Activities of Carina OHLSSON
Plenary speeches (46)
The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)
Eliminating violence against Women (debate)
Chinese government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People's Republic of China
Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022 (debate)
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
Response to the situation in Tunisia (debate)
EUCO conclusions: the need for the speedy finalisation of the Road Map (debate)
Situation in Georgia (debate)
Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways (debate)
Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways (debate)
Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)
The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy (debate)
The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
Discharge 2021 (continuation of debate)
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)
Sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo evaluation (debate)
Establishment of the EU Ethics Body (debate)
Surrogacy in the EU - risks of exploitation and commercialisation (topical debate)
Humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular the death of children trapped by fighting
Crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan
Combating the normalisation of far-right and far-left discourses including antisemitism (debate)
Human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)
The spread of ‘anti-LGBTIQ’ propaganda bills by populist parties and governments in Europe (debate)
Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials
Establishing the Ukraine Facility (debate)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections (debate)
Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support (debate)
The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)
Mental health at work (debate)
Commission proposal for a Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions (debate)
Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary (debate)
International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)
Need to release all hostages, to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire and prospect of the two-state solution (debate)
Role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future? (debate)
Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (debate)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023 (debate)
The threat of famine following the spread of conflict in Sudan
Situation in Haiti on the eve of the deployment of the United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission (debate)
Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred (debate)
The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)
Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)
Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023 (debate)
Council decision inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) of the International Labour Organization (debate)
The proposed repeal of the law banning female genital mutilation in The Gambia
Shadow reports (3)
REPORT on sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo evaluation
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and deleting Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC and Article 11 of Directive 2010/41/EU
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC
Opinions (4)
OPINION on 2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission
OPINION on 2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service
OPINION on guidelines for the 2024 budget – Section III
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission
OPINION on 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service
Institutional motions (10)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Chinese government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People's Republic of China
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Chinese Government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People’s Republic of China
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the threat of famine following the spread of conflict in Sudan
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the threat of famine following the spread of the conflict in Sudan
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on including the right to abortion in the EU Fundamental Rights Charter
Oral questions (1)
Ukrainian women fleeing the war lack access to abortion
Written explanations (27)
Key objectives for the CITES CoP19 meeting in Panama (B9-0414/2022)
. – Inom ramen för resolutionen inför konferensen om handel med utrotningshotade arter röstade vi Socialdemokrater emot ett förbud av all import av jakttroféer från Cites-listade arter. Cites listar arter som är utrotningshotade eller riskerar att bli utrotningshotade och arter som liknar andra arter som är utrotningshotade i syfte att gemensamt reglera handeln med produkter från dessa arter.I dag finns ett EU-regelverk för handel med jakttroféer som är bredare än Cites-listade arter där en vetenskaplig kommitté kan införa riktade restriktioner. Vi anser att det inte bör vara tillåtet med handel med jakttroféer i de fall det bidrar till att ytterligare öka risken för artens utrotning. Däremot finns flera exempel, som bland annat Internationella naturvårdsunionen (IUCN) lyfter fram, där handel med jakttroféer tvärtom bidrar till ett ökat bevarande.Cites-listan har inte utformats utifrån idén om totalt förbud med jakttroféer, och vi bedömer att ett sådant generellt förbud riskerar att bli kontraproduktivt i arbetet mot artutrotningen.
The EU’s response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (RC-B9-0416/2022, B9-0416/2022, B9-0417/2022, B9-0418/2022, B9-0419/2022, B9-0420/2022, B9-0421/2022, B9-0422/2022)
. – Vi socialdemokrater valde att rösta för en resolution om EU:s svar på ökningen av energipriserna i Europa. Vi bör främja nationsöverskridande samarbeten för att bekämpa energipriserna. Vi står fast i att en svår energikris inte är något som en enskild grupp ska betala för. Därför hade vi gärna sett en möjlighet att återinvestera mer av övervinsterna från grön energi till ytterligare investeringar i förnybara energislag till förmån för att öka omställningen.Vi tycker att det är bra att utveckla samarbeten med våra grannländer för att säkra en energitillgång även i framtiden. Däremot tror vi att dessa exceptionella åtgärder som medlemsstaterna har beslutat om bör fortsätta vara tillfälliga. Alla människor ska ha rätt till energi, men genomförandet är medlemsstaternas ansvar.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Draft amending budget No 2/2023: Entering the surplus of the financial year 2022 (A9-0225/2023 - Fabienne Keller)
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.
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.
Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act) (A9-0343/2023 - Christian Ehler)
Vi socialdemokrater i Europaparlamentet stöder ambitionen att stärka EU:s position inom strategiskt viktiga teknologier, ökad försörjningstrygghet och den gröna omställningen. Vi anser att det i grunden är positivt att stärka EU:s långsiktiga konkurrenskraft genom riktat stöd till kritiska tekniker och industrier. Vi anser dock inte att kärnkraften och dess status som en kritisk teknik är något som EU bör lagstifta om, och vi har därför röstat blankt i den delen av förslaget. Vi stöder inte heller inrättande av en suveränitetsfond eller åtgärder som riskerar att snedvrida konkurrensen i EU, såsom kommissionens förslag om att utöka långtidsbudgeten för en europeisk plattform för strategisk teknik.
Implementation of the European Solidarity Corps programme 2021-2027 (A9-0308/2023 - Michaela Šojdrová)
Vi svenska socialdemokrater stöder ambitionen att möjliggöra för ungdomar att delta i utbytes- och volontärprojekt för att tackla samhälleliga och humanitära utmaningar. Däremot gör resolutionens kraftiga tonvikt på att dubblera budgeten och införa en särskild visumkategori för deltagare i solidaritetskåren att delegationen avstår från att stödja betänkandet.
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (A9-0337/2023 - Guy Verhofstadt, Sven Simon, Gabriele Bischoff, Daniel Freund, Helmut Scholz)
Vi svenska socialdemokrater i Europaparlamentet valde att rösta nej till parlamentets betänkande om ändringar i fördragen. Europa befinner sig i ett oroligt omvärldsläge och EU har visat prov på flexibilitet och handlingskraft inom ramen för nuvarande fördrag. Vi anser inte att EU:s fördrag bör öppnas upp och förhandlas om i detta läge. Om EU:s grundfördrag skulle öppnas upp anser vi inte att det bör ske på det sätt som parlamentet föreslagit. Förslagen är alldeles för långtgående. Därför har vi markerat mot den absoluta majoriteten av förslagen även i enskilda omröstningar. Skulle en fördragsförändring hamna på bordet är vi socialdemokrater öppna för att stärka artikel 7-förfarandet om att värna rättsstatens principer, att övergå till majoritetsomröstning i vissa utrikesfrågor för att stärka EU:s röst i världen och att tillföra ett socialt protokoll till fördragen, så att sociala och fackliga rättigheter värnas. I övrigt tycker vi att det är viktigt att EU står upp för grundläggande rättigheter, inte minst rätten till fri och säker abort. Denna linje har vi gett uttryck för i enskilda omröstningar, men den ska inte tolkas som ett oreserverat stöd för de skrivningar som föreslagits av parlamentet.
Job creation – the just transition and impact investments (A9-0342/2023 - Sara Matthieu)
Vi socialdemokrater i Europaparlamentet stöder betänkandets övergripande inriktning. Klimatomställningen måste vara rättvis och dess ekonomiska konsekvenser kan inte ensidigt åligga unionens enskilda medborgare. Vi stödjer däremot inte de skrivningar som i för hög utsträckning inkräktar på medlemsländernas nationella kompetens inom viktiga områden, eller syftar till att utöka EU-budgeten med nya eller stärkta fonder. Därför valde vi att rösta emot skrivningar som bland annat handlar om ett direktiv om tillräcklig minimiinkomst, inrättandet av en europeisk suveränitetsfond, utvidgning av Fonden för en rättvis omställning, samt skrivningar om att stärka det europeiska instrumentet för tillfälligt stöd för att minska risken för arbetslöshet i en krissituation (SURE).
Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (A9-0260/2023 - Nicola Beer)
Vi socialdemokrater röstade ja till ramen för säkerställande av trygg och hållbar försörjning av kritiska råvaror. Det är viktigt att vi får ett regelverk på plats för att skapa så hållbara utvinningsprocesser som möjligt. Vi står upp för att samrådsprocesser ska ske demokratiskt och i enlighet med den internationella folk- och urfolksrätten. Vi hade gärna sett att förslaget varit ännu tydligare på den punkten eftersom den internationella folkrätten fortsatt gäller i EU:s medlemsländer såväl som i tredje land.
Small modular reactors (A9-0408/2023 - Franc Bogovič)
Vi socialdemokrater valde i dag att avstå i omröstningen om initiativbetänkandet om små modulära reaktorer. Vi socialdemokrater är ett teknikoptimistiskt parti. Sverige behöver mer av all fossilfri energiproduktion. Däremot är vi försiktiga med skattebetalarnas pengar och måna om att varje medlemsstat får möjlighet att välja sin egen energimix.
Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget (A9-0446/2023 - Markus Pieper)
Icke-statliga organisationer (NGOs) har en viktig roll i att företräda civilsamhället och främja våra gemensamma rättigheter och värderingar. Vi svenska socialdemokrater värnar civilsamhällets självständighet och särart. Krav på transparens och ansvarsskyldighet ska gälla alla mottagare av EU-finansiering. Däremot står vi inte bakom antaganden eller åsikter som syftar till att misstänkliggöra icke-statliga organisationer.
Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (A9-0430/2023 - Alice Kuhnke)
Vi svenska socialdemokrater i Europaparlamentet röstade för betänkandet om jämställdhetsaspekter i samband med de ökande levnadskostnaderna och effekterna av energikrisen. Det är ett viktigt betänkande som belyser att kvinnor drabbas oproportionerligt hårt av dessa kriser. Dock finns det delar av betänkandet som vi inte står bakom, bland annat ett omfattande socialbidrag och bostadspolitiska förslag som tillhör och ska fortsätta att tillhöra nationell behörighet. Vi avstod i omröstningen gällande att kommissionen ska utse en jämställdhets- och klimatsamordnare för EU med tillräcklig personal och finansiering. Jämställdhet och klimat är högt prioriterade frågor för Socialdemokraterna, men vi ser i nuläget inte hur denna åtgärd skulle uppnå önskade resultat.
Revision of the European Labour Authority mandate (B9-0059/2024)
Europeiska arbetsmyndigheten (ELA) har en viktig funktion i att förena medlemsländernas kamp mot den gränsöverskridande arbetslivskriminaliteten. Mer behöver göras för att få ordning och reda på våra arbetsplatser. ELA måste ges förutsättningar till att fullgöra sina uppgifter och skapa bättre samordning och stärka regelefterlevnaden i hela Europa. Däremot är vi svenska socialdemokrater kritiska till att ELA ska kunna initiera och genomföra inspektioner på egen hand, eller väcka talan inför en domstol i den berörda medlemsstaten vid allvarliga överträdelser. Parlamentets ståndpunkt inkluderar därför viktiga formuleringar om skillnader i medlemsländernas nationella system, där vissa medlemsländer har yrkesinspektioner som utförs av arbetsmarknadens parter, och vikten av att respektera arbetsmarknadsparternas autonomi, rättigheter och befogenheter.
Driving licences (A9-0445/2023 - Karima Delli)
Vi socialdemokrater röstade för att ta körkortsdirektivet vidare till förhandling med Europeiska unionens råd. Parlamentets förhandlingsmandat innehåller flera socialdemokratiska framgångar, däribland höjda körvikter för husbilar samt bättre möjligheter att rekrytera busschaufförer till linjetrafik på svensk landsbygd. Det uppdaterade direktivet skulle dessutom möjliggöra införandet av digitala körkort (som komplement till det fysiska) med erkännande i hela EU. Samtidigt är inte förhandlingsmandatet perfekt. Vi socialdemokrater tog i omröstningen bland annat strid för att förhindra att åldersgränsen för de svenska A-traktorerna höjs från 15 till 16 år. Vi lade själva ett förslag som innebar bibehållen åldersgräns vid 15 år i kombination med de högre kraven på teori- och körprov för ökad säkerhet samt högre tillåten maxhastighet, upp till 45 km/tim. Det förslaget föll i delomröstningen. Att direktivet nu går vidare till förhandling ger oss möjlighet att lyfta frågan om åldersgränsen för A-traktorer igen utan att äventyra andra framgångar. Mot bakgrund av kommissionens uppfattning om att det svenska systemet för A-traktorer inte är i överensstämmelse med det nuvarande körkortsdirektivet är det särskilt viktigt att fortsätta arbeta för permanenta lösningar. Alternativet till fortsatt förhandling är att den svenska A-traktorn riskerar att förbjudas helt och hållet.
Minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector (A9-0370/2023 - Henna Virkkunen)
Detta förslag syftar till att adressera EU:s brist på bussförare och göra yrket som bussförare mer attraktivt. Vi svenska socialdemokrater i Europaparlamentet anser att avsikterna bakom detta förslag är goda, men att förslaget riskerar att motverka syftet. En viktig orsak till att rekryteringsbehovet inte möts handlar om arbetsmiljö och arbetstider. Att oproportionerligt öka arbetsgivarens möjligheter att dela upp och skjuta upp dagliga och veckovisa raster riskerar att förvärra den situationen. Det kan också få negativa effekter för både arbetstagares hälsa och för trafiksäkerheten. Därför valde vi svenska socialdemokrater att rösta emot förslaget.
Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (A9-0065/2024 - Deirdre Clune)
Vi socialdemokrater vill ha en stark och välfungerande tullunion, framför allt för att främja handel och bekämpa den gränsöverskridande brottsligheten. Den svenska tullmyndigheten bedriver ett viktigt brottsbekämpande arbete och det är mycket viktigt att myndigheten även i fortsättningen ska kunna göra prioriteringar som är bäst för Sverige. Vi anser att förslaget i sin nuvarande utformning riskerar att försvaga den svenska tullens arbete och att medlemsstaterna är bäst lämpade att reglera icke-straffrättsliga sanktioner med hänsyn till nationella förutsättningar. Vi uppmanar Sveriges regering att ta hänsyn till detta i förhandlingarna i rådet.
Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the parliamentary reform “Parliament 2024” (A9-0158/2024 - Salvatore De Meo)
Vi svenska socialdemokrater röstade för betänkandet om ändringar av parlamentets arbetsordning för genomförandet av parlamentsreformen ”Parlament 2024” och står bakom ambitionen att stärka hur parlamentet arbetar med jämställdhet i sin arbetsordning. Vi valde dock att rösta emot tre ändringsförslag som rör krav på specifik könsrepresentation i utskotten. Socialdemokraternas införande av varvade listor var en av de största och viktigaste reformerna för att förändra representationen av män och kvinnor i det politiska landskapet i Sverige. Vi anser dock att partiernas självständighet är viktig och att EU inte bör reglera eller styra partiinterna processer och nomineringsordningar. För att uppnå jämställdhetsmålen krävs således att partierna tar sitt ansvar.
Improving working conditions in platform work (A9-0301/2022 - Elisabetta Gualmini)
Socialdemokraterna valde att avstå i omröstningen om överenskommelsen om plattformsdirektivet. Det digitala daglöneriet växer explosionsartat när vi går mot en arbetsmarknad där en tillsvidareanställning inte alltid utgör normen. Denna oroande utveckling medför stora konsekvenser för den svenska välfärdsmodellen och de trygghetssystem som Socialdemokraterna tillsammans med den fackliga rörelsen har byggt upp under årtionden. Gigekonomin måste regleras men inte genom ett EU-direktiv som riskerar att inskränka den svenska arbetsrätten och vår arbetsmarknadsmodell. Vi är framförallt kritiska till att direktivet kräver att varje medlemsland fastställer en rättslig presumtion (anställningsstatus) som utlöses när omständigheter tyder på kontroll och ledning. Vi har inte heller fått en tillräckligt stark garanti som värnar vår arbetsmarknadsmodell. Medlemsländerna har fått större utrymme att besluta om den rättsliga presumtionen i den slutliga texten, men det kvarstår många otydligheter som i slutändan kan komma att avgöras i EU-domstolen. Detta gör det oöverskådligt vilka konsekvenser som direktivet kan få för svensk arbetsmarknad. Vi är övertygade om att denna fråga löses bäst genom avtal mellan fack och arbetsgivare. För en fungerande arbetsmarknadsmodell som inkluderar gigarbetare krävs det dock att parterna kommer till förhandlingsbordet, något som varit svårt bland gigföretagen.
Written questions (2)
Revising public procurement legislation to stop the publicly financed race to the bottom on working conditions
Commission efforts to improve the situation of the unpaid truck drivers in Gräfenhausen
Amendments (664)
Amendment 231 #
2024/0006(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2009/38/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
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.
Amendment 231 #
2024/0006(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2009/38/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
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.
Amendment 280 #
2024/0006(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2009/38/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 280 #
2024/0006(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2009/38/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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.
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;
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);
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;
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;
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,
Amendment 7 #
2023/2536(RSP)
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions of 17 December 2020
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
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
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.
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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
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;
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;
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;
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;
Amendment 6 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Strongly condemns the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine, classifying it as a war crime; highlights the growing reports of human trafficking, sexual violence, exploitation, rape, and abuse faced by women and children fleeing Ukraine to Europe; calls on EU countries to address the specific needs of women and girls in reception centers, ensuring immediate availability of gender-based violence services; urges the EU and host and transit countries to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services; calls on the EU and its Member States to support organisations providing services and shelter to gender- based violence survivors among refugee women and girls;
Amendment 7 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Is deeply concerned by the budgetary constraints the EEAS is facing, which can have serious and far-reaching negative consequences for the EU’s external action overall and the performance of the EU institutions in this area; acknowledges that the lack of action to rectify the current budgetary situation of the EEAS can severely impact the EU’s relations with third countries; strongly affirms the need to provide the EEAS with the required financial and staff resources both at its headquarters and in EU Delegations;
Amendment 8 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that the direct and indirect impacts of climate change undermine global peace and security while deepening existing vulnerabilities and inequalities and pose risks to human rights; urges the Commission and the EEAS to design and conduct robust EU climate diplomacy with the aim to foster international cooperation towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, strengthen the external dimension of the Green New Deal and provide tangible support for ambitious CO2 reduction targets in third countries;
Amendment 12 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for robust gender training strategies within the EEAS, emphasising the need to invest in resources and expertise for developing training and education strategies that apply a gender equality approach to international policies in order to achieve genuine change of culture within the EEAS; calls for special attention to be given to integrate gender mainstreaming mechanisms, address gender budgeting, conduct gender impact assessments, and address gender-based violence; recommends the adoption of a comprehensive training program for the effective implementation of GAP III at all levels of the EEAS;
Amendment 13 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Expresses concern about the global status of LGBTIQ+ rights and the growing resistance to women's rights, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights in developing countries; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to address setbacks in recognizing and protecting these rights; emphasises the need to prioritise targeted support for civil society organisations (CSOs) and communities advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights, women's rights, gender equality, the LGBTIQ+ community and other marginalised groups, including enhanced measures to decriminalise homosexuality; recalls that a minimum of 85% of new actions under the NDICI-GE instrument should prioritize gender equality, with at least 5% specifically dedicated to women's and girls' rights and empowerment;
Amendment 14 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Emphasises the imperative for complete implementation and systematic incorporation of gender mainstreaming and the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III) into every aspect of EU external action, including trade and sustainable development policy, at all levels of engagement and across various activities and frameworks, including beyond the duration of GAP III;
Amendment 17 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that, ahead of increasing geopolitical challenges and crisis worldwide, the EU needs to be able to rely on necessary first-hand information on global issues occurring outside its borders; calls, in this regard, for strengthening the EU INTCEN, the EEAS Crisis Response Center and the SatCen by enhancing its staff and financial resources, as well as its capabilities;
Amendment 19 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers it essential for the EU to increase its investment in public and cultural diplomacy and communication efforts, particularly ahead of the active engagement of authoritarian and illiberal regimes; stresses, therefore, the need to allocate the necessary resources to the Strategic Communication and Foresight division of the EEAS;
Amendment 22 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the strengthening of the EU delegations’ engagement in our neighbourhood and in the Western Balkan countries in order to support a more active and effective communication policy on the European perspective and to be prepared to provide the best possible assistance to the countries engaged in pro-democratic and pro-European reforms;
Amendment 24 #
2023/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the establishment of a permanent structure and the necessary resources for the European Diplomatic Academy, which can contribute to fully developing an autonomous EU diplomacy with a common diplomatic based on an EU perspective; considers that in the future this Academy should include a system of selection, recruitment and training of Europeans who have completed higher education and are not diplomats of Member States; stresses the need to explore and decide on ways of access to the EEAS for those graduating from this Academy;
Amendment 4 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reiterates commitment to the goals of the NDICI-GE instrument namely eradicating poverty, combating climate change, addressing food insecurity and promoting sustainable human development; recalls that the EU and Member States' commitment to increase Official Development Assistance (ODA) to 0.7% of the gross national income by 2030, allocating at least 20% under the Instrument to social inclusion and human development, including inequalities, gender equality, education and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 4 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reiterates commitment to the goals of the NDICI-GE instrument namely eradicating poverty, combating climate change, addressing food insecurity and promoting sustainable human development; recalls that the EU and Member States' commitment to increase Official Development Assistance (ODA) to 0.7% of the gross national income by 2030, allocating at least 20% under the Instrument to social inclusion and human development, including inequalities, gender equality, education and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 7 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses the need for the EFSD+ to support investments for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); highlights the importance of a holistic approach to human security; calls accordingly for full implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan III, operationalising the EU Global Health Strategy and Youth Action Plan in external action; emphasises the need to enhance the EU's efforts in promoting and protecting human rights, welcoming the mid-term review of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; strongly supports the Council conclusions of May 4, 2023, on corruption as an obstacle to development;
Amendment 7 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses the need for the EFSD+ to support investments for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); highlights the importance of a holistic approach to human security; calls accordingly for full implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan III, operationalising the EU Global Health Strategy and Youth Action Plan in external action; emphasises the need to enhance the EU's efforts in promoting and protecting human rights, welcoming the mid-term review of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; strongly supports the Council conclusions of May 4, 2023, on corruption as an obstacle to development;
Amendment 11 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Emphasises the significance of meeting all spending and program-related targets outlined in the NDICI-GE instrument and calls for comprehensive information to be provided on the progress achieved; expresses regret over the significant shortfalls in reaching the Instrument's 30% climate target, in contributing to the 10% biodiversity target in the MFF for 2026 and 2027, and in ensuring that the EU's global financial commitments under the UN framework are fulfilled, in particular as regards the contribution to the Loss and Damage Fund; highlights the increasing pressure climate change puts on food production and access, particularly in vulnerable regions, impacting food security and nutrition; reminds that biodiversity is key in combating climate change, and its loss undermines progress on approximately 80% of the assessed targets for the SDGs; calls on the Commission for a detailed plan outlining how it intends to meet spending and gender targets by the end of the MFF;
Amendment 11 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Emphasises the significance of meeting all spending and program-related targets outlined in the NDICI-GE instrument and calls for comprehensive information to be provided on the progress achieved; expresses regret over the significant shortfalls in reaching the Instrument's 30% climate target, in contributing to the 10% biodiversity target in the MFF for 2026 and 2027, and in ensuring that the EU's global financial commitments under the UN framework are fulfilled, in particular as regards the contribution to the Loss and Damage Fund; highlights the increasing pressure climate change puts on food production and access, particularly in vulnerable regions, impacting food security and nutrition; reminds that biodiversity is key in combating climate change, and its loss undermines progress on approximately 80% of the assessed targets for the SDGs; calls on the Commission for a detailed plan outlining how it intends to meet spending and gender targets by the end of the MFF;
Amendment 13 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes Encourages further mobilisation of the European Peace Facility in response to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, which markssends a clear signal of a paradigm shift for EU foreign and security policy; notes the Special Report of the European Court of Auditors which recommends sequencing of existing EU defence planning and cooperation tools to assess how to further develop planning for EU defence funding;
Amendment 13 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes Encourages further mobilisation of the European Peace Facility in response to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, which markssends a clear signal of a paradigm shift for EU foreign and security policy; notes the Special Report of the European Court of Auditors which recommends sequencing of existing EU defence planning and cooperation tools to assess how to further develop planning for EU defence funding;
Amendment 18 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the Union budget must continue to provide support to build peace and stability in the Middle East region, to combat hate and fundamentalism and to promote human rights; awaits the review the Commission is conducting on the use of Union funds;
Amendment 18 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the Union budget must continue to provide support to build peace and stability in the Middle East region, to combat hate and fundamentalism and to promote human rights; awaits the review the Commission is conducting on the use of Union funds;
Amendment 21 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes the Commission's published review on 21 November 2023 of EU financial assistance for Palestine, which concluded that the Commission controls and existing safeguards in place work well and found no evidence that money has been diverted for unintended purposes;
Amendment 21 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes the Commission's published review on 21 November 2023 of EU financial assistance for Palestine, which concluded that the Commission controls and existing safeguards in place work well and found no evidence that money has been diverted for unintended purposes;
Amendment 22 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses the importance of education and the critical need to denounce and eradicate all manifestations of hate speech and violent actions on both sides; underscores that the suspension of funding should not occur arbitrarily or without transparent and independent evidence of misuse; commends the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for its indispensable humanitarian endeavors in Gaza and its pivotal role in delivering quality education, with a specific emphasis on fostering a human rights culture, even in challenging times;
Amendment 22 #
2023/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses the importance of education and the critical need to denounce and eradicate all manifestations of hate speech and violent actions on both sides; underscores that the suspension of funding should not occur arbitrarily or without transparent and independent evidence of misuse; commends the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for its indispensable humanitarian endeavors in Gaza and its pivotal role in delivering quality education, with a specific emphasis on fostering a human rights culture, even in challenging times;
Amendment 60 #
2023/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas conflicts have a greater impact on women and girls, exacerbating gender-based violence, as exemplified by Russia's illegal aggression against Ukraine; whereas there is a pressing need to promote and enhance the involvement of women in peacekeeping and military endeavors. It is noteworthy that women still are heavily underrepresented in civilian CSDP missions, military missions and military operations; highlights the key significance of gender equality and the valuable contributions women make to peace processes, making it imperative to integrate a gender perspective into the European Union's security and defense policy;
Amendment 238 #
2023/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Recognizes that the active involvement of women in CSDP missions and operations significantly enhances their effectiveness and bolsters the EU's reputation as a global advocator for gender equality. This acknowledgment is in line with the EU's Gender Action Plan (GAP) III, which mandates the systematic integration of a gender perspective into all EU policies and external actions, including those within the CSDP; calls the EEAS to actively promote an increase the representation of women in CSDP military operations, with a specific focus on improving gender balance in both personnel and leadership positions within CSDP missions and operations; considers a zero-tolerance stance towards sexual and gender-based harassment and sexual exploitation in all CSDP missions and operations to be key; underlines the valuable role of gender advisers in CSDP missions and operations and emphasises the need for adequate funding; calls for collaboration between CSDP missions and operations and the European Institute for Gender Equality; urges the EEAS to provide regular reports on its progress in implementing gender-related actions to the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE);
Amendment 277 #
2023/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasizes the essential role of gender equality and women's rights in the fundamental aspects of security and defense measures; stronlgy condemns the perpetration of war crimes against civilian populations, particularly the deployment of sexual violence as a tool of warfare;
Amendment 281 #
2023/2119(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Urges the VP/HR and Member States to accelerate the fulfillment of gender-related obligations outlined in the Strategic Compass for the purpose of achieving effective gender mainstreaming; highlights the significance of cybersecurity measures in monitoring and preventing the trafficking of women affected by conflict; calls on the Member States to take steps towards minimizing career obstacles for women within their respective defense forces;
Amendment 1 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound's last esurvey, Living and Working in Europe, of Spring 2023,
Amendment 2 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
Citation 21 b (new)
– having regard the research from the World Economic Forum of 20231a, _________________ 1a https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01 /cost-of-living-crisis-women-gender-gap/
Amendment 12 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, since 2021, inflation has increased sharply, driven primarily by high energy and food costs, and exacerbated by the unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation, thus creating a cost of living crisis; whereas this crisis acutely threatens women’s livelihoods, health, well-being and access to housing, while limiting their purchasing power and ability to provide food, as well as decent standard of living;
Amendment 13 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas crises and energy poverty disproportionately affect women due to structural inequalities related to income distribution, including lower levels of savings and wealth and more debt, as well as lack of social security and public services; whereas women are over- represented in low paying sectors and more likely to work in public services, rely on public services, and become the providers of last resort when public services are withdrawn, due to disproportionate burden of unpaid care work; whereas the impact of high inflation and energy costs is leaving public services with few options; 1a _________________ 1a https://wbg.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2022/03/The-gendered- impact-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis.pdf
Amendment 33 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in all their diversity are disproportionately affected by the consequences of the cost of living crisis, as they tend to be among the poorest part of the population, are highly represented in precarious jobs, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, and are still expected to carry out the bulk amongst temporary or part-time workers or informal jobs, overrepresented among minimum wage workers, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, are more likely to report difficulties in making ends meet (particularly if they work in blue collar occupations or are working single mothers) and still bear a disproportionate burden of unpaid care work, leaving them with fewer resources to protect themselves against the negative impact of the crisis;
Amendment 50 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women, particularly single parents and those experiencing intersectional discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, race, migration status, sexual orientation, disability or age, are more likely to fall into energy poverty; whereas this means that the ongoing cost of living crisis will exacerbate gendered energy poverty in the EU; whereas gender disaggregated data are needed; where, according the UN, we are facing the largest cost of living crisis for a generation;
Amendment 55 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas according to Eurofound’s reporting on minimum wages, the high increases in nominal wage rates in many countries for 2023 was in many cases not enough to maintain workers’ purchasing power; whereas women are overrepresented among minimum wage workers;
Amendment 93 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Gender sensitive solutions to the rising cost of living
Amendment 94 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1 Recalls on the Commission to develop an ambitious 2030 European anti-poverty strategy, including time poverty, with concrete targets for reducing poverty and a focus on ending women’s poverty and breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty risks;
Amendment 111 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Member States to take gender sensitive approach when reforming pension systems and adapting the retirement age, taking into account women’s underrepresentation in the labour market, as well as labour market segregation and gender based discrimination;
Amendment 112 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls to ensure an adequate minimum income, following the European recommendations of a minimum income scheme above the poverty line and with a wiew to promote gender equality, income security and economic independence of women;
Amendment 114 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender equality into all policies in order to achieve the best response to energy crisis, which disproportionately affects women, taking into account that the impact of high inflation and energy costs are undermining public services, in which women are more likely to work, to rely on and to replace when these public services are cancelled;
Amendment 117 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households such as single mothers households and, in particular, for those facing intersectional discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections;
Amendment 131 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis on women in all their diversity, to guarantee access to high-quality public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing, to the decent employment and to protect victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 9 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
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
Amendment 24 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
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,
Amendment 25 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit on 16- 19 September in New York;
Amendment 48 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
Amendment 54 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
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;
Amendment 65 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
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;
Amendment 73 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
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;
Amendment 81 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Amendment 88 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
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;
Amendment 95 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
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;
Amendment 102 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
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;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
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;
Amendment 113 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
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;
Amendment 117 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
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;
Amendment 124 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
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;
Amendment 128 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
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;
Amendment 130 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
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;
Amendment 140 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
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;
Amendment 190 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
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;
Amendment 193 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
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;
Amendment 224 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
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;
Amendment 246 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
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;
Amendment 250 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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;
Amendment 254 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
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 .
Amendment 272 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
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;
Amendment 314 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
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;
Amendment 322 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
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;
Amendment 328 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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;
Amendment 335 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
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;
Amendment 343 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
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;
Amendment 362 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
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;
Amendment 376 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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;
Amendment 382 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
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;
Amendment 385 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
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;
Amendment 388 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
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;
Amendment 389 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
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;
Amendment 390 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Amendment 391 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
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;
Amendment 417 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
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
Amendment 421 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
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
Amendment 426 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
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;
Amendment 435 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
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;
Amendment 443 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
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;
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;
Amendment 468 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
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;
Amendment 469 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
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 .
Amendment 83 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
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.
Amendment 84 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
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).
Amendment 98 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
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.
Amendment 111 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
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.
Amendment 134 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
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.
Amendment 142 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
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.
Amendment 146 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
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.
Amendment 154 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
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.
Amendment 159 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
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.
Amendment 165 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
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.
Amendment 176 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
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.
Amendment 205 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
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.
Amendment 226 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
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;
Amendment 275 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 287 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
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.
Amendment 297 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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.
Amendment 310 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
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.
Amendment 326 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
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.
Amendment 331 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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.
Amendment 341 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
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.
Amendment 400 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
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.
Amendment 406 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 411 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 413 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
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.
Amendment 416 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 431 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 433 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
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.
Amendment 441 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 445 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
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].
Amendment 464 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
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.
Amendment 474 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3 – point b – indent 1
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;
Amendment 480 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II a (new)
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.
Amendment 13 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognizing that it is still necessary to increase the financial support of the EU to UNRWA in 2024, due to the agency's critical financial situation that jeopardizes its ability to fulfil its important role effectively; reiterates the importance of providing assistance to UNRWA as a central component of the EU's strategy to promote security, stability, and development in the Middle East; calls therefore for an increase of EUR 60 million in the EU's financial support to UNRWA in 2024 to ensure the continuation of vital services provided to millions of Palestinian refugees;
Amendment 23 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to increase allocations for military mobility in 2024 budget and during the MFF revision. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine shows the need of increasing the budget for military mobility projects, that would improve the speed of military response in case of aggression, and also will help civilian infrastructure needs, including rail transport of Ukrainian grain to the EU Member States' seaports.
Amendment 33 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of directing attention towards the severe situation in Afghanistan and securing essential support for local and international organisations and individuals who are actively promoting the rights of women and girls, while also ensuring the provision of essential public services such as healthcare and education;
Amendment 39 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the European Parliament’s Recommendation of 15 March 2023 on the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world, in particular its call for the EEAS to be provided with adequate resources; hence calls for an increase in the establishment plan of 35 posts, while the EEAS shall develop and implement targeted recruitment procedures, in particular taking into account currently underrepresented groups in terms of geographical balance, gender and minorities;
Amendment 389 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) an explanation of how the Plan is expected to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and seek to protect and promote women’s and girls’ rights in line with the EU Gender Action Plans and relevant Council conclusions and international conventions;
Amendment 425 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b c (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b c (new)
(bc) whether the Plan is expected to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and seeks to protect and promote women’s and girls’ rights in line with the EU Gender Action Plans and relevant Council conclusions and international conventions;
Amendment 50 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 8 – Paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 44 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
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.
Amendment 50 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
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.
Amendment 54 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 58 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
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.
Amendment 61 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
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.
Amendment 66 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
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).
Amendment 71 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
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.
Amendment 72 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
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.
Amendment 84 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
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.
Amendment 87 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
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.
Amendment 95 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
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)
Amendment 101 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 b (new)
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.
Amendment 103 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 c (new)
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.
Amendment 107 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 d (new)
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
Amendment 108 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 e (new)
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.
Amendment 111 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 f (new)
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.
Amendment 112 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 g (new)
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.
Amendment 114 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 h (new)
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.
Amendment 124 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC is amended as follows:
Amendment 125 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
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; "
Amendment 128 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 – point b a
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; "
Amendment 132 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 3 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 3 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 2 –– point e a (new)
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.”
Amendment 135 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 4 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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.”
Amendment 140 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
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.”
Amendment 151 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 6 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 6 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 a (new)
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.”
Amendment 152 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 g (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 g (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 b (new)
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.”
Amendment 153 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 h (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 h (new)
2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 c (new)
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.”
Amendment 154 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 i (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 i (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 d (new)
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.”
Amendment 155 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 j (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 j (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 18 a – paragraph 7 e (new)
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.”
Amendment 162 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Annexes I, III and IIIa to Directive 2004/37/EC are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.
Amendment 169 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex II – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annexes I, III and IIIa to Directive 2004/37/EC are amended as follows:
Amendment 170 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
2004/37/EC
Annex I – title
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))”
Amendment 174 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph -1 b (new)
Annex II – paragraph -1 b (new)
2004/37/EC
Annex I – point 8 a (new)
Annex I – point 8 a (new)
(-1b) in Annex I, the following point is added: “8a. Work involving exposure to hazardous medicinal products.”
Amendment 185 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
2004/37/EC
Annex III a
Annex III a
Amendment 190 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
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.
Amendment 35 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
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.
Amendment 39 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
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.
Amendment 47 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
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.
Amendment 54 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
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.
Amendment 59 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
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.
Amendment 63 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 b (new)
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.
Amendment 64 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
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.
Amendment 76 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
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;
Amendment 78 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
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;
Amendment 79 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
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;
Amendment 85 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) buildings intended for habitation, living quarters and conventional dwellings, including institutions.
Amendment 87 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) families and households.;
Amendment 88 #
Amendment 105 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
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;
Amendment 108 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) reduceavoid possible risks of undercounting or double counting related to asymmetries of migration flows;
Amendment 114 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
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.
Amendment 8 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33
Citation 33
Amendment 11 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38
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
Amendment 18 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
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;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
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;
Amendment 28 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas equal access to skills, as well asVET, including upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, are workers and jobseekers, is crucial;
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
Amendment 35 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
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
Amendment 39 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
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;
Amendment 43 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
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;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas inequalities in access to adult learning and VET still persist;
Amendment 51 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
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
Amendment 54 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
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;
Amendment 69 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
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;
Amendment 70 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 76 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
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;
Amendment 78 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
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;
Amendment 81 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
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;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
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;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
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;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
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;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
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;
Amendment 101 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
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;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
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;
Amendment 105 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
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;
Amendment 110 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
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;
Amendment 119 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 127 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
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;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
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;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 136 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
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;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
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;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
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;
Amendment 150 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
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;
Amendment 152 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
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;
Amendment 157 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
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))
Amendment 164 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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;
Amendment 167 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
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;
Amendment 169 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
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;
Amendment 177 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
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;
Amendment 179 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
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;
Amendment 181 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 191 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
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;
Amendment 200 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
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;
Amendment 208 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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;
Amendment 212 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
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;
Amendment 218 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
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;
Amendment 14 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)
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;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
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
Amendment 27 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
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
Amendment 29 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
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;
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
Amendment 67 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
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;
Amendment 68 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
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;
Amendment 70 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
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;
Amendment 71 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
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
Amendment 74 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 90 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 107 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
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.;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
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;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
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;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
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;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas all EU policies should integrate the gender perspective and social dimension, through gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting;
Amendment 65 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas too little attention is still being paid to women’s needs in public transport or infrastructure planning; whereas understanding transport patterns and mobility is fundamental to the development of gender-sensitive transport policies, so that female transport users can share safe, accessible, reliable, sustainable and non-discriminatory modes of transport;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas more women than men use public and more sustainable modes of transport, and often perform trip chaining;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the design of vehicles, including safety features, is often assumesdapted to a larger, stereotypically male physical form, leading to lower efficacy for smaller people such as women in average;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas mobility barriers hinder women’s access to jobs and key services, such as health and education, affecting both their own and their children’sdependants' human capital accumulation;
Amendment 114 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas only 22% of the transport workforce consists of women; whereas women are underrepresented in transport employment at all levels and are particularly rare in management roles; whereas underrepresentation in decision- making, planning and research reinforces the lack of gender mainstreaming in transport;
Amendment 124 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the working environment in the transport sector does not takeyet take enough into consideration women-specific needs, which has wider implications for women’s safety and mobility;
Amendment 128 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas transport companies face significant recruitment problems; whereas the employment of women, among others due to working conditions incompatible to work-life-balance and care responsibilities and low salaries; whereas the employment of women, together with improvement of working conditions, could be a remedy for staff shortages in the transport sector12; _________________ 12 European Commission, Directorate- General for Mobility and Transport, Good staff scheduling and rostering practices in transport – Final report, Publications Office of the EU, Luxembourg, 2021.
Amendment 151 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to achieving gender equality in transport, while noting the progress achieved so far; underlines that concrete measures are needed to improve security, mobility- access and employment opportunities for women;
Amendment 160 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls upon Member States to implement the Women on Boards Directive and the Pay Transparency Directive as soon as possible;
Amendment 161 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that gender stereotyping and prejudice exclude women from economic, political and social activities, leading to a lack of efficiency and, increased waste of human resources, lack of income and economic independence for women and prohibiting the political participation of women; identifies the need for resources to ensure that women are represented in research and decision- making on transport matters;
Amendment 179 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to promote social dialogue and collective bargaining that promotes gender equality and safety of the workforce in the transport sector;
Amendment 183 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the differing expectations, travel patterns, needs and experiences of women as transport users; calls for relevant legislation in transport to fully integrate women’s needsupon the Commission to analyse the specific needs for women as transport users; calls to integrate a gender perspective for legislation in transport;
Amendment 255 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that women play a large role in shaping the mobility choices of families, and that their negative experiences using public and sustainable modes of transport can be off- putting;
Amendment 269 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that female transport workers at all levels face barriers such as gender bias, as well as a lack of or ill- suited facilities, leading to harassment and violence lack of proper work life- balance, unequal treatment and discrimination, such as lower pay than men for equal work or work of equal value as well or adequate sanitary facilities; notes, as a result, the difficulty in attracting and keeping women in transport jobs;
Amendment 274 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights the gender pay gap in the transport sector, which is to a large extend due to women earning less for for equal work, or work of equal value; Calls on an extensive study to define and analyse the gender pay gap in the sector;
Amendment 279 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Underlines that the masculine culture in the transport sector can lead to harassment and gender based violence;
Amendment 282 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on the Commission to promote equal training opportunities for men and women. Highlights that training is one of the cornerstones of professional and personal development to maintain an equivalent professional level for men and women;
Amendment 34 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas prostitution, its exploitation, and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation are increasingcontinue to increase in Europe; whereas figures globally decreased due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns; whereas human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation was the most common form of human trafficking in the EU in 2020 (55%, Eurostat) and the victims are predominantly women and girls; whereas they are gender- specific phenomena with a global dimension and affect the most marginalised members of our societies, with the vast majority of people in prostitution being women and girls and almost all sexnd buyers being men; overwhelmingly men according to the OSCE;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas prostitution, its exploitation, and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation are increasing; whereas they are gender- specific phenomena with a global dimension and affect the most marginalised members of our societies, with the vast majority of people in prostitution being women and girls and almost all sex buyers being men; whereas these phenomena are therefore both a cause and a consequence of gender inequalities;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the internationally accepted wording used in most legally binding texts is prostitution of women and prostitution; whereas this text intentionally does not use the wording “sex work” not wanting to mask the violence and abuse that people and especially women in prostitution encounter in their large majority; whereas using this wording however does not seek to discriminate people that consider themselves as sex worker;
Amendment 59 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas different regulatory measures concerning prostitution have different effects on gender equality impacting a society’s understanding of gender issues and inequalities and conveying messages and norms to it;
Amendment 63 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender equality and women’s rights, their self-determination and safety, need to be in the heart of any regulation aimed at discouraging the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons; whereas policies tackling demand have to be especially focused on educational, social or cultural measures, including through bilateral and multilateral cooperation;
Amendment 67 #
2022/2139(INI)
C b. whereas prostitution exists within a system in which different actors interact, with pimps and others trying to maximize their profits from prostitution and sex buyers who constitute the demand;
Amendment 70 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas various studies show that women in prostitution face more violence and exploitation than women on average; whereas sex must be based on consent which should always be given freely and voluntarily and cannot be substituted by the exchange of money;
Amendment 75 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas, among other things, a lack of high quality and easily accessible and sufficiently financed exit programmes leads to women and people staying in prostitution while they would prefer leaving it;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there are strong links between prostitution and organised crime such as human trafficking; whereas in particular women and girls in vulnerable situations are trafficked for the purpose of prostitution and prostitution serves at the same time as an incentive for human trafficking;
Amendment 106 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas numerous factors can cause people to enter prostitution, including poverty, social exclusion and a migration background; , lack of comprehensive integration and migration policies and measures, as well as deficient social and labour policies; whereas these causes need to be urgently and thoroughly addressed in order to tackle the circumstances and restraints leading to a lack of alternatives;
Amendment 124 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas prostitution has cross- border implications and affects women’s rights and gender equality; whereas the disparity of legislation on prostitution in the EU benefits traffickers and organised crime networks which can operate in quasi impunity ; whereas all Member States have a legal obligation to discourage and end human trafficking and organised crime and therefore need to address the issue at EU level ;
Amendment 131 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas Russia’s war against Ukraine increases the risk of trafficking with Ukrainian women and girls who are in a particularly vulnerable situation while fleeing and relocating;
Amendment 133 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas demand reduction measures need a special focus on online advertisement and contact facilitation thus ensuring efficiency in the prevention of the exploitation of the prostitution of others;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas leaving prostitution is often a difficult and lengthy process and requires comprehensive socio-economic support and individual counselling taking into account the different pull and push factors in order to provide need-oriented support programs for people wanting to leave prostitution and making these programs a success for all of them;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
H e. whereas preventive measures need to follow a holistic approach, reforming society as a whole with a focus on social, labour and migration policies, reducing vulnerabilities and thus the susceptibility to exploitation or choices that have to be taken based on the lack of alternatives;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
Recital H f (new)
H f. whereas accurate and comparable data across EU countries are still lacking;
Amendment 145 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H g (new)
Recital H g (new)
H g. whereas every Member State’s regulation of prostitution must aim at ending human trafficking and organized crime, particularly focussing on the protection of people in vulnerable situations;
Amendment 146 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H h (new)
Recital H h (new)
H h. whereas a report of the German Federal Office of Criminal Investigation reveals that more than half of the human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation cases in Germany are prosecuted because of third-party reporting; whereas in conclusion the report states that victims of exploitation rarely identify themselves as such or refrain from reporting due to a lack of trust in authorities and the police;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H i (new)
Recital H i (new)
Amendment 150 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H j (new)
Recital H j (new)
H j. whereas new digital technologies and tools have increased securing the anonymity of traffickers, pimps and clients and therefore making law enforcement more difficult;
Amendment 153 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H k (new)
Recital H k (new)
H k. whereas there is a need for specific examples and concrete definitions of force, coercion, exploitation of vulnerability, abuse of power or inequalities in existing prostitution laws and regulations in various EU Member States;
Amendment 154 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H l (new)
Recital H l (new)
H l. whereas the 1949 UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others expresses in its preamble that prostitution and the accompanying evil of the traffic in persons for the purpose of prostitution are incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person;
Amendment 155 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H m (new)
Recital H m (new)
H m. whereas prosecution bodies in the Netherlands estimate, that of the around 30.000 people in prostitution up to 70% of are considered to be forced into prostitution, by violence or lured into it by a so-called "loverboy";
Amendment 156 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H n (new)
Recital H n (new)
H n. whereas OSCE research has shown that the use of prevention measures, aiming at reducing demand, remain low in general, but are highly concentrated in countries where buying sex is illegal or the use of services from trafficking victims is criminalized;
Amendment 157 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H o (new)
Recital H o (new)
H o. whereas in the case of Germany by the end of 2021 23 700 people officially registered as people in prostitution while estimates vary between 90 000 and 400 000 people in prostitution in this country;
Amendment 163 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that approaches to regulatinge prostitution vary across the EU and target three key components of this system: prostituted persons, the purchase of sex (i.e. demand), and pimping; stresses that the different laws have different effects on women in prostitution, their rights, women’s rights in general, gender equality, demand, trafficking, society and neighbouring countries;
Amendment 176 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women in prostitution experience more violence than women on average; refers to a 20193 study by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, according to which 41 % of the women in prostitution surveyed had experienced physical or sexual violence (or both) in the context of prostitution;
Amendment 181 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the findings of this study with regard to the experiences of women in prostitution with abuse in childhood and adolescence with 43% stating that they have experienced sexual abuse during their childhood and 52% reporting frequent or occasional physical punishment from their parents;
Amendment 194 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the deterioration of the social and economic situation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased all forms of abuse and violence against women, including prostitution in violation of their human rights; warns that this will be further aggravated by the current energy and cost-of-living crisis;
Amendment 198 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. highlights the acute risk of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation Ukrainian women and girls face due to their vulnerable situation fleeing from Russia’s war against Ukraine and relocating in other countries;
Amendment 205 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. highlights that technology facilitates the demand and the activities of human traffickers and pimps; in this context strongly regrets that the EU Digital Services Act does not particularly address human trafficking;
Amendment 211 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the fact that women in prostitution lack legal security because of their criminalisation, meaning they face the constant threat of police and judicial persecution, are subject to additional vulnerability and stigmatisation that negatively affect their health, including their mental health, consequently experience difficulties in contacting support services and lack access to fundamental rights; deplores the fact that, at the same time, clients, brothel owners and human traffickers often remain unpunished;
Amendment 227 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the fact that an increasing number of countries are taking up and implementing the Nordic/Equality model; supports the feminist background of this model and its goal of achieving gender equality, inducing a paradigm shift and highlights the model’s positive effects on the rights of people in prostitution, the normative effect in society and the fight against human trafficking;
Amendment 229 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Member States to train and educate the police in order to ensure that people in prostitution and the police communicate on a basis of trust and therefore are able to detect exploitation as fast and effective as possible; recalls that migrants, racialized and trans people are overrepresented in prostitution and condemns that they are especially targeted and criminalised by the police; calls for the same comprehensive training for the judiciary;
Amendment 236 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. calls for an EU-wide approach based on the Nordic/Equality Model to finally use all promising instruments that have proven efficient to reduce human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation;
Amendment 244 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights that the approach of discouraging the demand that fosters trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is therefore of utmost importance in order to combat the exploitation of women and girls, to protect victims and to achieve gender equality and should therefore be developed further in the revision of the EU Anti-Trafficking directive;
Amendment 246 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. whereas the demand for “sexual services” is universal and does not make a difference between voluntarily, forced, or trafficked people in prostitution; whereas it is therefore impossible to separate the discussion about prostitution and its potential regulation from the discussion around the fight against human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and the discussion about societal factors leading to a lack of alternatives for people in vulnerable situations to earn their lives and ultimately leading to prostitution;
Amendment 247 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Notes that the “knowing use” approach of victims of trafficking has proven to be ineffective in order to reduce sexual exploitation due to the impossibility to prove a buyer’s knowledge; wants to raise awareness about the fact that clients who want to buy a “sexual service” inevitably, due to the high number of persons forced or lured into prostitution, de facto buy exploitation;
Amendment 251 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the decriminalisation of pimping and of the purchase of sex increases demand, empowers the demand side and normalises sex buying; underlines that the stigmatisation of people, especially women, in prostitution nevertheless persists; refers to studies showing that the normalization of buying women’s bodies goes hand in hand with a greater use of violence against women and a greater sense of entitlement towards women in prostitution and women in general;
Amendment 256 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines the importance of discouraging demand in a way that does not harm or create negative repercussions for those in prostitution and provide sufficient safeguards;
Amendment 259 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls for demand reduction measures with a special focus on online advertisement and contact facilitation, ensuring efficient measures to prevent the exploitation of the prostitution of others;
Amendment 262 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Calls for demand reduction measures with a special focus on online advertisement and contact facilitation, ensuring efficient measures to prevent the exploitation of the prostitution of others;
Amendment 264 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned that the legalisation of prostitution promotes legal structures behind which traffickers can hide making it difficult for police and law enforcement bodies to combat trafficking in human beings effectively; stresses in this regard the Europol SOCTA 2021 highlighting that exploiters increasingly seek to exploit their victims in the context of supposedly voluntary business agreements and that this type of exploitation is particularly common in jurisdictions where prostitution has been legalised;
Amendment 273 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is increasing due to high demand; points out that this is particularly visible in countries with a liberal regulatory model, whereas countries that follow approaches like the Nordic/Equality model are no longer big markets for human trafficking for that purpose; notes that due to the demand reducing measures in these countries, trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation decreases;
Amendment 285 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the different approaches to regulation in the EU have different effects and that women in prostitution have different rights and levels of protections in different EU Member States; underlines that, according to the European Women’s Lobby, on average, 70 % of the individuals in prostitution in the EU are migrant women and that trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation mostly affects women and girls coming from the east of the European Union; underlines the case of Germany where the majority is of Romanian, Bulgarian or Hungarian origin reflecting the social and economic differences in the EU and only 1/5 of the registered people in prostitution have the German citizenship; underlines that most of the people, especially women, in prostitution (78%) are between 21 and 44 years old;
Amendment 295 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls for measures on EU level in order to effectively tackle the cross-border implications of prostitution;
Amendment 311 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the different effects of different regulatory measures on men, young people and society as a whole; stresses that the normalization of prostitution has a negative impact on young people's perceptions and expectations of sexuality and the relations between women and men and their understanding of gender equality;
Amendment 313 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 316 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Condemns the negative effects of certain types of pornography, reproducing harmful stereotypes and altering the perceptions about relationships and sexuality and thus hampering gender equality;
Amendment 319 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the Member States’ legal obligation to protect women’s rights and physical integrity and promote gender equality, and highlights the EU’s role in doing this within the international community and in creating equal protection and equal rights across Member States;
Amendment 333 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to take action in the areas of prevention, decriminalisation of people in prostitution,and especially women in prostitution, sufficiently financed, easily accessible, high quality and human rights based exit programmes, demand reduction, punishment of clients, destigmatisation and the elimination of stereotypes; calls on the Member States to reduce demand while protecting women and their rights, to end the criminalisation and stigmatisation of people and especially women in prostitution and to ensure exit strategies and unconditional access to social security systems and reintegration;
Amendment 353 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that it is punishable as a criminal offence to exploit the prostitution of another person even with the consent of that person;
Amendment 359 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for specific measures to assiston Member States to implement specific measures and to provide sufficient financial support to assist people and especially women in prostitution with their social and professional reintegration; calls for such exit programmes to work gradually, for women to be supported on their personal paths and for people’s potential to be recognised, with and professional training and further education programmes being adapted to take account of this, with a special focus on people with migration background;
Amendment 376 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission to put forward awareness-raising campaigns with the aim of discouraging the demand, highlighting the link between the demand for sexual services and the phenomenon of trafficking for sexual exploitation and the high numbers of women being trafficked inside and to the European Union; furthermore calls for awareness- raising for the particular risks people and especially women in prostitution face, including the high prevalence of gender- based violence; calls for these campaigns to further target young people and men while also dismantling stereotypes;
Amendment 383 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Calls for full access to non- discriminatory and universal health and social services as well as to the justice system for everyone, especially for people and women in prostitution;
Amendment 387 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Highlights that people who had to commit criminal acts in the framework of their exploitation should not be charged for these;
Amendment 388 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24 d. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to investigate how the demand for prostitution fuels human trafficking and to take into consideration reports by Europol that prove that legalised environments facilitate the exploitation of victims for human traffickers;
Amendment 389 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24 e. Calls on Europol to step up the cross-border collaboration and exchange of information, in particular with regard to data collection;
Amendment 24 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas sexual harassment means any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that occurs in the course of, linked with, or arising in matters of employment, occupation, self-employment, education, in public spaces and any other area of life, with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person, in particular when creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment; whereas women and girls are disproportionately affected by sexual harassment; whereas perpetrators are predominantly men;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas gender based violence, including abuse and harassment must be seen in the light of broader perspectives such as sexism, harmful gender stereotypes and unequal power relations in society and working life; whereas various dimensions are needed to understand what creates superiority and inferiority in society and working life; whereas feminist trade unionism is an important tool to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and for bringing about change by taking the starting point that gender, as well as other intersecting identities, shapes people's position in the labour market and societies as a whole;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas gender-based violence is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality; whereas to prevent and combat gender-based violence, including sexual harassment, it is crucial that the EU and Member States make significant progress towards achieving gender equality by concrete action and fully implementing gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in all policy areas and decision- making;
Amendment 41 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the MeToo movement has shown the magnitude and nature of sexual harassment and has sparked an international movement and a debate about the underlying causes and possible responses; whereas despite the public response, the progress in addressing the issue of sexual harassment after five years of the MeToo movement is not sufficient and there is a need for urgent action;
Amendment 44 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), also known as confidentiality clauses, are legally binding agreements that prevent a person or organisation from sharing information; whereas the MeToo movement raised public awareness of the misuse of NDAs, exposing their use to protect individuals; whereas the misuse of NDAs in the context of sexual harassment is of concern and need to be addressed;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas one in two women (55 % ) have been sexually harassed in the EU; whereas 32 % of all victims in the EU said the perpetrator was a superior, colleague or customer; whereas 75 % of women in professions requiring qualifications or top management jobs have been sexually harassed; whereas 61 % of women employed in the service sector have been subjected to sexual harassment7a; whereas the proportion of women who have ever worked and have experienced any unwanted behaviour with a sexual connotation in the workplace varies between Member States, ranging from 11 % to 41 %7 ; whereas cyber harassment, like other forms of gender-based cyber violence, has become increasingly common; _________________ 7 EU survey on gender-based violence against women and other forms of inter- personal violence (EU-GBV) – first results – 2022 edition. 7a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report of 3 March 2014 entitled "Violence against women".
Amendment 51 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 56 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas harassment is widespread butand under-reported; whereas harassment is often linked to other forms of discrimination in addition to gender- based discrimination, which has to be addressed with an intersectional approach and from all angles; whereas harassment in the workplace has serious consequences for the physical and psychological health and well-being of employees and therefore its prevention and treatment should be a priority for every employer;
Amendment 60 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas victims of sexual harassment are often unlikely to report it; whereas this is often due to the normalisation of sexual harassment, lack of awareness about what constitutes sexual harassment, fear of reprisals, lack of effective redress or reporting mechanisms, lack of specialised support services for victims, secondary victimisation, and stereotypes blaming the victim instead of the perpetrator;
Amendment 65 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas sexual harassment in education is widespread and under- reported; whereas harassment in education has serious consequences for the physical and mental health and well- being of students, impacts the students learning and has life long implications; whereas harassment and violations in education risks becoming normalized which has severe consequences not only in education but also in workplaces and every part of society; whereas the progress in addressing the issue of sexual harassment in education, including preventive measures, is not sufficient;
Amendment 71 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas despite the progress made in addressing the issue of sexual harassment after the MeToo movementand the fact that some Member States, individual companies, schools and other actors have implemented measures to prevent and combat sexual harassment the progress is not sufficient and there is still a lot to be done withinto eliminate harassment in the EU and the European institutions and beyond; whereas the European institutions have started to adapt their internal rules and procedures in order to better prevent, identify, counter and sanction harassment; whereas the implementation of prevention mechanisms has given rise to a certain degree of reluctance resulting not only from ignorance of the phenomenon of harassment but also from the lack of clarity of the existing legal rules;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas sexual harassment and other types of violence, offensive or unwanted behaviour in the workplace must be understood as a health and safety issue and not as individual problems of the victim or the perpetrator; whereas no part of the labour market nor working life is protected from sexual harassment, but the incidence varies, as do the expressions the harassment can take;
Amendment 76 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas studies show that working conditions, job security and type of work are risk factors for being exposed of sexual harassment at work; whereas collective bargaining is an important tool for preventing and combating violence and sexual harassment, including gender- based violence in workplaces, third-party harassment, and the effects of domestic violence at work;
Amendment 78 #
2022/2138(INI)
E c. whereas sexual harassment is a widespread phenomenon that undermines equality at work, while it can affect anyone, sexual harassment particularly affects women, and reinforces stereotypes about their abilities and aspirations; whereas sexual harassment can have a silencing effect and negative impact on victims’ pay, career progression and working conditions, and potentially drive individuals out of the world of work; whereas it also contributes to fewer women entering or remaining in the labour market, adding to the labour force participation gap, and to women being paid less than men and thereby exacerbating the gender pay gap;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Amendment 82 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in its previous resolutions, Parliament called for the introduction of several concrete measures introducingcluding the introduction of mandatory anti- harassment training for all Members as soon as they take office in the beginning of the mandate, and a zero-tolerance approach but, several years on, only some of them have been fully implemented and more needs to be done;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the European institutions in general and the European Parliament in particular, as a legislator, should set an example for all employerMember States, employers, and EU institutions; whereas Members of the European Parliament, both as the directly elected representatives of EU citizens and as legislators, have a special responsibility to carry out their duties respecting the highest standards and EU law;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, and all forms of harassment, notably sexual harassment; welcomes in this regard the Commission’s proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit on the basis of Article 83(1) TFEU a proposal for Council decision identifying gender based violence as a new area of crime;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to tackling gender-based violence and welcomes the proposal for a directive on combating violence (COM(2022)0105); calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure that sexual harassment is included as a criminal offence in the field of work, as per existing EU anti-discrimination directives, and any other sphere of life, in line with the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that gender equality is a core value of the EU and must be mainstreamed in all EU policies, activities and programmes; regrets the slow progress towards gender equality in the EU and recalls that gender based violence is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality; stresses the urgent need for progress and insists that the EU and its Member States fully commit to speeding up progress including by implementing gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in all EU policies, activities and programmes;
Amendment 118 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on all Member States to ensure that any intentional form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person, in particular when creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment are punishable as criminal offences;
Amendment 122 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is convinced that educational institutions and employers, including the European institutions, should behave as exemplary employers and establish zero-tolerance standards; establish zero-tolerance standards towards any type of harassment and work actively on prevention of harassment, adequate victim protection and support, and countering all forms of discrimination and should apply strict implementation of rules in this regard;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on Member States, in consultation with the social partners, to ensure that employers take appropriate measures to prevent and address instances of sexual harassment, cyber violence and third-party violence at work; stresses that employers must be prevented from dismissing, discriminating or in any way disadvantaging workers who are victims of sexual harassment;
Amendment 127 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on Member States to ensure that employers, in cooperation with trade union representatives, take appropriate measures to provide a safe working environment and support to victims of sexual harassment; highlights in this context that workers shall have the right to receive support from a trade union and the workplace health and safety representative;
Amendment 128 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls om Member States to take measures to promote collective bargaining on workplace practices on preventing and addressing instances of sexual harassment, including through awareness-raising and training of workers and employers, trade union representatives and workplace health and safety representatives;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Underlines that social partners play a key role in addressing harassment at work, including sexual harassment and cyber violence at work;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set goals to reduce the number of precarious jobs and involuntary part-time work in order to improve the situation of women in the labour market and to reduce the risk of sexual harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 131 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Amendment 132 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Highlights that the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and Recommendation (No. 206) are the first international labour standards to provide a common framework to prevent, remedy and eliminate violence and harassment in the world of work, including gender-based violence and harassment; calls on the Member States, who have not yet ratified the Convention, to do so without delay;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that, in spite of the progress initiated by the MeToo campaignmovement, which helped to break the silence and raise awareness of the need to implement better working conditions for all staff, cases of sexual harassment still occur all over the EU and within the European institutions, including Parliament; recalls that these cases cast a shadow over the functioning of our institutions and undermine the confidence of EU citizens in them;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RecallUnderlines the importance of prevention, withhich can be achieved by information and awareness-raising efforts, andtrainings of employers, trade union representatives and workplace health and safety representatives, the promotion of zero- tolerance for harassment campaigns and policies; considers that the existing campaigns should be reinforced; , and to provide advisory and psychological assistance to victims, as well as advice on police contacts and referrals to providers of legal recourse;
Amendment 147 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that gender-based violence, sexual harassment and sexist language occurs in educational settings; emphasizes that all students have the right to a safe learning environment without any type of harassment, including sexual harassment; calls on all Member States to ensure that educational institutions have a zero-tolerance approach to any forms of misconduct, offers support to victims, and are obliged to prevent harassment and sexual harassment;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2138(INI)
6 b. Emphasizes that challenging gender prejudices and stereotypes are important preventive measures in all spheres of society, including throughout the education cycle, from primary school to lifelong learning, and can reduce gender imbalances in all spheres of life;
Amendment 149 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Underlines the central role of men and boys in ending all forms of harassment and sexual harassment; calls on all Member States and actors to actively involve men in awareness-raising and prevention campaigns, as well as education campaigns and action for gender equality;
Amendment 153 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sexual harassment cases are still under-reported because victims do not use the existing channels, demonstrating the need for further effort, among other things, victims fear that relationships at work would be negatively affected; that the report would not be believed or taken seriously; embarrassment; fear of a negative impact on career or lack of procedures to facilitate reporting; stresses the need for further efforts to raise awareness of reporting procedures and support to victims with regard to the prevention of sexual harassment;
Amendment 160 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with Eurostat and EIGE, to improve, promote and ensure research on evidence-based practices and the systematic collection of relevant, sex- and age-disaggregated, comparable data on cases of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination and psychological harassment, including cyber harassment, at national, regional and local level;
Amendment 162 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to carry out research into the causes and consequences of sexual harassment, including the impact that sexist and stereotyped advertisements may have on the incidence of violence and harassment;
Amendment 163 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. reiterates its recommendation to revise the Staff Regulations, especially Article 22c thereof, in order to align it with the standards of the Whistle-blower Directive;
Amendment 195 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that the measures to address sexual harassment in the Parliament are not strong enough and do not include all of the actions requested in previous resolutions; welcomes the fact that this parliamentary term is the first in which Members have been required to sign a declaration confirming their commitment to complying with the Code of Appropriate Behaviour; notes with concerns that despite efforts taken there are still cases of sexual harassment in Parliament;
Amendment 201 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the harassment prevention training offered to Members, managers in Parliament’s Secretariat and staff; is convinced, however, that voluntary harassment prevention training has proven insufficient as only 260 out of 705 Members have completed the training in this term; calls again for the introduction of mandatory training for all Membermplementation of mandatory training for all Members and staff; requests the competent Parliament bodies and services to assess what consequences could be attached for non-completion of this training, such as possible limiting of hiring staff, financial sanctions or removing the possibility to be rapporteur or office-holder in the Parliament, and adapt its rules accordingly; calls for a public list on the Parliament’s website with Members that have completed the training, and those who have not; emphasises as well the need for trainings to be frequently available in all EU languages;
Amendment 215 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the work of the Advisory Committee on Harassment and its prevention at the workplace and the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament; calls for full transparency about how Parliament is addressing issues of harassment, while protecting the identity of those affected, and invites both committees to draft and publish their monitoring reports and risk assessments annually on the European Parliament website; calls for an independent evaluation of the measures in place by external and auditors selected in a transparent procedure; recommends, in line with its previous resolutions, that a task force of independent experts be set up with a mandate to examine the situation of sexual harassment and abuse in Parliament, in order to carry out an evaluation of its existing Advisory Committees dealing with complaints concerning harassment, and propose adequate changes;
Amendment 220 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. reiterates its call for measures to aim to provide protection against victimisation of or retaliation against complainants, victims, witnesses and whistle-blowers;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
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;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
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 ;
Amendment 5 #
2022/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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;
Amendment 13 #
2022/2134(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
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;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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%;
Amendment 6 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
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;
Amendment 7 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
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;
Amendment 8 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
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;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
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;
Amendment 10 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
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;
Amendment 11 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
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;
Amendment 12 #
2022/2119(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
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;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2118(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 3 #
2022/2118(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
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;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2118(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
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);
Amendment 2 #
2022/2116(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 5 #
2022/2116(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
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;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2108(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
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;
Amendment 3 #
2022/2108(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2108(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
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;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2108(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
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;
Amendment 10 #
2022/2108(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
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;
Amendment 13 #
2022/2108(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
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;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2095(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2095(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
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;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2081(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
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;
Amendment 11 #
2022/2081(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
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;
Amendment 12 #
2022/2081(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
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;
Amendment 157 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to suggest new initiatives in order to respond to climate-related security risks while advancing the European Green Deal in international fora; believes that the EU should support ambitious CO2 reduction targets in third countries in order to implement the Paris Agreement, hence stresses the need for climate diplomacy to be put at the core of union's external action in order to safeguard global peace and security;
Amendment 159 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the need to fully implementing and systematically integrating gender mainstreaming and the EU gender action plan III (GAP III) in all its external action; calls for the EU and the Member States to exercise leadership in the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security; underlines that women play a key role in the prevention of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peace keeping, humanitarian response and post- conflict reconstruction. Consequently, stresses the need for the EU to ensure women’s equal participation and full involvement in all efforts to maintain peace and security, while including a gender perspective in all its external action;
Amendment 305 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the Chinese government- led system of forced labour in Xinjiang; urges the Chinese government to end the systematic persecution of Uyghurs, including the excruciating fact that Uyghur women are specifically targeted by the authorities, implementing an official scheme of targeted birth prevention measures, including forcing women of childbearing age to abortions, intrauterine injections and sterilisation, measures that could meet the criteria for belonging to the worst crimes against humanity;
Amendment 91 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
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”.
Amendment 113 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Equality bodies can only effectively play their role if they are able to act with complete independence without being subject to any external influence. For that purpose, Member States should take into account a number of criteria that contribute to the independence of equality bodies. Equality bodies should not be set up as part of a ministry or body taking instructions directly from the government. Any staff member or person holding a managerial position – for example as member of a board managing the equality body, head of the equality body, deputy or in case of interim – should be independent, qualified for their position, and selected through a transparent process. Equality bodies should be able to manage their own budget and resources, including by selecting and managing their own staff, while respecting the principle of gender balance on all levels of staff, and be able to set their own priorities.
Amendment 140 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
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.
Amendment 191 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
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.
Amendment 381 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
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.
Amendment 384 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – title
Article 14 – title
Data collection and access to equality data statistics
Amendment 390 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
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).
Amendment 393 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall allow equality bodies to make recommendations on which data is tocould be collected in relation to the rights and obligations derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU, to public and private entities including public authorities, trade unions, companies and civil society organisations. Member States shall also allow equality bodies to play a coordination role in the collection of equality data.
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.
Amendment 38 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
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.
Amendment 53 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
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)
Amendment 64 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
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)
Amendment 69 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
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))
Amendment 78 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 – paragraph 3
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.
Amendment 94 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
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)
Amendment 99 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
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)
Amendment 107 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
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)
Amendment 115 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
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)
Amendment 118 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
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)
Amendment 130 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
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)
Amendment 144 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
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.
Amendment 161 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
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’).
Amendment 163 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
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:
Amendment 173 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
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.
Amendment 182 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
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.
Amendment 192 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
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).
Amendment 198 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
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.
Amendment 203 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. Promoting decent working conditions at company level to retain and attract skilled workers.
Amendment 204 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
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.
Amendment 209 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 223 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
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;
Amendment 227 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
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;
Amendment 232 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
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;
Amendment 244 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 248 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
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).
Amendment 255 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 4
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.
Amendment 259 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 50 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
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.
Amendment 52 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
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.
Amendment 53 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 c (new)
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).
Amendment 60 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
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.
Amendment 63 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
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.
Amendment 67 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
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.
Amendment 70 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 75 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
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.
Amendment 78 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
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.
Amendment 83 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 b (new)
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.
Amendment 88 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 c (new)
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.
Amendment 91 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
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.
Amendment 94 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
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.
Amendment 100 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
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.
Amendment 104 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
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.
Amendment 108 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 b (new)
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.
Amendment 112 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 c (new)
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.
Amendment 116 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 d (new)
Recital 15 d (new)
Amendment 121 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 e (new)
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.
Amendment 126 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 f (new)
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.
Amendment 130 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 2
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*:
Amendment 133 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 2 point f a (new)
Article 2 point f a (new)
(fa) erionite, CAS 66733-21-9 and CAS 66733-21-9;
Amendment 137 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1
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."
Amendment 138 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 144 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Amendment 148 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 d (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
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."
Amendment 152 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
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."
Amendment 155 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 f (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 f (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 158 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
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;
Amendment 163 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
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.
Amendment 167 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1
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."
Amendment 169 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2
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."
Amendment 174 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 5
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."
Amendment 178 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
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."
Amendment 182 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 8
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).
Amendment 188 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 189 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 195 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 11 paragraph 1 a (new)
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."
Amendment 197 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
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."
Amendment 205 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
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:"
Amendment 207 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 d (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 12 point c
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."
Amendment 212 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 f (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 f (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 13 – Paragraph 1
Article 13 – Paragraph 1
Amendment 217 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 g (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 g (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 2
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.
Amendment 222 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 h (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 h (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 225 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 i (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 i (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 228 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 j (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 j (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
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."
Amendment 234 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 k (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 k (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new)
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."
Amendment 236 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 l (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 l (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
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:
Amendment 238 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 l (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 l (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
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;"
Amendment 244 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 m (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 m (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
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;"
Amendment 250 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 n (new)
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;"
Amendment 254 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 p (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 p (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 2
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:"
Amendment 257 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 q (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 q (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 261 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 r (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 r (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 2
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."
Amendment 264 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 s (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 s (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 18 b a (new)
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."
Amendment 268 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 t (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 t (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 275 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 21
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."
Amendment 279 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
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."
Amendment 283 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 21 a
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."
Amendment 288 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Annex I – Point 1
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."
Amendment 291 #
2022/0298(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 e (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Amendment 113 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The dissemination of child sexual abuse material is a criminal offence that affects the rights of the victims depicted, whom to the vast majority are girls. Victims should therefore have the right to obtain, upon request, from the EU Centre yet via the Coordinating Authorities, relevant and age-appropriate information if known child sexual abuse material depicting them is reported by providers of hosting services or providers of publicly available interpersonal communications services in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 133 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) Given its central position resulting from the performance of its primary tasks under this Regulation and the information and expertise it can gather in connection thereto, the EU Centre should also contribute to the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation by serving as a hub for knowledge, expertise and research on matters related to the prevention and combating of online child sexual abuse. In this connection, the EU Centre should cooperate with relevant stakeholders from both within and outside the Union and allow Member States to benefit from the knowledge and expertise gathered, including best practices and lessons learned. The EU centre shall also provide knowledge, expertise and best practice on preventive measures targeted at abusers.
Amendment 146 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) ‘child user’ means a natural person who uses a relevant information society service and who is a natural person below the age of 178 years;
Amendment 162 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
(ii) where the service is used by children, the different age groups of the child users and the risk of solicitation of children in relation to those age groups, as well as the risk of adults using the service for the purpose of solicitation of children;
Amendment 184 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) targeted and proportionate in relation to that risk, taking into account, in particular, the seriousness of the risk, specific vulnerabilities of children online and offline including age, gender and disability, as well as the provider’s financial and technological capabilities and the number of users;
Amendment 194 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission, in cooperation with Coordinating Authorities and the EU Centre and after having conducted a public consultation, may issue guidelines on the application of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, having due regard in particular to relevant technological developments, trends and evidence reported by law enforcement, hotlines, civil society organisations, EIGE and technology companies, in combating child sexual abuse online and in the manners in which the services covered by those provisions are offered and used.
Amendment 200 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) take reasonable measures to prevent child users from accessing the software applications not intended for their use or adapted to their safety needs in relation to which they have identified a significant risk of use of the service concerned for the purpose of the solicitation of children;
Amendment 206 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission, in cooperation with Coordinating Authorities and the EU Centre and after having conducted a public consultation, may issue guidelines on the application of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, having due regard in particular to relevant technological developments, trends and evidence reported by law enforcement, hotlines, civil society organisations, EIGE and technology companies, in combating child sexual abuse online, and to the manners in which the services covered by those provisions are offered and used.
Amendment 219 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) where the draft implementation plan concerns an intended detection order concerning the solicitation of children other than the renewal of a previously issued detection order without any substantive changes, conduct a data protection impact assessmentimpact assessments on data protection, gender, and child rights, and a prior consultation procedure as referred to in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, respectively, in relation to the measures set out in the implementation plan;
Amendment 220 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) where point (b) applies, or where the conditions of Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 are met, adjust the draft implementation plan, where necessary in view of the outcome of the data protection impact assessments on data protection, gender, and child rights, and in order to take into account the opinion of the data protection authority provided in response to the prior consultation;
Amendment 288 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) establish and operate an accessible, age-appropriate, gender-sensitive, and user-friendly mechanism that allows users to submit to it, within a reasonable timeframe, complaints about alleged infringements of its obligations under this Section, as well as any decisions that the provider may have taken in relation to the use of the technologies, including the removal or disabling of access to material provided by users, blocking the users’ accounts or suspending or terminating the provision of the service to the users, and process such complaints in an objective, effective and timely manner;
Amendment 289 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Commission, in cooperation with the Coordinating Authorities and the EU Centre and after having conducted a public consultation, may issue guidelines on the application of Articles 7 to 10, having due regard in particular to relevant technological developments, trends and evidence reported by law enforcement, hotlines, civil society organisations, EIGE and technology companies, in combating child sexual abuse online, and the manners in which the services covered by those provisions are offered and used.
Amendment 295 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The provider shall establish and operate an accessible, age-appropriate and user-friendly mechanism with gender and age- appropriate options that allows users to flag to the provider, including anonymously, potential online child sexual abuse on the service.
Amendment 296 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. New possible child sexual abuse material reported by a user shall immediately be assessed to determine the probability that the material represent risk or harm to a child. If the potential online child sexual abuse on the service is flagged by a user known to be a child, the provider shall provide the child with essential information on online safety and specialist child support services, such as helplines and hotlines, in addition to the reporting of the material.
Amendment 320 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) if the user is a child, referral to competent national support services and essential information on online safety, in a child-friendly language.
Amendment 329 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Given the severity of these crimes and the long-lasting negative consequences on the victims and the risk of revictimization as a result of the dissemination of known material, new material, as well as activities constituting the solicitation of children, it is essential that this Regulation provides specific obligations for providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communication services to prevent, detect, report, remove child sexual abuse material in all their services, including interpersonal communication services, which may also be covered by end-to-end encryption, in light of the prevalence of dissemination of child sexual abuse material, including the solicitation of children, in interpersonal communication services.
Amendment 385 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The measures taken by providers of hosting services and providers of publicly available interpersonal communications services to execute detection orders addressed to them should remain strictly limited to what is specified in this Regulation and in the detection orders issued in accordance with this Regulation. In order to ensure the effectiveness of those measures, allow for tailored solutions, remain technologically neutral, and avoid circumvention of the detection obligations, those measures should be taken regardless of the technologies used by the providers concerned in connection to the provision of their services. Therefore, this Regulation leaves to the provider concerned the choice of the technologies to be operated to comply effectively with detection orders and should not be understood as incentivising or disincentivising the use of any given technology, provided that the technologies and accompanying measures meet the requirements of this Regulation. That includes the use of end-to-end encryption technology, which is an important tool to guarantee the security and confidentiality of the communications of users, including those of children. Nothing in this Regulation should therefore be interpreted as prohibiting end-to-end encryption or making it impossible. When executing the detection order, providers should take all available safeguard measures to ensure that the technologies employed by them cannot be used by them or their employees for purposes other than compliance with this Regulation, nor by third parties, and thus to avoid undermining the security and confidentiality of the communications of users, while ensuring the effective detection of online child sexual abuse and the balance of all the fundamental rights at stake.
Amendment 401 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) To the extent strictly necessary and proportionate to mitigate the risk of misuse of their services for the purpose of online child sexual abuse, it should be possible for the Coordinating Authority of establishment to authorise providers to process metadata.
Amendment 417 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
As regards the first subparagraph, point (a), the provider may also preserve the information, including data on gender and age, for the purpose of improving the effectiveness and accuracy of the technologies to detect online child sexual abuse for the execution of a detection order issued to it in accordance with Article 7. However, it shall not store any personal data for that purpose.
Amendment 446 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. Coordinating Authorities shall cooperate with each other, any other competent authorities of the Member State that designated the Coordinating Authority, the Commission, the EU Centre and other relevant Union agencies, including Europol, to facilitate the performance of their respective tasks under this Regulation and ensure its effective, efficient and consistent application and enforcement. Coordinating Authorities shall establish systematic practises on the exchange of information and best practices related to the prevention and combating of online child sexual abuse and solicitation of children.
Amendment 447 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The EU Centre shall contribute to the achievement of the objective of this Regulation by supporting and facilitating the implementation of its provisions concerning the detection, reporting, removal or disabling of access to, and blocking of online child sexual abuse and gather and share information, gender and age-disggregated statistics, and expertise and facilitate cooperation and sharing of best practices between relevant public and private parties in connection to the prevention and combating of child sexual abuse, in particular online.
Amendment 474 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)
(ca) Establish mechanisms to listen to and incorporate the views of children in its work, in accordance with the UNCRC, the Directive 2012/29/EU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 574 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) "adult" means any natural person above the age of 18 years;
Amendment 583 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) "adult user" means a natural person who uses a relevant information society service and who is a natural person above the age of 18 years;
Amendment 694 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communication services put forward age assurance or age verification system as a mitigation measure, they shell meet the following criteria: a) Protect the privacy of users and do not disclose data gathered for the purposes of age assurance for any other purpose; b) Do not collect data that is not necessary for the purpose of age assurance; c) Be proportionate to the risks associated to the product or service that presents a risk of misuse for child sexual abuse; d) Provide appropriate remedies and redress mechanisms for users whose age is wrongly identified.
Amendment 742 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) Designing educational and awarness-raising campaigns aimed at informing and alerting users about the risks of online child sexual abuse, including child-appropriate information;
Amendment 769 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) processing metadata, in accordance with Article 4a
Amendment 776 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communications services shall continue the voluntary use of specific technologies, as mitigation measures, for the processing of personal and other data to the extent strictly necessary to detect, report and remove online sexual abuse on their services and to mitigate the risk of misuse of their services for the purpose of online child sexual abuse, including for the purpose of the solicitation of children, pursuant to the risk assessment conducted or updated in accordance with Article 3 and prior authorization from the Coordinating Authority;
Amendment 780 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Coordinating Authority shall decide whether to proceed according to paragraph 1a no later than three months from the provider´s request.
Amendment 805 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Providers of interpersonal communications services that have identified, pursuant to the risk assessment conducted or updated in accordance with Article 3, a risk of use of their services for the purpose of the solicitation of children, shall take the necessary age verification and age assessment measures to reliably identify childdifferenciate between child and adult users on their services, enabling them to take the mitigation measures. Age assurances or age verification systems as mitigation measures shall be implemented only if they meet the criteria set in Article 3, paragraph 2a of this Regulation.
Amendment 826 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article4a Legal basis for the risk mitigation through metadata processing 1. On the basis of the risk assessment submitted and, where applicable, further information, the Coordinating Authority of establishment shall have the power to authorise or require a provider of hosting services or a provider of interpersonal communications services to process metadata to the extent strictly necessary and proportionate to mitigate the risk of misuse of their services for the purpose of online child sexual abuse, as a mitigation measure in accordance with Article 4. When assessing whether to request the processing of metadata, the Coordinating Authority shall take into account any interference with the rights to privacy and data protection of the users of the service that such a processing entails and determine whether, in that case, the processing of metadata would be effective in mitigating the risk of use of the service for the purpose of child sexual abuse, and that it is strictly necessary and proportionate. 2. If they process metadata as a risk mitigation measure, providers shall inform their users of such processing in their terms and conditions, including information on the possibility to submit complaints to the competent DPA concerning the relevant processing, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and on the avenues for judicial redress.
Amendment 928 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) draft an implementation plan setting out the measures it envisages taking to execute the intended detection order, including detailed information regarding the envisaged technologies and safeguards; the implementation plan shall explicitly set out the specific measures that the provider intends to take to counter act potential security risk that might be linked to the execution of the detection order on its services. The provider may consult the EU Centre, and in particular its Technology Committee, to obtain support in identifying appropriate measures in this respect;
Amendment 1025 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
To that aim, they shall take into account all relevant parameters, including: (i) the availability of sufficiently reliable detection technologies in that they can be deployed without undermining the security of the service in question and they limit to the maximum extent possible the rate of errors regarding the detection and; (ii) their suitability and effectiveness of the available technologies for achieving the objectives of this Regulation, as well as; (iii) the impact of the measures on the rights of the users affected, and require the taking ofthereby ensuring that detection orders are only requested and issued when sufficiently reliable technologies in accordance with point (i) are available and that the least intrusive measures are chosen, in accordance with Article 10, from among several equally effective measures.
Amendment 1031 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where the information gathered in the risk assessment process indicates that risk is limited to an identifiable part or component of a service, where possible without prejudice to the effectiveness of the measure, the required measures are only applied in respect of that part or component;
Amendment 1049 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article7a Safeguards on encrypted services For the scope of this Regulation and for the the sole purpose to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, providers of interpersonal communications services shall be subjected to obligations to prevent, detect, report and remove online child sexual abuse on all their services, which may include as well those covered by end-to-end encyption, when there is a significant risk that their specific service is misused for online child sexual abuse, including for the purpose of the solicitation of children, pursuant to the risk assessment established in Article 3 of this Regulation. The technologies deployed to execute the detection order pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation shall never prohibit encryption or make it impossible and shall only be deployed after a prior authorization by the Coordinating Authority, in consultation with the competent data protection authority, and be subjected to constant monitoring and auditing by the competent data protection authority to verify their compliance with Union law.
Amendment 1136 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The provider shall be entitled to acquire, install and operate, free of charge, technologies made available by the EU Centre in accordance with Article 50(1), for the sole purpose of executing the detection order and, where needed, of adopting the security measures imposed by Article 7(3)(a). The provider shall not be required to use any specific technology, including those made available by the EU Centre, as long as the requirements set out in this Article are met. The use of the technologies made available by the EU Centre shall not affect the responsibility of the provider to comply with those requirements and for any decisions it may take in connection to or as a result of the use of the technologies.
Amendment 1161 #
2022/0155(COD)
(da) not able to prohibit or make end- to-end encryption impossible.
Amendment 1594 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) support Member States in designing preventive measures, such as awarness-raising campaigns to combat child sexual abuse, with a specific focus on girls and other prevalent demographics, including by: a) acting on behalf of victims in liaising with other relevant authorities of the Member States for reparations and all other victim support programmes; b) referring victims to the appropriate child protection services, and to pro bono legal support services.
Amendment 1618 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The EU Centre shall ensure through all technical means available that the database of indicators is secure and cannot be alterated by providers, users and any other actor at the moment of its deployment for the purpose of detection.
Amendment 1697 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The EU Centre shall make available: (i) technologies that providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communications services may acquire, install and operate, free of charge, where relevant subject to reasonable licensing conditions, to execute detection orders in accordance with Article 10(1). (ii) technologies that providers of end-to- end encrypted electronic communication services may acquire, install and operate, free of charge, where relevant subject to reasonable licencing conditions, to adopt the security measures imposed on them by Article 7(3)(a).
Amendment 68 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
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
Amendment 81 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
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.
Amendment 105 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64 a (new)
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.
Amendment 116 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
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.
Amendment 122 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 128 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 148 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 151 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
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.
Amendment 153 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 157 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 164 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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.
Amendment 170 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
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;
Amendment 181 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n
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;
Amendment 187 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
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.
Amendment 194 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
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.
Amendment 196 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
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:
Amendment 200 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
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;
Amendment 221 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
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.
Amendment 227 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Companies shall be required to take the following actions, where relevant:
Amendment 232 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
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;
Amendment 253 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Companies shall be required to take the following actions, where relevant:
Amendment 256 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
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;
Amendment 259 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
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;
Amendment 295 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
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,
Amendment 313 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point a
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
Amendment 316 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b
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
Amendment 321 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(b a) to request timely full and effective remedy of the situation.
Amendment 327 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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.
Amendment 333 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
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.
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.
Amendment 361 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – subheading 1
Annex I – Part I – subheading 1
Violations and restrictions of enjoyment of rights and prohibitions included in international and European human rights agreeinstruments
Amendment 362 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – subheading 1 a (new)
Annex I – Part I – subheading 1 a (new)
This includes especially the following:
Amendment 372 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – point 21 a (new)
Annex I – Part I – point 21 a (new)
21 a. Violation of the right to work (for example article 6 ICECR)
Amendment 373 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – point 21 b (new)
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’)
Amendment 374 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – point 21 c (new)
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)
Amendment 375 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – subheading 2
Annex I – Part I – subheading 2
Amendment 386 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 a (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 a (new)
- ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work, 2019
Amendment 387 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 b (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 b (new)
- Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (155) and its 2002 Protocol
Amendment 388 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 c (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 c (new)
- Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (187)
Amendment 389 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 d (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 d (new)
- Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (190)
Amendment 390 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 e (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 e (new)
- Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (158)
Amendment 391 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 f (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 f (new)
- European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR)
Amendment 392 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 g (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 g (new)
- European Social Charter (revised) (ESC)
Amendment 393 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 h (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 h (new)
- Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’)
Amendment 394 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 i (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 i (new)
- Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Amendment 395 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 j (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 15 j (new)
- Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
Amendment 404 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 23 a (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 23 a (new)
- UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
Amendment 405 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 23 b (new)
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
Amendment 407 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 23 c (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 23 c (new)
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Amendment 2 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
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,
Amendment 4 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
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.
Amendment 7 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
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,
Amendment 10 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
— having regard to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights,
Amendment 12 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
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’,
Amendment 21 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the 1979 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and its Optional Protocol,
Amendment 32 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
— having regard to the 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
Amendment 34 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
Citation 16 c (new)
— having regard to the CEDW Committee General Recommendations 12, 19 and 35 on violence against women,
Amendment 35 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
— having regard to the United Nations General Assembly 2020 Resolution entitled ‘Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls,
Amendment 48 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
— having regard to the Gender Equality Index Reports of the European Institute for Gender Equality published since 2013,
Amendment 49 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
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’,
Amendment 51 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 c (new)
Citation 30 c (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe report entitled ‘Overview of studies on the costs of violence against women and domestic violence’,
Amendment 52 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 d (new)
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,
Amendment 66 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
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;
Amendment 70 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
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;
Amendment 86 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
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;
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;
Amendment 118 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas differences in Member States’ laws and policies create differences in protection against gender based violence;
Amendment 119 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
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;
Amendment 123 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
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;
Amendment 126 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
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;
Amendment 178 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons; deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, psychological and physical violence, stalking, sexual violence, rape, forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced abortion, forced sterilisation, sexual exploitation and human trafficking and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of their human rights and dignity; stresses that the Istanbul Convention lays down that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called ‘honour’ cannot be a justification of any acts of violence against women; denounces the fact that women and girls are victims of gender-based violence on the internet and on social media; calls on the Member States to adopt concrete measures to address these new forms of crime, including sex-extortion, grooming, voyeurism and revenge pornography, and to protect the victims, who can experience serious trauma leading sometimes even to suicide;
Amendment 189 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
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;
Amendment 206 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
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;
Amendment 209 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
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;
Amendment 211 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
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;
Amendment 213 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note of the CJEU Opinion of 6 October 2021, following up on Parliament’s request, which allowStrongly demands the Council to proceed with the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the European Union without a prior common agreement, as declared by the CJEU Opinion of 6 October 2021 following up on Parliament’s request;
Amendment 221 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
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;
Amendment 234 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
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 that have not already done so to ratify the Convention without delay and strongly condemns any attempt of Member States to withdraw from the ratification itself;
Amendment 235 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
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;
Amendment 240 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
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;
Amendment 246 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
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;
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
Amendment 256 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which will be the first EU act comprehensively to address gender-based violence, thus helping to harmonise Member States’ differing approaches towards violence against women and domestic violence and to lay down common minimum standards for the protection of victims and survivors of gender-based violence and for improving their access to justice; stresses that this legislative act does not substitute the Convention, as it only covers some part of it and thus the Convention remains an essential tool for the EU strategy against gender-based violence;
Amendment 270 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
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;
Amendment 277 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
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.
Amendment 278 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on Member States to continue and strengthen the protection of children who are victims of or witness episodes of domestic and intimate partner violence; in particular condemns the use, assertion and acceptance of non-scientific theories and concepts in custody cases which punish mothers who attempt to report cases of child abuse or gender- based violence by preventing them from obtaining custody or by restricting their parental rights, such as the so-called parental alienation syndrome;
Amendment 288 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to ensure a broad EU accession to the Convention without any limitations;
Amendment 290 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls the Member States to enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence, including domestic and intimate violence, empowering women and girls, and protecting victims and enabling them to be compensated, especially in the case of those living in areas where protection services for victims do not exist or are very limited;
Amendment 292 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls the Commission to draw up a holistic EU strategy on combating violence against women and gender-based violence that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities, integrating all EU efforts to eradicate gender based violence;