20 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2011/2024(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 19 February 2009 on the creation of a European professional card for service providers (2008/2172(INI)),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas SOLVIT cases relating to professional qualifications numbered 220 in 2010, with over two-thirds of these cases emerging from just four Member States,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Single Market Act highlighted the fact that modernising the system for recognising professional qualifications is key to enhancing economic growth and boosting the confidence of members of the professions and of the public,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages Member States, competent authorities and the Commission to consolidate the various sources of information currently available to professionals - including National Contact Points (NCPs), SOLVIT, and professional bodies - by establishing an accessible online portal, which would provide relevant and up-to-date inon issues relating to the recognition of professional qualifications - including National Contact Points (NCPs) - into single points of contact pursuant to the Services Directive, which already, for mation on the recognitny professions, process, including administrative information on competent authorities and the documents to be submitted by professionals in order to securvide a central online portal for issues relating to the recognition of theirprofessional qualifications;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to carry out a comparison of minimum training requirements and organise more regular exchanges between themselves, and also between the competent authorities, with a view to bringing minimum training requirements more closely into line;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to consider how to simplify the production of evidence of professional experience, for example by means of a certificate issued by a competent authority or organisation in the Member State in which the person concerned practises his or her profession;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for further clarification of the concept of temporary and occasional provision of services; argues that competent authorities face difficulties applyonsiders that measures to improve temporary mobility for professionals should form a key aspect of the forthcoming revision of the Professional Qualifications Directive; strongly calls for service providers who exclusively provide their services to consumers escorted by them to other Member States, and who therefore have no contact with local consumers ing the regime and, therefore, calls on the Commission to evaluate the current provisions set out in Article 7 of the directive, specifically thosehost Member State (e.g. tour guides, trainers, medical personnel accompanying sportsmen or -women), to be exempted from the prior declaration requirement pursuant to Article 7; advocates that, in the case of all services that do not concerning public health and safety, and to present its conclusions to Parliamentthe declaration should in principle only be required to be made every three years;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Agrees with the Commission that the definition of ‘regulated education and training’ is too restrictive and can unreasonably impact on temporary mobility for professionals; considers that the definition should encompass any training that allows a profession to be pursued in the Member State of origin;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the Code of Conduct should be circulated more widely to ensure the directive is implemented more effectively by promoting uniformity in the way its provisions are interpreted;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Argues that dialogue and exchanges of information within each individual profession must be enhanced, and cooperation between competent authorities and NCPs must be improved, both at national and intra-Member State level;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States and the competent authorities, with the support of the Commission, to institute studies with a view to establishing a European Competences, Qualifications and Occupations taxonomy in order to ascertain whether formal qualifications, and occupations, correspond to the same skills and qualifications in the various Member States and to develop a European analytical tool;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to update in line with scientific and technical developments the current classification of economic and health-sector activities for the automatic recognition systems based on professional experience and minimum training requirements, on the basis of the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the call from stakeholders to place greater emphasis on continuous professional development (CPD); calls for the Commission to clarify the definition of CPD; encourages competent authorities to provide information on CPD during the recognition process and to exchange best practices in this area;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that an extension of the recognition procedure to cover third- country qualifications may give rise to abuses of the system in the form of forum shopping and would be excessively burdensometremely dangerous for competent authorities in the host Member State;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that demand for nurses is expected to increase significantly over the next few years as a consequence of demographic trends; points out that raising the general education requirement for nurses and midwives from 10 years to 12 years would exclude a large number of school leavers from these professions; warns that this could lead to shortages in the supply of nurses and to increased health care costs;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports the extension of the IMI to professions not yet covered by the Services Directive; is information system, as set out in the proposal for a Regulation on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System 1 ( ‘the IMI Regulation’), and to the professions which are not covered by Directive No 2005/36; 1 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’), COM(2011)522 final
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights that the concept of common platforms, as outlined in Article 15 of the directive, has not been successful in that no such platforms currently exist; calls on the Commission to clarify the concept in a revised article and to evaluate the proposal to lower the threshold for Member State participatione fact that the instrument for automatic recognition of professional qualifications enables swift, uncomplicated recognition procedures, in contrast to the general system, and that citizens and the authorities therefore prefer it to the general system; stresses, further, that a new approach to common platforms, which would operate in much the same way as the system of automatic recognition for doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, veterinary surgeons and architects, but without the need for participation by all Member States, could significantly simplify the recognition process;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the concept of a voluntary Professional Card, which must be linked to an electronic database such as the IMI, cwould be a useful tool to aid mobility for some professions; stresses that any card introduced must meet specific conditions and that the necessary safeguards must be established;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission, prior to the introduction of any card, to provide evidence, through a thorough impact assessment, of the possible added value for the recognition process, beyond that provided by an enhanced IMI, of a voluntary card for certain professionals and competent authorities; argues that the impact assessment must address the concerns raised in the consultation and by numerous other stakeholders, assess the merits of an ‘e-card’, provide a cost- benefit analysis, specify its potential features and explain exactly how data protection and consumer safety would be ensured;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Notes that the negotiations between the EU and Switzerland have led to an agreement regarding the amending of Annex III of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons so as to include Directive 2005/36/EC; notes that the agreement foresees a provisional application of most of the Directive, with the exception of Title II, which requires adaptations in Switzerland and that the Council Decision regarding the above- mentioned agreement shall lapse if the Swiss fail to notify the completion of their internal procedures for the implementation of the Decision within 24 months after the adoption of the Decision; is committed to follow thoroughly the developments on this issue;