Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2008/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Commission and Member States should exchange best practices in order to identify and eliminate false self employment;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Community legislation is only efficient and effective if it is properly implemented by all Member States, applied equally to all actors concerned and controlled on a regular basis and in an efficient manner and if appropriate action is taken when infringements occur.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Monitoring compliance is a complex task with multiple actors and therefore it requires cooperation between Member States and the Commission, as well as between Member States themselves. The contribution of the social partners with regard to monitoring and compliance and enforcement should be considered.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is therefore appropriate to modernise Directive 2002/15/EC in order to remedy shortcomings in the implementation, application and enforcement of the rules by clarifying its scope, reinforcing administrative cooperation among Member States and promoting the exchange of information and goodbest practice.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Directive shall apply to mobile workers, as defined in Article 3(d) of this Directive, employed by undertakings established in a Member State, participating in road transport activities covered by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 or, failing that, by the AETR Agreement. This Directive shall also apply to mobile workers as defined in the second sentence of Article 3(d).
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint a a (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
Article 3 – point a – paragraph 2
(aa) ‘user undertaking’ means any natural or legal person for whom and under the supervision and direction of whom a driver is employed by;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
Article 11 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall organise a system of appropriate and regular monitoring and controls including multi-agency cooperation in order to guarantee the correct and consistent implementation of the rules contained in this Directive. They shall ensure that the national bodies responsible for enforcement of the Directive have an adequate number of qualified inspectors and shall take whatever measures are appropriate.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 11 a – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) to reinforce administrative cooperation between their competent authorities, through the adoption of effective systems of exchange of information, the improvement of access to information and the promotion of exchange of information and goodbest practices in enforcement of working time rules;