Activities of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2017/2003(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Agenda for the collaborative economy PDF (676 KB) DOC (110 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges, at the same time, that the collaborative economy is having a profound impact on long-established regulated business models; underlines the risk of having different legal standards for similar economic activities and actors; is concerned about the risk of reducing consumer protection, workers’ rights and tax compliance; acknowledges the effects that collaborative businesses are having on the urban environment; and on the housing policy
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the fact that the collaborative economy in Europe has a number of specific traits, as it is generally more rooted at local level, reflecting the European business structure, which consists mainly of SMEs; and micro - enterprises
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is concerned that, while a large part of the nascent collaborative economy remains unregulatedfall into grey - area, significant differences are emerging among Member States due to national, regional and local regulations, as well as case-law, posing a risk of fragmentation of the Single Market;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Acknowledges at the same time, that in line with the subsidiarity principle, local specificities may require different approaches when regulating activities of the collaborative economy
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s intent to tackle the current fragmentation, but regrets that its communication did not bring sufficient clarity about the applicability of existing EU legislation to different collaborative economy models; points out already existing and applicable rules such as the Services Directive and the need for Member States to step up law enforcement; encourages the Commission to make use of all the means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules, and infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the legislation is identified
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Agrees that market access requirements for collaborative platforms and service providers must be necessary, justified and proportionate, and that this assessment should be dependent on whether services are provided by professional or private individuals, making peer providers subject to lighter legal requirements; however high standards of consumer protection must remain a priority
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Agrees that market access requirements for collaborative platforms and service providers must be necessary, justified and proportionate, and that this assessment should be inter alia dependent on whether services are provided by professional or private individuals, making peer providers subject to lighter legal requirements;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to clarify the collaborative platforms liability regime, which could enhancein order to foster their responsible behaviour and increase user confidence; and ensure transparency
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly believes, at the same time, that this self-regulating capacity does not undercut the need for regulation, especially for market failures that platforms cannot address and for other normative goals (e.g. reversing inequalities, boosting fairness, inclusiveness, and openness, fighting black economy..etc.);
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Agrees that functionally similar tax obligations should be applied to businesses providing comparable services, and is convinced that taxes should be paid where profits are generated; in full accordance with national and local taxation laws.
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises that the digital revolution is having a profound impact on the labour market and that emerging trends in the collaborative economy are part of a broader tendency; warns that up-skilling of the workforce, especially regarding digital skills, alone might not suffice to keep people self-sufficient and out of poverty, which means that other solutions are indispensable, such as strengthening of basic social services for persons excluded from the labour market by machines
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Underlines the paramount importance of safeguarding workers’ rights in collaborative services, of avoiding social dumping, and of guaranteeing fair working conditions and adequate social protection;reminds that generally workers in this sector are not under any social security regime, calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that employment rights are guaranteed in the growth of the collaborative economy as well as fair working conditions and adequate social protection; taking into account its potential for identifying new forms of employment
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls on the Commission to launche an official statistics on employment in the collaborative economy and its direct and indirect effects and to propose solutions for guaranteeing of minimum earning requirements, information exchange with platforms to determine earnings of workers to improve tax declarations, address the special protection needs for protection of platform workers, extension of collective arrangements to categories wider than "employees".
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is concerned about the risks associated with self-employment and job security and the fact that on- demand workers might not enjoy genuine legal protection, and that collaborative platforms might pass on their risks to workers with no entrepreneurial responsibilities;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Calls on the Commission to open a dialogue with social partners, who play an important role for creating and supporting codes of conduct addressing labour protection in the collaborative economy
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that first movers have been cities, where urban conditions such as population density and physical proximity favour the adoption of collaborative practices; is also convinced that the collaborative economy can offer significant opportunities to inner peripheries and rural areas, tooas well as to regions and tourism more generally; too, believes that travel and tourism can benefit from digitization opening up a number of opportunities for SMEs, stresses that the collaborative economy can have a positive socio- economic impact helping marginalised communities such as migrants, part-time workers and the long term unemployed to be active;