeting and adaptation of policies means that there is a need for statistics to be available on a timely basis soon after the reference period. The periodicity and timeliness of statistics should be therefore tangibly advanced. To this end, the Member States should provide adequate resources for their national statistical institutes.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The current legal framework for European statistics on population and housing needs to be updated to ensure that the presently separate statistical processes are adequately integrated in a common framework which allows the ESS to respond effectively to new information needs of the Union and encourage statistical innovations. Statistical output must enhance to remain relevant in the face of demographic, migratory, social and economic changes in societyand challenges.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Privately held data can improve the coverage, timeliness and crisis response capacities of European statistics on population and housing or to enable statistical innovation. Such data have the potential to complement existing demography and migration statistics, bring statistical innovation and even serve for production of early estimates. The national statistical institutes and other competent national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) should have access to and use such data, based on specific data-sharing protocols.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 b (new)
(26b) Adequate, timely and effective policies presuppose reliable and comparable data, disaggregated by gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, socio-economic status, geographical area, and other parameters in accordance with the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics. This data is relevant to better understand population and housing trends, to combat intersectional discrimination and to implement and assess Union policies, objectives and actions, such as the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Child Guarantee, the European Care Strategy, the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness, all of which rely heavily on data about households and families. The collection and the use of such data must be conducted with full respect of Union and national privacy and fundamental rights standards, particularly in statistical research involving minors.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) European statistics on population and housing should address the persistent lack of data regarding vulnerable groups (hard-to-reach population groups), such as persons residing in institutions (e.g. military institutions, correctional and penal institutions, dormitories of schools and universities, religious institutions, hospitals, residential care centres, institutions for persons with disabilities and orphanages), persons aged 75+, persons with disabilities, homeless people, persons with migrant background and stateless persons. In order to bridge this data divide and to prevent social and economic inequalities arising from it, the Member States should develop strategies and targeted solutions for collecting data about hard-to-reach population groups, in particular with regard to locating, contacting, persuading and interviewing such populations.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) ‘hard-to-reach population groups’ means groups of individuals for whom a real or perceived barrier exists for full and representative inclusion in the collection of statistical data;
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) ‘institution’ means a collective living quarter for the purpose of long- term inhabitation and provision of services to a group of persons;
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘family’ means a group of two or more persons who live in the same household or in multiple households and who are related through parenthood or through marital, registered or consensual union partnership;
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) buildings intended for habitation, living quarters and conventional dwellings, including institutions.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) disaggregate data, where relevant, by age, gender, disability, socio-economic status and other characteristics, in accordance with the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics;
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) reduceavoid possible risks of undercounting or double counting related to asymmetries of migration flows;
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2023/0008(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. At the request of the Commission (Eurostat), Member States shall provide necessary additional clarifications to evaluate the quality of the statistics without undue delay.
2023/06/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 33
– having regard to the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts,deleted
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38
– having regard to Cedefop’s report entitled ‘Skills forecast: trends and challenges to 2030’, the joint Cedefop Eurofound report entitled ‘Fostering skills use for sustained business performance: Evidence from the European Company Survey,1a _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/def ault/files/ef_publication/field_ef_docume nt/ef21010en.pdf
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the futureimportance of vocational education and training (VET) and in particular the upskilling and reskilling of workers will require two types of change among workers: upskilling and reskillingfurther increase, not least due to the digital and green transitions; whereas decent working conditions are essential to retain and attract skilled workers; whereas training provided to workers by their employer must not negatively affect worker’s remuneration and should include a more general and broad set of skills and competences, combined with specific needs;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the digital and green transitions can only become a success if workers are provided with the necessary skills and competences;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas equal access to skills, as well asVET, including upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, are workers and jobseekers, is crucial;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2022/2207(INI)

D. whereas in 2021, 9.745 % of 18-24 year-olds in the EU had only completed upper secondary education and were not participating in further eduworkers reported having received training paid for by the employer over the past 12 months; whereas this share was lower among young workers, women, and workers on fixed-term and temporary agency contracts, pointing to inequalities in access to training;1a _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ion or training; s/report/2022/working-conditions-in- the-time-of-covid-19-implications-for-the- future
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas one of the reasons for the mismatch between supply and demand in the EU labour market is the inadequate vocational training of workers; the poor quality of jobs, bad working conditions and a lack of investments in VET at company level are some of the reasons for the lack of skilled workers;1a _________________ 1a https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/3092_ en.pdf https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/3075_ en.pdf
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas one objective of the European Skills Agenda sets objectives to be achieved by 2025, stressing that the objective foris to have a participation rate in learning of 50 % among 25-64 year- olds is 50 %, by 2025 (compared to 38 % in 2016); whereas the objective for participation among 16-74 year-olds with at least basic digital skills is 70 %, (compared to 56 % in 2019); whereas, the EU has set an objective of increasing theUnion wants to increase the share of the population with at least basic digital skills indicator to 80 % by 2030;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas VET and lifelong learning can contribute to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights; whereas the objective set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) Action Plan is to achieve a share of 60 % in adult learning by 2030;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas only 45 % of workers in the Union can use their current knowledge and skills to a great extent in their main job, while for the other 55 %, part of their knowledge and skills are underutilised; whereas apart from short supply and skill mismatches, difficulties to recruit skilled workers to a considerable extent also reflect poor job quality, a lack of people-oriented HR policy and untapped job design opportunities;1awhereas one in three companies that do not organise training cite heavy workloads and lack of time as reasons; whereas both time and cost are major barriers to adult learning from an individual perspective; _________________ 1a https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/3092_ en.pdf
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which encompasses the full digitalisation of service provision and production processes, together with the rapid development of big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, platforms and increasing computing power, is shaping today’s labour and education marketsmarkets and societies, including through the disappearance of some tasks and occupations and the creation of others, potential deskilling and a further fragmentation of work;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas customer servicepeople skills, multilingualism, team working, problem- solving, management, including time management, and critical thinking and digital/IT skills are also considered important transferable skills; whereas transferablere important crosscutting soft skills; whereas crosscutting soft skills are increasingly valued by employers as crucial for employment;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the following competences are key for the concept of lifelong learning: understanding and information creation, multilingualism, competences in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, digital competences, personal, social and learning competences, civic competence, cultural awareness and expression, and entrepreneurship;deleted
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant negative impact on the systematic implementation of education and training policies; whereas the crisis caused by the pandemicrelated crisis has changed the way weof work and has reinforced the need to update the skills repertoire of the European workforce, especially in terms of digital skills;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas between 2020 and 2021, the workplaces of 44 % of EU+ adult workers adopted new digital technologiesnew digital technologies were introduced in 44 % of the workplaces between 2020 and 2021;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas between 37 % and 69 % of tasks in the EUtasks can be automated in many sectors and to a different extent, resulting in significant changes in employment, labour productivity; whereas 35 %, skills requirements and size of workersforce in the EU+ believe that new digital technologies in their workplaces can or will partially or fully perform their workUnion with strong regional differences; whereas 35 % of workers fear that new digital technologies can or will perform their job in a whole or in part in the future; whereas some 45 % are also concerned about technological skills becoming obsolete and the need to acquire new knowledge and skills;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas aligning curricula with the competences and skills expected by the market is the main, people’s aspirations, as well as the expectations of society and companies is a challenge facing education systems;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas, over the years, the nature, perception and societal evaluation of vocational trainingVET have evolved thanks, among other things, to digital solutions in education; whereas, despite improvements in the status of vocational training, it is stills, to campaigns and policies on quality apprenticeship and digitalisation; whereas, despite efforts to improve the status and image of apprenticeships, they are often not athe first choice and is seen as a second option after general educationof young people;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas demographic changes are ongoingin the Member States have been accelerating and are expected to continue doing so in the coming decade, reinforcing the need to make use of the full potential of all working-age adults through continuous investments in their skills, knowledge and qualifications as well as activating more people, in particular women, people with a migration background, low-skilled and low-qualified adults and young people, especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs); whereas companies may experience problems related to the loss of knowledge of olderskilled workers once they retire;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas decent working conditions and access to social security systems, quality social services and an attractive living environment will play a prominent role in retaining and attracting skilled workers; whereas strengthening personal development and learning guidance from an early age and supporting equal access to information can help people to choose suitable learning pathways to quality employment opportunities;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas 28 occupationsectors were classified as having shortages of skilled workers, including the healthcare, hospitality, construction, IT services and security, and there are shortages of workers; whereas there is a general shortages of workers, in particular women with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) backgrounds;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas employers’ increasing demand for specific skills is giving rise to new professions on the labour market which can be taught in the vocational training systemmake the case for a stronger engagement of companies in VET;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V
V. whereas, as part of the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, the Commission has committed to providing better opportunities for persons with disabilities to participate in training and acquire new skills, which is a prerequisite for employment and independence;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the need for the smooth functioning of continuing vocational trainHighlights the importance of life- long learning and VET, including upskilling and reskilling, for adultsthe sustainable development of the Union;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. FeelStresses that all adults need opportunitieseffective support to access quality and inclusive VET, to develop, update and upgrade their skills in order to keep up with the rapidly changing realities of work andin the world of work and society, and to succeed inwith their personal and professionalcareers and their private lives; stresses that this requires a systemic approach to lifelong learning and skills development, supported by well- functioning and modern continuing vocational education and training (Caccessible and inclusive quality VET) systems;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the three main factors hampering vocational training for adults in companies are:Highlights that some of the factors hampering VET at company level are the employers’ belief that the available skills and qualifications of their staff are sufficient and appropriate to, the needs of businesses, the practice ofpreference of companies to recruiting new staff instead of retraining the current ones, and obstacles to the provision of trainingskilling and upskilling their existing workforce, as well as attempts to shift the training responsibility from the employer to the workers;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that skills and labour shortages are, in some cases, the result of unattractive jobs and poor working conditions; emphasises therefore that tackling those issues, by means of decent working conditions and retention policies, is important for a well-functioning future labour market; stresses that improving job quality in sectors and companies with poor working conditions is an important element for addressing the issue of brain drain which results in growing inequalities between regions, unequal development as well as unequal capacity to drive innovation and create jobs;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the acquisition of a range of skills related to the use of basic software or simple computerised machines does not require a large amount of money or time spent on training;deleted
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. StresseHighlights that CVET policyies remains fragmented in many EU Member States; points out that the development of well- functioning Cat national and Union level; points out that efficient VET systems requires the development of systematic strategies to empower people and ensure sustainable economic competitivenesocial and economic strategies, aligned with skills strategies, developed through social dialogue between trade unions and employers;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the importance of best practices related to dual education systems, which combine quality apprenticeships in undertakings with vocational school education, thereby bringing together the world of work with the world of education and giving young people access to the labour market; stresses the importance of decent wages and good working conditions for apprentices to attract young people in this context;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Points outHighlights the importance of vocational educationVET for individuals and grouppersons with special needs;disabilities and stresses the need to develop a strategy andies to provide vocational education and training opportunities for people in remote and rural areas in order to ensure the effectiveness of matching mechanismsmore and better VET opportunities for them and facilitate their integration in the EU labour market;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the need to focus onprovide VET for adults at an individual level as well, including for low-qualified and low- skilled people and those who arhave the least involved in education and trainingaccess to training in basic skills and competences;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates its call on employers to invest in the development of their workers’ skills and competences, especially with regard to skills and competences needed for the digital and green transitions as well as crosscutting soft skills;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that workplaceundertakings, and SMEs in particular, must be extensively involved, encouraged and supported to provide learning and training opportunities not only for those in employment, but also for the unemployed and those outside the labour market; notes the key role of the social partners in this area;; (Last sentence moved to 9 a (new))
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to improve the validation and recognition of skills and competences, in particular those acquired through non- formal and informal education, while developing a common framework in the Member States, in particularincluding skills and competences acquired in third countries, by providing validation systems in cooperation with social partners; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a common framework for the common recognition of soft transferablecrosscutting soft skills;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the key role of social partners with regard to VET; stresses the importance of a well-functioning social dialogue and the role of collective agreements in ensuring VET provision to all workers;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on companies to pay more attention to the role of education in the workplace; stresses that companies need to dedicate a substantial part of their resouremployers to dedicate a substantial part of their resources to ensure their employees have the necessary skills and competences to work with the latest technologies and in new organisational environments, as well as to prevent digital exclusion and to foster intergenerational learning; calls on companies to allow for high levels of task discretion and organisational participation of workers, as these forms of work organisation are associated with better access to ensuring that their employees are able to work with the latest technologies and in new organisational environments, as well as to prevent digital exclusiontraining and skills development; calls on the Member States to reinforce the Youth Guarantee through coherent actions; calls on the Member States to invest in the health of pupils and students, to prevent early school leaving and to support study and career counselling;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States as well as regional and local authorities concerned to strengthen measures to fight unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, including through the strengthening of public employment services, the promotion of lifelong learning and dedicated measures focused on professional development;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Highlights that education and training as well as the integration into the labour market is an important instrument to combat poverty and inequalities; urges the Commission and the Member States to support measures aimed at disadvantaged and low-skilled groups, with emphasis on education and training that allow for the development of social, scientific and professional skills, in particular basic digital skills; calls on the Member States as well as the regional and local authorities concerned to ensure the diversification of the education and training offers;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 181 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that employers need to foster intergenerational links within the company and intergenerational learning between the young and old, and vice versa;deleted
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Draws attention to the opportunStresses that supporting migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to upskill and reskill and to access quality jobs and information regarding working conditieons and challenges arising from the increasing number of third-country nationals in the EU, as a result, amosocial protection is essential; Highlights in this context the need to ensure effective support and quality VET for third-country nationals in the EU to ensure their labour market integration, including by strengthening learning opportunities and mobility, by facilitating other things, of the war in Ukraine validation of their skills and competences and by enhancing the recognition of qualifications;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to increase the importance of vocational education and the acquisition of new skills and competences, especially those offered byneeded for the green and digital transitions;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to promote vocational education, highlighting the attractiveness of and opportunities for development within the sector; calls on the Commission and the Member StatesCalls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with tripartite advisory bodies and the European Alliance for Apprenticeship, to carry out educational campaigns and activities to promote vocational education, including, including during the European Year of Skills and through events such as EuroSskills, in order to promote the attractiveness and opportunities offered by quality VET and adult learning;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to simplify administrative procedures related to VET where possible and to provide SMEs with assistance, such as consultancy services, to identify training needs and to apply for financial support from the training fund for companies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase investments in measures aimed at integrating disadvantaged youth and those not in education, employment, or training (NEETs) into the labour market; underlines the important role the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) can play in this context;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 218 #

2022/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages the Member States, in cooperation with social partners, to set up a transparent mechanism for certifying companies that offer vocational training for workersVET in line with the quality standards of the European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeship, so that those offering high- quality apprenticeships, traineeships and training can be identified;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the outermost regions (ORs) offer major assets to the EU; whereas many of the ORs have a young population, extensive maritime economic zones, unique biodiversity, rich renewable energy sources, location and climate suitable for space sciences and astrophysics activities, important space infrastructure and proximity to other countries while at the same time, they are facing challenges to their development such as remoteness, insularity, small size, vulnerability to climate change, and economic dependence on a few sectors;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas social inequalities are at the heart of theone of the greatest social challenges facing the outermost regions (ORs) of the EU; whereas the ORs collectively are disproportionately affected by high poverty, unemployment and school dropout rates and these issues are exacerbated by the particularities that are common to these regions; a gross domestic product (GDP), which is significantly below EU and national averages (60% in the ORs if the EU-27 average is put at 100%)1a; whereas these issues are exacerbated by the particularities that are common to these regions; _________________ 1a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates a GDP PPS per inhabitant percentage in 2020 of 60% in the ORs. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the number of young people who are not in employment, education or training is at an alarming level in the ORs; (22% compared to 11% in the EU-27)2a; _________________ 2a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates average young people rates of early leavers, NEETs (not in employment, education and training double the rate on EU Level. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas young people from the outermost regions frequently need to travel and move to other regions to obtain specific training and education; whereas many who have moved away are not coming back later on;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2022/2147(INI)

D. whereas women in the ORs too often face unstable and short-term employment; the employment rate of women in the ORs is significantly below the EU and national averages (47% compared to 62% in the EU-27)3a; _________________ 3a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates the female employment rates in the ORs compared to the average European levels. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the social situation of young people is a central concern forin the ORs; calls, in this regard, for the reinforced Youth Guarantee to be fully deployed in the ORs; believes that an evaluation of the guarantee’s implementation is necessary in these territories is necessary, including an assessment of the existing barriers for young people;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States as well as the regional and local authorities concerned to put in place or strengthen measures to fight unemployment, poverty and social exclusion in the ORs, including through the strengthening of public employment services, the promotion of lifelong learning and other measures focused on professional development;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that education and training as well as the integration into the labour market is an important instrument to combat poverty and inequalities; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to support measures aimed at disadvantaged and low-skilled groups in the ORs, with emphasis on education and training that allow for the development of social, scientific and professional skills, in particular basic digital skills; calls on the Member States as well as the regional and local authorities concerned to ensure the diversification of the education and training offers, according to the needs of the regions and to ensure equal opportunities;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the importance of enhancing public services in the ORs, through strengthened regional cooperation, economic diversification, investments in R&D and digitalisation, reinforced vocational education and training, upskilling and reskilling opportunities and active labour market policies, to tackle long-term unemployment and youth unemployment in particular (45,82% compared to 16,8% in the EU-27);4a _________________ 4a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates a comparison between the youth employment rates in the ORs in relation to the average EU-27 level. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support youth employment in the ORs by working with local stakeholders, including within the private sector, universities and local authorities, to establish a digital one-stop shop in order to help young peoplejobseekers who are seelooking for their first job or lookingwant to establish or take over a businesses;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to ensure the empowerment of women in the ORs by promoting access to stable, high-quality jobs, including equal pay and fair remuneration;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

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, and to support the Member States in the evaluation, renewal and adaptation of existing special economic zones;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to improve access toand the Member States to improve access to information regarding the European Social Fund Plus in the ORs by setting up masslaunching information campaigns aimed at institutional and associative partners, providing a support services for project leaders and financing training for managing authorities.;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that the outermost regions' economies are heavily dependent on the tourism and transport sectors, which were severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic; calls therefore on Member-States as well as regional and local authorities concerned to work together to best ensure the socio-economic recovery of the ORs, taking into account challenges such as rising prices due to inflation and disruption of supply chains;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve access to Union funding for the ORs and to advance with the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including in the areas of quality employment, education, skills, social inclusion, and equal access to healthcare;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to provide tailored support to the ORs to ensure they can make the most out of EU opportunities, as well as to organise specific workshops on EU programmes and strengthen the dialogue with relevant stakeholders in the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2022/2135(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the steadily worsening context in which the Union’s development and humanitarian aid policies are conducted, characterised in particular by the COVID pandemic, the relentless aggravation of the impacts of climate change and the mounting repercussions of Russia’s war inof aggression against Ukraine; notes the ever- growing gap between the funds needed and those available to respond to the deepening hunger, debt and other crises andgenerating growing inequality and increasing poverty levels for the first time in decades; calls for appropriate funding in order to halt the ongoing movement further away from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) instead of towards them;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2022/2135(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises the work of the Commission in ensuring the correct implementation of EDF funds, despite development aid being considered a high- risk area; notes that the Court of Auditors considers the EDFs’ accounts for 2021 have been handled in accordance with all applicable rules; notes that the level of error in transactions, estimated by the Court of Auditors, grew from 3,8 % to 4,6 % between 2020 and 2021;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2022/2135(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors in full;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2022/2135(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the absence of the move “from billions to trillions” in financing for development recognised as necessary when the SDGs were adopted in 2015; notes the urgency of mobilising much more of the world’s privately held resources, through investment promotion and more effective taxation, while ensuring that their actions are aligned with Agenda 2030 objectives and the Policy Coherence for Development, but also of scaling up public financing for development, in accordance with international commitments on levels the Union remains far from;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2022/2134(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the valuable role played by Union agencies in helping Union institutions to design and implement policies, especially by carrying out specific technical, scientific and managerial tasks; appreciates the high quality expertise and work performed by CEDEFOP, Eurofound, EU-OSHA, ETF and ELA, the agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion; reiterates in this regard the need of ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing them to continue implementing their work programmes with a very high activity completion rate; stresses the importance and added value of each agency in their field of expertise and their autonomy;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2022/2134(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes with concern that the final budgets of some agencies have been frozen in nominal terms for 6 years and due to accumulated inflation the real purchasing power of the budget decreases; notes that the continuation of this trend puts at risk the agencies' abilities to perform their functions in an effective and timely manner ;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2022/2134(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the yearly exchange of views in the EMPL committee regarding the annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies is instrumental in ensuring that the programmes and strategies are aligned to the actual political priorities, especially in the context of the implementation of the principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights and the achievements of the Porto targets;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2022/2134(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that gender balance must be ensured within the Agencies in accordance with the basic regulations establishing them; regrets the fact that gender equality is absent in the multiannual strategy 2021-2027 for the EUAN; calls on the agencies and the EUAN to integrate gender equality in their strategies, to align the ambition of agencies with the aim of the Commission to reach a gender balance of 50 % at all levels of its management by the end of 2024 and to pursue gender mainstreaming in all fields;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Appreciates the Foundation’s work to enhance and disseminate knowledge, and provide evidence and expertise to support policies concerning the improvement of living and working conditions in Europe; and in particular the very timely and useful actions to communicate findings relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic drawing on the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey and the COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch; stresses its importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, the final budget of the Foundation for the financial year has been frozen in nominal terms for 6 years and from 2019 is indexed with the EU inflation rate to reach 21.6 million euro in2021, was the same as for the financial year 2020 and amounted to EUR 27 million; a result of which, and due to the accumulated inflation, the real purchasing power of the budget decreases and the share of the operational budget decreases from 39% in 2010 to 28% in 2021; stresses that the continuation of this trend puts at risk the ability of Eurofound to collect sufficient, timely and reliable data; expresses its satisfaction that the Foundation’s budget for 2021 was executed by 100%;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates the importance of high- quality data provided by Eurofound’s ongoing monitoring tools for evidence- based policymaking, especially the Europe-wide surveys conducted by the Foundation;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highly appreciates the flexibility Eurofound demonstrated by using new tools of as the e-survey and focusing the research on the most pertinent issues such as the implication of COVID-19, telework, the problems of care services and care workers and lastly – the implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; highlights that this research is timely, relevant and extremely useful for decision makers and social partners at EU and national levels;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Notes with satisfaction the active cooperation of Eurofound with the other agencies partnering with DG Employment but also with EEA, FRA, EIGE, ECDC, as this cooperation increases the relevance of research, the visibility, brings additional cross-sectoral value and to a much lower extend brings to efficiency of financial and human resources;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Appreciates the Foundation’s leadership in seeking close cooperation with other European Union Agencies, including Cedefop, EU-OSHA, ETF, EIGE, FRA, and EEA, which aims at strengthening the synergies between these agencies and avoid overlaps; welcomes the Foundation’s active participation in the EU Agencies Network, including chairing the sub-network on Scientific Advice;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Welcomes the cooperation with the European Environmental Agency in the area of anticipating and managing the impact of the transition to a carbon- neutral economy especially joint work on socio-economic impacts of climate policies, including their distributional effects;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Notes and welcomes the investment made by the Foundation in digital communication during this period and in particular the development of innovative channels and digital outputs to enhance and expand communication and dissemination in the context of the new ways of working;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2022/2119(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3 g. Welcomes the work done by the Foundation to enhance awareness of its work and increase accessibility at EU and national level, not least through its work input and support provided in 2021 to the Interinstitutional Conference on the Future of Europe;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2022/2118(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Appreciates the Agency’s activities to develop, gather and provide reliable and relevant information, analysis and tools on occupational safety and health, which contribute to the Union policy aiming to promote healthy and safe work places across the Union; welcomes in particular the increased efforts and contribution during the Covid-19 crisis; stresses its importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2022/2118(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes the prominent role that the Agency has been given when implementing the principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights and achievements of Porto targets; welcomes the Agency’s strong commitment to ensuring that all workers enjoy the same occupational health and safety rights regardless of the size of the company, the type of contract or the employment relationship and delivering on the Vision Zero approach to work-related deaths;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2022/2118(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the need of ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Agency to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate, in particular in the light of the implementation of the new EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work (2021-2027);
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2022/2116(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Appreciates the Foundation’s activities in helping transition and developing EU neighbouring countries, enlargement countries and Central Asian countries harness the potential of their human capital through the reform of education, training, and labour market systems, in the context of the Union’s external relations policies; highlights the need of ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Foundation to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2022/2116(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recognises that the Foundation’s objectives and actions are closely aligned with EU policies and activities in the field of vocational education and training, human development, skills and migration; welcomes the Foundation’s continued cooperation and sharing of resources with other agencies, in particular with CEDEFOP and Eurofound, which enables significant knowledge sharing; stresses its importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2022/2108(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the European Labour Authority gained financial autonomy in May 2021 and that the Authority is still in a growing stage reaching full resources only in 2024;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2022/2108(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Appreciates the Authority’s work to assist Member States and the Commission in ensuring a fair and effective enforcement of Union rules on labour mobility and social security, and in facilitating effective labour mobility in Europe through European Employment Services (EURES) activities; stresses its importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2022/2108(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that the Authority has the highest proportion of seconded national experts (SNEs) posts in its staff structure (60 SNEs, including 27 national liaison officers, out of 144 staff)compared to all EU decentralised agencies; calls for the conversion of 15 SNEs posts into temporary agents posts (TAs) to ensure the need for appropriate staffing for the Authority to be able to continue fulfilling its mission;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2022/2108(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is worried aboutTakes note of the fact that the Court reported that the Authority has not yet adopted an appropriate risk management and control strategy, nor a charter of the authorizing officer or a charter of the authorizing officers by sub- delegation, or a charter of the accountant; notes that these gaps hinder the implementation of Authority’s internal control framework;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2022/2108(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is worried aboutTakes note of the fact that the Court reported the absence of complete and updated inventories specifying the location of the Authority’s tangible assets;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2022/2108(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is worried aboutTakes note of the fact that the Court reported that the lack of formalized procedures based on direct evidence in relation to training activities in 2021;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2022/2095(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the final budget of the Centre for thAppreciates the Centre’s activities, providing research, analyses and technical advice and expertise financial year 2021 was the same as for the financial year 2020 and amounted to EUR 25 million; expresses its satisfaction that the Centre’s budget for 2021 was executed by 100% vocational education and training (VET), qualifications and skills policies; highlights the need of ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing the Centre to continue implementing its work programme with a very high activity completion rate; stresses its importance, autonomy and added value in its field of expertise;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2022/2095(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is worried aboutTakes note of the fact that the Court reported two weaknesses in the Centre’s move to the ABAC accounting system of 23 June 2021; however, welcomes the fact that the Centre accepted the Court ’s finding and took immediate action to address the Court ’s recommendation;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note that the implementation of the 2021 budget was significantly impacted by the delays in the adoption of new legal bases and the new rules for structural funds, as well as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and its social consequences, and their impact on the budget in the social area that was adopted before the crisis;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Questions the large-scale tapping of the cushion within the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, established by Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 , for other purposes than the response to new needs it is aimed for; calls on the Member States to cover from their budgets any additional funding for Syrian refugees in Türkiyensure that the cushion is mobilised only for purposes within its intended scope; _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1).
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the fact that all recommendations from the Court of Auditors in the preceding year have been implemented fully or in most or some respects, despite the high-risk nature of development cooperation in implementing the EU budget;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises the work of the Commission in applying controls to make sure that transactions are made in a legitimate manner and that activities are implemented in accordance with the priorities set by the legislator; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors in full;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; calls on the Commission to redouble efforts to find eligible projects and to ensure a sufficient amount of payments under the current expenditure ceiling;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. SupportAcknowledges the ambition to bring together public and private actors and achieve synergies between different policies through the Global Gateway (GG) strategy; stresses that allocations of official development assistance involved should be firmly guided byaligned with Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement and that policy coherence for development should consistently be applied; notes that the only role for Parliament in the governance arrangements adopted by the Member States is that as an observer in the GG board; stresses the need to ensure proper influence for Parliament in strategic choices involving Union funds given its scrutiny role through NDICI Global Europe and as the budgetary authority;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 11 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses the importance of the ESF and the ESF+ to encourage high level of employment, the creation of quality jobs and fight against poverty and social exclusion; expresses the need to provide them with the continued financial and political support of the EU, national and regional institutions in the delivery of their targets in the years to come, in particular to reflect the particular needs in the current crises and contribute to the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the achievements of the Porto targets;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Notes 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; recalls the EU commitment to the support for the most deprived through FEAD and the ESF+, alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union, such as food deprivation, homelessness, and child poverty; notes that about 13 million people, including approximately 4 million children under the age of 15 are supported by FEAD annually;
2022/12/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2022/2081(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the value of service delivery through local NGOs in developing countries; encourages the Commission to prioritise that when possible and to provide capacity-building for local NGOs with potential to become important service deliverers; highlights the efficacy of local ownership in project implementation as concerns prioritisation, allocation of resources and building local know-how;
2022/12/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 32 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 7 April2022 on the EU’s protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine,
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 19 May 2022on the social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine – reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 14 d (new)
— having regard to the EP Report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD,
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 % respectively of persons without disabilities8 ; whereas the EU activity rate of persons with disabilities is only 61.0 % compared to 82.3 % of people without disabilities; _________________ 7 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/BRIE/2020/651932/EPRS_BRI(2020) 651932_EN.pdf 8 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Disability_statist ics_-_poverty_and_income_inequalities
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women with disabilities are at higher risk of unemployment and poverty or social exclusion comparing to men with disabilities and women without disabilities, with only 20% of women with disabilities in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas between 2011 and 2016 the gap in tertiary attainment between persons with and without disabilities widened – from 7% to 9%;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the employment rate of persons with disabilities remains significantly lower than that of persons without disabilities;. whereas the latest data from the EU-SILC, shows that the disability employment gap was 24.5 % in 2020;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the key obstacles to the employment of persons with disabilities include disability-related stereotypes, bureaucratic difficulties in accessing the available services, lack of strategic vision in governance, insufficient monitoring of policy implementation, limited training resources for employers and lack of specialist support;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas the disadvantage experienced by persons with disabilities extends far beyond the realm of employment;. whereas the social and financial situation of persons with disabilities in the EU is significantly worse than that of persons without disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B h (new)
Bh. whereas lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected young people;. whereas 57% of persons with disabilities aged 18 to 29 reported feeling lonely - 23% more than young people without disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B i (new)
Bi. whereas having a disability is synonymous with structural or educational disadvantage and discrimination; .whereas support measures focusing on aspects other than employment – for instance, poverty reduction, access to housing and childcare, accessible public transport, and personal assistance – also play a key role in providing opportunities for people with disabilities to access and remain in the workforce;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B j (new)
Bj. whereas political participation does not affect all persons with disabilities equally; whereas those with more severe impairments, as well as persons with particular types of impairment – for example, persons with intellectual disabilities –disproportionately face barriers to their participation in the political life; whereas these individuals are often some of the most isolated and excluded;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the importance of a holistic definition and application of accessibility and its value as an indispensable basis for persons with disabilities to have equal opportunities as recognised in the UNCRPD and in line with the UN CRPD General Comment No 2, taking into account the diversity of the needs of persons with disabilities and promoting universal design as a principle of the EU;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission and Member states to adopt a holistic life cycle policy approach to support prevention of discrimination and to ensure effective retention and inclusion of PwD in the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on all Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to do so without further delay, and for the EU to fully ratify it; calls on the Council to take the necessary steps to ensure the accession of the EU to the Optional Protocol;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Member States to take active measures to safeguard non- discrimination for all , and to ensure that PwD can exercise their labour and trade union rights on equal terms with others; urges the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention that is supposed to have a transversal impact on all EU legislation with a specific focus on women with disabilities who face multiple and intersectional discrimination and are more vulnerable to harassment at the workplace;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that income- and disability- related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10 ; _________________ 10 UN Special Rapporteur, as salaries are not a substitution for the coverage onf the rights of persons with disabilities, ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities’, presented to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, August 2015.costs related to disabilities; calls therefore on Member States to unbundle income and disability- related assistance;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls sheltered workshops should be a step, a temporary period for workers with disabilities in their working life cycle; in that respect, calls the Member States to develop inclusive models of sheltered and supported employment, respecting the rights of persons with disabilities, that serve as measures for effective inclusion and later transition to the open labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is concerned that in some Member States, persons with disabilities working in sheltered workshops are not formally recognised as workers under the law, are paid less than the minimum wage and are not entitled to the same social protection as regular workers; urges the Commission to ensure that Member States respect the principle of equal treatment and equal pay for work of equal value for all workers;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market; cautiowarns, however, against the use of teleworking by employers to avoid making reasonable accommodations or creating inclusive workplace cultures for workers with disabilities11 ; _________________ 11 Schur, L.A., Ameri, M. & Kruse, D. ‘Telework After COVID: A ‘Silver Lining’ for Workers with Disabilities?’, J Occup Rehabil 30, pp. 521–536, 6 November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-020- 09936-5
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls that future telework policies should be developed from a disability rights perspective and involve people with disabilities in their design and when new collective agreements are negotiated on telework, or when companies revise their telework policies to ensure they are disability-friendly;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to monitoring the respect of Principles No 2 and 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, providing for equality of treatment and opportunities regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression between men and women, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation recalls on monitoring the adoption of the measures established by the UNCRPD;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support job creation, recruitment, entrepreneurship and self- employment for persons with disabilities.;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 194 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that while supporting and promoting the labour market participation of people with disabilities is crucial, adequate and inclusive social protection mechanisms also need to be put in place to ensure support is available for all people with disabilities, irrespective of their employment status;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 201 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that labour market support measures must take into account disability and tailor-made policy responses to support the inclusion of persons with disabilities in employment; highlights that people with disabilities, their family , and their representative organisations governments, trade unions and NGOs representing the voices of people with disabilities – play an important role in the provision of support; notes that the active involvement of persons with disabilities, including through their representative organisations, in policy development and law making has not yet been formalised as a requirement or put in practice in all EU Member States. Calls on the Members States to use intersectional disaggregated data in order to monitor the inclusion of pwd in the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 211 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that persons with disabilities are as among the most marginalized and at-risk population in any crisis-affected community; stresses further that as a consequences of war people with disabilities in situations of armed conflict face violent attacks, forced displacement, and ongoing neglect in the humanitarian response to civilians caught up in the fighting, are abandoned in their homes or in deserted villages for days or weeks, with little access to food or water;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on Member States to ensure the participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process in 2024 and in the law making process; Calls on Member States to eliminate barriers that can exclude persons with disabilities from the opportunity to influence the development and implementation of the laws and policies which shape their daily lives;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Encourages National public authorities to ensure that the requirement to register to vote or for reasonable accommodation does not result in persons with disabilities being excluded from elections;. calls on Member States to include measures ensuring that the registration process is accessible by redesigning relevant websites in line with EU standards;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Notes that complaints mechanisms, both judicial and non- judicial, should be made more accessible for persons with disabilities; . calls on Member States to lift restrictions on the right of persons deprived of legal capacity to bring complaints independently of their guardian and take effective measures to make sure that information about how and where to complain is accessible to all persons with disabilities through the production of information materials in different and accessible formats distributed through support and advocacy organisations for persons with disabilities, including disabled persons organisations (DPOs);
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Member States and, in particular, the national coordinators under the European Child Guarantee to pay particular attention children with disabilities and ensure access to free, effective and good-quality services to all children with disabilities, including those fleeing Ukraine, on an equal footing with children in the host countries, in line with the recommendation to ensure national integrated measures and take intersectional disadvantages into account; highlights that the COVID-19 crisis and the arrival of refugees following the war in Ukraine will exacerbate the situation of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Member States and the Commission, therefore, to urgently increase the funding of the European Child Guarantee with a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion in order to combat the poverty that is affecting children and their families and to contribute to the goal of reducing poverty by at least 15million by 2030 – including at least 5 million children in all Member States by2030; calls on all Member States, in this regard, to allocate more than the minimum 5 % of European Social Fund Plus resources under shared management to supporting activities under the European Child Guarantee; furthermore, calls on the Member States to neutralise all national expenditures dedicated to the eradication of child poverty within the implementation of fiscal rules;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 243 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Calls on the Commission to revise the Cross-border health care Directive to bring it in line with the UN CRPD in order to guarantee access to affordable and quality cross-border healthcare for persons with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Is of the opinion that the European Funds must adhere to the UNCRPD and Structural Funds should continue to foster transition from institutional to community and family- based care, finance support services to realise the right to live independently , and that the ex ante conditionalities must be concrete and quality-assessed; calls on the EU to ensure all funding programmes are accessible and include a dedicated budget for accessibility; furthermore, the Commission shall make sure that all funds are actively invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 246 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Highlights that harassment at work, including sexual harassment and retaliation for speaking up, hinders access to work and employment, job retention and equal career paths, in particular for women with disabilities, and that specific actions are needed in Member States to prevent, combat and sanction harassment against persons with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Stresses that the low activity rate of persons with disabilities is, as well, a huge obstacle hindering socioeconomic inclusion which must be improved by European and national programmes aiming at the activation and training of persons left outside the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 250 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Reminds that reasonable accommodation is a right for workers with disabilities which is not always covered or understood by employers, who, sometimes, either have stigma about capabilities and necessities of persons with disabilities, or do not have enough support in terms of information and resources regarding its application in the workplace; calls on the Commission to revise Directive 2000/78/EC and propose, among others, the EU harmonised minimum standards for reasonable accommodation for workers with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Underlines the need to offer specialised protection and care to persons with disabilities coming from Ukraine; recalls the importance of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, the Child Guarantee, the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, as well as all existing EU legal instruments, including the Temporary Protection Directive in supporting the Member States to help them address the specific needs of persons with disabilities fleeing the war in Ukraine;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 252 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Repeats Its call on the Member States to implement the reinforced Youth Guarantee to ensure offers of high quality, including providing fair remuneration and access to social protection, prohibiting the abuse of atypical contracts, and ensuring working environments that are adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 o (new)
4o. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the challenges and rights violations experienced by persons with disabilities during the COVID- 19pandemic, and to adopt targeted measures for paths of psychological support and reintegration into the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4p. Recalls the Commission to develop those measures in coordination and communication with persons with disability and all the organisations involved, starting from the European Parliament’s CRPD network;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 r (new)
4r. Calls on the Members State to implement the Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers that introduces a carers’ leave of five working days per year; insists that special arrangements in terms of carers’ leave, paternity leave, parental leave and flexible working hours should be considered for parents in particularly disadvantaged situations, such as those with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities or long-term illnesses ,without any repercussions from the employer;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 258 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 t (new)
4t. Highlights the importance to consider and treat with equal attention also the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, adopting measures for their future after the carers’ death;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) All Member States have established equality bodies pursuant to Directive 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. A diverse system of equality bodies has been put in place, and good practices have emerged. However, many equality bodies face challenges, in particular concerning the resources, independence and powers necessary to perform their tasks62 . It is important to point out that in a number of Member States, equality bodies also have competences in promoting equality and tackling discrimination on the grounds of gender identity and expression and sex characteristics. Since this is not the case in all Member States, this leads to differing levels of protection against discrimination as regards the matters covered by those Directives across the Union. _________________ 62 See the detailed analysis in SWD(2021) 63 final “Equality bodies and the implementation of the Commission Recommendation on standards for equality bodies”.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 140 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) To ensure that equality bodies actively consider the objective of equality between women and men, in all their diversity, when implementing provisions in the areas referred to in this Directive, Member States should actively promote gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting, as internationally recognised tools to reach gender equality.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 191 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) Equality data, in particular sex- disaggregated data and gender statistics, are crucial for raising awareness, sensitising people, quantifying discrimination, showing trends and shifts in social attitudes over time, proving the existence of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional 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 data on their own activities or conduct surveys and should be able to access 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 unions, media 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 and should be available in an accessible format so that it can be readily used by equality bodies. Member States should ensure that equality bodies receive sufficient funding for their data collection and analysis tasks. The work of equality bodies on equality data should take into account existing guidance and resources on equality data, including those developed in the framework of the Subgroup on Equality Data of the Union’s High Level Group on Non- Discrimination, Equality and Diversity. _________________ 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 381 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
Article12a Gender mainstreaming Member States shall actively take into account the objective of equality between men and women when formulating and implementing laws, regulations, administrative provisions, policies and activities in the areas referred to in this Directive.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 390 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies can access publicly accessible 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 unions, 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 26 #

2022/0326(COD)

(1) A skilled workforce isCitizens with skills for the participation in a democratic society and the pursuit of personal development as well as a skilled workforce and quality jobs are crucial to ensuring socially fair and just green and digital transitions, and to strengthening the Union’s sustainable competitiveness and resilience in the face of adverse external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the fallout of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. More and better skills, knowledge and qualifications, whether acquired in informal, non-formal or informal settings, open up new opportunities and empower individuals to fully participate in the labour market, society and democracy, to harness and benefit from the opportunities of the green and digital transitions and to exercise their rights.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) Across the Union, companies report difficulties to find workers with the necessary skills while for many workers it is difficult to find quality jobs which match their skills levels and qualifications. In 2021, 28 occupations were classified as having shortages, including the healthcare, hospitality, construction and service sectors, in addition to shortages of IT and security specialists, in particular cybersecurity experts, and workers with science, technology, engineering and mathematics background, as well as specialists that can support the societal adaptation to the green transition.22 Increasingly, the biggest constraint to a successful digital and green transition is the lack of quality job offers with decent wages and working conditions which results in a lack of workers with the rightnecessary skills22a. In many Member States, demographic ageing is expectedchange has been and is expected to continue to accelerate over the coming decade as “baby boom” cohorts retire, reinforcing the need to make use of the full potential of all working-age adults through continuous investments in their skills, knowledge and qualifications as well as activitating more people, in particular women, people with a migration background, low-skilled and low-qualified adults, and young people especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs). Against this background, decent working conditions and access to social security systems, quality social services and an attractive living environment will play an even more prominent role in retaining and attracting skilled workers. Strengthening personal development and learning guidance from an early age and supporting equal access to information can help people to choose suitable learning pathways to quality employment opportunities. _________________ 22 European Labour Authority, Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2021 and ENISA, Cybersecurity skills development in the EU, March 2020. The ENISA studies identify that there is a gap of 291,000 professionals in cybersecurity. 22a According to CEDEFOP, 45 % of workers think that their skills do not fully match the job they do, while 70% of the companies suffer from skills shortages but few of them link this to obstacles they create to find skilled workers, e.g. recruitment processes, geographical location, salary levels and working conditions: European Skills and Jobs survey, CEDEFOP 2015 and Skills qualifications and jobs in the EU: the making of a perfect match? CEDEFOP 2015.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) Low skills of working-age adults remain a significant challenge for the Union, pointing to considerable untapped potential of upskilling and reskilling to help mitigate increasing labour shortages in sectors such as manufacturing and services, and in particular in economic activities related to hospitality and manufacturing of computer and electronic equipment, and the care sector.25 For care work in particular, the Commission should follow the ILO ‘5R’ Framework for Decent Care Work25a - recognize, reduce, redistribute, reward and representation. However, participation in adult learning in the Union has stagnated over the last decade and 21 Member States fell short of the 2020 EU- level target. For many adults, such as those in atypical forms of work, employees of small and medium-sized enterprises, the unemployed, the inactive and the low- qualified, skills development opportunities are too often out of reach. Increasing the upskilling and reskilling opportunities for these groups, and all working-age adults, also contributes to reaching the EU employment target of 78%, with employment rate in the EU in 2021 being at 73.1%.26 Further efforts are needed to provide effective support to low-skilled and low qualified workers and the unemployed in line with the Council recommendations on Upskilling Pathways: New Opportunities for Adults (2016) and on the Integration of the Long-term Unemployed into the Labour Market (2016). _________________ 25 European Commission, 2021 Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe, p. 26 25a ILO’s ‘Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work’ 26 Eurostat, Employment (as % of the population aged 20 to 64), (LFSI_EMP_A)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
(6) Principle 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights underlines that regardless of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, everyone has the right to equal treatment and opportunities, and this includes employment and education. The European Year of Skills should be carried out in a way that is inclusive and actively promotes equality for all. The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan29 points out that by increasing participation of groups which are currently under-presented in the labour market, we can it is possible to achieve a more inclusive employment growth. _________________ 29 The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan (europa.eu)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) The European Skills Agenda30 , adopted in July 2020, calls for a skills revolution to ensure the recovery of our economy, strengthen Europe’s global competitiveness and turn the green and digital transitions into opportunities for all. It aims to foster collective action on skills, ensure that training content is alignedto improve the overall qualifications of people in view of a more active and engaged citizenship, to increase the alignment of training content with the evolving labour market needs, and better match training opportunities with people's aspirations to incentivise their uptake across the working-age population. The European Parliament welcomed the objectives and actions of the European Skills Agenda in its Resolution of 11 February 2021.31 _________________ 30 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (COM(2021)274 final) 31 European Parliament, European Parliament resolution of 11 February 2021 on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (2020/2818(RSP))
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 – paragraph 3
The Year of Skills follows the 2022 European Year of Youth which sought to empower, honour, support and engage with young people, including those with fewer opportunities, in a post-COVID-19 pandemic perspective with a view to having a long-term positive impact for young people. The European Year of Youth already emphasised the importance of skills to find good quality employment for young people.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
(11) The Council Recommendations on Individual Learning Accounts34 and Micro- credentials for lifelong learning and employability35 help people to update or complete their skill-sets, also in response to emerging skills needs in the labour market, in a more flexible and targeted way. The Council Resolution from December 2021 on a new European Agenda for Adult Learning 2021-203036 promotes formal, non-formal and informal learning opportunities capable of providing all the necessary knowledge, skills and competences to create an inclusive, sustainable, socially just and more resilient Europe, as well as upskilling and reskilling that can in turn reduce skills mismatches and labour shortages. SkillsQuality career guidance and skills self-assessment opportunities are among the measures whichneeded to support people in their up- and reskilling. _________________ 34 Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on individual learning accounts (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 26) 35 Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro- credentials for lifelong learning and employability (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 10) 36 Council Resolution on a new European agenda for adult learning 2021-2030 (OJ C 504, 14.12.2021, p. 9)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
(12) The strengthened active labour market policies advocated for by the EASE (Effective Active Support to Employment) Commission Recommendation37 aim to support transitions into new employment amid the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and the better matching of skills in the labour market, supported by employment services with a sufficient administrative capacity. _________________ 37 Commission Recommendation of 4.3.2021on an effective active support to employment following the COVID-19 crisis (EASE) (OJ L 80, 8.3.2021, p. 1)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
(13) The Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET)38 supports modernisation of VET systems to equip young people and adults with the knowledge, skills and competences they need to thrive in the evolving labour market and society, to manage the recovery and the just transitions to the green and digital economy, in times of demographic change and throughout all economic cycles. It promotes VET as a potential driver for innovation and growth, which is agile in adapting to labour market changes and providing skills for occupations in high demand. _________________ 38 Council Recommendation of 24 November 2020 on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (OJ C 417 2.12.2020, p. 1)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
(14) Skills for the greenjust, green and digital transition and the upskilling and reskilling of the workforce will be needed in the context of the shift to a modern, resource- efficient and competitive economy, as laid out under the European Green Deal39 setting the path towards EU climate neutrality by 2050. The Commission Communication “Fit for 55”40 recognises that the green transition can only succeed if the Union has the skilled workforce it needs to stay competitive and points to the flagship actions of the Skills Agenda to equip people with the skills that are needed for the green and digital transitions. _________________ 39 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - The European Green Deal (COM/2019/640 final) 40 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Fit for 55: delivering the EU's 2030 Climate Target on the way to climate neutrality (COM(2021) 550 final)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
(15) The Digital Decade Policy Programme 203041 reiterates the objective of ensuring that at least 80% of the EU population have at least basic digital skills by 2030, and sets the target of 20 million employed ICT specialists, with the aim of achieving gender convergence, by 2030, also by creating a cooperation framework between the Member States and the Commission. The Digital Decade42 stresses the lack of capacity of specialised education and training programmes to train additional ICT experts. The Digital Education Action Plan 2021-202743 emphasises that technological means should be used to ease accessibility and strengthen flexibility of learning opportunities, including upskilling and reskilling. Platform work can provide opportunities for employment and for accessing the labour market more easily, especially for disadvantaged groups, gaining additional income through a secondary activity or enjoying some flexibility in the organisation of working time. Most persons performing platform work have another job or other source of income and tend to be low paid. At the same time, platform work brings challenges, as it can result in unpredictable working hours and blur the boundaries between employment relationships and self-employed activities on one hand and the responsibilities of employers and workers on the other. Misclassification of the employment status has consequences for the persons affected as it restricts access to existing labour and social rights. It can also lead to labour exploitation and an uneven playing field with respect to businesses that classify their workers correctly, especially affecting SMEs. More over, it has implications for Member States’ industrial relations systems, their tax base and the coverage and sustainability of their social protection systems. While such challenges are broader than platform work, they are particularly acute and pressing in the platform economy. _________________ 41 Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the 2030 Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade” (COM/2021/574 final) 42 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the regions; 2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade (COM (2021)118 final) 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Digital Education Action Plan (COM/2018/022 final)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
(17) AttImproving the Union’s labour migractingon framework could help to attract skilled third-country nationals can contribute toin view of tackling the Union’s skills and labour shortages. In October 2021, the revised EU Blue Card Directive45 entered into force, a key achievement for attracting highly skilled talent into the labour market. The New Pact on Migration and Asylum46 also places a strong emphasis ones labour migration and on integration of third country nationals. Against this background, the Commission adopted a Skills and Talent Package47 in April 2022 to reinforce the legal framework and Union action in this area. Proposals to recast the Long- Term Residents Directive and the Single Permit Directive will allow to simplify the procedures for the admission of workers of all skill levels to the Union and to provide better protection and rights. The Commission will also continue to roll out an EU Talent Pool to facilitate labour matching with non-EU nationals, with the involvement of social partners. The Commission is also working towards the launch of tailor-made Talent Partnerships with specific key partner countries to boost international labour mobility and development of talent in a mutually beneficial and circular way. Social partners should be involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of these partnerships. In addition, the Union continues to be the leading contributor to global funding for education focusing especially on teacher training, girls education and vocational education and training. This work, under the umbrella of the Global Gateway strategy48 , is complementary to the objectives of this proposal. Fair remuneration, social protection and full disclosure of workers’ rights must be ensured for all migrant workers according to the existing Union and national legislation. _________________ 45 Directive (EU) 2021/1883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment, and repealing Council Directive 2009/50/EC (OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 1) 46 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (COM/2020/609 final) 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM/2022/657 final) 48 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank The Global Gateway (JOIN/2021/30 final)
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
(19) Overall public and private investments in upskilling and reskilling are insufficient. Most job-related training in the Union is employer-sponsored or supported by social partners’ funds. However, many companies, in particular SMEs, do not provide or fund training for their staff, and individuals in atypical work have less or no access to employer- sponsored training. Such inequalities undermine individuals’ welfare and health, reduce economic competitiveness, result in missed opportunities and barriers to innovation and risk leaving people behind in the transition to more sustainable economic activities. An enabling framework unlocking and incentivising employers’ financial investments in skills and giving visibility to the economic value of upskilling and reskilling is neededduring working time is needed. In addition, it is important to recall that decent working conditions are essential to retain and to attract skilled workers. Training provided to workers by their companies must not affect their remuneration and should include a more general and broad set of skills and competences that can be combined with the specific needs of training of each company.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The year 2023period 9 May 2023 until 8 May 2024 shall be designated as the ‘European Year of Skills 2023’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘European Year’).
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In line with principles 1, 4 and 5 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, contributing to the objectives set out in the 2020 European Skills Agenda and the EU headline targets set by the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, the overall objective of the European Year shall be to further promote a mindset of reskilling and upskilling as well as investing in the overall skills, knowledge and qualifications of workers, thereby boosting competitiveness of European companies, in particular small and medium-sized entreprises, realising the full potential of the digital and green transitions in a socially fair, inclusive and just manner, namely through access to fair remuneration that guarantees a decent standard of living, including through collective agreements and minimum wages. More specifically, the activities of the Year will promote skills policies and investments to empower people to participate in social, political and professional life, and to ensure that nobody is left behind in the twin transition and the economic recovery, and to notably address labourskill shortages for a better skilledof citizens and the workforce in the Union that is able to seize the opportunities of this process, by:
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Promoting increased, more effective and inclusive investment into training and upskilling to harness the full potential of the European current and future workforce and, to support people in managing job-to-job transitions, active ageingto encourage personal development, and to benefiting from the new opportunities brought by the ongoing economic and societal transformations, especially supporting via targeted actions those most disadvantaged to engage in lifelong learning opportunities and to remain in employment until retirement.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Strengthening skills relevance by closely cooperating with provision and access to upskilling and reskilling by closely cooperating with and promoting cooperation between social partners, public and private employment services, companies, education and training providers and civil society organisations, and developing joined-up approaches with all branches of governments. Social dialogue plays a key role in this context.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 192 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Matching people’s aspirations and skills-set with labour market opportunities especially those offered by the green and digital transitions and the core sectors in need of recovery from the pandemic. A special focus will be given to activate more people for the labour market, in particular women, people with a migration background, low-skilled and low-qualified adults and young people especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs).
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Attracting people from third countries with the skills needed by the Union, including by strengthening learning opportunities and mobility, and by facilitating the recognition of qualificationsvalidation of their skills and competences and the recognition of qualifications. Supporting migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to upskill and reskill and to access quality jobs and information regarding working conditions and social protection is essential in this regard.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 203 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. Promoting decent working conditions at company level to retain and attract skilled workers.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
4b. Promoting support and solutions for people who are not able to reskill or upskill in order to ensure that no one is left behind.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) conferences, forum discussions and further events to promote debate on the role and contribution of skills policies to achieve competitive, sustainable and fair economic growth in light ofan active citizenship for resilient democracies as well as competitive, sustainable and fair economic growth, based on decent wages, mental well-being, inclusion and remuneration of internships, traineeships and apprenticeships to avoid exploitation, to tackle major challenges such as climate change and the demographic change, and to mobilise relevant stakeholders to ensure access to training is a reality on the ground;
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 223 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) increasing dialogue inwith existing stakeholder groups and networks, also via established online platformincluding tripartite advisory committees, also via established online platforms, and promoting cooperation between European cross-sectoral and sectoral social partners;
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promoting and further implementing tools and instruments for increased transparency and mutual validation and recognition of qualifications, including qualifications awarded outside the Union, and for the validation and recognition of skills acquired in non-formal or informal settings;
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promoting programmes, funding opportunities, projects, actions and networks of relevance to public, private and non-governmental stakeholders, involved in the design, dissemination and implementation of upskilling and reskilling opportunities, learning and education and vocational training;
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The organisation of participation in the European Year at national and regional level shall be a responsibility of the Member States. To that end, each Member State shall appoint a national coordinator that can represent the different branches of government in a holistic manner. The national coordinators shall ensure the coordination of relevant activities at national and regional level and with policy makers, social partners and relevant stakeholders, including national and regional parliaments.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 248 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall rely on the expertise and assistance of relevant Union Agencies in implementing the European Year, in particular the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and the European Training Foundation (ETF).
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 255 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall engage with social partners, labour market bodies, civil society organisations and representatives of organisations or bodies active in the field of skills, education and training to assist in implementing the European Year at Union level.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 259 #

2022/0326(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
By 31 December8 May 20245, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation, results and overall assessment of the initiatives provided for in this Decision.
2022/12/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) This Directive applies to all activities of all at-risk professions, including renovation and demolition workers, waste managers, miners and firefighters, which are or may be exposed to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) The concept of ‘sporadic and low intensity exposure’ is a non-science-based concept. As a result, it can not apply to a non-threshold carcinogen like asbestos, nor can it be used as a basis that justifies any exemptions from the protection measures laid down in this Directive.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) Passive exposure to asbestos, occupational and non-occupational, can have significant impacts on human health. Women are particularly vulnerable to certain kinds of passive asbestos exposure. There are different types of non-occupational exposure to asbestos, whether para-occupational (including exposure to asbestos dust inadvertently carried home by workers), domestic (including household objects containing asbestos), or environmental (including materials existing in buildings and installations or of industrial origin).
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Asbestos is a highly dangerous carcinogenic agent, still affecting different economic sectors, such as building and renovation, mining and quarrying, waste management and firefighting, where workers are at high risk of being exposed. Asbestos fibres are classified as carcinogens 1A according to Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 and are by far the major cause of work-related cancer, with as much as 78% of occupational cancers recognised in the Member States as being related to asbestos. When inhaled, airborne asbestos fibres can lead to serious diseases such as mesothelioma and lung cancer, and the first signs of disease may take an average of 30 years to manifest from the moment of exposure, ultimately leading to work- related deaths. __________________ 65 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) Following the new scientific and technological developments in the area, there is scope to improve the protection of workers exposed to asbestos and thus to reduce the probability of workers contracting asbestos-related diseases. For asbestos, being a non-threshold carcinogen, it is not scientifically possible to identify levels below which exposure would not lead to adverse health effects. Instead, an exposure-risk relationship (ERR) can be derived, facilitating the setting of an occupational exposure limit (‘OEL’) by taking into account an acceptable level of excess risk. As a consequence, the OEL for asbestos should be revised in order to reduce the risk by lowering exposure levels.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The limit value for asbestos set out in Directive 2009/148/EC should be revised in the light of the Commission’s evaluations and recent scientific evidence and technical data. Its revision is also an effective way to ensure that preventive and protective measures are updated accordinglyStrengthened preventive and protective measures are needed to implement such a revision of the limit value in all Member States.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Taking into account the relevant scientific expertise and a balanced approach ensuring at the same time adequate protection of workers at Union level and avoiding disproportionate economic disadvantages and burdens for the affected economic operators (including SMEs), a revised OEL equal to 0.01 fibres/cm3 as an 8-hour time- weighted average (TWA) should be established. This balanced approach is underpinned by a public health objective aiming at the necessary safe removal of asbestos. Consideration has also been given to proposing an OEL that takes into account economic and technical considerations to allow an effective removal.deleted
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Optical microscopy, although it does not allow a counting of the smallest fibres detrimental to health, is currently the most used method for the regular measuring of asbestos. As it is possible to measure an OEL equal to 0.01 f/cm³ with phase-contrast microscope (PCM), no transition period is needed for the implementation of the revised OEL. In line with the opinion of the ACSH, a more modern and sensitive methodology based on electron microscopy should be used, while taking into account the need for an adequate period of adaptation and for more EU level harmonisation of different electron microscopy methodologies. . In light of the fact that thinner asbestos fibres (<0,2μm) are also carcinogenic, those fibres should be taken into account when measuring exposure in the workplace. Electron microscopy, which allows the detection of such thinner asbestos fibres should be used for that purpose. The Commission should support and facilitate Member States with regard to the new methodology for measuring asbestos fibres, in particular through the development of guidelines and providing information on relevant Union funds which can be used for that purpose.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Taking into account the relevant scientific expertise, the need to increase the protection of workers at Union level, a public health objective that aims to remove asbestos, as well as technical considerations with regard to monitoring compliance, a revised OEL equal to 0,001 fibres/cm3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average should be established as an appropriate first step to reducing the risks of asbestos exposure. Due to the ongoing renovation wave of buildings, it is important to implement that revised OEL as soon as possible and no transition period should therefore apply. As electron microscopy would allow the detection of thinner asbestos fibres, the revised OEL, combined with the new methodology, is expected to ensure a better protection of workers against asbestos exposure. In line with the vision-zero approach of the Union strategic framework on health and safety at work, a constant effort to reduce exposure to this strong non-threshold carcinogen is needed. By ... [five years after the entry into force of this Directive], based on the experience acquired, up-to- date scientific evidence and technical data, and after consulting the social partners, the Commission should evaluate the feasibility of a further reduction of the asbestos exposure limit.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) The asbestos sampling should be representative of the worker’s personal exposure to asbestos. Samples should therefore be taken at regular intervals during specific operational phases in representative and realistic situations in which workers are exposed to asbestos dust. If it is not possible for sampling to be representative of the worker’s personal exposure to asbestos, all appropriate protective measures should be applied.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 c (new)
(11c) Asbestos should be kept out of the circular economy to protect workers from unknowingly reusing dangerous materials. Life-cycle-management of building materials is an important part of the circular economy in the framework of the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In the context of health and safety at work, state-of-the-art technology must always be applied to achieve the highest possible level of protection. Technical minimum requirements need to lower the concentration of asbestos fibres in the air to the lowest level technically possible, including through dust suppression and the suction of dust at the source, continuous sedimentation, and means of decontamination, combined with minimum requirements for the pressure difference between asbestos enclosures and surroundings, fresh air supply and HEPA filters.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) Special control measures and precautions are needed for workers exposed or likely to be exposed to asbestos, such as subjecting workers to a decontamination procedure and related training, in order to significantly contribute to reducing the risks related to such exposureto lower the concentration of asbestos fibres in the air to as low a level as is technically possible below the limit value. Subjecting workers to a decontamination procedure and strengthening the related training requirements are important elements in order to significantly contribute to reducing the risks related to such exposure. In order to ensure a level playing field, an annex to this Directive should provide for minimum training requirements, including specific requirements for workers in specialised asbestos removal undertakings.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Employers should take all necessbe required to carry steps to identify presumed asbestos-containing materials, if appropriate by obtaining information from the owners of the premises as well as other sources of information, including relevant registers. They should record, befout a screening for the presence of asbestos-containing materials on the premises prior to the start of any work in buildings, ships, aircrafts or other installations build before the national asbestos ban came into force. Such screening should be carried out by a qualified and certified operator and should include a diagnosis adopted to the workplace. A report should state either the absence ore the start of any asbestos removal project, the presence or presumed presence of asbestos in buildings or installations anpresence of asbestos, and its fibre type if present, with a detailed description of the nature of contamination and its precise location and estimated quantities. That operator should communicate this information to others who may be exposed to asbestos as a result of its use, of maintenance or of other activities in or on buildings.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The safe removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials should be a priority, because repair, maintenance, encapsulation or sealing only lead to the postponement of the removal, which can perpetuate the risks for inhabitants and workers for many years. The encapsulation and sealing of asbestos- containing materials which can technically be removed should be prohibited, while not putting poorer households at a disadvantage because of their inability to afford necessary renovations. Appropriate accompanying measures are therefore needed. In that regard, the Union provides significant funding, in particular through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, to be used to support national measures for the removal of asbestos in the context of renovations. Where asbestos is not removed, the relevant structures should be identified, registered and regularly monitored.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) In order to provide for the implementation of this Directive, the necessary measure should be taken by member states to guarantee the enforcing applicable laws and regulations, including through a the support of the labour inspectorate in consideration to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) minimum objective of one inspector for every 10.000 workers.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 c (new)
(15c) There is a need to provide sufficient and focused administrative support to help employers, in particular microenterprises and small and medium- sized enterprises, to implement this Directive. In particular, standardised processes for the removal of asbestos- containing materials would help to reduce the levels of asbestos dust, the cost of those operations and facilitate the fulfilment of the notification requirements.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 d (new)
(15d) Directive 2009/148/EC should be regularly updated to take into account the latest scientific knowledge and technical developments including an evaluation of different types of asbestos fibres and their adverse health effects. The Commission should start by entry into force of this Directive the consultation process for updating the provisions on fibrous silicates and, in that context, should in particular assess whether riebeckite, winchite, richterite and fluoro-edenite should be included within the scope of that Directive.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 e (new)
(15e) In order to keep pace with technological developments, the Commission should, by ...[five years after the entry into force of this Directive] and every five years thereafter, after consulting the social partners, review the technological and scientific information on asbestos identification, measurement and warning technology and should issue guidelines where such technology is to be used in order to protect workers from exposure to asbestos. A more systematic exchange between Member States of best practices should also be established for that purpose.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 f (new)
(15f) In order to support the implementation of this Directive, the Commission should, in cooperation with the ACSH, develop guidelines. Those guidelines should, where appropriate, include sector-specific responses.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive, ‘asbestos’ means the following fibrous silicates, which are meeting the criteria for classifiedcation as carcinogens 1A or 1B according to Regulation (EC) 1272/2008*:
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 2 point f a (new)
(fa) erionite, CAS 66733-21-9 and CAS 66733-21-9;
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(3a) In Article 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "This Directive shall apply to all activities in which workers are or may be exposed in the course of their workknowingly or unknowingly to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Provided that worker exposure is sporadic and of low intensity, and if it is clear from the results of the risk assessment referred to in paragraph 2 that the exposure limit for asbestos will not be exceeded in the air of the working area, Articles 4, 18 and 19 may be waived where the work involves: (a) maintenance activities in which only non- friable materials are handled; (b) non-degraded materials in which the asbestos fibres are firmly linked in a matrix; (c) asbestos-containing materials which are in good condition; (d) the collection of samples to ascertain whether a specific material contains asbestos.(3b) In Article 3, paragraph 3 is deleted. short, non-continuous removal without deterioration of encapsulation or sealing of air monitoring and control, and
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. consultation with representatives from both sides of industry, in accordance with national law and practice, lay down practical guidelines for the determination of sporadic and low-intensity exposure, as provided for in 3.(3c) In Article 3, paragraph 4 is deleted. Member States shall, following
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
(2d) In Article 4(3), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: "The notification mustshall include at least a brief description of: (a) the location of the worksite and the specific areas in which the work will be carried out; (b) the type and quantities of asbestos used or handled; (c) the activities and processes involved; (d) the number of workers involved, a list of the workers likely to be assigned to the site, the individual certificates proving their competence and the training received, and the dates of the mandatory medical visits; (e) the starting date and duration of the work and the planned working hours; (f) measures taken to limit the exposure of workers to asbestos. ; (fa) the characteristics of the equipment used for the protection and decontamination of workers; (fb) the procedure for the decontamination of workers and equipment, durations and working hours; (fc) the characteristics of the equipment used for waste disposal; (fd) a provisional aeraulic balance for work carried out under confinement; (fe) a plan for safe and sustainable waste disposal, including with regard to the destination of asbestos containing waste."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
(3e) Article 4(3), the following subparagraph is added: "2a. Notifications shall be kept by the responsible authority of the Member State for a minimum of 40 years, in accordance with national law and practice."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 f (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
-(2f) In Article 5, the following paragraph is added: "2a. Asbestos-containing materials already in use shall be safely removed and disposed of when technically feasible. They shall not be repaired, maintained, sealed, encapsulated or covered. Asbestos- containing materials which cannot be removed in the short term shall be identified, registered and regularly monitored."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) work processes shall be designed so as not to produce asbestos dust or, if that proves impossible, to avoid the release of asbestos dust into the air to a level as low as technically possible by implementing at least the following measures: (i) asbestos dust suppression; (ii) the suction of asbestos dust at the source; (iii) the continuous sedimentation of asbestos fibres suspended in the air; (iv) appropriate decontamination;
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) for work carried out under confinement, the work area shall be protected by implementing at least the following measures: (i) setting a minimum pressure difference of minus 10; (ii) supplying clean replacement air from a point further away; (iii) checking the performance of negative pressure units and portable vacuums of local exhaust ventilation systems after the change of a HEPA filter and before the start of asbestos removal or at least once a year, by measuring the removal efficiencies of filters with a direct-reading particle counter.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(3a) In Article 7, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following "1. Depending on the results of the initial risk assessment, and in order to ensure compliance with the limit value laid down in Article 8, measurement of asbestos fibres in the air at the workplace shall be carried out regularly. during the specific operational phases and at regular intervals during the work process."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2
(4a) Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following "2. Sampling must be representative of the real personal exposure of the worker to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 174 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 5
(4b) Article 7, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "The duration of sampling mustshall be such that representative exposure can be established for an 8-hour reference period (one shift) by means of measurements or time- weighted calculationll operations in all their different phases carried out during the work process."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
"Fibre counting shall be carried out wherever possible by phase-contrast microscope (PCM) in accordby electron microscopy or any other method giving equivalent or better results. For the purposes of ensuring compliance with the method asures on fibre commended in 1997 by the World Health Organization (WHO) (2) or any other method giving equivalent results.unting referred to in this Article, the Commission shall support Member States by providing appropriate technical guidance, including on the technical transition from phase-contrast microscopy to electron microscopy, and information on relevant Union funds which can be used to support that transition."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 8
Employers shall ensure that no worker is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 0.,001 fibres per cm³3 (1.000 fibres per m3) as an 8-hour time- weighted average (TWA).
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Where the limit value laid down in Article 8 is exceeded, t(5a) Article 10, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Where the limit value laid down in Article 8 is exceeded, or if there is reason to believe that asbestos-containing materials which are not identified prior to the work have been disturbed so as to generate dust, work shall stop immediately. The reasons for the limit being exceeded mustshall then be identified and appropriate measures to remedy the situation must be taken as soon as possible. Work mayshall not be continued in the affected area until adequate measures have been taken for the protection of the workers concerned."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Before beginning demolition or maintenance work, employers shall take, if appropriate by obtaining information from the owners of the premises as well as from other sources of information, including relevant registers, all necessary steps to identify presumed asbestos- containing materials. or renovation works on premises built before the year in which the national asbestos ban entered into force, the employer shall commission a screening to identify the asbestos- containing materials likely to be affected by the work. The premises shall be screened to identify all asbestos- containing materials, in accordance with the requirements of Part 6 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. The screening shall be conducted by a qualified and certified operator or authority, taking into account Articles 14 and 15 of this Directive, and the national building law provisions. Such screening shall, where available, be based on information from public asbestos registries. This shall by no means replace the employers’ duty to carry out a comprehensive risk assessment.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 11 paragraph 1 a (new)
(6a) In Article 11, the following paragraph is added: "The Member States shall regulate the details of explorations and investigations for the detection of asbestos-containing materials, in accordance with their national building regulations. Where the complete absence of asbestos cannot be guaranteed, works shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Directive where asbestos is present."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 197 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(6b) In Article 11, the following paragraph is added: "1b. The Member States shall establish public registers of the certified operators authorised to carry out the asbestos screening, subject to minimum quality standards and in accordance with their national law and practice."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 205 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(6a) Article 12(1), the introductory wording is replaced by the following: "In the case of certain activities such as demolition, asbestos removal work, repairing and maintenance, in respect of which it is foreseeable that the limit value set out in Article 8 will be exceeded despite the use of all possible technical preventive measures for limiting asbestos in air concentrations, the employer shall determine the measures intended to ensure protection of the workers while they are engaged in such activities, in particular the following:"
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 d (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 12 point c
(6d) Article 12, point c is replaced by the following: "(c) the spread of dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos outside the premises or site of action shall be prevented. and ventilation of air from asbestos removal sites into enclosed spaces shall not be allowed."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 f (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 13 – Paragraph 1
1. A plan of work shall be drawn up before demolition work or work on removing asbestos and/or asbestos- containing products from buildings, structures, plant or installations or from ship(6f) Article 13, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. A plan of work shall be drawn up before any work in relation to asbestos is started."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 g (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 2
(6g) Article 14, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The content of the training mustshall be easily understandable for workers. It mustshall enable them to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in terms of prevention and safety, particularly as regards: (a) effects on health, including the synergistic effect of smoking; (b) likely to contain asbestos; (c)in accordance with the national law and practice applicable where the work takes place. " the properations that could result in asbestos exposure and the importance of preventive controls to minimise exposure; (d) protective equipment; (e) selection, lies of asbestos and its the types of products or materials safe work practices, controls and the appropriate role, choice, emergency procedures; decontamitnations and proper use of respiratory procedures; waste disposal; medical surveillance requiprement; (f) (g) (h) (i)s.
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 222 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 h (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Practical guidelines for the training of asbestos removal workers shall be developed at Community level.(6h) Article 14, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. The minimum requirements with regard to the content, duration, intervals, and documentation of the training provided pursuant to this Article shall be specified in Annex Ia."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 225 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 i (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Before(6i) Article 15, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Undertakings which intend to carrying out demolition or asbestos removal work, firms must provide evidence of their ability in this field. The evidence shall be established in accordance with national laws and/or practice. shall be required to obtain, before the start of work, a permit from the competent authority. Competent authorities shall grant such permits only if the applicant undertaking provides proof of adequate state-of-the-art technical equipment for emission-free or, where this is not yet technically possible, low-emission work procedures in line with the requirements of Article 6, and training certificates for the individual workers in accordance with Article 14 and Annex Ia."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 228 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 j (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(6j) Article 15, the following paragraph is added: "1a. Competent authorities shall grant permits to undertakings only if they have no doubt as to the reliability of the undertaking and its management. The permits shall be renewable every five years, in accordance with national law and practice."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 234 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 k (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(6k) Article 15, the following paragraph is added: "1b. Member States shall establish public registers of the undertakings that have been granted permits to remove asbestos pursuant to paragraph 1."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 236 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 l (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(6l) In Article 16 (1), introductory part is replaced by the following: "In the case of all activities referred to in Article 3(1), and subject to Article 3(3), appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that:
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 238 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 l (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(6l) Article 16(1), point c is replaced by the following: "(c) workers are provided with appropriate working or protective clothing; this as well as protective equipment, in particular respiratory equipment, which is subject to a mandatory individual fitting check; that all working or protective clothing remains within the undertaking; it may, however, be laundered in establishments outside the undertaking which are equipped for this sort of work if the undertaking does not carry out the cleaning itself; in that event the clothing shall be transported in closed containers;"
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 m (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(6m) Article 16(1), the following point is inserted: "(ca) regular compulsory breaks with sufficient time for rest are provided for workers wearing respiratory equipment;"
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 250 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 n (new)
(6n) Article 16(1), point e is replaced by the following: "(e) workers are provided with appropriate and adequate washing and toilet facilities, including showers in the case of dusty operations;, and are subject to a mandatory decontamination procedure; The decontamination procedure shall be designed with involvement of the relevant sectoral social partners to cover sector specific needs;"
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 p (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 2
(6p) In Article 17, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. In addition to the measures referred to in paragraph 1, and subject to Article 3(3), appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that:"
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 q (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. measures referred to in paragraphs 2 to 5 shall be taken.(6q) In Article 18, paragraph 1 is deleted Subject to Article 3(3), the
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 261 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 r (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 2
(6r) In Article 18, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. An individual health record shall be established and kept for a minimum of 40 years in accordance with national laws and/or practices for each worker referred to in the first subparagraph."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 s (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 18 b a (new)
(6s) The following Article is inserted: “Article 18ba "1. By ... [one year after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive], the Commission shall, in cooperation with the Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work, develop guidelines to support the application of this Directive. Those guidelines shall provide, where appropriate, sector-specific responses. 2. By... entry into force of this amending Directive, the Commission shall start the consultation process for updating the fibrous silicates within the scope of this Directive and, in that context, assess the inclusion of riebeckite, winchite, richterite and fluoro-edenite. After consulting the social partners, the Commission shall, propose necessary amendments to this Directive in a legislative proposal. 3. By ... [five years after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive] and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall, after consulting the social partners, review the technological and scientific state of asbestos identification, measurement or warning technology and issue guidelines for when such technology is to be used in order to protect workers from exposure to asbestos."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 268 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 t (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to Article 3(3), the measures referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall be taken.(6t) In Article 19, paragraph 1 is deleted
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 21
(7a) Article 21 is replaced by the following: "Member States shall keep a register of all recognised cases of asbestosis and mesothelioma.-related occupational diseases. An indicative list of diseases that can be caused by asbestos exposure is set out in Annex I."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 279 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(7b) In Article 21, the following paragraph is added: "The term recognised cases referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be limited to cases for which the compensation is granted, but shall refer to all cases of medically diagnosed asbestos-related diseases."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 283 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 21 a
(7c) The following Article is inserted: "Article 21a All existing information, including from relevant registers, regarding the presence and location of asbestos shall be made available to firefighters and the emergency services."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 288 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Annex I – Point 1
1a. Annex I, point 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Current knowledge indicates that exposure to free asbestos fibres can at least give rise to the following diseaseasbestos-related occupational diseases which Member States therefore shall introduce into their national law provisions: — asbestosis, — mesothelioma, lung carcinoma including bronchial carcinoma, — gastro-intestinal carcinoma. , — carcinoma of the larynx, — carcinoma of the ovary, — benign pleural diseases including fibrotic lesions, rounded atelectasis and benign pleural effusion — non-malignant pleural diseases. 1a. Positive associations have been noted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer between asbestos exposure and the following diseases: — pharyngeal cancer, — colorectal cancer, — stomach cancer."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 291 #

2022/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 e (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Annex 1 a (new)
7e. Following Annex is added: "ANNEX Ia MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING Workers who are, or who are likely to be, exposed to dust from asbestos or materials containing asbestos, shall receive mandatory training, encompassing at least the following minimum requirements: 1. The training shall be provided at the start of an employment relationship and at intervals not exceeding four years. 2. Each training course shall have a minimum duration of three working days. 3. The training shall be provided by a qualified and certified institution and instructor and carried out by Member State authority or recognised competent body in accordance with national law and practice. 4. Every worker who has attended training in a satisfactory manner and has passed the required test shall receive a training certificate indicating all of the following: (a) the date of the training; (b) the duration of the training; (c) the content of the training; (d) the language of the training; (e) the name, qualification, and contact details of the instructor and the institution providing the training. 5. All workers who are, who are likely to be, or are at risk of being exposed to dust from asbestos or materials containing asbestos shall receive at least the following training, with a theoretical and a practical part, regarding all of the following: (a) the applicable law of the Member State in which the work is carried out; (b) the properties of asbestos and its effects on health, including the synergistic effect of smoking, as well as the risks linked to passive, secondary and environmental exposure; (c) the types of products or materials likely to contain asbestos; (d) the operations that could result in asbestos exposure and the importance of preventive controls to minimise exposure; (e) safe work practices, including workplace preparation, choice of working methods and planning of work execution, ventilation, point extraction, measurement and control, and regular breaks; (f) the appropriate role, choice, selection, limitations and proper use of protective equipment, with special regard to respiratory equipment; (g) emergency procedures; (h) decontamination procedures; (i) waste disposal; (j) medical surveillance requirements. The training shall be adapted as closely as possible to the characteristics of the profession and the specific tasks and work methods it involves. 6. Workers who engage in demolition or asbestos-removal work shall receive training, in addition to the training provided for pursuant to paragraph 4, regarding both of the following: (a) the use of technological equipment and machines to contain the release and spreading of asbestos fibres during the work processes, in accordance with this Directive; (b) the newest available technologies and machines for emission-free or, where this is not yet technically possible, low- emission working procedures, to contain the release and spreading of asbestos fibres."
2023/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The use of forced labour is widespread in the world, and its prevalence has risen in the last years. It is estimated that about 27.6 million people were in forced labour in 2021, including 3.9 million people in forced labour imposed by state authorities.18 Vulnerable and marginalised groups in a society are particularly susceptible to be pressured into performing forced labour. Even when it is not state imposed, forced labour is often a consequence of a lack of good governance of certain economic operators. __________________ 18 The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733. pdf.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recitals 2 a, 2 b, 2 c, 2 d (new)
(2 a) It is estimated that about 11.8 million women and girls were in forced labour in 2021, which represents almost 43% of the total.1a 4.9 million of them were in sexual exploitation. Women are more likely to be coerced through wage non-payment and abuse of vulnerability. It is therefore fundamental to ensure that this Regulation is implemented in a gender-responsive manner. Human rights violations are not gender neutral and should not be treated as such. Women are often disproportionately affected by forced labour, which requires a specific response to their needs. Competent authorities should apply a gender lens throughout all of the steps of the Regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market, collect gender- disaggregated data and encourage economic operators to provide the requested information in a gender- sensitive way. (2 b) The ILO forced labour instruments, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children and the Global Compact for Migration, together make clear that trafficking in persons for the purpose of forced labour cannot be eliminated through criminal law enforcement alone. Rather, a broad multidisciplinary approach is needed that is grounded in adherence to human rights, encompassing the need for effective gender- and age-responsive measures. Such measures, along with criminal justice responses, must focus on preventing and addressing the root causes of forced labour and on ensuring protection and remedies for the people already affected by it. (2 c) In 2021, more than 3.3 million of children are in forced labour, which represents almost 12% of all those in forced labour.2a Taking into account that forced child labour is one of the components of child labour, the Union, through this Regulation and in its relations with the wider world, should uphold and promote its values, which are in accordance with the international instruments ratified, the European Convention on Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, and enshrined in its core treaties, namely, TEU, TFEU and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, all of which protect the rights of the child. The 2021-2024 EU Strategy on Child Rights, the Council-led European Child Guarantee initiative and the UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 of eradicating child labour by 2025 and forced labour by 2030 are also proof of commitment. Children, like women, are disproportionately affected by forced labour. Therefore, it is fundamental for competent authorities to ensure particular attention to the specific cases and needs of the children, like for women, in forced labour, throughout all the steps of this Regulation. Moreover, any guidelines formed by the Commission regarding the centralised complaint mechanism must be able to reach children as well. (2 d) Forced labour can be found in a large number of sectors, some of them, such as textiles, services, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and domestic work, and to a smaller extent, mining and fishers aboard fishing vessels, are particularly affected. The textile, clothing, leather and footwear sector (TCLF) is one of the largest sectors in the global economy and is characterised by poor working conditions and workers’ rights violations, with the majority of workers being women and children. __________________ 1a The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733 .pdf. 2a The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733 .pdf.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The eradication of forced labour is a priority for the Union. Respect for human dignity and the universality and indivisibility of human rights are firmly enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. Furthermore, in its relations with the wider world, the Union should uphold and promote its values and contribute to the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as the strict observance and the development of international law in accordance with Article 3(5) of the Treaty on European Union. The respect, promotion and protection of human rights constitute an objective of the development cooperation which shall be taken into account in the policies that the Union implements which are likely to affect developing countries in accordance with Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This Regulation aims to ban from the EU market products that have been produced, extracted, harvested, manufactured, stored or transported using forced labour and contribute to eradicate forced labour by addressing its root causes. Through this Regulation, the Union should strengthen political dialogue with third countries, especially with developing countries, with regards to forced labour. Moreover, Article 5(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’) and Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights provide that no one is to be required to perform forced or compulsory labour. The European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly interpreted Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights as requiring Member States to penalise and effectively prosecute any act maintaining a person in the situations described set out in Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.19 Article 5 of the Charter also explicitly prohibits slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking. __________________ 19 For instance paras. 89 and 102 in Siliadin v. France or para. 105 in Chowdury and Others v. Greece.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Through its policies and, legislative initiatives the Union seeks to eradicate the use of forced labourand financial instruments, in particular the NDICI-Global Europe, the Union seeks to eradicate the use of forced labour, address its root causes, support civil society on this regard and promote decent work and labour rights, while policy coherence for development and cooperation at all levels remains an indispensable principle to put those policies into practice. To these effects, corporate sustainability due diligence, along with the adoption of accompanying measures, represents important tools. The Union promotes due diligence in accordance with international guidelines and principles established by international organisations, including the ILO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (hereinafter “OECD”) and the United Nations (hereinafter “UN”), to ensure that forced labour does not find a place in the value chains of undertakings established in the Union.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recitals 12, 12 a (new), 12 b (new)
(12) As recognised in the Commission’s Communication on decent work worldwide29, notwithstanding the current policies and legislative framework, further action is needed to achieve the objectives of eliminating forced-labour products from the Union market and, hence, further contributing to the fight against forced labour worldwide. The eradication of forced labour can only be achieved if other objectives of decent work, such as sustainable business conduct, social dialogue, freedom of association, collective bargaining and social protection, are promoted. Through the EU decent work agenda, the EU commits to address forced labour and to promote decent work and labour rights including in global supply chains. (12 a) Promoting decent work and a human-centred future of work ensuring the respect of fundamental principles and human rights, promoting social dialogue as well as the ratification and effective implementation of relevant ILO conventions and protocols, strengthening responsible management in global supply chains and access to social protection are core priorities of the EU as enshrined in the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. (12 b) Businesses can also contribute to addressing some of the more structural root causes of forced labour linked to their business operations and value chains, by taking, for example, measures to advance the fair recruitment and the decent work agenda of all workers and vulnerable stakeholders, as a way to contribute to the eradication of unfair trading practices. __________________ 29 Communication 23 March 2022 from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on decent work worldwide for a global just transition and a sustainable recovery (COM(2022) 66 final).
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (’SMEs’) can have limited resources and ability to ensure that the products they place or make available on the Union market are free from forced labour. The Commission should therefore issue guidelines on due diligence in relation to forced labour, which should take into account also the size and economic resources of economic operators and refer to remediation measures. In addition, the Commission should issue guidelines on forced-labour risk indicators and, taking into account the ILO forced labour indicators, including its ‘Hard to see, harder to count – Survey guidelines to estimate forced labour of adults and children’, on publicly available information and on value chain mapping in order to help SMEs, as well as other economic operators, to comply with the requirements of the prohibition. The Commission should also issue guidelines for stakeholders on filing a complaint and meaningfully engage in the procedures set out in the Regulation.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to increase the effectiveness of the prohibition, competent authorities should grant reasonable time to economic operators to identify, prevent, mitigate, preventmediate and bring to an end the risk of forced labour.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) Any person, whether it is a natural or legal person, or any association not having legal personality, should be allowed to submit information to the competent authorities when itThe Commission should establish a centralised mechanism to receive complaints by any stakeholders who considers that products made with forced labour are placed and made available on the Union market and to. Complaints may be lodged anonymously and confidentiality shall be automatic, unless otherwise specified by the complainant. The complaint mechanism should be secure and accessible. The stakeholders should be informed of the reasoning and outcome of the assessment of their submissioncomplaints, as well as all the decisions made by competent authorities, referring to their complaints.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) To ensure effective enforcement of the prohibition, it is necessary to establish a network aimed at structured coordination and cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and, where appropriate, experts from customs authorities, and the Commission, as well as the European Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Labour Authority and other Union agencies with relevant expertise in the areas covered by the Regulation. Trade unions and other workers’ representatives, civil society organisations, human rights defenders, international organisations and third countries’ competent authorities shall be invited to collaborate with the Network. That network should also aim at streamlining the practices of the competent authorities within the Union that facilitate the implementation of joint enforcement activities by Member States, including joint investigations. That administrative support structure should allow the pooling of resources and maintain a communication and information system between Member States and the Commission, thereby contributing to coherence in the implementation and helping to strengthen the enforcement of the prohibition. The network should include an area for external cooperation, including relevant consultation and cooperation with third countries' competent authorities, international organisations, trade unions, civil society organisations and human rights defenders operating outside the EU.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) Since forced labour is a global problem and given the interlinkages of the global value chains, it is necessary to promote international cooperation against forced labour, which would also improve the efficiency of applying and enforcing the prohibition. The Commission should as appropriately cooperate with and exchange information with authorities of third countries and international organisations and increase efforts to tackle root causes of forced labour. The EU should continue close collaboration with international organisations in the form of joint projects, technical assistance and funding of initiatives targeting forced labour. The Commission should as appropriately cooperate with and exchange information with authorities of third countries, especially authorities of developing countries, and international organisations, as well as with other relevant actors including civil society, to enhance the effective implementation of the prohibition. International cooperation with authorities of non-EU countries should take place in a structured way as part of the existing dialogue structures, for example Human Rights Dialogues with third countries, especially with developing countries, or, if necessary, specific ones that will be created on an ad hoc basis. Team Europe, and particularly the EU delegations, shall have a central role within the aim of effectively eradicating forced labour as well as for dissemination of the Regulation and possibility of third parties to provide information on existence of forced labour on a determined product. The EU may also expand, where appropriate, the use of restrictive measures in the framework of its Common Foreign and Security Policy against persons or entities that have been involved in the promotion or implementation of forced labour.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 11 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules prohibiting economic operators from placing and making available on the Union market or exporting from the Union market products made with forced labour, including state-imposed forced labour, and (thereby) ensuring that economic operators eradicate the use of forced labour in the production sites in their value chain by implementing effective due diligence measures, including remediation.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – points c, c a, f, g, g a, k, m a, m b, n, u a, u b
(c) ‘due diligence in relation to forced labour’ means the effortobligations by economic operator to implement mandatory requirements,respect and ensure the respect of workers’ rights and children’s rights in their operations and products value chain and implement mandatory due diligence requirements as provided by the Union and Member States legislation and in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights, mandatory and voluntary guidelines, recommendations or practices to identify, prevent, mitigate or, remediate and bring to an end the use of forced labour in their operations and value chain with respect to products that are to be made available on the Union market or to be exported; (c a) ‘bring to an end the use of forced labour’ means effective measures to address the root causes of forced labour that supplies the economic operator that places or makes the product available in the EU market. It shall not mean disengagement as first resort; (f) ‘product’ means any product that can be valued in money and is capable, as such, of forming the subject of commercial transactions, whether it is extracted, harvested, produced or, manufactured, stored or transported, including working or processing related to a product at any stage of its supplyvalue chain; (g) ‘product made with forced labour’ means a product for which forced labour has been used in whole or in part at any stage of its extraction, harvest, production or, manufacture, storage or transport, including working or processing related to a product at any stage of its supply chainvalue chain; (g a) ‘value chain’ shall have the meaning attributed to it in Article 3 of the Directive 20XX/XX/EU on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence of the European Parliament and of the Council to the extent applicable; (k) ‘product supplier’ means any natural or legal person or association of persons in the supplyvalue chain who extracts, harvests, produces or, manufactures, stores or transports a product in whole or in part, or intervenes in the working or processing related to a product at any stage of its supply chain, whether as manufacturer or in any other circumstances; (n) ‘substantiated concern’ means a well-founded reason, based on objective and verifiable information, for the competent authorities to suspect that productvalue chain, whether as manufacturer or in any other circumstances; (m a) ‘stakeholders’ means: (i) the economic operator’s employees, the employees of its subsidiaries and value chains’ workers, including smallholders and informal workers’ and other individuals, groups, communities or entities, civil society organisations, as well as trade unions and other workers’ representatives, whose rights or interests are or could be affected by the use of forced labour by the economic operator, its subsidiaries and its business relationships, including through the value chain; (ii) other natural or legal persons engaging, promoting, representing, protecting and defending, as part of their statutory purpose or otherwise, issues related to this Regulation; (m b) ‘vulnerable stakeholders’ shall have the meaning attributed to it in Article 3 of the Directive 20XX/XX/EU on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence of the European Parliament and of the Council to the extent applicable; (m c) ‘meaningful engagement with stakeholders’ means an interactive, responsive, ongoing and gender-inclusive process of engagement with potentially affected suppliers, workers and their representative organisations, as well as other stakeholders, such as civil society organisations including trade unions and NGOs and local communities, with particular attention to vulnerable stakeholders; (n) ‘substantiated concern’ means a well-founded reason, based on objective and verifiable information, for the competent authorities to suspect that forced labour is likely to have been used in the production or transport of products; (u a) ‘forced labour risks areas’ means those countries or regions where likely made with forced labour;there is evidence of wide-spread and/or systemic forced labour, including state-imposed forced labour, in an entire product group or product site in a specific industry; (u b) ‘forced labour risks products’ means those products coming from the forced labour risks areas, as well as products linked to high risks sectors of economic activity identified by the Directive 20XX/XX/EU on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence of the European Parliament and of the Council and included in the database of Article 11.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Preliminary phase of investigations Preliminary phase of investigations 1. Competent authorities shall follow a risk-based approach in assessing the likelihood that economic operators violated Article 3. That assessment shall be done with reference to the indicators of forced labour set out by the International Labour Organization which shall be detailed by the Commission in accordance with Article 23 and shall be based on all relevant information available to them, including the following information: (a) submissions made by natural or legal persons or any association not having legal personalitycomplaints made by stakeholers pursuant to Article 10; (b) the risk indicators and other information pursuant to Article 23, points (b) and (c); (c) the databases referred to in Articles 11 and 11 a; (d) information and decisions encoded in the information and communication system referred to in Article 22(1), including any past cases of compliance or non-compliance of an economic operator with Article 3; (e) information requested by the competent authority from other relevant authorities, where necessary, on whether the economic operators under assessment are subject to and carry out due diligence in relation to forced labour in accordance with applicable Union legislation or Member States legislation setting out due diligence and transparency requirements with respect to forced labour. 2. In their assessment of the likelihood that economic operators violated Article 3, competent authorities shall focus on the economic operators involved in the steps of the value chain as close as possible to where the risk of forced labour is likely to occur and take into account the size and economic resources of the economic operators, the quantity of products concerned, as well as the scale of suspected forced labour. 3. Before initiating an investigation in accordance with Article 5(1), the competent authority shall request from the economic operators under assessment information on actions taken to identify, prevent, mitigate or, remediate, protect and bring to an end risks of forced labour in their operations and value chains with respect to the products under assessment, including on the basis of any of the following: (a) applicable Union legislation or Member States legislation setting out due diligence and transparency requirements with respect to forced labour; (b) the guidelines issued by the Commission pursuant to Article 23, point (a); (c) due diligence guidelines or recommendations of the UN, ILO, OECD or other relevant international organisations; (d) any other due diligence requirements in relation to forced labour. 4. Economic operators shall respond to the request of the competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 within 15 working days from the day they received such request. Economic operators may provide to competent authorities any other information they may deem useful for the purposes of this Article. 5. Within 30 working days from the date of receipt of the information submitted by economic operators pursuant to paragraph 4, the competent authorities shall conclude the preliminary phase of their investigation as to whether there is a substantiated concern of violation of Article 3 on the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 and the information submitted by economic operators pursuant to paragraph 4. 6. The competent authority shall duly take into account where the economic operator demonstrates that it carries out due diligence on the basis of identified forced labour impact in its supplyvalue chain, adopts and carries out measures suitable and effective for remediating and bringing to an end forced labour and provide remediation in a short period of time. The competent authority shall declare that there is a substantiated concern of violation of Article 3 when the economic operator does not demonstrate that forced labour was eradicated and remediation provided once this period of time has expired. 7. Competent authorities shall not initiate an investigation pursuant to Article 5, and shall inform the economic operators under assessment accordingly, where, on the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 and the information submitted by economic operators pursuant to paragraph 4, the competent authorities consider that there is no substantiated concern of a violation of Article 3, for instance due to, but not limited to, the applicable legislation, guidelines, recommendations or any other due diligence in relation to forced labour referred to in paragraph 3 being applied in a way that mitigates, prevents and brings to an end the risk of forced labour and provides remediation.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Investigations Investigations 1. Competent authorities that, pursuant to Article 4(5), determine that there is a substantiated concern of a violation of Article 3, shall decide to initiate an investigation on the products and economic operators concerned. 2. Competent authorities that initiate an investigation pursuant to paragraph 1 shall inform the economic operators subject to the investigation, within 3 working days from the date of the decision to initiate such investigation about the following: (a) the initiation of the investigation and the possible consequences thereof; (b) the products subject to the investigation; (c) the reasons for the initiation of the investigation, unless it would jeopardise the outcome of the investigation; (d) the possibility for the economic operators to submit any other document or information to the competent authority, and the date by which such information has to be submitted. 3. Where requested to do so by competent authorities, economic operators under investigation shall submit to those competent authorities any informationcomplete and substantive evidence that is relevant and necessary for the investigation, including information identifying the products under investigation, the manufacturer or producer of those products and the product suppliers. In requesting such information, competent authorities shall to the extent possible: (a) prioritise the economic operators under investigation involved in the steps of the value chain as close as possible to where the likely risk of forced labour occurs and (b) take into account the size and economic resources of the economic operators, the quantity of products concerned, as well as the scale of suspected forced labour. 4. Economic operators shall submit the information within 15 working days from the request referred to in paragraph 3 or make a justified request for an extension of that time limit. 5. When deciding on the time limits referred to in this Article, competent authorities shall consider the size and economic resources of the economic operators concerned. the scale of suspected forced labour, as well as the context in which those economic operators, their subsidiaries and their business partners operate, in particular in developing countries. 4. Economic operators shall submit the information within 15 working days from the request referred to in paragraph 3 or make a justified request for an extension of that time limit. 4 a. In the case of the products presumed made with forced labour in accordance with Article 11, the competent authority shall inform the economic operator and provide a time limit for the economic operator to demonstrate that the products concerned are free of forced labour and that appropriate due diligence measures, including remediation, have been effectively implemented. 5. When deciding on the time limits referred to in this Article, competent authorities shall consider the size and resources of the economic operators concerned. 5 a. During the investigation phase, the competent authority shall take necessary precautionary measures, including a temporary suspension of the circulation on the Union market of the products concerned to ensure the effectiveness of its final decision. 5 b. Once the competent authority initiates an investigation it shall assess the possible impacts of any decision to be adopted pursuant Article 6(4) on the affected workers and partner countries but also the economic operators taking into account their size and resources. That assessment shall be carried out with the meaningful engagement of relevant stakeholders, as well as in consultation with authorities of the affected or potentially affected third countries, and in particular developing countries. 5 c. Competent authorities may conclude that there is substantiated concern on the basis of any other facts available where it was not possible to gather information and evidence pursuant to Article 4(1) or (4). 6. Competent authorities may carry out all necessary checks and inspections including investigations in third countries, provided thatwithout prior warning to the economic operators concerned give their consent an, except where prior notification is necessary in order to ensure the effectiveness of the checks and inspections, and provided that the government of the Member State or third country in which the inspections are to take place has been officially notified and raises no objection within a delimited timeframe.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 15 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraphs 4 a (new), 6 and 6 a (new)
4 a. Taking into account the outcome of the impact assessment referred to Article 5(5b), as well as other information gathered during the investigation, the competent authority shall be empowered to adopt a decision requesting the economic operator to urgently adopt and implement effective due diligence measures to prevent, mitigate, remediate and bring to an end forced labour in their product value chain. 6. Where economic operators provide evidence to the competent authorities that they have complied with the decision referred to in paragraph 4,s 4 and 4 a and that they have eliminated forced labour from their operations or supplyvalue chain with respect to the products concerned, and provided the proof of effective remediation for victims of forced labour, the competent authorities shall withdraw their decision for the future and inform the economic operators. 6 a. To eliminate forced labour, the Commission’s Guidance on Due Diligence for EU businesses shall enable disengagement from a business relationship as a last resort solution only, in consistency with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 16 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Content of the decision Content of the decision 1. The decision referred to in Article 6(4) shall contain all of the following: (a) the findings of the investigation and the information underpinning the findings, including the due diligence measures that the economic operator must implement and the potential impacts of competent authority decisions; (b) a reasonable time limit for the economic operators to comply with the order, which shall not be less than 30 working days and no longer than necessary to withdraw the respective products. When setting such a time limit, the competent authority shall take into account the economic operator’s size and economic resourceresources. Reasonable time limit shall be set up for the operator to effectively implement the due diligence measures foreseen in Article 6(4a), including the provision of remediation to affected workers; (c) all relevant information and in particular the details allowing the identification of the product, to which the decision applies, including details about the manufacturer or producer and the product suppliers; (d) where available and applicable, information required under customs legislation as defined in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. 2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts further specifying the details of the information to be included in the decisions. Those details shall as a minimum include details of information to be made available to customs authorities in accordance with Article 16(3). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure pursuant to Article 29.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 17 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Submission of information regarding 1. Submissions of information by any natural or legal persComplaint procedure regarding violations violations of Article 3 of Article 3 -1. The Commission shall establish a centralised mechanism to receive complaints by any stakeholder on alleged violations or any association not having legal personality, to competent authorities on alleged violations of Article 3f Article 3. Complaints may be lodged anonymously. The complaint mechanism should be secure and accessible, and ensure that the identity of the complainant is not disclosed without explicit consent. 1. Complaints shall contain information on the economic operators or product, products, production sites and high-risk areas concerned and provide the reasons substantiating the allegation. 1 a. The Commission shall determine the rules and procedures to assign complaints to the competent authorities, taking into account the specifics of the complaint, the domicile of the economic operator and the capacities of the competent authorities in concerned Member States. 2. The competent authority shall, as soon as possible, inform the person or associationcomplainant referred to in paragraph 1 of the outcome of the reasoning and the assessment of their submissioncomplaint, as well as all the decisions referred to in Article 9. 3. Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 shall apply to the reporting of all breaches of this Regulation and the protection of personstakeholders reporting such breaches. __________________ 39 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..
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Database of fForced labour risk areas or products products 1. The Commission shall call upon external expertise to provide an indicative, non-exhaustive, verifiable, evidence-based and regularly updated database of forced labour risks in specific geographic areas, or with respect to specific products including with regard to forced labour imposed by state authorities. The database shall be based on the guidelines referred to in Article 23, points (a), (b) and (c), and relevant external sources of information from, amongst others, civil society organisations, international organisations and third country authorities. 2. The Commission shall ensure that the database is made publicly available by the external expertise at the latest 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation. This database shall be transparent and easily accessible to all. 3. Economic operators placing or making available on the Union market or exporting products which are not mentioned in the database referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, or which come from areas that are not mentioned in that database, shall also be required to comply with Article 3.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Disclosure of value chains 1. The economic operators should map their value chains and publicly disclose relevant information including names, locations and types of products concerning their subsidiaries, suppliers, contractors and business partners in the value chain. 2. The Commission shall set up a public database containing the relevant information foreseen in paragraph 1 with due regard for commercial confidentiality, privacy, and competition law in order to facilitate the accessibility and transparency of the information for competent authorities and stakeholders to implement this Regulation. 3. Economic operators will feed their relevant information into the system and ensure that such information is up to date.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Guidelines Guidelines The Commission shall issue guidelines no later than 186 months after the entry into force of this Regulation, which shall include the following: (a) guidance on due diligence in relation to forced labour, which shall take into account applicable Union legislation setting out due diligence requirements with respect to forced labour, guidelines and recommendations from international organisations, as well as the size and economic resources of economic operators; (b) information on risk indicators of forced labour, which shall be based. More specifically, the guidelines shall refer to remediation measures with a gender-responsive and child-friendly approach, including financial and non- financial compensation, restitution, rehabilitation, effective preventive measures, such as injunctions and guarantees of non-recurrence of forced labour and apologies. In all cases, remediation must be adapted to the specific context and condition of the rightsholder. The guidelines shall also incorporate measures to cover the states' obligation to protect, to provide immediate assistance and rehabilitation and aim to contribute to the access to long-term sustainable solutions; (b) information on risk indicators of forced labour, which shall be based on the indicators for forced labour set out by the ILO including in its ‘Hard to see, harder to count – Survey guidelines to estimate forced labour of adults and children’, on independent and verifiable information, including reports from international organisations, in particular the International Labour Organization, civil society, business organisations, and experience from implementing Union legislation setting out due diligence requirements with respect to forced labour; (c) a list of publicly available and accessible information sources of relevance for the implementation of this Regulation; (d) further information to facilitate the competent authorities’ implementation of this Regulation; (e) guidance for the practical implementation of Article 16 and, where appropriate, any other provision laid down in Chapter III of this Regulation; (e a) guidelines to assist economic operators in the setting up of a value chain mapping process and for the identification of victims and risks, including references to specific high-risk sectors and areas; (e b) guidance for the stakeholders to file a complaint and facilitate access to justice, remedy and protection, as well as participate and meaningfully engage in the procedures set out in the Regulation.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 21 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Union Network Against Forced Labour Products Products 1. A Union Network Against Forced Labour Products (‘the Network’) is established. The Network shall serve as a platform for structured coordination and cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission, and to streamline the practices of enforcement of this Regulation within the Union, thereby making enforcement more effective and coherent. 2. The Network shall be composed of representatives from each Member States’ competent authority, representatives from the Commission, including EU delegations, and, where appropriate, experts from the customs authorities. 3. The Network shall have the following tasks: (a) facilitate the identification of common priorities for enforcement activities, to exchange information, expertise and best practices; (b) conduct joint investigation, as well as the European Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Labour Authority and other Union agencies with relevant expertise in the areas covered by the Regulation. Trade unions and other workers’ representatives, civil society organisations, human rights defenders, international organisations, and third countries’ competent authorities shall be invited to collaborate with the Network. 3. The Network shall have the following tasks: (a) facilitate the identification of common priorities for enforcement activities, including in third countries and especially in developing countries, to exchange information, expertise and best practices ensuring a gender-responsive and child-friendly approach; (b) conduct joint investigations, including in third countries, and reinforce national and transnational referral mechanisms; (c) facilitate capacity building activities and contribute to uniform risk- based approaches and administrative practices for the implementation of this Regulation in the Member States and third countries; (d) contribute to the development of guidance to ensure the effective and uniform application of this Regulation; (e) promote and facilitate collaboration to explore possibilities for using new technologies for the enforcement of this Regulation and the traceability of products; (f) to promote the cooperation and exchange of expertise and best practices between competent authorities and customs authorities; and, where appropriate, with third countries’ competent authorities, especially developing countries’ authorities, as well as trade unions, civil society organisations, human rights defenders and international organisations; (f a) manage the centralised complaint system. 4. The Commission shall support and encourage cooperation between enforcement authorities through the Network and participate in the meetings of the Network. 5. The Network shall establish its rules of procedure.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
1. In order to facilitate effective implementation and enforcement of this Regulation, the Commission may as appropriateshall cooperate, engage and exchange information with, amongst others, authorities of third countries, international organisationespecially of developing countries, international organisations, trade unions and other workers’ representatives, civil society representatives and business organisations and any other stakeholder. International cooperation with authorities of third countries, especially developing countries, shall take place in a structured way as part of the existing dialogue structures with third countries or, if necessary, specific ones that will be created on an ad hoc basis. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, cooperation with, amongst others, international organisations, civil so and through the Network foreseen in Article 24. 1a. The Commission, in particular in developing countries and in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, shall provide measures to contribute to the effective implementation of this Regulation, including financial support for capaciety representatives, business organisations and competent authorities of third countries may result inbuilding in partner countries in order to address the root causes of forced labour, which results e.g. from, among others, discrimination, unfair purchasing practises, the absence of living wage and land rights. The Commission shall provide financial and political support to civil society organisations, human rights defenders and rightsholders, and raise awareness and support access to protection, justice and remedy for victims, among others. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Union shall developing accompanying measures, including to support the efforts of companies and partner countries efforts and locally available capacities in tackling forced labourthe economic operator and its business partners in the value chain, in particular the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 2 a. The Union and its Member States shall support third countries, in particular developing countries, by promoting the ratification and the effective implementation of fundamental ILO’s conventions and standards related to the prohibition of forced labour and by taking measures to enable partner countries to effectively prevent, minimise, remediate and eradicate on forced labour. 2 b. Member States and the Commission shall provide information and effective support to relevant stakeholders to comply with and exercise the rights provided to them, in particular the right to file a complaint, as well as to monitor the implementation of the Regulation.
2023/06/22
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 203 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities that, pursuant to Article 4(5) or to the information contained in the database referred to in Article 11, determine that there is a substantiated concern of a violation of Article 3, shall decide to initiate an investigation on the products and economic operators concerned.
2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 216 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notwithstanding paragraph 5, competent authorities may conclude that there is substantiated concern on the basis of any other facts available where it was not possible to gather information and evidence pursuant to Article 4(1) or (4).
2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget,
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 27 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Union faces an extraordinarily complex set of challenges, including the direct and indirect repercussions of the war inRussia's war of aggression against Ukraine, high inflation, high energy prices and security of supply risks, and a worsening economic outlook, in particular for households and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the need to secure the recovery from the pandemic, crises in many other parts of the world, technological change, including increasing digitalisation, as well as climate change and its consequences; considers that the Union budget should contribute to tackling those challenges, while expressing concern at the exceptionally limited margins, which are about one third of last year’s, or, in the case of Heading 6, the lack of margin, and the limited flexibility built into the budget; deplores the fact that the draft budget is an insufficient response to the current challenges; recalls that the EU budget is primarily an investment budget and that the multiannual financial framework (MFF) was not established to address a pandemic, a war, high inflation, high energy prices, high numbers of refugees, new accessions, food insecurity, and a humanitarian crisis;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 55 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the importance of gender mainstreaming and gender- responsive budgeting in ensuring that the EU lives up to its commitments of promoting gender equality in all its activities; notes the Commission's work on a new methodology to measure the gender impact of Union spending; calls for an extension of the methodology to all MFF programmes in order to demonstrate results for the 2023 budget; stresses, in this regard, the need for systematic collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated data;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 68 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is key to spurring investment in the development of high performance and sustainable trans- European networks, such as new and better roads, cross-border railways, as well as ports and airports, which serve to improve the competitiveness of the Union; stresses that CEF plays a crucial role in decarbonising the Union economy by supporting alternative fuel infrastructure and renewable energy, thereby accelerating the green transition and increasing the Union’s energy independence, and promotes interconnectivity across the Union territory, including with the Iberian peninsula and with remote, sparsely populated regions; underlines that Russia's unprecedented and unprovoked military attack against Ukraine calls for urgent support to transport infrastructure in and towards Ukraine (“solidarity lanes”), to enable the transport of critical goods in both directions; proposes, therefore, to increase the funding of the Transport and Energy strands of CEF by a total amount of EUR 90 million in commitment appropriations above the level of the DB;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 71 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that a well-functioning Single Market is at the heart of Union competitiveness; underlines the importance of preserving and adapting it, without endangering its integrity and the level playing field within sectors, particularly with a view to state aid rules, in a context of numerous challenges; calls on the Commission to make the necessary proposals, including in the frame of the amending letter, to bridge any possible gap between the entry into force of the Digital Services Act and the recovery of the supervisory fees;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 105 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance of protecting the Union budget against fraud, corruption and other prohibited conduct, which adversely affect the EU and national budgets; stresses, in this regard, the central role that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) plays in protecting the Union’s financial interests, including with respect to the use of NextGenerationEU funds, and ensuring compliance with the rule of law; decides, therefore, to apply targeted reinforcements to the EPPO and increase its staffing levels to allow the body to fulfil its mandate; calls on all the Member States to join the EPPO and reinforce efforts against fraud, corruption, money laundering and organised crime in order to ensure a better protection of the Union financial interests; recalls the importance of compliance with the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 108 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Expresses its grave concerns about the impact of the Russian war in Ukraine and its economic fallout as well as of the extreme weather events on production and distribution in the agricultural sector and food markets; underlines, in this regard, the strategic role of the agricultural sector in ensuring food security; recalls that 2023 is the first year of the new common agricultural policy that will support Union farmers; believes that the crisis situation justifies the partial mobilisation of the new agricultural reserve by a minimum of EUR 10 million for young farmers; calls on the Commission to prepare pertinent exceptional measures in line with the relevant provisions in the basic act and to increase, as relevant, the amount to be mobilised;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 130 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Underlines the importance of enhancing European cooperation in defence matters taking into account the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the highly unstable international environment; considers that such cooperation not only makes Europe and its citizens safer but also leads to greater efficiency and potential savings; calls in that connection for increased funding for the capability development strand of the European Defence Fund in order to foster an innovative and competitive defence industrial base that will contribute to the strategic autonomy of the Union; underlines the central role and added value generated by small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in strengthening the European defence technological and industrial base;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 133 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Proposes also to increase funding for military mobility with the aim of helping Member States act faster and more effectively; notes, in this regard, the central role played by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in supporting military mobility, while simultaneously improving European civilian infrastructure; notes that sufficient funding is needed to support missions and operations under the common security and defence policy, including by measures such as funding dual-use transport infrastructure and simplifying diplomatic clearances and customs rules; notes that military mobility could also be boosted by the urgent accession to the Schengen Area of Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia; recalls that the failure to resolve that matter has a detrimental economic and geostrategic impact;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 152 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49 a. Emphasises that Ukraine will have significant external financing needs in 2023 and considers that the Union should treat those evolving needs as a priority during the financial year; underlines that the Union should take a leading role in making available sufficient and predictable support to Ukraine together with international partners;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 163 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55 a. Considers that in times where EU citizens face dramatic rises on their daily life cost, the Union institutions should demonstrate solidarity, notably in relation with energy consumption; advocates that the European Parliament, as their sole directly elected representation body at the Union level, should lead by example in this perspective; believes that the total amount of heated or cooled square meters of the Union buildings correspond to those of a middle size city, and that as such, it should provide the efforts these cities are considering at the moment; requests the Bureau to seek and find ways to make further savings in the EP budget, and trigger the launch of an exchange of good practices between governing bodies of EU institutions in revising their multi annual spending strategies, for instance in the field of Building projects where the Commission considers combining its buying and renovating plans with the selling of a wide range of its offices buildings, taking stock of the lessons learnt in terms of new ways of working, developed throughout the peak periods of the pandemic; considers that the EU institutions should inspire their energy consumption policies from those of local authorities surrounding its facilities, like Brussels region to limit in time outside and inside public buildings lightening;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 164 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55 a. Considers that inflation and increasing energy prices have put immense pressure on Parliament's budget; considers that additional investments, beyond the surging fixed costs, should therefore only be made when strictly necessary and where adequate results cannot be achieved through reprioritisation of resources; believes that, for the same reasons, Parliament's staffing should be kept at a consistent level;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 176 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 – point f
(f) askrecalls the Bureau to make known its decision on the future of the Spaak building in Brusselshat proper information and consultation with BUDG committee before adopting any major decision on building related issues is needed due to their important budgetary implications; asks the Bureau to explore savings opportunities and to totally reconsider the project on the future of the Spaak building in Brussels and to oppose the acquisition of Osmose building in Strasbourg;
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 27 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Since the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility,3 unprecedented geopolitical events, i.e. Russia's unprovoked and illegal military invasion of Ukraine, and their direct and indirect socio-economic consequences have considerably affected the Union’s society and economy. In particular, it has become clearer than ever that the Union’s energy security and independence from fossil fuels is indispensable for a successful, sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, as it is also a major factor contributing to the resilience of the European economy. __________________ 3 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).
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 44 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Versailles Declaration of 10-11 March 2022 of the Heads of States and Governments invited the Commission to propose by the end of May a REPowerEU plan to phase out the dependency on Russian fossil fuel imports, which was subsequently reiterated in the European Council Conclusions of 24-25 March 2022. This should be done well before 2030 in a way that is consistent with the EU’s Green Deal and the climate objectives for 2030 and 2050 as well as the Paris agreement- compatible greenhouse gas budget enshrined in the European Climate Law. Regulation (EU) 2021/241 should therefore be amended to enhance its ability to support reforms and investments dedicated to diversifying energy supplies, in particular by expanding renewable energy production and phasing out fossil fuels, thereby strengthening the strategic autonomy of the Union alongside an open economy. Support should also be given to reforms and investments increasing the energy efficiency of the Member States’ economies.
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 100 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) While extending tThe current intake rate of allowances to the Market Stability Reserve, as a minimum, is needed to prevent in long term a significant increase of the surplus of allowances in the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, t. The current economical and geopolitical situation requires the Union to mobilise available resources to rapidly diversify Union’s energy supply and reduce dependence on fossil fuels before 2030. In this context, Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council4 and Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council5 should be amended to extend the doubling of the 24% intake rate of the Market Stability Reserve until 2030, while allowing for an exceptional release andone-time monetisation of a portion ofthe EU Emission Trading System by auctioning a portion of auctioned and free allowances forom the Market Stability Reserve and directing revenuesse means, as well as revenues that would otherwise be used to increase the size of the Innovation Fund. The revenues shall be directed towards reforms and investments contributing to REPowerEU objectives, in the Recovery and Resilience Facility framework. __________________ 4 Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, OJ L 264/1 5 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 198 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21a – paragraph 5
(5) Each Member State may submit to the Commission a request for allocation of an amount not exceeding its share, by including in its plan the reforms and investments described in Article 21c(1) and indicating their estimated costs. Such a request shall only be made after a Member State has requested to transfer or allocate a significant share of the maximum amounts available under Article 81a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and Article 26a of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, in accordance with Article 21b of this Regulation.
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 208 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21b – paragraph 1– point b
(b) Resources allocated under Article 81a of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall, as a priority, support measures in Article 21c(1)(b) of this Regulation for farm investments for the benefit of farmers or groups of farmers, in particular to contribute reducing the use of synthetic fertilisers, increasing production of renewable energy and sustainable biomethane, and boosting energy efficiency.
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 235 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) addressing internal and cross- border energy transmission bottlenecks, including the connection of grids to new renewable energy sources, and supporting zero emission transport and its infrastructure, including railways,
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 281 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
Article 81a – paragraph 1
(1) Member States submitting to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan containing a REPowerEU chapter in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council may allocate, in the proposal for a CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 118 or in the request for amendment of a CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 119, up to 127.5% of its initial allocation for the EAFRD to the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 284 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10e – paragraph 1
(1) For the period until 31 December 2026, the allowances releasedallowances should be monetised as follows: half of the necessary allowances shall be taken from the quantity which could otherwise be allocated for free pursuant to Article 1(6)0a of Decision (EU) 2015/1814this Directive, and the other half from the quantity which could otherwise be auctioned pursuant to Article 10. This should be complemented by allowances originally auctioned for the Innovation Fund in Article 10a - subparagraph 8 up to a maximum of 4 percent of the total monetised allowances over the period. Allowances shall be auctioned until the amount of revenue obtained from such auctioning has reached EUR 20 billion. This revenue shall be made available to the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by Regulation (EU) 2021/241 and shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of that Regulation.
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 293 #

2022/0164(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 6
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for a period until 31 December 2026, a number of allowances shall be released from the reserve and auctioned in accordance with Article 10e of Directive 2003/87/EC, until the amount of revenue obtained from such auctioning has reached EUR 20 billion.deleted
2022/09/29
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 68 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) In line with international standards, prevention and mitig, tracking, mitigation, remediation as well as bringing to an end and minimisation of actual and potential adverse impacts should take into accountfocus on the interests of those adversely impacted. In order to enable continuous engagement with the value chain business partner instead of termination of business relations (disengagement) and possibly exacerbating adverse impacts, this Directive should ensure that disengagement is a last-resort action, in line with the Unall persons, groups of persons and entities adversely impacted. In line with the Union’s policy of zero-tolerance on child labour, Union’s Strategy on the rights of the child1a and the target date of 2025 proclaimed by the United Nation`s policy of zero- tolerancefor the full elimination onf child labour. Terminat worldwide, when ending a business relationship in which child labour was found could expose the child to even more severe adverse human rights impacts. This should therefore be taken into account when deciding on the appropriate action to take. s, the company should act in the best interest of the child. _________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021 DC0142
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) Companies should provide thestablish the effective possibility for persons and organisations to submit complaints directly to them in case of legitimate concerns regarding actual or potential human rights and environmental adverse impacts. Organisations who could submit such complaints should include trade unions and other workers’ representatives representing individuals working in the value chain concerned and civil society organisations active in the areas related to the value chain concerned where they have knowledge about a potential or actual adverse impact. Companies should establish a procedure for dealing with those complaints and comprehensively inform workers, trade unions and other workers’ representatives, where relevant, in due time about such processes and related measures. Recourse to the complaints and remediation mechanism should not prevent the complainant from having recourse to judicial remedies and enforcement. In accordance with international standards, complaints should be entitled to request from the company appropriate follow-up on the complaint and to meet with the company’s representatives at an appropriate level to discuss potential or actual severe adverse impacts that are the subject matter of the complaint. This access should not lead to unreasonable solicitations of companies.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 64 a (new)
(64 a) The obligations for companies set out in this Directive, regarding actual and potential human rights adverse impacts and environmental adverse impacts, should not have a negative impact on those very rights, including the right to freedom of association, assembly, the rights to organize and collective bargaining. This Directive should not apply when certain companies (insurance undertaking as defined in Article 13, point (1), of Directive 2009/138/EC and institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 1, point (6) of Directive 2016/2341) enter, for the purpose of providing occupational pensions, into a relationship with a legal entity that is required take out occupational pension provisions for its employees. Excluding these specific relationships will ensure that companies in their provision of occupational pensions and legal entities acting as employers always can fulfill their obligations, including those following from collective agreements, to provide workers with their occupational pensions.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Directive shall apply to all companies which are formed in accordance with thin the Union, as referred to in principles 11 and 14 of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) and standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), regardless of: (i) their size, both in terms of number of workers and turnover; (ii) whether they are lregislation of a Member State and which fulfil one of the following conditions:tered in the Union or in a third country; (iii) whether they operate in the public or private sector; (iv) whether the activity which they carry out is high risk or not; (v) the context in which they operate; (vi) their legal form;or (vii) their ownership or structure.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the company had more than 500 employees on average and had a net worldwide turnover of more than EUR 150 million in the last financial year for which annual financial statements have been prepardeleted;
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the company did not reach the thresholds under point (a), but had more than 250 employees on average and had a net worldwide turnover of more than EUR 40 million in the last financial year for which annual financial statements have been prepared, provided that at least 50% of this net turnover was generated in one or more of the following sectors: (i) the manufacture of textiles, leather and related products (including footwear), and the wholesale trade of textiles, clothing and footwear; (ii) agriculture, forestry, fisheries (including aquaculture), the manufacture of food products, and the wholesale trade of agricultural raw materials, live animals, wood, food, and beverages; (iii) the extraction of mineral resources regardless from where they are extracted (including crude petroleum, natural gas, coal, lignite, metals and metal ores, as well as all other, non-metallic minerals and quarry products), the manufacture of basic metal products, other non-metallic mineral products and fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment), and the wholesale trade of mineral resources, basic and intermediate mineral products (including metals and metal ores, construction materials, fuels, chemicals and other intermediate products).deleted
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 148 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The following activities are considered high-risk: (a) the manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products (including footwear), and the wholesale trade of textiles, clothing, retail and footwear; (b) agriculture, forestry, fisheries (including aquaculture), the manufacture of food products, marketing and advertising of food and beverages, and the wholesale trade of agricultural raw materials, live animals, animal products, wood, food, and beverages; (c) energy, the extraction, quarrying, transport and handling of mineral resources regardless from where they are extracted (including crude petroleum, natural gas, coal, lignite, metals and metal ores, as well as all other, non- metallic minerals and quarry products),the manufacture of basic metal products, other non-metallic mineral products and fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment), and the wholesale trade of mineral resources, basic and intermediate mineral products (including metals and metal ores, construction materials, fuels, chemicals and other intermediate products); (d) construction and related activities; (e) the provision of financial services, such as loans, credits, financing, pensions, market funding, risk management, payment services, securitisation, insurance or reinsurance, investment services and activities and other financial services; (f) the production, provision and distribution of information and communication technologies or related services, including hardware, device or component manufacturers, software solutions, including artificial intelligence, surveillance, facial recognition, data storage or processing, telecommunication services, including internet service providers or exchange points, web-based and cloud-based services, including social media and networking, messaging, e- commerce, delivery, mobility, and other platform services; (g) employment activities as well as cleaning and household services, tourism and hospitality; (h) supply of water, gas, steam, air conditioning as well as sewage and waste management; (i) the delivery of audit and certification services regarding compliance with requirements resulting from the provisions of this Directive as well as the delivery of audit and certification services regarding compliance with industry initiatives.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 151 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Directive shall also apply to all companies which are formed in accordance with the legislation of a third country, and fulfil one of the following conditions: in line with UNGP principles 11 and 14.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) generated a net turnover of more than EUR 150 million in the Union in the financial year preceding the last financial year;deleted
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) generated a net turnover of more than EUR 40 million but not more than EUR 150 million in the Union in the financial year preceding the last financial year, provided that at least 50% of its net worldwide turnover was generated in one or more of the sectors listed in paragraph 1, point (b).deleted
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. This Directive shall not apply to the following companies in Article 3 (a) (iv): ⎯ an insurance undertaking as defined in Article 13, point (1), of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ⎯ an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 1, point (6) of Directive 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council when they, for the purpose of providing occupational pensions, enter a relationship with a legal entity that is, in its role as an employer, required by a contract, agreement, or any legislative, regulatory, or administrative provision to take out occupational pension provisions for the employees of the legal entity.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘adverse human rights impact’ means any adverse impact on protectedersons or groups of persons resulting from the violation, unjustified restriction or removal of the enjoyment of one of the rights or prohibitions listed in the Annex, Part I Section 1, as enshrinend in the international conventionand European Human Rights instruments listed in the Annex, Part I Section 2 which should be reviewed biennially including the subsequent case law;
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 181 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) ‘stakeholders’ means the company’s employees, the employees of its subsidiaries, and other individuals, groups, communities or individuals or groups of individuals as well as their representiatives whose rights or interests are or could be affected by the the products, services and operations of that company, its subsidiaries and its business relationshipa company and its branches, its subsidies and all entities with whom the company or any of its subsidiaries or branches have business relationships. These stakeholders can be organisations whose statutory purpose is the defence of human rights, social and labour rights, the environment or good governance, including workers and their representatives, trade unions, whistleblowers, civil society organisations, non profit organisations, citizens’ associations, local communities and public entities, indigenous peoples, human rights defenders and the undertakings’ shareholders;
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 187 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(n a) (a) 'trade union representatives' means representatives designated or elected by trade unions or by members of such unions according to national law or practice;or (b) 'elected representatives' means representatives who are freely elected by the workers of the undertaking in accordance with provisions of national laws or regulations or of collective agreements and whose functions do not include activities which are recognised as the exclusive prerogative of trade unions in the country concerned.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 194 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of due diligence, companies are entitled to share resourcany of the actions described above, the undertakings will ensure that the involvement, information, consultation and participation rights of trade unions and workers’ representatives, and information within their respective groups of companies and with other legal s provided for in Union law, national law and practice are fully respected and applied. Member States shall also ensure that trade unions and workers’ representiatives in compliance with applicable competition lawhave access to the relevant resources, in particular in the form of training, to exercise their rights.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 196 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that companies integrate due diligence into all their corporate policies and have in place a functioning due diligence policy for the company, its subsidiaries, its branches and all entities with whom the company or any of its subsidiaries or branches have business relationships established with the comprehensive and effective involvement, consultation and information of workers, their representatives and trade unions. The due diligence policy shall contain in particular all of the following:
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a code of conduct describing rules and principles to be followed by the company’s employees and subsidiarieacross all functions and operations by the company’s management, its workers as well as its subsidiaries, its branches and all entities with whom the company or any of its subsidiaries or branches have business relationships;
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of identifying and assessing the adverse impacts referred to in paragraph 1 based on, where appropriate, quantitative and qualitative information, companies are entitled toshall make use of appropriate resources, including independent reports and information gathered through the complaints procedure provided for in Article 9. Companies shall, where relevant, also carry out consultations with potentially affected grouptrade unions and workers’ representatives, potentially affected persons and groups of persons including workers and other relevant stakeholders, to gather information on as well as identify and assess actual or potential adverse impacts. Trade unions and workers’ representatives shall be kept informed throughout the process.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Companies shall be required to take the following actions, where relevant:
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) where necessary due to the nature or complexity of the measures required for prevention, develop and implement a prevention action plan, with reasonable and clearly defined timelines for action and qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring improvement. The prevention action plan shall be developed in consultation with trade unions, workers’ representatives and other affected stakeholders;
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Companies shall be required to take the following actions, where relevant:
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) fully neutralise and reverse the adverse impact or minimise its extentwithout undue delay or, if reversal or neutralisation is not possible, minimise its extent and mitigate its impact as quickly as possible by appropriate remedies, including inter alia by the full payment of damages to the affected persons, groups of persons or entities and ofull financial compensation to the affected communities. The action shall be proportionate to the significance and scale of the adverse impact and to the contribution of the company’s conduct to the adverse impactpersons, groups of persons or entities;
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 259 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) where necessary due to the fact that the adverse impact cannot be immediately brought to an end, develop and implement a corrective action plan with reasonable and clearly defined timelines for action and qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring improvement. Where relevant, tThe corrective action plan shall be developed in consultation with affected stakeholders, including trade unions and workers’ representatives, and shall be publicly available;
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) trade unions and other workers’ representatives, including those representing individuals working in the value chain concerned, or those otherwise affected,
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 313 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) to requestceive appropriate follow-up without undue delay on the complaint from the company with which they have filed a complaint pursuant to paragraph 1, and
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 316 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) to meet with the company’s representatives at an appropriate level to discuss potential or actual severe adverse impacts as well as adequate remedy that are the subject matter of the complaint., and
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 321 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(b a) to request timely full and effective remedy of the situation.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 327 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recourse to the complaints and remediation mechanism at company level shall not prevent the complainant from having recourse to judicial remedies.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 333 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to provide support to companies or to Member State authorities on how companies should fulfil their due diligence obligations, the Commission, in consultation with Member States and, the European cross-industry and sectoral social partners, other relevant stakeholders, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Environment Agency, the European Labour Authority and where appropriate with international bodies like the UN, the ILO and the Council of Europe having expertise in due diligence, mayshall issue guidelines, including for specific sectors or specific adverse impacts and guidance on identifying high-risk activities.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 345 #

2022/0051(COD)

1. Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive, and. Sanctions should include exclusion award/renewal of public contracts/procurement and other public support/funding. Repeated violations should also be considered as an aggravating circumstance and thus higher sanction. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The sanctions provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 361 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – subheading 1
Violations and restrictions of enjoyment of rights and prohibitions included in international and European human rights agreeinstruments
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 362 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 372 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – point 21 a (new)
21 a. Violation of the right to work (for example article 6 ICECR)
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 373 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – point 21 b (new)
21 b. Violation of the prohibition of violating or harassing women (for example ILO Convention 190, CoE ‘Istanbul Convention’)
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 374 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – point 21 c (new)
21 c. Violation of rights without discrimination between men and women as expressed (for example in articles 1 and 2 of the CEDAW and article 3 of the ICCPR)
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 375 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – subheading 2
Human rights and fundamental freedoms conventionInternational and European Human rights instruments
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 386 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 387 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 b (new)
- Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (155) and its 2002 Protocol
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 388 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 c (new)
- Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (187)
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 389 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 390 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 391 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 392 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 393 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 h (new)
- Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’)
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 394 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 395 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 j (new)
- Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 404 #
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 405 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 23 b (new)
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 407 #

2022/0051(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 23 c (new)
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
2022/11/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) This Regulation lays down a financial envelope, which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of point 18 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources22 , for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. The Secure Connectivity programme is a new initiative and should not undermine the implementation of other Union programmes and the achievement of their objectives. _________________ 22 OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 28.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 33 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) The Horizon Europe Programme will allocate a dedicated share of its Cluster 4 components to R&I activities related to development and validation of the secure connectivity system, including for the potential technologies that would be developed under New Space. The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) will allocate a dedicated share of its Global Europe funds for activities related to the operation of the system and the worldwide provision of services that will allow to offer an array of services to international partners. The Union Space Programme will allocate a dedicated share of its GOVSATCOM component for the activities related to the development of the GOVSATCOM Hub which will form part of the ground infrastructure of the Secure Connectivity system. The funding stemming from these programmes should be implemented in accordance with the rules of these programmes. Since those rules may differ significantly from the rules under this Regulation, the need to achieve effectively the intended policy objectives should be taken into account when deciding to finance actions from both the allocated funds from Horizon Europe and NDICI and from the Union Secure Connectivity Programme.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 35 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
(28 a) The programme will be funded partly by contributions from the Member states and the private sector, in addition to the Union budget. The successful implementation of the programme depends on sufficient such contributions. Member States’ contributions should be made in accordance with their needs and demand for services made available through the programme.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 38 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)
(28 b) To maximise the efficiency of the financial resources and promote synergies between national initiatives and Union programmes, Member States should ensure complementarity of their recovery and resilience plans with the Programme.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 39 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Procurement contracts concluded under the Programme for activities financed by the Programme should comply with Union rules and the specific principles outlined in Article 17 of this Regulation. In that context, the Union should also be responsible for defining the objectives to be pursued as regards public procurement. The Union should promote wide geographic participation among economic actors in all Member States in procurement procedures. The contracting agency should favour technical solutions that are feasible in the long term.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 41 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The implementation model could take the form of a concession contract or other contractual arrangements, in line with Union rules. Regardless of the implementation model, several key principles complementing the rules included in the Financial Regulation and specific to this programme should be put in place. The contract should establish a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the public and private partners. Thus, it should avoid any overcompensation of the private partner for the provision of governmental services, allow the provision of commercial services to be established by the private sector and ensure an appropriate prioritisation of governmental user needs. The Commission should be able to assess and approve such services to ensure that the Union’s essential interests and Programme’s objectives are preserved and adequate safeguards are put in place to prevent potential distortions of competition stemming from the provision of commercial services; such safeguards could include separation of accounts between governmental and commercial services, open, fair and non-discriminatory access to infrastructure necessary for the provision of commercial services. The public-private partnership should foster the participation of start-ups and SMEs along the whole value chain of the concession and across Member States, hereby incentivising the development of innovative and disruptive technologies
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 42 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Member States have long been active in the field of space. They have systems, infrastructure, national agencies and bodies linked to space. They are therefore able to make a major contribution to the Programme, especially in its implementation. They mightshould, to the extent of their available resources, cooperate with the Union to promote the Programme’s services and applications and ensure coherence between the relevant national initiatives and the Programme. The Commission mightshould be able to mobilise the means at Member States’ disposal, benefit from their assistance and, subject to mutually agreed conditions, entrust the Member States with non- regulatory tasks in the implementation of the Programme. Moreover, the Member States concerned should take all necessary measures to ensure the protection of the ground infrastructure established on their territories. In addition, Member States and the Commission should work together and with appropriate international bodies and regulatory authorities to ensure that the frequencies necessary for the Programme are available and protected at the adequate level to allow for the full development and implementation of applications based on the services offered, in compliance with Decision No 243/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . _________________ 35 Decision No 243/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing a multiannual radio spectrum policy programme (OJ L 81, 21.3.2012, p. 7).
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 43 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) In accordance with Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’) and as a promoter of the Union’s general interest, it is the Commission’s responsibility to implement the Programme, assume overall responsibility and promote its use. In order to optimise the resources and competences of the various stakeholders, the Commission should be able to entrust certain tasks to other entities under justifiable circumstances. Having the overall responsibility for the Programme, the Commission should determine the main technical and operational requirements necessary to implement systems and services evolution. It should do so after having consulted Member States’ experts, users and other relevant stakeholders. Finally, in accordance with Article 4(3) TFEU, the exercise of competence by the Union does not result in Member States being prevented from exercising their competences. However, to make good use of the Union funds, it is appropriate that the Commission ensures, as far as possible, the coherence of activities performed in the context of the Programme, with those of the Member States, including those funded under their recovery and resilience plans.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 44 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) In order to ensure the operation of the governmental infrastructure and facilitate the provision of the governmental services, the Agency should be allowed to entrust, by means of contribution agreements, specific activities to other entities, in areas of their respective competence, under the conditions of indirect management applying to the Commission and set out in the Financial Regulation.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 46 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) In principle, the governmental services should be provided free of charge to users of the governmental services. If, after analysiHowever, supply of those services could become limited. If, after thorough analysis and consultation with relevant stakeholders, the Commission concludes that there is a shortage of capacities, it should be permitted to develop a pricing policy as part of those detailed rules on the service provision in order to avoid a distortion of the market. The Commission should be conferred with implementing powers to adopt such pricing policy. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 49 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) establish criteria for the award of the contracts referred to in Article 15 ensuring the participation of start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the UnMember States and their regions, and along the whole relevant value chain;
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 50 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) require that the contractor referred to in Article 15(2) provides a plan on the integration of start-ups and SMEs from across the UnMember States and their regions in the activities under the contracts referred to in Article 15;
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 51 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The provision of commercial services shall be financed by the contractor referred to in Article 15(2). The terms and conditions for the provision of commercial services shall be determined in the contracts referred to in Article 15. They shall in particular specify how the Commission willis to assess and approve the provision of commercial services to ensure that the Union’s essential interests and the Programme’s general and specific objectives referred to in Article 3 are preserved. They shall also include adequate safeguards to prevent distortions of competition in the provision of commercial services, to avoid any conflict of interest, undue discrimination and any other hidden indirect advantages to the contractor referred to in Article 15(2). Such safeguards may include the obligation of accounting separation between the provision of governmental services and the provision of commercial services, including the setting up of a structurally and legally separate entity from the vertically integrated operator for the provision of governmental services, and the provision of open, fair and non- discriminatory access to infrastructure necessary for the provision of commercial services.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 53 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the Commission may, in duly justified cases and, on an exceptional basis and after thorough analysis and consultations with relevant stakeholders, determine, by means of implementing acts, a pricing policy.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 55 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The Programme shall be complemented by funding implemented under the Horizon Europe Programme, the Union Space Programme and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) for a maximum indicative amount of EUR 0,430 billion, EUR 0,220 billion and EUR 0,15220 billion respectively. This funding shall be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2021/695, Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 and Regulation (EU) No. 2021/947 respectively.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 59 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to ensure effective competition in the tendering process, while taking into account the objectives of technological independence and, continuity of services and long-term technological feasibility;
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 60 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) to satisfy environmental and social sustainability criteria;
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 63 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – title
Monitoring and Evaluation
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 64 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall carry out continuous monitoring and periodic evaluations of the Programme in a timely manner to feed into the decision-making process and ensure the highest impact, as well as the most effective and efficient use of resources .
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 65 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By [DATE 32 YEARS AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE], and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the implementation of the Programme. The evaluation shall take into account the views of relevant stakeholders, at both Union and national levels. It shall assess:
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 68 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and Union added value of the Programme’s activities;
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 69 #

2022/0039(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) the synergy and complementarity of the Programme with relevant Union, national and, where relevant, regional initiatives.
2022/05/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) In light of their importance for ensuring the security of supply and enabling a resilient semiconductor ecosystem, Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries shcould be considered to be in the publicprovide services of general interest. Ensuring the security of supply of semiconductors is important also for digitalisation that enables the green transition of many other sectors. To contribute towards security of supply of semiconductors in the Union, Member States may apply support schemes and provide for administrative support in national permit granting procedures. This is without prejudice to the competence of the Commission in the field of State aid under Article 107 and 108 of the Treaty, where, to extent that such support schemes are compatible with applicable state aid reulevants. Member States should support the set-up of Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries in accordance with Union law.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 18 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) It is necessary that Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries are set-up as quickly as possible, while keeping the administrative burden to a minimum. For that reason, Member States should treat applications related to the planning, construction and operation of Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries in the most rapid manner possible. They should appoint an authority which will facilitate and coordinate the permit granting processes and appoint a coordinator, serving as a single point of contact for the project. Moreover, where necessary for granting a derogation under Council Directive 92/43/EEC56 and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and Council57 , the establishment and operation of these facilities may be considered as being of overriding public interest within the meaning of the aforementioned legal texts, provided that the remaining other conditions set out in these provisions are fulfilled. _________________ 56 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. 57 Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 21 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) Appropriate, effective and proportionate measures shthat do not exceed what is necessary to rectify the immediate crisis could be identified and implemented when the crisis stage is activated without prejudice to possible continued international engagement with relevant partners with the view to mitigating the evolving crisis situation. Where appropriate, the Commission shcould request information from undertakings along the semiconductor supply chain. Furthermore, the Commission should be able to, where necessary and proportionate, act as a central purchasing body when mandated by Member States. In extraordinary circumstances and as a last resort, the Commission may oblige Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries to accept and prioritise an order of the production of crisis-relevant products, and to act as a central purchasing body when mandated by Member States. The Commissionin such cases where it is necessary and proportionate to ensure the basic operation of critical sectors. Before enacting any such decision, the Commission should consult the European Semiconductor Board. Furthermore, the Commission should consult the European Semiconductor Board on the proportionality of all proposed emergency actions and could limit the measures to certain critical sectors. In addition, the European Semiconductor Board may advise on the necessity of introducing an export control regime pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/479 of the European Parliament and of the Council60 . The European Semiconductor Board may also assess and advise on further appropriate and effective measures. The use of all these emergency measures should be proportionate and restricted to what is necessary to address the significant disturbances at stake insofar as this is in the best interest of the Union. The Commission should regularly inform the European Parliament and the Council of the measures taken and the underlying reasons. The Commission may, after consulting with the Board, issue further guidance on the implementation and use of the emergency measures. _________________ 60 Regulation (EU) 2015/479 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for exports (OJ L 83, 27.3.2015, p. 34).
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 22 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) In order to ensure that critical sectors can continue to operate in a time of crisis and when necessary and proportionate for this purpose, Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries could be obliged by the Commission to accept and prioritise orders of crisis-relevant products. This obligation may also be extended to semiconductor manufacturing facilities which have accepted such possibility in the context of receiving public support. The decision on a priority rated order should be taken in accordance with all applicable Union legal obligations, having regard to the circumstances of the case. The priority rating obligation should take precedence over any performance obligation under private or public law while it should have regard for the legitimate aims of the undertakings and the cost and effort required for any change in production sequence. Undertakings may be subject to penalties if they fail to comply with the obligation for priority rated orders. Priority rated orders should be used as a last resort and only to ensure the basic operation of all or certain critical sectors, meaning a minimum level of required production.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 23 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
(52 a) Priority rated orders should be continually assessed by the European Semiconductor Board, with a particular view to their effects on all economic sectors and Member States. If the Board finds that enacted decisions are disproportionate or do more harm than good, they can recommend the Commission to limit the scope of, or fully discontinue, enacted decisions.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 35 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Public interest and public support
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 36 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries shallmay be considered to contribute to the security of supply of semiconductors in the Union and therefore to be in the publicprovide services of general interest.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 37 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. In order to reach security of supply in the Union, Member States may, without prejudice to Arto the extent that they are compaticbles 107 and 108 of the Treaty with applicable state aid rules, apply support schemes and provide for administrative support to Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries in accordance with Article 14.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 38 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The security of supply of semiconductors may be considered an imperative reason of overriding public interest within the meaning of Article 6(4) and Article 16(1)(c) of Directive 92/43/EEC and of overriding public interest within the meaning of Article 4(7) of Directive 2000/60. Therefore, the planning, construction and operation of Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries may be considered of overriding public interest, provided that the remaining other conditions set out in these provisions are fulfilled.deleted
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 40 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Where an assessment of the Commission provides concrete, serious, and reliable evidence of a semiconductor crisis, the Commission may activate the crisis stage by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 33(2). The duration of the activation shall be specified in the implementing act. Where, in view of the scope and gravity of the semiconductor crisis, duly justified imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 33(3) shall apply to implementing acts adopted pursuant to this Article.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 41 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Where the crisis stage is activated and where appropriate in order to address the semiconductor crisis in the Union, the Commission shallmay take the measure provided for in Article 20 under the conditions laid down therein. In addition, the Commission may take the measures provided for in Article 21 or Article 22, or both, under the conditions laid down therein.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 42 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, aftershall consulting the European Semiconductor Board, on the proportionality of the actions proposed and may limit the measures provided for in Articles 21 and 22 to certain critical sectors the operation of which is disturbed or under threat of disturbance on account of the semiconductor crisis.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 43 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The use of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be proportionate and restricted to what is necessary for addressing serious disruptions of vital societal functions or economic activities in the Union and. Measures must be in the best interest of the Union and shall not disproportionally favour any one or group of Member States. The use of these measures shall avoid placing disproportionate administrative burden on SMEs.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 44 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shallmay, after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, request representative organisations of undertakings or, if necessary, individual undertakings operating along the semiconductor supply chain to inform the Commission about their production capabilities, production capacities, current primary disruptions and provide other existing data necessary to assess the nature of the semiconductor crisis or to identify and assess potential mitigation or emergency measures at national or Union level.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 45 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. WIn extraordinary circumstances, where necessary and proportionate to ensure the basic operation of all or certain critical sectors, the Commission may oblige Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries to accept and prioritise an order of crisis-relevant products (‘priority rated order’). The obligation shall take precedence over any performance obligation under private or public law.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 46 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. When a semiconductor undertaking established in the Union is subject to a third country priority rated order measure, it shall inform the Commission. Should that obligation significantly impact the operation of certain critical sectors, the Commission may oblige that undertaking, where necessary, proportionate and as a last resort measure, to accept and prioritise orders of crisis relevant products in line with paragraph 4, 5 and 6.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 47 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The obligations under paragraph 1, 2 and 3 shall be enacted by the Commission via decision. Before taking such a decision, the Commission shall consult the European Semiconductor Board. The European Semiconductor Board may advise the Commission on the necessity and proportionality of the decision. The decision shall be taken in accordance with all applicable Union legal obligations, having regard to the advice of the European Semiconductor Board and circumstances of the case, including the principles of necessity and proportionality. The decision shall in particular have regard for the legitimate aims of the undertaking concerned and the cost and effort required for any change in production sequence. In its decision, the Commission shall state the legal basis of the priority rated order, fix the time-limit within which the order is to be performed, and, where applicable, specify the product and quantity, and state the penalties provided for in Article 28 for non- compliance with the obligation. The priority rated order shall be placed at fair and reasonable price.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 48 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The European Semiconductor Board shall continuously assess and advise the Commission on whether decisions enacted under this Article are appropriate and effective. The European Semiconductor Board may recommend the Commission to limit or cancel enacted decisions.
2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 127 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Semiconductors are at the core of any digital device: from smartphones and cars, through critical applications and infrastructures in health, energy, telecommunications and automation to most other industry sectors. While semiconductors are essential to the functioning of our modern economy and society, the Union has witnessed unprecedented disruptions in their supply. The current supply shortage is a symptom of permanent and serious structural deficiencies in the Union’s semiconductor value and supply chain. The disruptions have exposed long-lasting vulnerabilities in this respect, notably a strong third-country dependency in manufacturing and design of chips.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Strengthening the Union’s critical infrastructure and security as well as technological leadership requires leading- edge and custom chips, in particular for future-proof and strategic sectors such as telecommunication infrastructure as well as 5G and 6G technologies.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 223 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) In light of their importance for ensuring the security of supply and enabling a resilient semiconductor ecosystem, Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries shcould be considered to be in the publicprovide services of general interest. Ensuring the security of supply of semiconductors is important also for digitalisation that enables the green transition of many other sectors. To contribute towards security of supply of semiconductors in the Union, Member States may apply support schemes and provide for administrative support in national permit granting procedures. This is without prejudice to the competence of the Commission in the field of State aid under Article 107 and 108 of the Treaty, where relevant, to the extent that such support schemes are compatible with applicable state aid rules. Member States should support the set-up of Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries in accordance with Union law.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 224 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) It is necessary that Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries are set-up as quickly as possible, while keeping the administrative burden to a minimum. For that reason, Member States should treat applications related to the planning, construction and operation of Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries in the most rapid manner possible. They should appoint an authority which will facilitate and coordinate the permit granting processes and appoint a coordinator, serving as a single point of contact for the project. Moreover, where necessary for granting a derogation under Council Directive 92/43/EEC56 and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and Council57 , the establishment and operation of these facilities may be considered as being of overriding public interest within the meaning of the aforementioned legal texts, provided that the remaining other conditions set out in these provisions are fulfilled. _________________ 56 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. 57 Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 288 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) Appropriate, effective and proportionate measures shthat do not exceed what is necessary to rectify the immediate crisis could be identified and implemented when the crisis stage is activated without prejudice to possible continued international engagement with relevant partners with the view to mitigating the evolving crisis situation. Where appropriate, the Commission shcould request information from undertakings along the semiconductor supply chain. Furthermore, the Commission should be able to, where necessary and proportionate, act as a central purchasing body when mandated by Member States. In extraordinary circumstances, the Commission should be able to oblige Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries to accept and prioritise an order of the production of crisis-relevant products, and to act as a central purchasing body when mandated by Member States. The Commissionin such cases where it is necessary and proportionate to ensure the basic operation of critical sectors. Before enacting any such decision, the Commission should consult the European Seiconductor Board. Furthermore, the Commission should consult the European Semiconductor Board on the proportionality of all proposed emergency actions and could limit the measures to certain critical sectors. In addition, the European Semiconductor Board may advise on the necessity of introducing an export control regime pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/479 of the European Parliament and of the Council60 . The European Semiconductor Board may also assess and advise on further appropriate and effective measures. The use of all these emergency measures should be proportionate and restricted to what is necessary to address the significant disturbances at stake insofar as this is in the best interest of the Union. The Commission should regularly inform the European Parliament and the Council of the measures taken and the underlying reasons. The Commission may, after consulting with the Board, issue further guidance on the implementation and use of the emergency measures. _________________ 60 Regulation (EU) 2015/479 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for exports (OJ L 83, 27.3.2015, p. 34).
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
(46) A number of sectors are critical for the proper functioning of the internal market. Those critical sectors are the sectors listed in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities61 . For the purposes of this Regulation, defence, telecommunication and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security should be additionally considered as a critical sector. Certain measures should only be enacted fur the purpose of securing supply to critical sectors. The Commission may limit the emergency measures to certain of these sectors or to certain parts of them when the semiconductor crisis has disturbed or is threatening to disturb their operation. _________________ 61 COM(2020) 829. 16.12.2020.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 302 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) In order to ensure that critical sectors can continue to operate in a time of crisis and when necessary and proportionate for this purpose, Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries could be obliged by the Commission to accept and prioritise orders of crisis-relevant products. This obligation may also be extended to semiconductor manufacturing facilities which have accepted such possibility in the context of receiving public support. The decision on a priority rated order should be taken in accordance with all applicable Union legal obligations, having regard to the circumstances of the case. The priority rating obligation should take precedence over any performance obligation under private or public law while it should have regard for the legitimate aims of the undertakings and the cost and effort required for any change in production sequence. Undertakings may be subject to penalties if they fail to comply with the obligation for priority rated orders. Priority rated orders should only be used to ensure basic operation of all or certain critical sectors, meaning a minimum level of required production.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 376 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘critical sector’ means any sector referred to in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities, the defence sector, telecommunication and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security;
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 428 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 2
(2) address the knowledge and skills shortage, attracting and mobilising new talent and supporting the emergence of a suitably skilled workforce for strengthening the semiconductor sector, including via reskilling and upskilling of workers on research, design and production.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 566 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
13 Public interest and public support
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 569 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries shallmay be considered to contribute to the security of supply of semiconductors in the Union and therefore to be in the publicprovide services of general interest.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 573 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. In order to reach security of supply in the Union, Member States may, without prejudice to Arto the extent that they are compaticbles 107 and 108 of the Treaty with applicable state aid rules, apply support schemes and provide for administrative support to Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries in accordance with Article 14.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 585 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The security of supply of semiconductors may be considered an imperative reason of overriding public interest within the meaning of Article 6(4) and Article 16(1)(c) of Directive 92/43/EEC and of overriding public interest within the meaning of Article 4(7) of Directive 2000/60. Therefore, the planning, construction and operation of Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries may be considered of overriding public interest, provided that the remaining other conditions set out in these provisions are fulfilled.deleted
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 653 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Where an assessment of the Commission provides concrete, serious, and reliable evidence of a semiconductor crisis, the Commission may activate the crisis stage by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 33(2). The duration of the activation shall be specified in the implementing act. Where, in view of the scope and gravity of the semiconductor crisis, duly justified imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 33(3) shall apply to implementing acts adopted pursuant to this Article.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 667 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Where the crisis stage is activated and where appropriate in order to address the semiconductor crisis in the Union, the Commission shallmay take the measure provided for in Article 20 under the conditions laid down therein. In addition, the Commission may take the measures provided for in Article 21 or Article 22, or both, under the conditions laid down therein.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 669 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, aftershall consulting the European Semiconductor Board, on the proportionality of the actions proposed and may limit the measures provided for in Articles 21 and 22 to certain critical sectors the operation of which is disturbed or under threat of disturbance on account of the semiconductor crisis.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 679 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The use of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be proportionate and restricted to what is necessary for addressing serious disruptions of vital societal functions or economic activities in the Union and. Measures must be in the best interest of the Union and shall not disproportionally favour or disfavour any one or group of Member States. The use of these measures shall avoid placing disproportionate administrative burden on SMEs.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 688 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shallmay, after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, request representative organisations of undertakings or, if necessary, individual undertakings operating along the semiconductor supply chain to inform the Commission about their production capabilities, production capacities, current primary disruptions and provide other existing data necessary to assess the nature of the semiconductor crisis or to identify and assess potential mitigation or emergency measures at national or Union level.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 703 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. WIn extraordinary circumstances, where necessary and proportionate to ensure the basic operation of all or certain critical sectors, the Commission may oblige Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries to accept and prioritise an order of crisis-relevant products (‘priority rated order’). The obligation shall take precedence over any performance obligation under private or public law.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 709 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. When a semiconductor undertaking established in the Union is subject to a third country priority rated order measure, it shall inform the Commission. Should that obligation significantly impact the operation of certain critical sectors, the Commission may oblige that undertaking, where necessary, proportionate and as a last resort measure, to accept and prioritise orders of crisis relevant products in line with paragraph 4, 5 and 6.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 713 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. The obligations under paragraph 1, 2 and 3 shall be enacted by the Commission via decision. Before enacting such a decision, the Commission shall consult the European Semiconductor Board. The European Semiconductor Board may advise the Commission on the necessity and proportionality of the decision. The decision shall be taken in accordance with all applicable Union legal obligations, having regard to the advice of the European Semiconductor Board, circumstances of the case, including the principles of necessity and proportionality. The decision shall in particular have regard for the legitimate aims of the undertaking concerned and the cost and effort required for any change in production sequence. In its decision, the Commission shall state the legal basis of the priority rated order, fix the time-limit within which the order is to be performed, and, where applicable, specify the product and quantity, and state the penalties provided for in Article 28 for non- compliance with the obligation. The priority rated order shall be placed at fair and reasonable price.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 716 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The European Semiconductor Board shall continuously assess and advise the Commission on whether decisions enacted under this Article are appropriate and effective. The European Semiconductor Board may recommend the Commission to limit or cancel enacted decisions.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the New European Bauhaus aims to reimagine the way we live togetherinitiative aims to improve the way people live together by reimagining public spaces for new ways of living, encompassing both urban and rural areas, and the connections between these;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the New European Bauhaus (NEB) can help deliver the European Green Deal by adding a strong cultural and creative dimension by bringing together environmental and social sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics in the places where people live and in the way they live;
2022/02/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 7 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the implementation of the New European Bauhaus initiative ishould be guided by the principles of reconnecting with nature, maintaining and regaining a sense of belonging, prioritising the places and people that need it most, and fosteringvulnerable people and neighbourhoods, and fostering sustainability through long-term, life- cycle and integrated thinking in the industrial ecosystem; and should feed such principles into the “Renovation Wave” guidelines;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the NEB is funded from several programmes under the multiannual financial framework (MFF), in particular Horizon Europe and the European Regional Development Fund, with other programmes, such as Creative Europe and Erasmus+, playing an important supporting role; stresses that the NEB must not erode funding for core programme objectives as agreed by the legislator nor divert focus from agreed political priorities;
2022/02/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 13 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the NEB’s success will also hinge on its ability to attract national public and private investment; stresses the importance of making regional and local authorities aware of this initiative so that they can access the corresponding opportunities and funding; calls on the Commission to develop a clear plan for achieving this aim, including through its role in the operational programmes and partnership agreements under cohesion policy and in the national recovery and resilience plans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
2022/02/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 14 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the NEB’s success will also hinge on its ability to attract national public and private investment; calls on the Commission to develop and present to the Parliament a clear plan for achieving this aim, including through its role in the operational programmes and partnership agreements under cohesion policy and in the national recovery and resilience plans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
2022/02/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 14 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the New European Bauhaus isnitiative has been initially funded by different EU programmes, such as Horizon Europe, the LIFE programme and the European Regional Development Fund;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the New European Bauhaus initiative should be based on innovation at all levels and the active participation and involvement of people and local communities including the integration of female creativity and knowledge in the planning of the daily life in the homes and city spaces as well as the future ways of living;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough impact assessment of the NEB at the end of the pilot phase, including an assessment of its contribution to the achievement of the Union’s Green Deal objectives and its effectiveness in promoting synergies between the different Union programmes; underlines that, if continued, the NEB must be designed to ensure democratic oversight and safeguard the role of the budgetary authority; insists that any decision to develop the NEB into a longer-term initiative or programme requires fresh resources as part of the necessary mid-term revision of the MFF.
2022/02/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 49 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue the green transition of the industrial ecosystem through the New European Bauhauincluding the construction sector, through the New European Bauhaus initiative, in a way that also benefits the workforce and provides for new and equal opportunities;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to mandate the development of an EU technical standard for New European Bauhaus housing projects in the form of standards adopted by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), which would take precedence over national construction standards; calls on the Commission to remove the need for a local building permit for specific New European Bauhaus zoning plans at municipal level if a New European Bauhaus construction plan is compliant with these CEN standards, with a view to easing the administrative burden and reducing costs and construction time in order to increase the availability of affordable housing;deleted
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Expects a successful New European Bauhaus initiative to create new quality employment in the construction, restoration, architecture, design, textile, cultural and creative sectors, and to offer upskilling and reskilling opportunities;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the New European Bauhaus movementinitiative, as it can contributes to creating a common European identity and a shared sense of belonginga shared sense of belonging and togetherness, both at local and European level, and foster creativity inspired by different cultural backgrounds, geographical settings and climatic conditions;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promote and support life-proof housing and solidarity between the generations through the New European Bauhauuse the New European Bauhaus initiative to promote and support housing solutions, including adaptations and renovations, which are flexible to adapt to different life situations, based on a design for all approach, increasing civic participation of young people and contribute to solidarity between generations, enabling eolderly people and persons with disabilities to live at home and to remain active in society for longer and to pas; recalls in this con their experience and knowledge to younger generationtext, the need for a people centred and inclusive approach when it comes to planning and organizing the spaces around buildings and neighbourhoods;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in developing new, sustainable building techniques and designs to cin relate aion to the New European Bauhaus way of thinking and to contribute to an EU-wide healthy lifestyle for all Europeansinitiative, in order to provide decent housing at affordable costs for all, also in view of tackling energy poverty;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to require Member States to ensure a minimum of 100 m² of green space per home when planning New European Bauhaus housing projects, and a minimum of one hectare of continuous green space per New European Bauhaus neighbourhoodsufficient amount of green and qualified public space per home and per neighbourhood following the global and European urban planning standards when planning New European Bauhaus housing projects taking the spacial setting into account, and to look for innovative solutions to better incorporate environmental considerations;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a binding arbitration mechanism in order to quickly resolve potential disputes involving New European Bauhaus projects through an expert panel tasked with swiftly establishing legal certainty for the parties involved; stresses that the outcome of the arbitration procedure should be binding until a judgment is handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union.deleted
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to Article 8 of the TFEU enshrining the EU’s aim to eliminate by all its activities inequalities and promote equality between women and men which translates into gender mainstreaming,
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 38 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard to Directive 2000/43/EC of the Council of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 40 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission’s Communication A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020) 152 final), of 5 March 2020,
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 54 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
— having regard to the EPSCO Council conclusions ST/8884-21 of 14 June 2021 on the Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Gender Equality,
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 57 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
— having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Opinion SOC/535- EESC- 2016 of 21 September 2012 The rights of live-in care workers,
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 65 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
— having regard to the ETUI/EPSU report on Pay transparency and role of gender-neutral job evaluation and job classification in the public services,
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 76 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EPSR Action Plan sets out concrete initiatives for the implementation of principles that are essential for building a stronger social Europe for just transitions and recovery; whereas expanding the care workforce will be a prerequisite for the implementation of these initiatives, including those pertaining to the principle 18 in the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 85 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas people are inherently interdependent as they all rely on care to different degrees depending on age, social status, physical endowment and personal background;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 90 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas in 2020, there were 47.5 % of households in the EU that had at least one child and 14 % of the households consisted of children and a single parent1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat (2020) Household composition statistics.
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 98 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas care encompasses all services to addresssupport autonomy and independence of persons in need for care, and by supporting their physical, psychological and, social needs of dependents, as well as support to, personal and household needs guarantees the equal exercise of the rights, dignity, autonomy, inclusion and well-being ofor all members of society;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 108 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the large majority of care givers, formal and informal, are women; whereas caring for others, both paid and unpaid, heavily impacts women’s participation in all areas of life;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 118 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas in the last fifty years, the life expectancy at birth of both men and women in the EU has increased by 10 years1a; whereas access to quality care and creation of age-friendly environments is essential for a longer, healthy and active life; whereas the prevalence of disability, chronic diseases and functional limitations and the need for care increases with age; _________________ 1a European Commission (2021) Green Paper on Ageing: Fostering solidarity and responsibility between generations.
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 120 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the Commission defines personal and household services as "a broad range of activities that contribute to wellbeing at home of families and individuals: child care, long-term care for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, cleaning, remedial classes, home repairs, gardening, ICT support, etc."; whereas in personal and household services the activities of care and non- care are highly intertwined with a vast proportion of workers performing both;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 121 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas at global level, personal and household services are usually described under the term domestic work; whereas the inclusion of domestic workers in the care workforce therefore recognises that care provision includes not only personal care, but also non-relational indirect care, which provides the necessary preconditions for the provision of personal care; whereas a large proportion of personal and household workers thus belongs to the care workforce;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 122 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas the COVID-19 crisis highlighted the key role played by workers in personal and household services within our societies, demonstrating the urgent need to ensure full recognition for these workers in all Member States together with collective bargaining rights, social security and social protection; whereas due to the persisting lack of proper recognition of these workers in several Member States, many of them have lost their job during the COVID-19 pandemic without being able to benefit from state wage compensation and job retention schemes; whereas the pandemic resulted in the loss of accommodation for many workers in personal and household services, as well as exposed them to violence and harassment at work;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 126 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination, above all gender and sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, ethnicity, as well as economic, social, migrant and other disadvantaged backgrounds;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 133 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas thestereotypes surrounding women being better care givers as well as stigma surrounding interdependence and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 142 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the “male breadwinner – female carer“ model continues to shape access to social rights, including pensions, hence impacting negatively on women’s economic independence throughout the life-cycle;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 145 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, in 2018, one-third of employed women were working part time in the EU, nearly four times the rate for men; whereas the unequal distribution of unpaid and invisible care responsibilities is a major factor contributing to this discrepancy;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 146 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas in 2020, women's gross hourly earnings were on average 13.0 % below those of men, in the EU;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 147 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas care migration can be defined as the movement of people to supply care services both in the formal and informal economy; whereas migrant workers in care, who are mostly women, are more vulnerable to exploitation and often lack access of their rights;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 148 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas many care workers members of an ethnic minority or migrants work as live-in care workers with unlimited working hours, having to be available 24 hours a day; whereas these live-in workers are mostly women who do not have an official job contract;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 157 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordable care services in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of formal and informal care is hampered by the lack of data, including gender-disaggregated data, and the lack of quality indicators;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 166 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the crisis in the care sector precedes the Covid pandemic; whereas in the years 2019 to 2020, 421,000 workers left the residential care sector; whereas this increases the psychosocial risks faced by the care workers that remain in the sector, who are mostly women, as their workload increases;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 186 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic hasmade visible and exacerbated the pre- existing challenges in terms of access to both formal and informal care services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 197 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions many carers were isolated from their family and broader community;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 202 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a double burden for many women, who had longer shifts at work and additional informal care at home;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 205 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas the drastic shift from standard work in the place of employment to telework during the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need to better enforce, review and update the legislation related to working conditions in the digital environment and the use of artificial intelligence in the world of work;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 206 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas unavailability of affordable formal long-term care services and lack of regulation of personal and household services lead to high levels of undeclared work and consequently lack of social protection, recognition and fundamental workers’ rights such as collective bargaining, dire working conditions and inadequate pay for workers; whereas undeclared work is more common in the case of foreign, often overqualified, long-term care workers1a; whereas in the EU, at least 3.1 million domestic workers are employed undeclared1b; _________________ 1a European Parliament study (2021) Policies for long-term carers. 1b https://effat.org/in-the- spotlight/european-alliance-calls-on-eu- governments-to-ratify-convention-on- domestic- workers/#:~:text=Among%20them%2C% 206.3%20million%20are,workers%20in% 20their%20respective%20country.
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 215 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of decent working conditions andthrough social dialogue and collective bargaining, fair wages, as well as integrated services, and adequate funding;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 216 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and, well- trained and motivated workforce, the creationestablishment of decent working conditions and, social dialogue and the right to collective bargaining, fair pay, integrated services, and adequate funding;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 240 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas there is a lack of care services that are tailored to individual’s needs and preferences; whereas this requires structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community- based care; whereas that shift has been too slow;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 249 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to home- and community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 261 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women dominate in the care sector; in terms of pay and working conditions as well as the invisibility of care work are closely linked with a vicious circle of “double devaluation”, where care is relegated to the most disempowered groups of society, mainly women, because of its lack of value and, in turn, the activity of care becomes devalued because it is carried out by the most disempowered groups;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 267 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the undervaluation and invisibility of care work are closely linked with the fact that women dominate in the care sector, as well as the fact that homecare and other personal and household services are provided behind closed doors;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 294 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas an excessive market share of private care companies can lead to profit being put before the needs and wellbeing of care workers and care recipients as well as negatively impact universal access to care services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 298 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector; whereas those employees working in the for-profit and non-profit sectors do not have access to a union representation and collective bargaining;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 300 #

2021/2253(INI)

J. whereas in all the Member States, pay in the care sector is well below the average pay and is connected with a devaluation of female-dominated sectors, such as this, as well as factors such as lower collective bargaining coverage in the care sector;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 313 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, which makes care an extremely gendered issue; whereas informal care provision is associated with reduction of employment rates, increase of poverty and social exclusion rates, reduced mental health and increased feelings of social isolation and loneliness;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 315 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, the majority of which are women, which makes care an extremely gendered issue; whereas most informal carers lack rights, such as sick leave and holidays, which negatively impacts on their physical and mental health, well-being and social inclusion;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 332 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who are dependent on informal care are directly linked to the inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services; as well as the choice of many Member States to rely on unpaid informal care as the major source of care provision;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 337 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the high numbers of care recipients who arare made dependent on informal care are directly linked to thers as a direct consequence of the non- existence, inaccessibility and unaffordability of quality professional services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 351 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to their care responsibilities for children and dependents, compared to just 450,000 men;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 368 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M h (new)
Mh. whereas care remains one of the main fields of reproduction of gender archetypes, which are further reinforced by the lack of investment in quality services and gender bias in other policies that disproportionally affect women’s self- determination in social and professional life, such as tax benefit system;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 377 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas in 2019, 22.2 % of children in the EU – almost 18 million – were at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas children from low-income families, homeless children, children with a disability, children with a migrant background, children with a minority ethnic background, particularly Roma children, children in institutional care, children in precarious family situations, single-parent families, LGBTIQ+ families, and families where parents are away to work abroad face serious difficulties, such as severe housing deprivation or overcrowding, barriers in accessing fundamental and basic services, such as access to quality care, adequate nutrition and decent housing; whereas children with disabilities in the EU are disproportionately more likely to be placed in institutional care than children without disabilities, and appear far less likely to benefit from efforts to enable a transition from institutional to family-based care1a; whereas the European Child Guarantee is an EU instrument whose objective is to prevent and combat poverty and social exclusion by guaranteeing free and effective access for children in need to key services; essential care services, such as early childhood education and care, educational and school-based activities, healthcare and at least one healthy meal per school day, and effective access for all children in need to healthy nutrition and adequate housing1b; _________________ 1a European parliament Resolution of 29 April 2021 on European Child Guarantee 1b Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 establishing a European Child Guarantee.
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 380 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income; whereas households with low incomes, lower educational levels, and migrant households experience the greatest difficulties in accessing formal home-based long-term care services; whereas across the EU, one third, and in five Member States even more than half of the households, report that they are in need of professional long- term care services but cannot access them due to financial reasons1a; _________________ 1a Social Protection Committee and the European Commission (2021) Long-term care report
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 387 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas access to quality care services, especially long-term care, is increasingly preconditioned on individual and family income as well as their place of residence;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 390 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas a 2021 Eurocarers survey suggests that 78% of informal carers never used care-related technologies; whereas digital technologies have the potential to support both formal and informal carers and reduce the burden they face, for example, in transporting patients to consultations that could be held online;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 401 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Pb. whereas demographic change and accompanying ageing of the population will increase the demand for care services; whereas care jobs are not likely to be replaced or reduced by automation; whereas this should motivate the EU and Member States to invest into the care economy as a promising job creating sector, in the framework of the digital transition, in order to increase the number of qualified staff and attract more people to this sector;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 413 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P d (new)
Pd. whereas there is significant diversity in the population of informal carers; whereas their needs vary based on their socio-economic context, their labour market participation, the needs of their care receivers and the amount of time they spend caring for dependants;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 419 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P h (new)
Ph. whereas the data on quality of care services is almost exclusively based on non-standard client satisfaction surveys;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 420 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P i (new)
Pi. whereas difficulties associated with the provision of adequate, decent and affordable housing, especially for older people, single persons, persons with disability, persons at risk of poverty and social exclusion, families with young children and single parents, significantly hinder access to quality care services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 421 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P j (new)
Pj. whereas care work is physically and mentally challenging and requires a complex set of skills; whereas care work is often associated with working in shifts, at short notice and with long working hours; whereas health risks and poor working time quality are the main causes of relatively high absenteeism in the long- term care sector; whereas 38 % of care professionals believe that due to the adverse effects of their work they will not be able to continue working until they are 601a; _________________ 1a European Parliament study (2021) Policies for long-term carers.
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 422 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P k (new)
Pk. whereas unions play an important role in representing employees’ interests, as well as raising and maintaining standards across the care sector in non- profit, for-profit and public care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 423 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P l (new)
Pl. whereas across 11 OECD countries, long-term care workers’ median wages are just 9 euro per hour, while wages of hospital workers—a majority of whom are men—average 14 euro per hour1a; _________________ 1a https://www.oecd.org/fr/publications/who- cares-attracting-and-retaining-elderly- care-workers-92c0ef68-en.htm
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 424 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P m (new)
Pm. whereas more than half of care workers say they do not earn enough to cover basic needs such as housing and food, and 31% do not have adequate access to personal protective equipment1a; _________________ 1a https://www.finanzwende- recherche.de/wp- content/uploads/2021/10/Finanzwende_B ourgeronMetzWolf_2021_Private-Equity- Investoren-in-der-Pflege_20211013.pdf
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 425 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P n (new)
Pn. whereas despite the substantial resourcing needs in the Member States care systems, as well as the EU citizens’ expectations for a more social Europe after the pandemic, social targets, including investment in quality care services, have been left out of the EU recovery mechanisms;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 426 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P o (new)
Po. whereas in 2018, the estimated annual investment gap in social infrastructure stood at 100-150 billion euro1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /economy-finance/dp074_en.pdf
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 435 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that it is vital to ensure quality care across the life course; underlines the importance of the quality, accessibility, availability and affordability of care, and that all users and their carers should have a genuine choice when it comes to care services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 448 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care thatCalls for an integrated, holistic, gender-sensitive and life-long approach to common European action on care that ensures a transition towards a care economy, which acknowledges the social and economic contribution of care to our society and pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social needs and rights;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 452 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of an integrated approach to common European action on care that pays equal attention to people’s physical, psychological and social, personal and household needs;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 459 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that promoting an equal- earner/equal carer model, where men and women engage equally in paid work in the labour market and unpaid work in domestic and care responsibilities, should be a goal of all EU actions in the field of care; reminds of the importance of applying gender mainstreaming to all policies;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 462 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that tackling entrenched gender norms and stereotypes is a first step in redistributing responsibilities for unpaid care and domestic work between men and women;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 463 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the importance of educational programmes and awareness raising campaigns that aim to bring more men into care by tackling gender stereotypes about the role of women and men in this sector;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 465 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carers, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care; and thereby accelerate its recovery from the negative effects of the austerity measures, privatisation of care and the pandemic, measuring up to and creating synergies with the standards set for investment in digital and green transformation, with gender equality and inclusion of persons from vulnerable groups as the guiding principles; calls on the Commission to develop guidelines and recommendations for Member States in this sense;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 471 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to increase funding for both formal and informal care across the EU to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carerscarer’s opportunity to earn fair wages and develop a career in the sector through skills certification and validation, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 498 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated ands that care recipientsey put the needs of care providers, rather than the rights of persons in need for care in focus and that persons in need for care should be placed at the centre of care plans;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 508 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and best practices with a view to developing a common European quality framework for formal and informal care, encompassing all care settings, encouraging upward social convergence and guaranteeing equal rights for all citizens; calls for the Commission to support Member States in improving their data collection infrastructures in line with this quality framework;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 517 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for care services in consultation with the Member Statestake leadership in the realm of care by setting ambitious targets regarding access, quality and sustainability of care services in consultation with the Member States and social partners; stresses that the EU should make use of the ILO’s 5R framework for decent care work: recognise, reduce and redistribute unpaid care work, reward paid care work and guarantee care workers’ representation, social dialogue and collective bargaining;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 529 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the importance of highlighting the need for an European approach to care in the debates and final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe, as care is a key sector for Europe’s future;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 560 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to address in the European care strategy the challenging working and employment conditions of all workers in personal and household services, including care and not care work; stresses the importance of adopting measures that facilitate the recognition of these workers;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 561 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Commission to explicitly include the fight against all forms of abuse of older persons in the European care Strategy in order to combat the worrying phenomena such as non-assistance, neglect and the undue use of physical or chemical restraints, particularly in the field of long-term care and support; calls on the Member States to develop trainings for informal and formal carers to avoid such abuse as well as establish independent and effective mechanisms for reporting and redressing it;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 562 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Quality childcare for every childthe benefit of all
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 588 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children; underlines the importance of adequate, accessible and affordable public care structures and services to single parents, the vast majority of whom are women, and to families with low and unsteady incomes, at risk of poverty and social exclusion;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 594 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children, as well as children with disabilities;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 595 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial and equal role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young children;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 598 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that provision of quality childcare is largely determined by investments and improvements in the employment and working conditions of the workers in the childcare sector; reminds of the role that social dialogue plays in developing practical tools for improved access to, availability and affordability of childcare;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 614 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised approach, in order to enhance access to care, the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 656 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the tools required for the regular assessment of the accessibility of care services and a comprehensive benchmark for monitoring the quality and adequate staffing levels of both formal and informal care services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 699 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee immediate and full access of persons enjoying temporary protection to quality care services, without discrimination on any ground and with special attention to their physical and psychological needs generated by the circumstances of war and their displacement, and to secure, at the same time, equal and decent working and employment conditions and fair pay for the persons enjoying temporary protection who will seek employment in the care sector; underlines that additional capacities and investment in the care sector are essential to this end;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 707 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to establish a comprehensive set of indicators for long-term care, and corresponding targets and tools for monitoring the accessibility, affordability and quality of care services, similar to the Barcelona objectives for childcare; urges the Commission to set a target for all citizens to have access to high quality long-term care services;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 727 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Insists on the pivotal role of training for formal and informal carers to support the delivery of quality care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 739 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18d. Stresses that the sets of targets for quality long-term care should inevitably include the reduction of inequality in the access to long-term care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 747 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that between 40 and 50 million people in the EU provide informal care on a regular basis; notes that this work tends to be long term and can hinder or rule out formal labour market participation, resulting in a loss of income and aggravating the gender pay and pension gaps, which contributes to the feminisation of poverty, as the majority of informal carers are women;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 754 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that the involvement of children in the provision of informal care can negatively impact their mental and physical health, educational attainment and social inclusion;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 798 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support civil society organisations and social partners representing informal carers and to take their contributions into account in the design, implementation and evaluation of policies concerning informal care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 808 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Decent working conditions, fair pay for all workers in the care sector
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 841 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, including respect for minimum wages, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 842 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions and the right for all workers to join a representative trade union in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 848 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member States to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with and beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027, paying special attention to the specific challenges of work in the care sector, which often includes exposure of workers to hazardous substances or medicinal products, work in the potentially infectious environments, as well as mental and psychosocial risks related to emotionally demanding work and encountering adverse social behaviour;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 858 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Repeats its call on the Commission to raise the level of ambition and to propose a broader and more comprehensive legislation that would allow better prevention and management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and rheumatic diseases, as well as mitigate psychosocial risks and negative effects of care work on well-being of workers;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 864 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Strongly encourages the Member States to provide, with the support of EU funds, training to care staff on the rights of care recipients, particularly the rights enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 866 #
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 869 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general; calls on the Member States to remove all obstacles to the creation of unions in this industry and to facilitate the process of union access to workers in order to ensure the right and freedom of association;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 890 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EUresidential, community- and home-based care in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair mobility and recruitment of workers from the EU and from the third countries by improving the reciprocal recognition of their qualifications and by closing the gaps in transnational social protection; repeats its call for proper monitoring and enforcement of rules pertaining to mobility and better informing workers of their rights;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 892 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that mobile and migrant workers play a significant role in the provision of both residential care and home care in the EUlive- in care in the EU; calls on the Member States to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention (C189, 2011); highlights the need to make sure that migrants fleeing conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine, who are mostly women and children, are assured their rights and do not suffer from exploitation in the care sector;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 915 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equal share of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periods would enable women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work-life balance; highlights that this not only requires but also will cause changes in stereotypes and gender norms, leading to a fairer and more gender equal society;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 937 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Urges the Commission and Member States to address the digital skills gap amongst formal and informal carers by having specific programmes that target this population;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 944 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls for the Commission and Member States to promote the use of digital health applications, such as online medical consultations, where appropriate, in both formal and informal care contexts;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 951 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Calls on the Member States to present an adequate framework for declaration of personal and household services, and to invest in flexible quality professional services to halt precarisation of care and discourage consumption of care services that involve undeclared work;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 955 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 f (new)
27f. Calls on targeted revision of Directive 89/391/EEC to ensure the inclusion of domestic workers within its scope;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 959 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the utmost importance of mainstreaming care and measures for the empowerment of women, dependent persons andpersons in need for care and support as well as vulnerable individuals in all relevant national and EU policies, together with encouraging increased public investment in accessible, affordable and high quality care services; calls for these priorities to be reflected in the external dimensions of the EU policies, as well as pre-accession and official development assistance; emphasises that a rights-based approach to care would enable such a mainstreaming across often disconnected policy fields, such as health, employment, pensions and social affairs, spatial planning, education, culture, mobility, digital policies, etc.;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 975 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28 c. Firmly believes that the implementation of national recovery and resilience plans must include targeted actions for the improvement of gender equality in all spheres of life, including measures for reduction and redistribution of unpaid care and household work;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 986 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission and EIGE to help Member States to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the social and economic contribution and outputs of care, in particular unpaid care and housework, including by considering the introduction of new indicators to the Social Scoreboard; calls on Eurostat and EIGE to publish yearly estimates on the economic contribution of informal carers to Member States’ economies;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 987 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to depart from the narrow focus on market processes and monetised economy and to adopt approaches to measuring and valuing the contribution and outputs of care, in particular unpaid care and houseworkdomestic work; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include alternative measures of economic and social well-being in the policy-making process;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 1000 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30 c. Points to the clear benefits of minimum income and minimum pension schemes for timely and effective access to care and support services, as well as for ensuring decent living standard to carers, especially those providing informal unpaid care;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 1001 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30d. Calls on the Commission to link the upcoming care strategy to the European action plan for the social economy, raising the awareness of the potential of social economy in improving the working conditions in the care sector as well as creating opportunities for better access of women to quality jobs;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 1009 #

2021/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts, civil society and representative organisations of care recipients ands well as formal and informal carers;
2022/04/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 2 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the multiplication of crises such as the global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine call for the forging of stronger alliances and more effective partnerships which deliver tangible results in order to better address emerging needs and global challenges by supporting early warning systems for a swift range of information and early actions in live-saving assistance;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the long-standing partnership between the EU and the ACP countries is of great importance given the number of countries it unites and the greater role it could play in the multilateral system, which is currently under strain; whereas this partnership agreement brings together more than half of the UN member states;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and ACP countries must pursue a strengthened partnership between equals in order to generate mutually beneficial outcomes on common and intersecting interests and in a spirit of shared responsibility, solidarity, reciprocity, mutual respect and accountability;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and ACP countries must pursue a strengthened partnership in order to generate mutually beneficial outcomes on common and intersecting interests and in a spirit of shared responsibility, co-creation, solidarity, reciprocity, mutual respect and accountability;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of the parliamentary dimension and the political dialogue as an integral part of the partnership;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 34 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on the need to give greater prominence to the human and social development aspects of the agreement and the need to improve resources for humanitarian aid and to guarantee effective channels of access to its implementation;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Stresses the importance of the parliamentary dimension in this agreement, as representatives of the civil society of four continents and aggregators of the diversity in a parliamentary assembly;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 98 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the commitment to promote a multi-stakeholder approach, enabling the active engagement of a wide variety of actors, including parliaments, local authorities, civil society, especially women and young people, and the private sector; calls for this commitment to be rapidly translated into practice, which will necessitate the creation of an open and transparent mechanism for structured consultation in order to ensure the effective participation of stakeholders;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 102 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the provisions on global alliances and international cooperation included in the new agreement, with commitments to the rules-based international order and to promoting international dialogue and seeking multilateral solutions to drive global action forward, promoting peace and development;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the social economy represents 2.8 million entities in Europe, employs around 13.6 million workers and significantly contributes to the European GDP; whereas the number of social economy entities and employment in the EU varies depending on the definition, estimates and national statistics; whereas it is important to acknowledge the diversity among social economy actors in different Member States and improving the recognition and visibility of the social economy and its added value to our society;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas social economy entities still face significant obstacles that constrain their economic and overall social impact;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the social economy plays an important role in the transformation and evolution of our societies, welfare systems and economies thus substantially contributing to economic, social and human development in and beyond the EU and are supplementary to existing welfare regimes in many member states;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas social partners, at all levels, can play an important role in promoting the social economy and making it fit for responding to current and future challenges;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas a significant feature of the social economy is the large number of female workers, who account for over 70% of the labour force in many entities;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the full respect of workers’ and trade union rights in all models and operational forms in the social economy must be respected and enforced;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas public authorities rarely use the existing possibilities available to facilitate the access of social economy entities to public procurement or funding, nor the flexibility offered by current EU state aid rules; whereas most public tenders are still awarded based only on the price criterion and socially responsible public procurement is still far less known and developed than green public procurement;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas voluntary work plays a fundamental role in the social economy, being important both for the younger generation and for older people, for whom in some cases it represents an important opportunity to play an active role in society that helps to improve their quality of life, gain qualifications and increase their employment prospects;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the social economy has played an important role in mitigating and addressing the short- and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the EU’s social market, society and economy and has driven and contributed to social and economic resilience thanks to the long- term orientation of the European Pillar business model and the nature of social rights and the targets and activities of the social economyeconomic and social sustainability of its business model12 ; _________________ 12 OECD (2020), Social economy and the COVID-19 crisis: current and future roles.
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas social economy entities demonstrated great resilience and innovation in the face of adversity but faced difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as drops in activity, limited cash reserves, or the need to take their business activity online;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas social economy entities are drivers for new employment initiatives and social innovation, including in the context of the green economy and the promotion of sustainable development;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas governments and public authorities at large have the ultimate responsibility for ensuring equal and universal access of citizens to a high standard of welfare;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there are numerous challenges and barriers preventing social economy organisations who want to internationalise or operate cross-border from doing so, including different rules and definitions and the lack of financing;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the best tool to fight poverty and social exclusion is to create decent jobs with decent pay; whereas a way to contribute to such an objective could be through the implementation of direct employment initiatives in the social economy;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s Action Plan for the Social Economy (SEAP), the guiding principles defining the social economy set therein, the political impetus it provides to its development, and the wealth of measures announced therein; ; stresses that during times when the European Union is facing enormous challenges in terms of unemployment and social exclusion as well as demographic change, social economy entities have an important role to play, both in society and the labour market;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes, however, that concrete measurstrategies and follow-up measures for achieving each objective need to be laid out and the interlinkages between measures further detailed; considers it necessary to establish a calendar for all actions included in the SEAP, with a view to guiding the relevant authorities in the implementation;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that EU and national actions to promote the development of the social economy are particularly relevant in the current context in which, due to the economic and social crisis caused by COVID-19, it is essential to harness the full potential of the social economy to ensure economic recovery, to promote social entrepreneurship and to create quality jobs; stresses that social economy entities play an essential role in improving the resilience of the economy and society following the COVID-19 pandemic;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Urgesnderlines that despite being a considerable source of economic growth and job creation, more needs to be done to promote the social economy; urges therefore the Commission and the Member States, as well as regional and local authorities, to mainstream the social economy dimension in relevant policies, programmes and practices;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its call13 forStresses the need to keep the ‘think small first’ principle to be set as a guiding principle in tin mind when drafting of future legislation and the adoption of policies, so as to make the Union’s ecosystem more competitive andpolicies, without weakening environmental and consumer protection, workers’ rights as well as health and safety provisions, and to better supportive of micro, small and medium-sized organisationenterprises both within and outside the social economy; _________________ 13 In, inter alia, its resolution of 16 December 2020 on a new strategy for European SMEs and that of 24 June 2021 on European regulatory fitness and subsidiarity principle. in applying existing rules and regulations;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the importance of social economy entities as strategic partners in implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights and in building a European Union where the main function of the economy is to serve the people; calls in this respect on the Member States to raise their ambitions in implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that ensuring quality jobs requires, amongst other things, good management practices, governance and internal decision-making structures and processes as well as good management skills; underlines that the range of management skills needed in the social economy sector is wider and more complex than in mainstream businesses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the development of management skills within the social economy through relevant education and training institutions;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need to support training and life-long learning of workers in areas such as digitalisation, including media literacy, participatory leadership, resilience and the green transition, in order to support them to enter or remain in the labour market of the social economy; welcomes the commitment of the Commission in the SEAP to skills partnerships for the social economy, in the context of the Skills Agenda and the updated European Industrial Strategy;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Highlights that acting in the general interest, social economy entities create jobs, provide socially innovative services and goods, facilitate social inclusions and promote a more sustainable and locally anchored economy; underlines that when the role of the social economy in creating and maintaining employment involves disadvantaged workers and disadvantaged regions, appropriate support is needed to give proper recognition to these entities;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Acknowledges the important role played by social economy entities in providing social services, ensuring continuity of employment and offering job opportunities with high democratic values and the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in society and the world of work; underlines in this context their valuable contribution to achieving upward social convergence as well as social and economic inclusion;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Stresses the fundamental and important role of public services in supplying and supporting the social economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in staff, digitalisation and social dialogue; emphasises that an approach focusing on promoting the social economy without also enhancing the enabling of public services would be incorrect and ineffective;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Regrets the lack of references in the SEAP to the importance of workers’ rights and collective bargaining; stresses that all workers in the social economy deserve decent working and employment conditions, ideally based on collective agreements; highlights in this context that social economy entities, however organised, must ensure the respect of trade union rights, social dialogue and collective bargaining; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that no public funding should go to employers, including in the social economy, that do not recognise trade unions and engage in collective bargaining;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reminds the Member States that the Public Procurement Directive (Directive 2014/24/EU) allows contracting authorities to use public procurement to pursue environmental and social objectives, and, in particular, allows for reserved tender procedures for organisations whose main aim is the integration of persons with disabilities or other disadvantaged groups into the workforce; invitescalls on public authorities to consider socially and environmentally responsible public procurement as an investment in the socio-economic fabric with a great potential to combine social and competitive objectives; socio-economic investment which combines social and economic objectives; calls on the Commission to further promote socially responsible public procurement as a key tool to achieve employment and to promote socially responsible business practices; stresses that all public funding, including through public procurement contracts, should be subject to social and environmental conditionality;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to systematically adopt strategies aimed at developing socially responsible public procurement, thus establishing a link across policy areas between the delivery of services and products and the contribution to social objectives; considers that the transposition of the Public Procurement Directive must be coupled with initiatives to increase knowledge about the relationship between public spending and its contribution to achieving the SDGs, and to build capacity among public procurement officers and social economy organisations; encourages public procurement officers to carry out pre- market consultations before drawing up tender documents, with a view to better understanding the existing needs and howwhat social economy organisations could meet themhave to offer;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes existing initiatives in Member States to provide workers interested in the buyout process and cooperatives emerging from workers’ buyouts with legal counselling, financial support, support in the preparation of business plans, data needed for external investors and business support structuresbusiness support structures, including legal counselling, financial support and help to create business plans; underlines the important role of trade unions and collaboration between trade unions and social economy organisations in order to enhance the chances of successful workers’ buyouts, which preserves jobs, and contributes to innovation and the democratisation of the economy; encourages Member States to include this topicworkers’ buyouts in the 2023 Council recommendations in order to further support these initiatives at regnational and natregional level;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the announced report on the possible extension of the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance to social objectives; considers that the EU taxonomy needs to cover social factors, without creating an excessively disproportionate burden on businesses, as it can be a driver for investment in the field of the social economy;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with Member States, to examine transfers of enterprises to employees and to set up an EU platform for exchange of best practice between Member States, local and regional authorities and social economy networks;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2021/2179(INI)

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up capacity-building partnerships and formal agreements with social economy networks in order to allow exchange of experience and provide social economy organisations with advisory services such as tailor-made mentoring and coaching, financing capacity-building, training and education, incubating services and networking for capacity-building;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 201 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the key role that new technologies can play in developing and scaling up social economy projects and; stresses the importance of giving social entrepreneurs priority access to training programmes on digital skills and advanced technologies, both at EU and national level, and calls on the Commission and Member States to explore how mainstream businesses and social economy organisations can cooperate in that regardUnion and national level;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve social economy entities in all relevant policies regarding the transition to a sustainable economy; stresses that the social economy can play an active role in ensuring a just transition and facilitate workers finding new jobs away from fossil fuel-based industries;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the importance of promoting the social economy also at international level, as a way to address common global challenges and reach common objectives linked to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it regrettableRegrets that social economy organisations do not feature to the same extent as more conventional businesses in the curricula of mainstream school education and higher education enterprise and business education14 ; in light of this, invites sector-representative bodies and relevant public authorities, in partnership with the relevant stakeholders, to review and evaluate the curricula and put forward policy recommendations for academic institutions; as well as vocational education and training14; suggests to review school and university curricula in this regard; _________________ 14 Eurofound (2019), Labour market change. Cooperatives and social enterprises: work and employment in selected countries.
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness and increase the visibility of the social economy among young people and young entrepreneurs as an opportunity for business start-ups; expects that the new Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy will make a contribution in this regard;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 228 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that volunteering and paid traineeships in the social economy are an opportunity for increasing skills and qualifications of young people, with a positive effect on their employment chances; calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in place policies to facilitate the transition from paid traineeships to regular employment;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support initiatives and the role of local and regional authorities in promoting the social economy, social entrepreneurship and social innovation;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 230 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Underlines that the social economy plays an important role in providing employment opportunities for women, in particular in vulnerable situations, and can be an entry point to transition from informal to formal employment; stresses that gender mainstreaming should be a priority, also in the social economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to remove all barriers for women in order to achieve gender equality;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the proposal to launch a new single EU Social Economy Gateway in 2023; agrees that this initiative has the potential to support social economy entities in providing important information on relevant EU funding, policies, networks and platforms, as well as related initiatives;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 241 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for the gender perspective to be taken into account as regards policies and access to funding for social economy entities, given the greater difficulties experienced by women in accessing credit and financial resources compared to men;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Commission, on the occasion of the next revision of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER), to adequately take into account the specific needs of social economy organisations in terms of access to finance and market development, to strengthen the role of State aid inbetter include social considerations such as promoting the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in State Aid decisions, especially in the context of the post-COVID-19 recovery, and to explore different evidence-based options, after consulting relevant stakeholders, to support the development of social economy organisations;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Invites the Commission to provide clarity and guidance to national authorities on the right choice of the legal basis regarding state aid to support social economy entities, thereby trying to avoid legal uncertainty, facilitating sufficient funding for social economy entities and lowering the risks for recoveries; calls on the Member States and national authorities to make full use of the options provided under state aid rules and the existing Union rules in relation to services of general economic interest in order to maximise the potential of the social economy; welcomes the indicated measures from the Commission in the Action Plan in facilitating this process;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to assess the suitability of the SME definition when applying it to social economy entities;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 274 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly welcomes the proposal of a Council recommendation on social economy framework conditions to be approved in 2023; believes that it and calls for the full involvement of the European Parliament in this regard to make it joint recommendation of both institutions; stresses that the recommendation should serve as a compass to strengthen the social economy legal and policy frameworks, especially in Member States where the social economy ecosystem is less developed, and should clearly highlight the support instruments made available by the EU and provide guidance in relation to specific policies such as public procurement, state aid, employment and social policies, taxation, education, skills and training and the importance of linking the circular economy and the social economy agendas;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 279 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers it regrettableRegrets that Parliament’s past calls on the Commission to submit proposals allowing mutual societies, associations and foundations to act on a European and cross-border scale did not lead to any legislative changes, thus undermining the European social model and hindering the completion of the single market; reiterates the Parliament’s call to introduce common minimum standards for non- profit organisations throughout the EU and establish a statute for a European association; suggests, in view of the window of opportunity opened by the SEAP, as well as the activities of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration, which comprises a majority of Member States, that enhanced cooperation be explored as a tool to overcome the aforementioned decades-long deadlocks;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the full potential of the social economy sector for addressing socio-economic challenges requires a clear identification of social priorities by public authorities; highlights that social economy projects do generallyoften require a close partnership with public entities, and calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to develop, within the macro- economic governance framework provided at EU level, a social investment strategy where social priorities are clearly identified and which can provide a framework for cooperation between public authorities and social economy organisations;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 300 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Shares the view that labels and certification systems, which have been developed in some countries, could serve as inspiration to other Member States; welcomes the commitment in the SEAP to launch a study on national social economy labels and certification systems with a view to a common European approach;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 303 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the announced launch of a new study to collect qualitative and quantitative information on the social economy across all Member States; notes that detailed, standardised, comparable and reliable data on the scale and impact of the social economy need to be generated with a view to facilitating evidence-based policy decisions, future-proofing the development of the social economy and contributing to EU economic and social goals; calls in this respect on the Commission and the Member States to work with Eurostat with a view to promote the development of standardised data, allowing robust analysis and trends in the social economy;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 318 #

2021/2179(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to designate social economy coordinators and to set up local social economy contact points with a view to facilitating access to support and funding, including EU funding;
2022/03/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the right to physical and mental health is a fundamental humahealth is a fundamental human right indispensable for the exercise of other human rights and every human being is entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health conducive to living a life in rdightnity; whereas the WHO defines mental health as ‘a state of mental well-being in which people cope well with the many stresses of life, can realise their own potential, can function productively and fruitfully, and are able to contribute to their communities’10 ; __________________ 10 WHO, Mental Health: strengthening our response (Fact sheet, No. 220), 2018.
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas according to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, everyone has the right of access to preventive health care and the right to benefit from medical treatment under the conditions established by national laws and practices, and a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all the Union's policies and activities;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the pandemic has changed the working conditions for many workers in Europe, highlighting new and current issues related to well-being in the workplace; whereas the COVID-19 crisis has placed extraordinary demands on healthcare and essential workers; whereas a demanding work environment, lack of protection and fears for safety, have led to a negative psychological impact of these frontline workers;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas according to Eurofound, 20 % of jobs in Europe were of ‘poor quality’ in 2017 and put the physical or mental health of workers at increased risk; whereas psychosocial risks can arise from bad organisation and management as well as unfair working conditions; whereas according to the OECD, financial uncertainty and job insecurity are risk factors associated with poor mental health; whereas strengthening public employment services and investing in long-term and quality jobs are key to combat poor mental health among workers;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas according to EU-OSHA, psychosocial risks may result in negative psychological, physical and social outcomes such as work-related anxiety, burnout or depression; whereas working conditions leading to psychosocial risks may include excessive workloads, conflicting demands and lack of role clarity, lack of involvement in making decisions that affect the worker and lack of influence over the way the job is done, poorly managed organisational change, job insecurity, ineffective communication, lack of support from management or colleagues, psychological and sexual harassment, and third party violence;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B j (new)
Bj. whereas workers experience stress when the demands of their job are excessive and greater than their capacity to cope with them; whereas in addition to mental health problems, workers suffering from prolonged stress can go on to develop serious physical health problems such as cardiovascular disease or musculoskeletal problems;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B k (new)
Bk. whereas for work-organisation, the negative effects of psychosocial risks include poor overall business performance, increased absenteeism and presentism (workers turning up for work when sick and unable to function effectively) and increased accident and injury rates; whereas, absences tend to be longer than those arising from other causes, and work-related stress may contribute to increased rates of early retirement; whereas the cost to businesses and society are significant;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the mental well-being of those facing financial uncertainty, as well as of vulnerable populationgroups, including ethnic minorities, women, the LGBTI+ community, the elderly, persons with disabilities and young people; whereas the mental health of young people has worsened significantly during the pandemic, with problems related to mental health doubling in several Member States compared to the pre-crisis level;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas before the pandemic it D. was estimated that 25 % of EU citizens would experience a mental health problem in their lifetime11 ; 23 % of European workers believe that their safety or health is at risk because of their work; whereas in 2019, 88 % of EU workers experienced stress problems at work11; whereas work- related stress can be a consequence of several factors, such as time constraint pressures, long or irregular working hours, and/or poor communication and cooperation within the organisation;11a __________________ 11 European Network for Workplace Health Promotion, A Guide for Employers. To Promote Mental Health in the Workplace, 2011. 11a https://www.etui.org/sites/default/files/202 1-12/01-ETU%20BM2021-Chap5- Occupational%20health%20and%20safet y%20inequalities%20in%20the%20EU_1. pdf
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas self-employed workers are excluded from the scope of application of the strategic framework for health and safety at work; whereas all workers should be equally and fully protected against psychosocial risks by the European occupational health and safety framework; whereas the new OSH framework 2021-2027 lacks efficient measures to prevent psychosocial risks at the workplace; whereas evidence shows that non-legislative measures are insufficient for psychosocial risks prevention; whereas approaches to and legislation on psychosocial risks vary significantly indifferent Member States;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the costs of mental ill health are estimated at more than 4 % of GDP across all EU Member States in 2015; whereas the cost of work-related depression has been estimated at EUR 620 billion a year, resulting in EUR 240 billion lost economic output13 ; __________________ 13 Opinion of the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health (EXPH): ‘Supporting mental health of health workforce and other essential workers‘, 2021.
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas digitalisation and new advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machinery, are transforming the nature of work and having detrimental effects on workers mental health; whereas work is increasingly overseen and coordinated by algorithms and AI based on big data, tracking data on workers productivity, location, vital signs, stress indicators, and micro-facial expressions; whereas about 40 % of human resources departments in international companies now use AI applications and 70 % consider this a high priority for their organisation12a; whereas algorithmic management presents new challenges for the future of work and generates excessive speed, pressure and control on workers, that increase the risk of work-related psychosocial risk factors; whereas new digital economy must be regulated to foster shared prosperity and ensure the wellbeing of society at large; __________________ 12a https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/dig italisation-and-occupational-safety-and- health-eu-osha-research-programme
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 80 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F g (new)
Fg. whereas there are multiple occupational risk factors resulting from having AI systems managing work such as algorithms; whereas workers are concerned about the amount of personal data companies collect about them; whereas the feeling of being permanently observed is a risk factor in itself; whereas invasive technological control and lack of privacy can cause various psychosocial risks such as techno-stress, techno- anxiety, techno-fatigue or burnout; whereas Directive89/391/EEC states that ‘The employer shall have the duty to ensure the safety and health of the workers in every aspect related to the work’ and companies are obliged to perform assessments of occupational risks, i.e., the risks to workers’ safety and health from workplace hazards; whereas such assessments involve a systematic examination of all aspects of work, looking at what could cause injury or harm, whether the hazards can be eliminated and, if not, what preventive or protective measures are, or should be in place, to control the risks;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F i (new)
Fi. whereas high rates of workers are moving to platform work, non-traditional work or atypical employment; whereas those workers may be subjected to increased psychosocial risks at work because of unpredictable working hours, job instability, lack of clarity in working relations, abusive control and surveillance as well as isolation;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F k (new)
Fk. whereas according to the 13a OECD , around 39% of workers suddenly shifted to telework at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number increased afterwards; whereas people who regularly work from home are more than twice as likely to work in excess of the requisite maximum 48 hours per week; whereas almost 30 % of teleworkers report working in their free time every day or several times a week; whereas the risk of suffering work-related mental illnesses is directly associated with an increased workload and pressure, excessive working hours and unhealthy work-life balance; whereas there are gender differences in the use of telework and women are at higher risk of suffering the negative consequences of working remotely; __________________ 13a https://read.oecd- ilibrary.org/view/?ref=1094_1094455- bukuf1f0cm&title=Tackling-the-mental- health-impact-of-the-COVID-19-crisis- An-%20integrated-whole-of-society- response.%20
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F l (new)
Fl. whereas telework can blur existing lines between work and private life, implying higher work intensity and control; whereas the increase in working hours and blurring professional and personal boundaries may exacerbate online harassment even further; whereas harassment and bullying have a severe impact on workers mental health;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F m (new)
Fm. whereas, according to an ILO research14a, violence and harassment may have consequences on both physical and mental well-being, and increase stress levels, often considered a psychosocial hazard itself; whereas, in turn, stress can lead to frustration and anger, and thus be itself an antecedent of violence and harassment at work; whereas, in many cases, psychosocial risks that cause stress are also factors that contribute to violence at the workplace; whereas, in particular, bullying is likely to prevail in stressful working environments where workers are exposed to high levels of interpersonal conflict and noxious leadership styles; whereas those who experience violence and harassment at work may suffer such severe trauma to their mental health, well- being and self-esteem that they may never recover; __________________ 14a https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_protect/---protrav/--- safework/documents/publication/wcms_75 1832.pdf
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that during the COVID-19 pandemic, worker’s mental health has been affected by many factors including education, health, economic, employment and social inclusion policies and poverty; calls for mental health to urgently be tackled by cross-sectional policiand stressors such as financial insecurity, fear to unemployment, insufficient health and safety protections, technostress, isolation, high work intensity and control, lack of conciliation and the increase of working hours; calls on the Commission for the protection of worker’s mental health that should be an integral part of OSH preparedness plans to prevent for future health crises;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis have caused a huge strain on the well-being of EU citizens, with higher rates of stress, anxi, together with the use of new digital technologies have caused a huge strain on the well-being of EU workers, with an increasing prevalence of work-related psychosocial risks; highlights that supporting the mental health of workers and reversing the causes of work related stress is fundamental for the workers long term health perspective, their integration in the labour markety and depressions well as for the well-functioning of the public services and the economy;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to recognise the high levels ofincreasing number of work-related mental health dissueorders across the EU, and commit to actions regulating and implementing a world of work whichwith regulatory actions that protects workers’ mental health andin a digital world-of-work, prevent risks and ensures full social protection rights;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the pandemic has demonstrated the need forto coordinated at the EU-level action to respond to health emergencies, revealing shortcomings in foresight, including in preparedness and response tools; stresses in this sense that it is essential to adopt mental health risks prevention plans in all companies;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Applauds the frontline staffand essential workers who sacrificed their own well-being to perform life-saving work during the pandemic; calls for Member States to ensure that theyduring the pandemic; calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit the necessary resources in order to ensure that such a sacrifice is not demanded again, ensuring that workers have immediate access to adequate mental health resources and protection;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that quality employment can provide individuals with purpose and a sense of identity; emphasises the positive relationship between good mental health and work productivity;14is necessary to provide workers with decent living standards; emphasises the positive relationship between good working conditions, high salaries, mental health, productivity14, wellbeing and quality of life; stresses that collective agreements, decent wages, active labour market programmes for quality employment and investing in public employment services can help to combat psychosocial risks by providing opportunities for a stable quality job and adequate social protection; __________________ 14 OSHWiki, Mental Health at Work
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that proactive approaches to digitalisation, such as flexible work houdigitalisation must be strictly regulated to help to mitigate work- related anxiety and other mental disorders; notes that artificial intelligence systems as well as the use of digital tools for control and management at the workplace, and remote work practices, are negatively impacting working conditions, the health and safety of workers, and establishing employee assistance programmes, can help to mitigate work-related stress; notes that artificial intelligence systems may provide further options for this; increasing the cases of harassment, bullying and cyberbullying; stresses that if psychosocial risk factors are not addressed adequately at the workplace, workers might suffer from tensions at work that can turn into bullying and related violent practices that have a negative impact on their mental health; notes that online harassment tends to disproportionately impact the most vulnerable groups who are younger, female and LGBTQ workers; stresses that only 60% of Member States have specific legislation to address workplace bullying and violence at work, and thus calls on the Commission and Member States to propose adapted mandatory measures to reverse and tackle this increasing problematic at work and protect the victims with all necessary resources;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers as it provides flexibility and alleviates work-related issues; stresses however, that women continue to be disproportionately affected; ; stresses however, that women continue to be disproportionately affected by job instability and the negative effects of new mechanisms such as telework, that requires greater flexibility associated with permanent availability and an increase of work intensity, what makes it difficult to combine with caring responsibilities; calls on the Member States to encourage an equal share of caring responsibilities between women and men through non- transferable paid leave periods between the parents which would allow women to increasingly engage in full-time employment; highlights that women are in higher risk of suffering of stress, exhaustion, burn-out, and psychological violence due to new telework arrangements and the lack of regulation to control abusive labour practices;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 179 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Ddirectives on the minimum safety and health requirements in the workplace and fors well as the work display screen equipment may open up opportunities for improvingdirective, if revised and updated, can contribute to the protection of all workers using digital devices, including platform workers and self-employed;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned about the disconnect between current policy on mental health and attitudes in the workplace creating stigma; emphasises that due to stigma and discrimination, employees often feel unable to discuss mental health issues; recognises that employees who return after mental health leave are often poorly accommodated; calls for workplaceon Member States and the Commission to ensure that employers fulfil their obligations to provide support and clear information about their in- house mental health support services;15 __________________ 15 WTW, 2021 Employee Experience Surveyto all affected workers, and to ensure a fair reintegration into the workplace;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Acknowledges that when tackling psychosocial risks, the national labour inspectorates can have an important role by enforcing preventive and/or corrective interventions in the context of work; calls on the ELA to work on a common strategy for the national labour inspectorates to tackling psychosocial risks, including the design of a common framework with regard to psychosocial risks evaluation and management, and the different labour inspectors' training needs;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that it is essential for managworkers to be provided with the psychosocial training required to adapt to work organisation practices and foster a deep understanding of negative mmandatory and free training on the prevention of work-related psychosocial risks with managerial staff receiving also specialised training to ensure better work organisation practices and foster a deep understanding of work-related risks causing mental health disorders; believes that trade unions must play a central health and the workplacerole in the design and implementation of these trainings together with employers; highlights the need to provide means for labour inspectorates, including further funding and training to ensure they can adequately protect workers, and apply sanctions when needed;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 231 #
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Is concerned that entrepreneurs and SMEs in particularSMEs are in need of support to promote mental health awareness in the workplace and calls for EU-level efforts to assist them in risk assessment and the implementation of good practices;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 259 #

2021/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that 64 % of young people between 18 and 34 were at risk of depression in 2021 due to lack of employment, financial and educational prospects, as well as loneliness and social isolation and financial stability; calls on the Commission to address the disruption in access to the labour market which has put young people at greater risk of experiencing mental health dissues17 ; __________________ 17 OECD, Supporting young people’s mental health through the COVID-19 crisis, 2021, and European Youth Forum, ‘Beyond Lockdown: The ‘Pandemic Scar’ on Young People’.orders;
2022/03/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Principle No 8 of the European Pillar of Social Rights provides that the social partners shall be consulted on the design and implementation of economic, employment and social policies according to national practices. They shall be encouraged to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in matters relevant to them, while respecting their autonomy and the right to collective action.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 296 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The frequent misclassification of persons performing platform work, together with the lack of a common workplace where platform workers can get to know and communicate with each other, including for the purpose of defending their interests against the employer, make the phenomenon of company trade unions or workers’ representatives that are established or controlled by the employer itself in the interests of the employer rather than those of the workers, particularly serious in platform work. Such company trade unions or workers’ representatives are contrary to Article 2 of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No 98 and to Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1a.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 518 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘representatives’ means the workers’ organisations or representatives provided for by national law or practices, or both;
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 520 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) ‘workers’ representatives’ means: (a) trade union or workers’ representatives according to national law or practice; (b) elected representatives where they exist according to national law or practice, namely, representatives who are freely elected by the workers of the undertaking, not under the domination or control of the employer in accordance with provisions of national laws or regulations or of collective agreements and whose functions do not include activities which are the exclusive prerogative of trade unions.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 569 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title
LRebuttable legal presumption
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 577 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The contractual relationship between a digital labour platform that controls, within the meaning of paragraph 2, the performance of work and a person performing platform work through that platform shall be legally presumed to be an employment relationship. To that effect, Member States shall establish a framework of measures, in accordance with their national legal and judicial systems.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 589 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The legal presumption shall apply in all relevant administrative and legal proceedingsproceedings initiated by: (1) Individual action, such as court procedures or, where applicable, administrative procedures or dispute resolution; (2) Action by enforcement authorities, where such authorities exist. Competent authorities verifying compliance with or enforcing relevant legislation shall, where they exist, be able to rely on thate presumption.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 598 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Controlling the performance of work within the meadeleted effectively determining, of paragraph 1 shall be understood as fulfilling at least two of the following: (a) upper limits for the level of remuneration; (b) platform work to respect specific binding rules with regard to appearance, conduct towards the recipient of the service or performance of the work; (c) work or verifying the quality of the results of the work including by electronic means; (d) including through sanctions, to organise one’s work, in particular the discretion to choose one’s working hours or periods of absence, to accept or to refuse tasks or to use subcontractors or substitutes; (e) possibility to build a client base or to perform work for any third party.r setting requiring the person performing supervising the performance of effectively restricting the freedom, effectively restricting the
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 665 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall take supporting measures to ensure the effective implementation of the legal presumption referred to in paragraph 1 while taking into account the impact on start-ups, avoiding capturing the genuine self-employed and supporting the sustainable growth of digital labour platforms. In particular they shall: ensure the possibility for any of the parties to rebut the legal presumption proceedings in which the legal presumption is applicable. If the digital labour platform claims to rebut the legal presumption, the burden shall be on the digital labour platform to prove that the contractual relationship in question is not an employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements, or practice in force in the Member State in question, with consideration to the case-law of the Court of Justice. If the person performing platform work claims to rebut the legal presumption, the digital labour platform shall be required to assist the proper resolution of the proceedings, notably by providing all relevant information held by it.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 674 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) ensure that information on the application of the legal presumption is made publicly available in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible way;deleted
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 678 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) develop guidance for digital labour platforms, persons performing platform work and social partners to understand and implement the legal presumption including on the procedures for rebutting it in accordance with Article 5;deleted
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 687 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) develop guidance for enforcement authorities to proactively target and pursue non-compliant digital labour platforms;deleted
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 698 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) strengthen the controls and field inspections conducted by labour inspectorates or the bodies responsible for the enforcement of labour law, while ensuring that such controls and inspections are proportionate and non- discriminatory.deleted
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 718 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. With regard to contractuMember States shall take supporting measures to ensure the effective implementation of the legal prelationships entesumption referred into before and still ongoing on the date set out in Article 21(1), the legal presumption referred to in paragraph 1 shall only apply to the period starting from that date. in paragraph 1 while taking into account the impact on start-ups, avoiding capturing the genuine self-employed and supporting the sustainable growth of digital labour platforms. In particular they shall: (a) ensure that information on the application of the legal presumption is made publicly available in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible way; (b) develop guidance for digital labour platforms, persons performing platform work and social partners to understand and implement the legal presumption including on the procedures for rebutting it. (c) develop guidance for enforcement authorities, where they exist, to proactively target and pursue non- compliant digital labour platforms; (d) strengthen the controls and field inspections conducted by labour inspectorates or the bodies responsible for the enforcement of labour law, where such inspectorates or bodies exist, while ensuring that such controls and inspections are proportionate and non- discriminatory.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 723 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. With regard to contractual relationships entered into before and still ongoing on the date set out in Article 21(1), the legal presumption referred to in paragraph 1 shall only apply to the period starting from that date.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 728 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Possibility to rebut the legal presumption Member States shall ensure the possibility for any of the parties to rebut the legal presumption referred to in Article 4 in legal or administrative proceedings or both. Where the digital labour platform argues that the contractual relationship in question is not an employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in the Member State in question, with consideration to the case-law of the Court of Justice, the burden of proof shall be on the digital labour platform. Such proceedings shall not have suspensive effect on the application of the legal presumption. Where the person performing the platform work argues that the contractual relationship in question is not an employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in the Member State in question, with consideration to the case-law of the Court of Justice, the digital labour platform shall be required to assist the proper resolution of the proceedings, notably by providing all relevant information held by it.Article 5 deleted
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1020 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20a Collective bargaining and action 1. This Directive shall not affect in any way the right to negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements and to take collective action in accordance with national law or practice. 2. In accordance with national law and practice, Member States may allow for the social partners to maintain, negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements which deviate from the directive, provided that the overall results sought by this Directive are ensured.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2021/0296(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) Mutual and mutual-type insurance undertakings do not have any external owners, which may lead to policy holders being negatively affected and becoming financially liable should those undertakings fail. In order to protect policy holders, avoid legal difficulties and ensure the proportionate application of this Directive, authorities should be equipped with resolution tools adapted to insurance undertakings’ specific legal form. Those tools should be as similar to the tools listed in this Directive as possible to safeguard the smooth operation of the internal market, while averting significant negative effects for policy holders.
2022/07/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 170 #

2021/0296(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall ensure that, to the extent that any of the resolution tools listed in paragraph 3 of this Article are not applicable to an undertaking or entity, covered by this Directive, as a result of its specific legal form, resolution authorities shall be equipped with resolution tools which are as similar as possible, including in terms of their effects.
2022/07/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 93 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan30a highlights that social rights and the European social dimension need to be strengthened across all policies of the Union as enshrined in the Treaties, in particular Article 3 TEU and Article 9 TFEU. _________________ 30a Endorsed by the European Council on 24 and 25 June 2021.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 125 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels maytransition towards climate neutrality will disproportionaltely affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterpriseself- employed persons and vulnerable transport users who already spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumptionfurther deepening the existing inequalities.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 148 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services suchthe inability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heatingmbination of low income, high-energy prices and low quality, poor performing housing stock. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While social tariffs or direct income support can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 226 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Member States, in consultation with regional level authoritieswith a meaningful involvement of local and regional level authorities, social partners and civil society organisations working with vulnerable people, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national traditions, can best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 285 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent families have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility forrights of persons with disabilities should be taken into accountupheld and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 298 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Member States should submit their Plans together with the update of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 and the European Code of Conduct on Partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds35a. The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. _________________ 35 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1). 35a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 304 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The Fund should only support such activities that respect applicable collective agreements, social and labour law, regarding inter alia wages, working conditions, health and safety of workers, collective bargaining rights and trade union participation.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 375 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) All Member States that benefit from the Fund have an obligation to respect the fundamental values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. Respect for the rule of law and especially for the independence of judiciary is an essential precondition for compliance with the principles of sound financial management enshrined in Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Where it is established that breaches of the principles of the rule of law in a Member State affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Fund or the protection of the financial interests of the Union, the Commission should take the necessary measures, which may include, among others, a suspension of payments - to the affected national authorities. In such cases, the Commission should take all necessary steps to ensure that the intended final beneficiaries of the Fund do not suffer, and continue to have access to EU assistance, if needed, with the Commission ensuring disbursement via regional and local authorities, non- governmental organisations, or other entities with a proven capacity to ensure the sound financial management of the Fund.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 426 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall not provide any support which prolongs the use of fossil fuels.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 442 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]the in ability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to a combination of low income, high-energy prices and low quality, poor performing housing stock;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 454 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘micro-enterprise’ means an enterprise that employs fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet does not exceed EUR 2 million, calculated in accordance with Articles 3 to 6 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/201453 ; _________________ 53 Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declself-employed persons’ mean those who work in their own business, professional practice or farm for the purpose of earning certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 187, 26.6.2014, p. 1).a profit, and who employ no other persons;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 459 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘transport users’ means households or micro-enterpriseself-employed persons that use various transport and mobility options;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 502 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘most deprived persons’ means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups of persons, including children in vulnerable situations and homeless people, whose need for assistance has been established according to the objective criteria which are set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders while avoiding conflicts of interest, and which may include elements that allow for the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 509 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article and following a meaningful consultation of local and regional level authorities, social partners and relevant civil society organisations. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the social impact of carbon pricingthe transition to climate neutrality on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterpriseself- employed persons and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable and energy efficient heating, and cooling and affordable and zero-emission mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the climate targets of the Union.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 551 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, using a cost-effectiveness approach, such as life-cycle costing, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, and to decarbonise heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy production from renewable energy sources;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 563 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) finance measures and investments to increase the uptake of zero- and low- emission mobility and transport.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 619 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the sustainability of the measures and investments, and their long-term impact on vulnerable households, vulnerable self-employed persons and vulnerable transport users beyond 2032;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 620 #
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 622 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) an explanation of how the Plan contributes to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights principles, in particular principle 20;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 625 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) an explanation of how the Plan ensures that social and labour rights are respected and promoted, and relevant social indicators are improved;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 640 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation, the implementation and the monitoring of the Plan, a summary of the consultation process, conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and with the national legal frameworkEuropean Code of Conduct on Partnership, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 653 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Payment of support shall be conditional upon achieving the milestones and targets for measures and investments set out in the Plans. Those milestones and targets shall be compatible with the Union’s climate, labour and social targets and cover in particular:
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 673 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especially households in energy poverty, of vulnerable micro-enterpriseself-employed persons and of vulnerable transport users, including in rural and remote areas.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 679 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) creation of sustainable quality jobs by public and private entities receiving support as referred to in article 6(2) (c) and (f).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 694 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Any activities financed by the Fund shall respect applicable collective agreements, social and labour law, regarding inter alia wages, working conditions, health and safety of workers, collective bargaining rights and trade union participation.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 740 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the decarbonisation, including the electrification, of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildings, by ensuring access to affordable and energy efficient systems, and the integration of energy from renewable sources that contribute to the achievements of energy savings;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 778 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support public and private entities in developing and providing affordable zero- and low-emission mobility and transport services and the uptake of attractive active mobility options for rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri- urban areas.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 791 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) combat discrimination of certain vulnerable groups in accessing measures and support linked to the transition, including through capacity building;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 794 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) facilitate access to sustainable consumption and promote cost-saving opportunities linked to the circular economy;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 795 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f c (new)
(fc) support cooperatives for the access and provision of clean energy and zero emission transport;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 796 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f d (new)
(fd) provide targeted and accessible information and awareness on risk reduction and cost-effective measures related to the transition to climate neutrality, as well as on the available support measures financed by the Fund.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 815 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Pass-on of benefits to households, micro- enterpriseself- employed persons and transport users
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 818 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States may include into the estimated total costs financial support provided to public or private entities other than vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterpriseself-employed persons and vulnerable transport uses, if those entities carry out measures and investments ultimately benefitting vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterpriseself-employed persons and vulnerable transport users.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 823 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Member States shall provide for the necessary statutory and contractual safeguards to ensure that the entire benefit is passed on to the households, micro- enterpriseself- employed persons and transport users.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 859 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The amounts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of the Fund and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, consultation of stakeholders, information and communication actions, including inclusive outreach actions, and corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, insofar as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Fund. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of the eligible actions. These costs shall not exceed 4 % of the financial total allocation for the Plan.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 956 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i a (new)
(ia) whether a meaningful involvement of local and regional authorities, social partners and relevant civil society organisations has been ensured during preparation, and whether such involvement is foreseen during the implementation and monitoring;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 963 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) whether the Plan contributes to the creation of sustainable quality jobs.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1025 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Where it is established that breaches of the principles of the rule of law in a Member State affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Fund or the protection of the financial interests of the Union, the Commission shall take the appropriate measures in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council which may include, among others, a suspension of payments to the affected national authorities. In such cases, the Commission shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the intended final beneficiaries of the Fund continue to have access to EU assistance, with the Commission ensuring disbursement via regional and local authorities, non-governmental organisations, or other entities with a proven capacity to ensure the sound financial management of the Fund.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1041 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure complementarity, synergy, coherence and consistency among different instruments at Union, national and, where appropriate, regional and local levels, both in the planning phase and during implementation;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1045 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation and control at Union, national and, where appropriate, regional and local levels to achieve the objectives of the Fund.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1055 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State concerned shall, on a biennial basis and following a meaningful consultation with regional and local authorities, social partners and relevant civil society organisations, report to the Commission on the implementation of its Plan as part of its integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and in accordance with Article 28 thereof. The Member States concerned shall include in their progress report:
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1061 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) when applicable, detailed information on progress towards the national indicative objective to reduce the number of households in energy poverty, the access to affordable and zero- emission transport and mobility means, on progress regarding other relevant social indicators, and, where applicable, on the number of sustainable quality jobs created;
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1078 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 to supplement this Regulation in order to set out the common indicators to be used for reporting on the progress and for the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of the Fund towards the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 are stated in Annex XX of this Regulation.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1082 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23 b Social Climate Dialogue 1. In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the Commission twice a year to discuss the following matters: (a) the plans of the Member States; (b) the assessment of the plans of the Member States; (c) the status of fulfilment of the milestones and targets of the plans of the Member States; (d) payment, suspension and termination procedures, including any observation presented and remedial measures taken by the Member States to ensure a satisfactory fulfilment of the milestones and targets; (e) any other relevant information and documentation provided by the Commission to the competent committee of the European Parliament in relation to the implementation of the SCF. 2. The European Parliament may express its views in resolutions as regards the matters referred to in paragraph 1. 3. The Commission shall take into account any elements arising from the views expressed through the social climate dialogue, including the resolutions from the European Parliament if provided.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1085 #

2021/0206(COD)

1. By 1 July 2028No later than two years after the entry into force of the present regulation, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1100 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25
1. The power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 23(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time. 3. The delegations of power referred to in Article 23(4) 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. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 23(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months 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 two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.Article 25 deleted Exercise of delegation
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 1105 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from the date by which the Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the European Parliament and the Council64 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC. _________________ 64 [Directive (EU) yyyy/nnn of the European Parliament and of the Council…. (OJ …..).] [Directive amending Directive 2003/87/EC]deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 11 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The transition to a low-carbon, more sustainable, resource-efficient, circular, socially inclusive and fair economy is key to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the economy of the Union and the well- being of its peoples. In 2016, the Union concluded the Paris Agreement31 . Article 2(1), point (c), of the Paris Agreement sets out the objective of strengthening the response to climate change by, among other means, making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate- resilient development. __________________ 31Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4).
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 13 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Sustainability has long been central to the Union project, and the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) reflect both its social and environmental dimensions. Action to achieve the Union's environmental and climate objectives needs to be carried out in conjunction and be compatible with the European Pillar of Social Rights. In this respect, this Regulation should contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, in a full, coherent, comprehensive, integrated and effective manner.
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 15 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Following the joint commitment of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission to pursue the principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights in support of sustainable and inclusive growth, and recognising the relevance of international standards on minimum human and labour rights, the Union has adopted a broad concept of sustainability, including environmental, social and governance aspects. In that context, and in line with the definition of sustainable investment set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/20881a of the European Parliament and of the Council, environmentally sustainable activities should not harm social sustainability objectives. Therefore, environmentally sustainable bonds should adhere to the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ referred to in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, and take into account the regulatory technical standards adopted pursuant to that Regulation that further specify that principle. That includes alignment with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including the declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the eight fundamental conventions of the ILO and the International Bill of Human Rights. The fundamental conventions of the ILO define human and labour rights that undertakings should respect. Several of those international standards are also enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular the prohibition of slavery and forced labour and the principle of non- discrimination. __________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability- related disclosures in the financial services sector (OJ L 317, 9.12.2019, p. 1)
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 19 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Environmentally sustainable bonds are one of the main instruments for financing investments related to low- carbon technologies, energy and resource efficiency as well as sustainable transport infrastructure and research infrastructure. Financial or non-financial undertakings or sovereigns can issue such bonds. Various existing initiatives for environmentally sustainable bonds do not ensure common definitions of environmentally and socially sustainable economic activities. This prevents investors from easily identifying bonds the proceeds of which are aligned with, or are contributing to environmentalsustainability objectives as laid down in the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 31 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 distinguishes environmentally sustainable activities from transitional economic activities for which there are no technologically and economically feasible low-carbon alternatives. Bonds whose proceeds guarantee transitional activities should be designated as European Green Bonds under certain conditions. In this respect, companies that have a clear and credible pathway to becoming sustainable and that adhere to the Paris Agreement, to Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘European Climate Law’) and to a 1.5 °C global net warming scenario could use the European Green Bond standard for transitional activities.
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 46 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) To improve transparency, issuers should also disclose the environmentalsustainability impact of their bonds by means of the publication of impact reports, which should be published at least once during the lifetime of the bond. In order to provide investors with all information relevant to assess the environmental and social impact of European green bonds, impact reports should clearly specify the metrics, methodologies and assumptions applied in the assessment of the environmental impactsand social impacts. Impact reports should also include an outline of the issuer's transition plan. To strengthen the comparability of European green bonds and to facilitate the localisation of relevant information, it is necessary to lay down templates for the disclosure of such information. To ensure accuracy of impact reports and protect investors from greenwashing, impact reports should be subject to an external review.
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 66 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) ‘sustainable investment’ means sustainable investments as defined in Article 2, point 17, of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088;
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 95 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Transition plan 1. Issuers of European green bonds shall develop a transition plan outlining how they will adhere to a 1.5 °C global warming scenario and reach climate neutrality by 2050, while respecting the principle of ‘do no significant harm’" pursuant to Article 2a of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088. The transition plan shall include verifiable annual targets. 2. ESMA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards specifying minimum requirements for transition plans and submit them to the Commission by ...[18 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 60 of this Regulation to supplement this Regulation by adopting the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph. The power to adopt regulatory technical standards is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 121 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
An issuer that is a sovereign may obtain pre-issuance and post-issuance reviews from an external reviewer, or from a state auditor or any other public entity that is mandated by the sovereign to assess compliance with this Regulation. For non- Union sovereign issuers, the state auditor or other public entity shall be required to receive pre-approval from ESMA in line with Title III Chapter 1.
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 152 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) the identification and subsequent elimination, management or disclosure of any actual or potential conflicts of interest of third party service providers within the meaning of Article 27(4a) of this Regulation;
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 157 #

2021/0191(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. A conflict of interest shall be deemed to exist where: (a) the external reviewer is directly or indirectly linked to the reviewed entity or a related third party by control; (b) the reviewed entity or related third party holds a significant amount of either the capital or the voting rights of the external reviewer; (c) the external reviewer has ownership interests in the reviewed entity or a related third party; (d) a person referred to in paragraph 1 is a member of the administrative or supervisory board of the reviewed entity or a related third party, or is otherwise in a position to exercise influence on the business activities of the external reviewer, including through the ownership of shares in the reviewed entity.
2022/02/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 154 #

2019/2183(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point -2 (new)
(-2) in Article 2, point (d) is replaced by the following: “(d) ‘employees’ representatives’ means trade union or the employees’ representatives provided for by national law and/or practice;”;
2022/06/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #

2019/2183(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
This paragraph shall not apply to members of the European Works Council who pass on information to national or local trade union representatives or work councils that may affect the situation of workers where such information has been provided to them in confidence and is subject to national rules on confidentiality.
2022/06/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2019/2183(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a – paragraph 2
Member States shall establish procedures to enable the temporary suspension of decisions of the central management where such decisions are challenged on the basis that there has been an infringement of the information and consultation requirements under this Directive or under agreements concluded pursuant thereto. The rule on suspension shall be without prejudice to a decision or part of decision made after consultation or collective bargaining with trade unions in accordance with national law”;
2022/06/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 4 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
— having regard to Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services4 , which defines and condemns harassment and sexual harassment, _________________ 4 OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37.
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 7 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed in Rome on 4 November 195030, and in particular to Articles 2, 3, 8, 14, and the Protocol No. 12 to the Convention,
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 10 #
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 12 #
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 15 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, and to the subsequent monitoring reports adopted at the United Nations Beijing + 5(2000), Beijing + 10 (2005), Beijing + 15 (2010), Beijing + 20 (2015) and2020 UN Women Report ‘Gender equality: women’s rights in review 25 years after Beijing’,
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 21 #
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 35 #
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 48 #
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 49 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
— having regard to the 2021 report of the European Institutefor Gender Equality entitled ‘The costs of gender- based violence in the European Union’,
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 51 #
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 52 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 d (new)
30 d having regard to the European Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on combating violence against women and domestic violence,
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 66 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a severe form of gender inequality and discrimination; is a violation of women’s human rights, and is a serious obstacle to the participation of women in social, public and political life and in the labour market and make them unable to fully enjoy their rights and fundamental freedoms;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 70 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a structural and widespread problem throughout Europe and the world, and is a phenomenon that involves victims and perpetrators irrespective of their age, education, income, social status, cultural backgrounds and is linked to the unequal and unfair distribution of power between women and men in our societies; and whereas anyone can be a victim of potential gender-based violence, women are disproportionately affected by all forms of such violence, including domestic violence, due to structural gender discrimination and unequal distribution of power and resources between women and men in public and private spheres;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 86 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls can affect many fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter; which include the right to human dignity (Article 1), the right to life (Article 2), the right to the integrity of the person (Article 3), the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 4), the right to liberty and security (Article 6), the right to freedom from discrimination, including on the grounds of sex (Article 21), and the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 102 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

E a. whereas gender-based violence, in particular sexual violence, directly and indirectly affects its victims and has long- lasting negative impact on their physical, emotional and mental well-being and whereas gender-based violence affects one third of women and girls in the EU and whereas a new survey by the Fundamental Rights Agency is being conducted to update this data;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 118 #
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 119 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas the 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and the Beijing UN Platform for Action defined violence against as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 123 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the Victims’ Rights Directive defines gender-based violence as violence that is directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression or that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately, and it may result in physical, sexual, emotional or psychological harm or economic loss to the victim;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 126 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls has been recognized by the international community as a violation of human rights which should be addressed comprehensively, and despite all the efforts which have been made by the international organizations, civil society, and state authorities to eradicate gender- based violence against women and girls, it remains pervasive and manifests in new forms such as cyber violence, cyber harassment, cyber stalking and non- consensual distribution of intimate material (photos and videos) through social media;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 189 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reaffirms its commitment to pursue a comprehensive approach to gender-based violence against women and girls and LGBTIQ+ persons at EU level and to ensure a follow-up of its recommendations which have been proposed in a number of resolutions;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 206 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Istanbul Convention benefits from 10 years of functioning and practice through its unique monitoring and implementation system through GREVIO; Stresses the importance of this interactive exchange and process between GREVIO and the participating members;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 209 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that, in order to ensure effective implementation of the Istanbul Convention, a two-pillar monitoring mechanism was established: GREVIO which conducts a country by country report and the Committee of the Parties;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 211 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that also women with disabilities and mothers of children with disabilities encountered obstacles in reporting violence and gaining access to justice system, and as GREVIO reported it, including the inaccessibility of police premises, a lack of training and stereotypes of law enforcement officials as well as the lack of information in accessible formats about the assistance to victims of violence and available services;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 221 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention in order to make progress in this area; Urges Member States to speed up negotiations on the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention and to strongly condemn all attempts to retract measures already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 235 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention, six have not ratified it yet; underlines that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification and thus strongly encourages the remaining Member States Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia that have not already done so to ratify the Convention without delay;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 240 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Strongly condemns all initiatives that pursue to replace the Istanbul Convention with any alternative document which is not based on the same approach towards gender discrimination and gender power relations;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 246 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the growing opposition towards the Istanbul Convention in some Member States and the attempts to disparage the Convention and its positive impact on the eradication of gender-based violence; condemns all attempts to spread disinformation about the Istanbul Convention; and to evoke fears among societies about the allegedly destructive impact of the Convention on family and traditional gender roles;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 251 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

12. Calls on Member States to take into account the conclusions of the Mid-term Horizontal Review of GREVIO baseline evaluation reports24 ; and to improve their national frameworks for preventing and combating gender-based violence, including their national laws, in order to ensure proper implementation and enforcement of the Istanbul Convention; _________________ 24 https://rm.coe.int/prems-010522-gbr- grevio-mid-term-horizontal-review-rev- february-2022/1680a58499
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 270 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Considering the extent and gravity of gender-based violence and sexual harassment in the workplace, calls on the Member States to ratify and implement ILO Violence and Harassment Convention No. 190;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 277 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Reiterates that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of gender-based violence and a violation of women’s and girls' fundamental human rights; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education and universal access to the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including ready access to family planning, modern contraceptive methods and free, safe and legal abortion"; Is therefore deeply concerned that in some Member States sexual and reproductive rights of women are under threat, as in Poland the illegitimate Constitutional Tribunal ruled on 22 October 2020 to reverse long- established rights of Polish women entailing a de facto abortion ban, abortion is banned in Malta, medical abortion in early pregnancy is not legal in Slovakia and is not available in Hungary and access to abortion is also being eroded in Italy.
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM