63 Amendments of Inger SEGELSTRÖM
Amendment 16 #
2008/2331(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe’s migration policies must comply with the norms of international law, particularly those that concern human rights, human dignity and rights to asylum, whereas the Member States must safeguard the right for people in need to come to the EU and apply for asylum in accordance to the Geneva Convention and not to find different ways to shut out people in need,
Amendment 59 #
2008/2331(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Amendment 180 #
2008/2331(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)
Paragraph 31 c (new)
31c. Believes that Europe must be an area of Solidarity, which persons in need of protection can seek for protection and where the EU Member States take joint responsibility for receiving refugees; further believes that it is not reasonable that some states, regions and municipalities are shouldering a great responsibility while others do not take any responsibility at all; municipalities which take a great responsibility, such as Södertälje municipality in Sweden, which alone has given more protection to people from Iraq than the United States have, and even regions must have right to obtain funding from the common voluntary burden-sharing mechanism;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2173(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to frame specific civil and criminal legislation on the retailing of violent TV, videogames for children and on on line videogames and computer games; considers that special attention should be devoted to on-line games aimed primarily at children and young people whose purpose is to generate profit;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2173(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to draw up a pan European code of conduct on the sale of TV, video and computer games to minors, in order also to oblige retailers to assume their responsibilities;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2173(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include video, TV and computer games in the programme 'Safer Internet';
Amendment 28 #
2008/2173(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take vigorous action against online computer games aimed at children and young people whose purpose is to generate profit.
Amendment 3 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the evolution of the Internet proves that it is becoming an indispensable tool for promoting democratic initiatives, a new arena for the political debate (e.g., e- campaigning, e-voting), a key instrument at world level for exercising freedom of expression (e.g., blogging) and for developing business activities,; whereas the Internet has also brought with it an increasing number of opportunities for people of all ages to communicate with people from different parts of the world, for example, and has thereby expanded the scope for people to familiarise themselves with other cultures and thus enhance their understanding of other people and cultures; whereas the Internet has also extended the diversity of news sources for individuals as they are now able to tap into the flow of news from different parts of the world,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, through the freedom that it providesdespite the fact that the Internet should, to the greatest possible extent, be free for all to use and that there should be great respect for personal integrity, the Internet has also been used as a platform for violent and undemocratic messages such as the ones inciting to terrorist attacks, and whereas cybercrime threats more broadly have increased worldwide and are endangering individuals (including children) and networks,
Amendment 11 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas these crimes must be counteredInternet crime calls for effectively and decisively, without altering measures, which must not, however pose a threat to the fundamental free and open nature of the Internet; whereas the Commission should, therefore, be instructed to investigate the possibility of coordinating these measures within the EU with a view to ensuring that such a threat does not materialise,
Amendment 13 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in a democratic society, it is should be typified by the principle of transparency where the citizens who are entitled to observe and to judge daily the actions and beliefs of their governments and of private companies that provide them with services, and not the government democratically elected representatives, public authorities and institutions and companies that provide them with services, not vice-versa; whereas use of the Internet should not be exempt from this principle; whereas democratically elected representatives or companies wsho are entitleduld not be allowed to assume the right to observe daily and to judge daily the actions and beliefs of their citizeninformation, activities and beliefs; whereas technologically advanced surveillance techniques, combined with lax laws prescribing the limits of their application, increasingly threaten this principle, since legal protection is lacking,
Amendment 15 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas technological leaps increasingly allow for the secret andsurveillance, virtually undetected surveillanceable to the individual, of citizens’ activities on the Internet; whereas the mere existence of surveillance technologies shouldall not automatically justify their uses, but whereas the overriding interest of protecting citizens’ fundamental rights should determine the limits and precise circumstances under which such technologies may be used by public authorities or private companies, companies; whereas combating Internet crime and the threats to an open democratic society which certain persons and organisations constitute when they use the Internet to damage citizens' rights, must not mean that Member States assume the right to intercept and monitor all data traffic on the Internet which occurs on their territory, whether that applies to their own citizens or data traffic from abroad; whereas the combating of crime must be proportionate to the nature of the crime; whereas the European Ombudsman should be instructed, together with national representatives or ombudsmen, to develop a method of securing fundamental civil freedoms and rights in the fight against Internet crime.
Amendment 30 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas Internet search engines and service providers have made it considerably easier for people to obtain information about other individuals, for example; whereas, however, there are situations in which individuals wish to delete information held in such databases; whereas, therefore, companies must be able to ensure that individuals can have person-related data deleted from databases; whereas a system should also be set up so that companies providing these services can only sell the information on to other companies after obtaining consent;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 point (g)
Paragraph 1 point (g)
(g) encourage programmes to protect children and educate their parents as set out in EU law with respect to the new e- dangers and provide an impact assessment of the effectiveness of existing programmes to date. In doing so, particular account should be taken of the online games which primarily target children and young people; video, TV and computer games should be included in the 'Safer Internet' programme;
Amendment 51 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point (i)
Paragraph 1 - point (i)
(i) ensure that the expressions of controversial political beliefs or views through the Internet, including with regard to terrorism, isprovided they fall within the framework of EU law and national law, are not subject to criminal prosecution;
Amendment 55 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point (ja) (new)
Paragraph 1 - point (ja) (new)
(ja) ensure that Member States which intercept and monitor data traffic, regardless of whether that applies to their own citizens or data traffic from abroad, which occurs within their territory, amend their laws and respect the principle that it should only be possible to use data traffic interception where there is a court ruling concerning reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, manifest danger to the safety of persons or genuine threats to open democratic society;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point (m)
Paragraph 1 - point (m)
(m) strictly limit and define the cases in which a private Internet company may be required to disclose data to government authorities and investigate how control and evaluation can operate and be developed;
Amendment 63 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point (n)
Paragraph 1 - point (n)
(n) condemn government-imposed censorship of the content that may be searched on Internet sites, especially when such restrictions can have a 'chilling effect' on political speech;nitiated blocking and censorship of Internet content, especially when such restrictions can have a 'chilling effect' on the democratic exchange of information, with the exception of the fight against serious crime on the Internet; .
Amendment 27 #
2008/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that Frontex should integrate measures to control trafficking in human beings into its work, particularly at the EU's external borders.
Amendment 30 #
2008/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that one of the most important tasks of Frontex should be to draw up guidelines for the division of responsibility between Member States concerning assistance to refugees drifting at sea.
Amendment 34 #
2008/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses how important it is that EC law should accord with other relevant international law, so that the EU can contribute effectively to the efforts required in order to help refugees in distress.
Amendment 35 #
2008/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that Frontex should integrate measures to control trafficking in human beings into its work, particularly at the EU's external borders;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers that one of the most important tasks of Frontex should be to draw up guidelines for the division of responsibility between Member States concerning assistance to refugees drifting at sea;
Amendment 37 #
2008/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Stresses how important it is that EC law should accord with other relevant international law, so that the EU can contribute effectively to the efforts required in order to help refugees in distress.
Amendment 5 #
2008/2144(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point b
Paragraph 1 - point b
(b) assist Member States in improving their legislation as variations in the age of sexual consent in different countries hinder the development of common legal instruments on the sexual exploitation of children as well as the extraterritorial cooperation among Member States in this field; call for sexual crimes against children under the age of 18 always to be classified throughout the EU as exploitation of minors, in accordance with the resolution contained in the report "Towards an EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child";
Amendment 9 #
2008/2144(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point d a (new)
(da) call for effective protection against sexual exploitation of children by regarding child sex tourism as a crime in all Member States; call for all EU citizens who commit a sex crime against children in any country within or outside the EU to be subject to uniform extraterritorial criminal legislation applicable throughout the EU;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2144(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point f - indent 1
Paragraph 1 - point f - indent 1
- creation of national management systems for sex offenders that would include risk assessment, as well as intervention programmes to prevent or minimise the risk of repeat offences, and therapies available to sex offenders on a voluntary basis. Such intervention programmes and voluntary therapy could be funded from the EU's general budget to guarantee that the children's welfare is the focal point throughout the EU;;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2144(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point f - indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point f - indent 7 a (new)
Amendment 7 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports actions and appropriations aiming to enable the EU to act in peace processes in conflict areas, for instance Iraq;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Supports actions promoting strategic use of resettlement with a view to opening humanitarian space in situations of acute refugee situations, to enable the EU to demonstrate a significant and concrete solidarity at European level that can have an added-value within a broader approach on delivery of humanitarian support to a country or region;
Amendment 8 #
Amendment 49 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Therefore, legislation should prohibit discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in a range of areas outside the labour market, including social protection, education and access to and supply of goods and services, including housing. It should provide for measures to ensure the equal access of persons with disabilities to the areas covered.
Amendment 56 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Discrimination, including multiple discrimination, is understood to include direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, instructions to discriminate and, denial of reasonable accommodation, discrimination based on assumptions and discrimination by association.
Amendment 58 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
Amendment 64 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Effective non-discriminatory access can be provided by a variety of means, including through "design for all" and through facilitating the use of assistive devices by persons with disabilities, including aids to mobility and access.
Amendment 67 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In implementing the principle of equal treatment irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientationAs discrimination can occur on multiple grounds, in implementing the principle of equal treatment, the Community should, in accordance with Articles 3(2) and 13 of the EC Treaty, aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women, especially since women are often the victims of relating to sex, race or ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or age, or a combination of these, and to promote equality, whatever combination of the above mentioned characteristics. When implementing the provisions of this Directive, Member States should take into account multiple discrimination.
Amendment 74 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Actuarial and risk factors related to disability and to age are used in the provision of insurance, banking and other financial services. These should not be regarded as constituting discrimination where the factors are shown to be keydirectly determining factors for the assessment of risk. The disabled and the elderly should, however, have the right to feel secure and, therefore, be able to avail themselves of insurance , banking and other financial services to the same extent as the rest of the population. Charges and premiums may not be unjustified but should be demonstrably fair and reasonable; otherwise, the directive should apply. Neither should increased charges and premiums for insurance, banking and other financial services entail a large proportion of the individuals concerned being unable to afford to buy or subscribe to the service concerned.
Amendment 80 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Actuarial and risk factors related to disability and to age are used in the provision of insurance, banking and other financial services. These should not be regarded as constituting discrimination where the factors are shown to be keydetermining factors for the assessment of risk.
Amendment 89 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) While prohibiting discrimination, it is important to respect other fundamental rights and freedoms, including the protection of private and family life and transactions carried out in that context, the freedom of religion, and the freedom of association. This Directive is without prejudice to national laws on marital or family status, including on reproductive rights. It is also without prejudice to the secular nature of the State, state institutions or bodies, or education.
Amendment 94 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) While prohibiting discrimination, it is important to respect other fundamental rights and freedoms, including the protection of private and family life and transactions carried out in that context, the freedom of religion, and the freedom of association. This Directive is without prejudice to national laws on marital or family status, including on reproductive rights. It is also without prejudice to the secular nature of the State, state institutions or bodies, or education.
Amendment 105 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Member States are responsible for the organisation and content of education. The Commission Communication on Competences for the 21st Century: An Agenda for European Cooperation on Schools draws attention to the need for special attention to be paid to disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs. In particular national law may provide for differences in access to educational institutions based on religion or belief. Member States may also allow or prohibit the wearing or display of religious symbols at school.
Amendment 113 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The European Union in its Declaration No 11 on the status of churches and non- confessional organisations, annexed to the Final Act of the Amsterdam Treaty, has explicitly recognised that it respects and does not prejudice the status under national law of churches and religious associations or communities in the Member States and that it equally respects the status of philosophical and non-confessional organisations. Measures to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non- discriminatory access to the areas covered by this Directive play an important part in ensuring full equality in practice. Furthermore, individual measures of reasonable accommodation may be required in some cases to ensure such access. In neither case are measures required that would impose a disproportionate burden. In assessing whether the burden is disproportionate, account should be taken of a number of factors including the size, resources and nature of the organisation. The principle of reasonable accommodation and disproportionate burden are established in Directive 2000/78/EC and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Amendment 117 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Measures to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non- discriminatory access to the areas covered by this Directive play an important part in ensuring full equality in practice. Furthermore, individual measures of reasonable accommodation may be required in some cases to ensure such access. In neither case are measures required that would impose a disproportionate burden.
Amendment 129 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
1. This Directive lays down a framework for combating discrimination, including multiple discrimination, on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation, with a view to putting into effect in the Member States the principle of equal treatment other than in the field of employment and occupation. 2. Multiple discrimination occurs when discrimination is (a) on any combination of the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation, or (b) any one or more of the grounds set out in Article 1(1), and also on the ground of any one or more of (i) sex (in so far as the matter complained of is within the material scope of Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services as well as this Directive), (ii) racial or ethnic origin (in so far as the matter complained of is within the material scope of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin as well as this Directive), or 3. In this Directive multiple discrimination and multiple grounds shall be construed accordingly.
Amendment 151 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. HNotwithstanding the freedom of speech, harassment shall be deemed to be a form of discrimination within the meaning of paragraph 1, when unwanted conduct related to any of the grounds referred to in Article 1 takes place with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person and of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.
Amendment 169 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, Member States may provide that differences of treatment on grounds of age shall not constitute discrimination, if, within the context of national law, they are objectively justified by a legitimate aim, and if the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. In particular, this Directive shall not preclude the fixing of a specific age for access to social benefits, education and certain goods or servicesortionate and necessary.
Amendment 180 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 7
Article 2 – paragraph 7
7. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, in the provision of financial services Member States may permit proportionate differences in treatment only where, for the product in question, the use of age or disability is a key factor in the assessment of risk based on relevant and accurate actuarial or statistical data. These factors must, however, be clearly specified and any increases in charges or premiums must be reasonable.
Amendment 195 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 - point d
(d) Access to and supply of goods and other services which are available to the public, including housing. Subparagraph (d) shall apply to individuals only insofar as they are performing a professional or commercial activity.
Amendment 205 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 225 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive is without prejudice to the responsibilities of Member States for the content of teaching, activities and the organisation of their educational systems, including the provision of special needs education. Member States may provide for differences in treatment in access to educational institutions based on religion or belief.
Amendment 238 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. This Directive is without prejudice to the right of publicists to refuse advertisements from individuals, parties and organisations that do not share democratic values, and from individuals, parties or organisations that do not share the political orientation on which the newspaper is founded.
Amendment 245 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) The measures necessary to enable persons with disabilities to have effective non-discriminatory access to social protection, social advantages, health care, education and access to and supply of goods and services which are available to the public, including housing and transport, shall be provided by anticipation, including through appropriate modifications or adjustments. Such measures should not impose a disproportionate burden, nor require fundamental alteration of the social protection, social advantages, health care, education, or goods and services in question or require the provision of alternatives thereto.
Amendment 256 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) For the purposes of paragraph 1, effective non-discriminatory access involves the identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers and the prevention of new obstacles and barriers that hamper the access of persons with disabilities to goods, services and facilities available to the general public, irrespective of the nature of the obstacles, barrier or disability. Subject to the provisions of this Directive, and regardless of the measures chosen to remove the obstacles or barriers, effective non-discriminatory access for persons with disabilities must be provided under the same terms and conditions as for persons without disabilities wherever possible. Where effective non- discriminatory access cannot be provided under the same terms and conditions and subject to the provisions of this Directive, an equivalent alternative to ensure access must be provided.
Amendment 301 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate an independent functioning body or bodies for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. These bodies may form part of agencies charged at national level with the defence of human rights or the safeguard of individuals' rights, includingthe rights under other Community acts including Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC.
Amendment 324 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. In order to take account of particular conditions, Member States may, if necessary, establish that the obligacomply with the obligation to provide effective non-discriminatory access to existing infrastructures, policies or procedures within the meaning of article 4.1(a), Member States may, if necessary, have an additional period of 10 years [from the deadline for transposition] to provide effective access as set out in Article 4 has to bcomply with this provision. Member States wishing to use the additional period shall submit to the Commission a plan for progressive complianced with by … [at the latest] four [years after adoption]. the requirements found in article 4.1(a), including targets, means and timeline. Any Member States wishinghich chooses to use this additional period shall informreport annually to the Commission aton the latest by the date set down in paragraph 1 giving reasonssteps taken to provide effective non- discriminatory access and on the progress towards implementation of article 4(1)(a). The Commission shall report annually to the Council.
Amendment 327 #
2008/0140(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The European Commission shall propose a new directive in which all of the separate directives based on article 13 EC will be assembled by .... at the latest [2 years after adoption]. In this new directive all grounds for discrimination will enjoy the same level of protection.
Amendment 76 #
2007/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for enhanced involvement of civil society in preventing the use of psychotropic substances in the workplace and in providing information on such use; on the Member States and the Commission to promote initiatives by civil society aimed at: - reinforcing prevention and information on the risks of using drugs and psychotropic substances in the workplace and among young people; - treating drug addicts who are in prison; - putting in place detailed prevention plans to combat the use of drugs and psychotropic substances in at-risk urban neighbourhoods, particularly among young people, with the help of social and trade union organisations, ; - organising information campaigns on drugs and their damaging effects on health, in collaboration with parents’, students’ and teachers’ organisations; - implementing damage-reduction policies by direct contact work in the streets;
Amendment 77 #
2007/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for enhanced involvement of civil society in preventing the use of drugs and psychotropic substances in the workplace and among young people and in providing information on the risks associated with such use;
Amendment 84 #
2007/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls upon the Member States and the Commission to promote initiatives in at- risk metropolitan areas and particularly among young people with a view to introducing – with the support of social and municipal organisations – ways and means of preventing the use of drugs and psychotropic substances;
Amendment 109 #
2007/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to support the civil-society initiatives relating to cooperation with Afghanistan in the fight against drugs and in that country's democratisation process and designed to promote, for example, small-scale pilot schemes such as 'poppies for medicine', which are intended to establish the benefits which may be derived from the granting of licences for the use of poppy crops for medical purposes and to determine in what way this may be brought about;switch some of the existing illegal cultivation of poppies to industrial production of legal, opium-based painkillers; stresses that such production should be subject to stringent monitoring on site, supplemented by monitoring carried out by an international body, such as the UNDCP or EU.
Amendment 113 #
2007/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission, together with civil society, to explore the possibilities of combating illegal poppy plantations in Afghanistan by means of spraying which is not harmful to humans, animals or the environment;
Amendment 94 #
2007/0228(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 - paragraph 2
Article 5 - paragraph 2
2. In addition to complying with the conditions stipulated in paragraph 1, Member States shall apply one or several of the following criteria as appropriate: (a) the gross monthly salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer must not be inferior to a national salary threshold defined and published for the purpose by the Member States which shall be at least three times the minimum gross monthly wage as set by national law1.7 times average gross pay under national law; (b) in Member States where wages and employment conditions are established through collective bargaining between the social partners, and where there are no minimum wages set by law or generally applicable collective agreements, the working and employment conditions, including wages, shall not be inferior to the wages which apply or would apply to a comparable worker in the host country. In these Member States, in order to avoid wage competition, the trade unions or their local representatives shall be informed of and have a real influence on setting wages for migrant workers.
Amendment 154 #
2007/0228(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 - paragraph 4
Article 19 - paragraph 4