BETA

Activities of Gabriele ZIMMER

Plenary speeches (226)

Coordination of social security systems (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0397(COD)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 10 April 2019 on the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 21 and 22 March 2019 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Welcome DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21 and 22 March 2019 and UK’s withdrawal from the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU (debate) DE
2016/11/22
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Debate with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, on the Future of Europe (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2018 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18 and 19 October 2018 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
State of the Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
State of the Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Debate with the Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, on the Future of Europe (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting DE
2016/11/22
Resumption of the sitting DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June 2018 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Debate with the Prime Minister of Belgium, Charles Michel, on the Future of Europe (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Statement by the President DE
2016/11/22
Guidelines on the framework of future EU-UK relations (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2573(RSP)
Humanitarian situation in Syria, in particular Ghouta (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Debate with the Taoiseach of Ireland Leo Varadkar on the Future of Europe (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 14 and 15 December 2017 - State of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2964(RSP)
Implementation of the Social Pillar (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Winter plan for asylum seekers (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 and 20 October 2017 and presentation of the Leaders’ Agenda (Building our future together) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council of 22 and 23 June 2017 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 29 April 2017 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Hungary (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2593(RSP)
Negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2593(RSP)
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 9 and 10 March 2017, including the Rome Declaration (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Travel restrictions following US President executive orders (debate) DE
2016/11/22
A European Pillar of Social Rights (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2095(INI)
Announcements by the President DE
2016/11/22
Sakharov Prize 2016 (announcement of the winners) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 20 and 21 October 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusion on behalf of the EU of the Paris Agreement adopted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (A8-0280/2016 - Giovanni La Via) (vote) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0184(NLE)
State of the Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
State of the Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Application of minimum wage law in the transport sector (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Application of minimum wage law in the transport sector (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (A8-0224/2016 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) (vote) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2353(INI)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2800(RSP)
Decision of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to lift the parliamentary immunity of 138 members (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Welcome DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 March 2016 and outcome of the EU-Turkey summit (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 March 2016 and outcome of the EU-Turkey summit (debate) DE
2016/11/22
The current situation in the European Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
What is a 'social triple-A' rating? (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3024(RSP)
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18 and 19 February 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18 and 19 February 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 - Single Market governance within the European Semester 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2256(INI)
Introduction of compatible systems for the registration of pet animals across Member States (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18 and 19 February 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18 and 19 February 2016 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Programme of activities of the Dutch Presidency (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Poland (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Poland (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 December 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 December 2015 (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Recent terrorist attacks in Paris (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Recent terrorist attacks in Paris (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Current situation in the European Union Statements by Mr François Hollande, President of the French Republic, and Ms Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
State of the Union (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council (25-26 June 2015) and of the Euro Summit (7 July 2015) and the current situation in Greece (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Amendment of the agenda DE
2016/11/22
European Agenda on Migration (debate) DE
2016/11/22
European Agenda on Migration (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Situation in Hungary (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (19-20 March 2015) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (19-20 March 2015) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the informal meeting of Heads of State or Government (12 February 2015) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (18-19 December 2014) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (18-19 December 2014) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Recognition of Palestine statehood (RC-B8-0277/2014, B8-0277/2014, B8-0309/2014, B8-0310/2014, B8-0349/2014, B8-0357/2014, B8-0359/2014) (vote) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2964(RSP)
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Motion of censure on the Commission (debate) DE
2016/11/22
25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Statement by the President of the Commission DE
2016/11/22
Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Election of the Commission (Rule 118) (vote) DE
2016/11/22
Appointment of 4 members of the European Commission (Jyrki Katainen, Jacek Dominik, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci and Martine Reicherts) (vote) DE
2016/11/22
Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Order of business DE
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (26-27 June 2014) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Preparation of the Employment Summit - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - Renewed Social Agenda - Active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2330(INI)
Conclusions of the European Council (19-20 March 2009) (debate)
2016/11/22
Risk to close down the company QIMONDA in Germany and Portugal and the loss of thousands of jobs in Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Resettlement of Guantánamo prisoners - Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2516(RSP)
Challenges to collective agreements in the EU (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2085(INI)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2016/11/22
Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Social package (First part) (debate)
2016/11/22
Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/0167(COD)
European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (continuation of debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0278(COD)
Scientific facts of climate change: findings and recommendations for decision-making (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2001(INI)
Employment Policy Guidelines for Member States (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/0300(CNS)
Implementation of the posting of workers directive following the judgments of the Court of Justice (debate)
2016/11/22
The challenge of EU Development Cooperation Policy for the new Member States (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2007/2140(INI)
Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 March 2008) (debate)
2016/11/22
Accomplishment of the internal market in Community postal services (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/0196(COD)
Situation in Kenya (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2503(RSP)
Second EU/Africa Summit (Lisbon, 8 and 9 December 2007) (debate)
2016/11/22
European Council meeting of 21-22 June 2007 Activity report of the German Presidency (continuation of debate)
2016/11/22
The economic partnership agreements (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2246(INI)
Statement by the President (Estonia)
2016/11/22
Follow-up to the Berlin declaration (debate)
2016/11/22
European Council meeting (8-9 March 2007) (debate)
2016/11/22
Future of European aircraft construction (debate)
2016/11/22
Equality road-map (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2132(INI)
Preparations for the European Council (8-9 March 2007) (debate)
2016/11/22
Programme of the German presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Financing instrument for development cooperation – A financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/0807(CNS)
Debate on the future of Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Legislative and work programme of the Commission for 2007 (debate)
2016/11/22
Posting of workers (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2038(INI)
Towards more and better EU Aid: the 2006 aid effectiveness package (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2208(INI)
A European social model for the future (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2248(INI)
Development and migration (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2244(INI)
European Council report and Commission statement: European Council meeting (Brussels, 15-16 June 2006) – Statement by the Presidency-in-Office of the Council: Work of the Austrian Presidency
2016/11/22
European Council (Brussels, 15-16 June 2006) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2516(RSP)
Sustainable development strategy (debate)
2016/11/22
Commission contributions to the June 2006 European Council (debate)
2016/11/22
Aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2141(INI)
World Health Day (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2552(RSP)
Transitional arrangements restricting the free movement of workers on EU labour markets (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2006/2036(INI)
Demographic challenges and solidarity between the generations (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2147(INI)
The development impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2162(INI)
Restructuring and employment (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2005/2188(INI)
Community development policy
2016/11/22
Economic migration
2016/11/22
Tourism and development
2016/11/22
Africa, globalisation and poverty
2016/11/22
Impact of lending by the EC in developing countries
2016/11/22
Economy, Employment, Social Policy
2016/11/22
Social protection and good quality healthcare
2016/11/22
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
2016/11/22
Social situation in the European Union
2016/11/22
EIB activity report 2003
2016/11/22
European Council of 4 and 5 November 2004
2016/11/22
100 years on from the First World War: lessons to learn and future of Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (20-21 March 2014) (debate)
2016/11/22
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2014 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects - Single market governance (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2194(INI)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2014 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects - Single market governance (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2194(INI)
Uniform rules and procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Bank Resolution Fund: outcome of the negotiations (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0253(COD)
Programme of activities of the Greek Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (19 - 20 December 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2626(RSP)
Common provisions on European funds - European Social Fund - European Regional Development Fund and the 'investment for growth and jobs' goal - European Regional Development Fund and the 'European territorial cooperation' goal - Cohesion Fund - European grouping of territorial cooperation (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0268(COD)
Order of business
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0371(COD)
Order of business
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0371(COD)
Draft amending budget No 6/2013 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2151(BUD)
Amendment of the agenda
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (24-25 October 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
EU and Member State measures to tackle the flow of refugees as a result of the conflict in Syria (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2837(RSP)
Order of business
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
Programme of activities of the Lithuanian Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (27-28 June 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (27-28 June 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2673(RSP)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (14-15 March 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/2528(RSP)
Other business
2016/11/22
Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights - Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU - Situation of women in North Africa (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2012/2116(INI)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (7-8 February 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (7-8 February 2013) (debate)
2016/11/22
Statement by François Hollande, President of the French Republic (debate)
2016/11/22
Programme of activities of the Irish Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Review of the Cyprus Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Debate on the future of the European Union - Statement by Mr Werner Faymann, Federal Chancellor of Austria (debate)
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (13-14 December 2012) (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (13-14 December 2012) (debate)
2016/11/22
Groundhandling services at European Union airports (A7-0364/2012 - Artur Zasada) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0397(COD)
Groundhandling services at European Union airports (A7-0364/2012 - Artur Zasada) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/0397(COD)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
2016/11/22
Order of business
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (18-19 October 2012) (debate)
2016/11/22
State of the Union (debate)
2016/11/22
State of the Union (debate)
2016/11/22
Programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (debate)
2016/11/22
Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 June 2012) (debate)
2016/11/22
Preparation for the European Council meeting (28-29 June 2012) - Multiannual financial framework and own resources (debate)
2016/11/22
Equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2285(INL)
Preparation of the informal European summit - Investment, growth and jobs (debate)
2016/11/22
Means to combat the economic crisis, particularly in the eurozone (debate)
2016/11/22
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
2016/11/22
Situation of the homeless in Europe as a result of the spell of cold weather (debate)
2016/11/22
European platform against poverty and social exclusion (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2052(INI)
Explanations of vote
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0195(COD)
Agenda for new skills and jobs (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2067(INI)
"Food for Free" programme (debate)
2016/11/22
Assisting developing countries in addressing food security challenges (short presentation)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2100(INI)
Sudan and South Sudan (debate)
2016/11/22
Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2599(RSP)
Female poverty - Equality between women and men - 2010 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2138(INI)
Rising food prices (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2538(RSP)
Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate)
2016/11/22
Question Hour with the President of the Commission
2016/11/22
Question Hour with the President of the Commission
2016/11/22
Progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/2037(INI)
Implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development - Delivering a single market to consumers and citizens - Long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy - Contribution of the Cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon and the EU 2020 objectives (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2235(INI)
Europe 2020 - new European Strategy for Jobs and Growth (debate)
2016/11/22
Second revision of the ACP-EU Partnership agreement (Cotonou agreement) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/2165(INI)
The effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation (debate)
2016/11/22

Reports (4)

REPORT Report on promoting social inclusion and combatting poverty, including child poverty, in the EU PDF (285 KB) DOC (186 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2008/2034(INI)
Documents: PDF(285 KB) DOC(186 KB)
REPORT Report on the EU-Caribbean partnership for growth, stability and development PDF (160 KB) DOC (94 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2006/2123(INI)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(94 KB)
REPORT PR on the impact of the lending activities of the Euro. Com. in developing countries PDF (160 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2004/2213(INI)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(83 KB)
REPORT on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges PDF (267 KB) DOC (159 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2010/2100(INI)
Documents: PDF(267 KB) DOC(159 KB)

Shadow reports (8)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) PDF (2 MB) DOC (511 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2018/0206(COD)
Documents: PDF(2 MB) DOC(511 KB)
REPORT on a European Pillar of Social Rights PDF (513 KB) DOC (93 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2016/2095(INI)
Documents: PDF(513 KB) DOC(93 KB)
REPORT on European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 PDF (489 KB) DOC (168 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2015/2330(INI)
Documents: PDF(489 KB) DOC(168 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 PDF (792 KB) DOC (1 MB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0268(COD)
Documents: PDF(792 KB) DOC(1 MB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation PDF (859 KB) DOC (1 MB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0270(COD)
Documents: PDF(859 KB) DOC(1 MB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 PDF (208 KB) DOC (293 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/0380(COD)
Documents: PDF(208 KB) DOC(293 KB)
REPORT on the European Platform against poverty and social exclusion PDF (357 KB) DOC (207 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/2052(INI)
Documents: PDF(357 KB) DOC(207 KB)
REPORT on the external dimension of social policy, promoting labour and social standards and European corporate social responsibility PDF (257 KB) DOC (182 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/2205(INI)
Documents: PDF(257 KB) DOC(182 KB)

Opinions (9)

OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Report on the evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX Agency
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Documents: PDF(100 KB) DOC(74 KB)
OPINION on a Roadmap for equality between women and men 2006-2010
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(114 KB) DOC(69 KB)
OPINION on an EU approach to managing economic migration
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Documents: PDF(105 KB) DOC(54 KB)
OPINION on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women’s rights
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(123 KB) DOC(91 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Documents: PDF(101 KB) DOC(58 KB)
OPINION on the European Parliament's recommendations to the Commission on application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(95 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a new Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mozambique
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Documents: PDF(117 KB) DOC(66 KB)
OPINION on the face of female poverty in the European Union
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(102 KB)
OPINION on poverty reduction and job creation in developing countries: the way forward
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Documents: PDF(113 KB) DOC(91 KB)

Shadow opinions (13)

OPINION on interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2016/2018(INI)
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(68 KB)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on Civil Law Rules on Robotics
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2015/2103(INL)
Documents: PDF(187 KB) DOC(52 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0276(COD)
Documents: PDF(737 KB) DOC(1 MB)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0254(NLE)
Documents: PDF(183 KB) DOC(392 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/0404(COD)
Documents: PDF(206 KB) DOC(547 KB)
OPINION on the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/2157(INI)
Documents: PDF(116 KB) DOC(90 KB)
OPINION on tackling early school leaving
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/2088(INI)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(106 KB)
OPINION on combating illegal fishing at the global level – the role of the EU
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2010/2210(INI)
Documents: PDF(96 KB) DOC(80 KB)
OPINION on the EC 5th Cohesion Report and the Strategy for the post-2013 Cohesion Policy
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2011/2035(INI)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(104 KB)
OPINION Demographic change and its consequences for the future Cohesion policy of the EU
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/2157(INI)
Documents: PDF(123 KB) DOC(98 KB)
OPINION on An Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/2095(INI)
Documents: PDF(107 KB) DOC(88 KB)
OPINION on GDP and beyond – measuring progress in a changing world
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/2088(INI)
Documents: PDF(119 KB) DOC(90 KB)
OPINION on remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2010/2009(INI)
Documents: PDF(121 KB) DOC(89 KB)

Institutional motions (26)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part PDF (151 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2508(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the July 2018 fires in Mati in the Attica region of Greece and the EU’s response PDF (139 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2847(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the framework of the future EU-UK relationship PDF (304 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2573(RSP)
Documents: PDF(304 KB) DOC(66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of UNRWA PDF (264 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2553(RSP)
Documents: PDF(264 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom PDF (182 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2964(RSP)
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the rule of law and democracy in Poland PDF (153 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2931(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom PDF (246 KB) DOC (46 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2847(RSP)
Documents: PDF(246 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on Hungary PDF (277 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2656(RSP)
Documents: PDF(277 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union PDF (166 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2593(RSP)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union PDF (293 KB) DOC (62 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2593(RSP)
Documents: PDF(293 KB) DOC(62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part PDF (304 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2525(RSP)
Documents: PDF(304 KB) DOC(60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement between Canada and the European Union on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) PDF (256 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2981(RSP)
Documents: PDF(256 KB) DOC(63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Syria PDF (159 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2894(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for a European reindustrialisation policy in light of the recent Caterpillar and Alstom cases PDF (177 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2891(RSP)
Documents: PDF(177 KB) DOC(70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union PDF (282 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2774(RSP)
Documents: PDF(282 KB) DOC(78 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and the state of play of the Sustainability Compact PDF (257 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2589(RSP)
Documents: PDF(257 KB) DOC(78 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION South Sudan, including recent child abductions PDF (127 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2603(RSP)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass graves of the Missing Persons of Ashia, at Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus PDF (132 KB) DOC (62 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2551(RSP)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Parliament’s priorities for the Commission Work Programme 2015 PDF (366 KB) DOC (103 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2829(RSP)
Documents: PDF(366 KB) DOC(103 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognition of Palestine statehood PDF (133 KB) DOC (194 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2964(RSP)
Documents: PDF(133 KB) DOC(194 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognition of Palestinian statehood PDF (125 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2964(RSP)
Documents: PDF(125 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child PDF (159 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2919(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus PDF (131 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2921(RSP)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Northern Ireland peace process PDF (125 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2906(RSP)
Documents: PDF(125 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus PDF (133 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2921(RSP)
Documents: PDF(133 KB) DOC(60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on election of the Commission PDF (117 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2811(RSP)
Documents: PDF(117 KB) DOC(53 KB)

Oral questions (10)

Severe violations in the transportation of animals to third countries PDF (107 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(107 KB) DOC(18 KB)
10th anniversary of the Horizontal Directive proposal PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(197 KB) DOC(19 KB)
VP/HR - EU-Turkey relations PDF (203 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(203 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Request for an investigation into compliance with the Tobacco directive following the Filtergate scandal PDF (195 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Ruling by the General Court of the European Union on the Commission's decision of 10 September 2014 to refuse to register the European Citizens' Initiative 'STOP TTIP' PDF (198 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(198 KB) DOC(17 KB)
VP/HR - Implementation of the Council's LGBTI Guidelines, particularly in relation to the persecution of (perceived) homosexual men in Chechnya, Russia PDF (106 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2688(RSP)
Documents: PDF(106 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Mr Dijsselbloem's remarks on what caused the economic crisis in southern Europe PDF (105 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(105 KB) DOC(16 KB)
Minor interpellation - VP/HR - Israeli settlement policy PDF (191 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(17 KB)
Violation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Greece, concerning labour relations PDF (102 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(17 KB)
Impunity of Francoist crimes in the Spanish state PDF (196 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(196 KB) DOC(27 KB)

Written questions (16)

Scandal involving espionage and sabotage operations against political opponents in Spain PDF (46 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Measures to support Member States with long-term and youth unemployment rates above the Eurozone average PDF (199 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(199 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Violence employed by the Spanish police in Catalonia PDF (99 KB) DOC (20 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(99 KB) DOC(20 KB)
Application of Relocation Decisions 2015/1523 and 2015/1601 ahead of their expiration date (26 September 2017) PDF (196 KB) DOC (21 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(196 KB) DOC(21 KB)
VP/HR - Commission plans to cooperate with Libya on migration issues PDF (193 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(193 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Arrest of the HDP leadership PDF (100 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(100 KB) DOC(16 KB)
VP/HR - Ending illegal economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the USA on Cuba PDF (6 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(6 KB) DOC(16 KB)
Compatibility of Polish anti-terrorism law with EU law and human rights standards PDF (195 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(16 KB)
Possible treaty infringement procedure in connection with the settlement agreement between the City of Cologne and the real estate company Köln Messe 15-18 GbR PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(6 KB) DOC(24 KB)
Uranium Mining in Tanzania PDF (103 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(103 KB) DOC(25 KB)
Paying of pensions to Blue Division volunteers PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(24 KB)
End of the common position on Cuba PDF (195 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(27 KB)
Coca-Cola Iberian Partners' redundancy plan PDF (195 KB) DOC (26 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(26 KB)
VP/HR - Harassment of the LGBTI community in Egypt PDF (198 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(198 KB) DOC(27 KB)
Compliance with EU law and fundamental rights of Italian circular and annexes thereto on fingerprint collection from irregular migrants PDF (102 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(27 KB)
Compulsory early retirement for older jobseekers in Germany PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(102 KB) DOC(24 KB)

Written declarations (6)

Written declaration on impunity of alleged perpetrators of genocide

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(75 KB) DOC(36 KB)
Authors: Johan VAN HECKE, Gabriele ZIMMER, Ana GOMES, Anders WIJKMAN, Hélène FLAUTRE
Written declaration on the United Nations Zero Hunger Challenge

Written declaration on free choice in means of payment

2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(97 KB) DOC(45 KB)
Authors: Jean LAMBERT, Marian HARKIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON, Peter SKINNER, Gabriele ZIMMER

Amendments (1086)

Amendment 32 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordinationArticle 151 TFEU and the rights enshrined isn the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of those reform priorities. Those strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union fundingrevised European Social Charter (ETS No. 163) set the framework for the Union’s and Member States’ strategies implementing the ESF+. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the addedsocial value of the financial support to be received notably from the programmes supported by the Union under the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Investment Stabilisation Function and InvestEU, where relevant.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Council of […] adopted revised guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States to align the text with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with a view to improving Europe’s competitiveness and making it a better place to invest, create jobs and foster social cohesion. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF+ with the Union’s objectives of these guidelines, particularly as regards employment, education, training and the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, the ESF+ should support Member States, taking account of the relevant Integrated Guidelines and relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and, where appropriate, at national level, the national reform programmes underpinned by national strategies. The ESF+ should also and contribute to relevant aspects of the implementation of key Union initiatives and activities, in particular the “Skills Agenda for Europe” and, the European Education Area and the Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals, relevant Council Recommendations and other initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, Upskilling Pathways and on Integration of the long- term unemployed.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) On 20 June 2017, the Council endorsed the Union response to the ‘UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ - a sustainable European future. The Council underlined the importance of achieving sustainable development across the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental), in a balanced and integrated way. It is vital that sustainable development is mainstreamed into all Union internal and external policy areas, and that the Union is ambitious in the policies it uses to address global challenges. The Council welcomed the Commission Communication on “Next steps for a sustainable European future” of 22 November 2016 as a first step in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals and applying sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all Union policies, including through its financing instruments. The ESF+ contributes to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals to halve relative poverty and eradicate extreme forms of poverty (goal 1); quality and inclusive education (goal 4), promoting gender equality (goal 5), promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all (goal 8), and reducing inequality (goal 10).
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, the management of migration flows and the increased security threatimpact of austerity policies, the management of migration, clean energy transition, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions, experienced especially by SMEs. Taking into account the changing realities of the world of work, the Union should be prepared for the current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, making growth more inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Member States should be committed to gender budgeting with fixed target values (share of funds at programme level for women) within the framework of budget management and evaluation of their operational programmes. Gender budgeting is an important instrument of equal opportunities policy in order to make gender gaps in equal participation transparent in the ESF+, thereby strengthening gender equality in the ESF+.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The ESF+ should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children, marginalised communities such as the Roma, and the working poorRoma, working poor, homeless persons, persons with disabilities, third country nationals, asylum seekers and refugees, and all other people facing multiple social challenges. The ESF+ should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF+ should be also used to enhance timely and equal access to affordable, sustainable and high quality services such as healthcare and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services. The ESF+ should contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility, inclusiveness and comprehensive coverage.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The ESF+ should contribute to the reduction of poverty by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived. With a view that at Union level at least 4% of the resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management supports the most deprived, Member States should allocate at least 24% of their national resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to address the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness, child poverty and food deprivation. Due to the nature of the operations and the type of end recipients, it is necessary that simpler rules apply to support which addresses material deprivation of the most deprived.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to eradicate poverty and ensure greater social inclusion, the ESF+ should promote the active participation of specialised social NGOs and organisations representing and working with people living in poverty in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the programmes dedicated to this.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The ESF+ should support policy and system reforms in the fields of employment, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care, and education and training. In order to strengthen alignment with the European Semester, Member States should allocate an appropriate amount of their resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to implement relevant country-specific recommendations relating to structural challenges which it is appropriate to address through multiannual investments falling within the scope of the ESF+. The Commission and the Member States should ensure coherence, coordination and complementarity between the shared- management and Health strands of ESF+ and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding, including technical assistance thereof.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a minimum amount of resources is targeting those most in need Member States should allocate at least 2530% of their national ESF+ resources of the ESF+ strand under shared management to fostering social inclusion.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) ESF + lays down provisions intended to achieve freedom of movement for workers on a non-discriminatory basis by ensuring the close cooperation of the centralwith high-quality social conditions and on a non-discriminatory basis. The public employment services of Member States with one anoth, the social partners and with the Commission should work closely together. The European network of employment services should promote a better functioning of the labour markets by facilitating the cross-border mobility of workers and a greater transparency of information on the labour ma, together with social partners, should promote high-quality social conditions and easy access to information for mobile worketrs. The ESF+ scope also includes developing and supporting targeted mobility schemes with a view to filling high-quality vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. Furthermore, the scope of the ESF + covers cross-border partnerships between regional public employment services and social partners and their activities to promote voluntary and fair mobility, as well as transparency and integration of cross-border labour markets through information, advice and placement. In many border regions they play an important role in the development of a genuine European labour market.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) 'Cross-border partnerships' in the employment and social innovation strand mean permanent structures of cooperation between public employment services and social partners in border areas of at least two countries
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 245 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) 'most deprived persons' means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups composed of such persons, whose need for assistance has been established according to their living situation (such as homelessness) or to the objective criteria set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest and which are approved by those national competent authorities and which may include elements that allow the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 263 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) 'social innovations' mean collective activities that are social both as to their ends and their means and in particular those which relate to the development and implementation of new ideas (concerningtesting, validation, implementation and scaling of new products, services and, models) that simultaneously meet social needs and create new social relationships or collaborations, thereby benefiting or practices, or a combination of these, that meet social needs and resolve societal challenges, and simultaneously create new social relationships or collaborations between public, third sector organisations like voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, mutuals and cooperatives, and private organisations, thereby empowering civil society actors and boosting itstheir capacity to act;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) 'social experimentations' mean policy interventions that offer anthe testing and comparative evaluation of well-designed innovative responses to social needs, implemented on a small scale and in conditions that enable their impact to be measured, prior to being implemented in other geographical or sectoral contexts or on a larger scale, if the results prove convincingadvantages over current practices;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 284 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The ESF+ aims to support Member States to achieve high employment levels, faircomprehensive social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the future world of work, in line with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 290 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The ESF+ shall support, complement and add value to the policies of the Member States to ensure equal opportunities, non- discrimination, equal access to the labour market, fairhigh-quality working conditions, comprehensive social protection and inclusion for all, and a high level of human health protection.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 308 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improving access to high quality employment of all jobseekers, in particular youth and, women, persons with disabilities, people with chronic and long-term conditions, long-term unemployed, and of inactive people, and promoting self-employment and the social economy;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 323 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) promoting women’s labour market participationgender equality in all areas, including women’s labour market participation offering a living wage and the principle of equal pay for equal or comparable work, a better work/life balance including equal access to childcarinclusive and non-segregated quality early childhood education and care and to other community-based care services for persons with disabilities and older people, a healthy and well–adapted working environment addressing health risks, adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change, and active and healthy ageing;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 333 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) improving the quality, effectiveness and labour market relevancescope and inclusiveness of education and training systems, to support acquisition of key competences including digital skills;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 346 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point v
(v) promoting equal access to and completion of, quality non-segregated and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education and care through general and vocational education and training, and to tertiary level, as well as adult education and learning, including facilitating learning mobility for all;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 356 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) fostering active inclusion with a view to promoting equal opportunities, non-discrimination and active participation, and improving employability;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 362 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) promoting long-term socio- economic integration of third country nationals and of marginalised communities such as the Roma;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 391 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) EUR 761 000919 469 000 for the implementation of the Employment and Social Innovation strand;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 397 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The resources referred to in paragraph 4(a) shall be at least EUR 70 000 000 for cross-border partnerships between public employment services and social partners and their support services.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 404 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All programmes implemented under the ESF+ strand under shared management, as well as the operations supported by the Employment and Social Innovation and Health strands shall ensure gender equality between men and women throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They support specific targeted actions aimed at increasing the long-term participation of women in working life, and being paid a living wage, and at improving their professional development, combating the feminisation of poverty, reducing gender segregation and gender stereotypes in the labour market, education and training, and to promote a work-life balance for all and equal sharing of caring responsibilities between men and women. They shall also promote equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on sex, nationality, residence status, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also aim to improve accessibility for people with disabilities, as set out in Article 9 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including access to the labour market.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 411 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall apply to gender budgeting with fixed target values (share of funds at programme level for women) within the framework of budget management and evaluation of their operational programmes.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 423 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall concentrate the ESF+ resources under shared management on interventions that address the social challenges identified ion their national, reform programmes, in the European Semester as well as in the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU, and take into accountgional and local level, in accordance with Article 151 TFEU, the revised European Social Charter (ETS No.163) and the principles and rights set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 438 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall foster synergies and ensure coordination, complementarity and coherence between the ESF+ and other Union funds, programmes and instruments such as Erasmus, and the Asylum and Migration Fund and the Reform Support Programme, including the Reform Delivery Tool and the Technical Support Instrument, both in the planning phase and during implementation. Member States and, where appropriate the Commission, shall optimise mechanisms for coordination to avoid duplication of effort and ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation to deliver coherent and streamlined support actions.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 447 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources under shared management to address challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and Article 148(4) TFEU and in the European Semester falling within the scope of the ESF+ as set out in Article 4.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 459 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall allocate at least 2530% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives for the social inclusion policy area set out in points (vii) to (xi) of Article 4(1), including the promotion of the socio- economic integratclusion of third country nationals.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 467 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the minimum allocation of at least 30% of the ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objectives vii) – x) of Article 4(1), Member States shall allocate at least 24% of their ESF+ resources under shared management to the specific objective of addressing social inclusion of the most deprived and/or material deprivation as set out in points (x) and (xi) of Article 4(1).
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 474 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In duly justified cases, the resources allocated to the specific objective set out in point (x) of Article 4(1) and targeting the most deprived may be taken into account for verifying compliance with the minimum allocation of at least 2% set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 495 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure adequat, in accordance with Article 6 of the Common Provisions Regulation1 and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/20142, meaningful and inclusive participation of social partners and, civil society organisations in the delivery of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management.and representatives of beneficiaries in the preparation, programming, management, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of employment, education and social inclusion policies supported by the ESF+ strand under shared management. 1 Regulation (EU) No ... / ... of ... laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument (OJ ..., …, p. ...). 2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L74, 14.3.2014, p. 1)
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 510 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate an appropriate amountt least 2% of the of ESF+ resources under shared management in each programme for the capacity building of local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society organisations at national and European level.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 518 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
The resources referred to in Article 7(4) shall be programmed under a dedicated priority or programme. The co-financing rate for this priority or programme is set at 85%.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 531 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Support to relevant country-specific recommendationAddressing local and regional challenges
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 536 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The actions addressing the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations and in the European Semester as referred to in Article 7(2) shall be programmed under one or more dedicated prioritiSufficient flexibility shall be ensured at managing authority level to identify priorities and areas for ESF+ investments addressing specific local and regional social challenges.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 549 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall support actions of social innovation and social experimentations, and/or strengthen bottom-up approaches based on partnerships involving public authorities, the private sectorsocial partners, social enterprises, and civil society such as the Local Action Groups designing and implementing community-led local development strategies.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 560 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. At least 5% of the ESF+ resources at national level, other than for technical assistance, shall be allocated to the priorities established under this Article.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 561 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. In order to build up the innovation capacity of relevant stakeholders (such as national, regional or local authorities, civil society and social economy organisations, social partners, cooperatives and local action groups) the dedicated priorities will provide resources for funding social innovation resource and competence platforms with the mission to effectively assist in the design, preparation, implementation, evaluation, adaptation or replication of innovative actions.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 574 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Direct staff costs shall be eligible for a contribution from the general support of the ESF+ strand under shared management provided that their level is not higher than 100% of the usual remuneration for the profession concerned in the Member State as demonstrated by Eurostat data.deleted
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 589 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The food and/or basic material assistance may be provided directly to the most deprived persons or indirectly through electronic vouchers or cards, provided that they can only be redeemed against food and/or basic material assistance as set out in Article 2(3) and are not replacing any existing social benefit or affecting the eligibility to receive social benefits in the future.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 595 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The delivery of food and/or material assistance mayshall be complemented with re-orientation towards competent services and other accompanying measures aiming at the social inclusion of the most deprived persons.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 607 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the costs of accompanying measures undertaken by or on behalf of beneficiaries and declared by the beneficiaries delivering the food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived persons at a flat- rateminimum of 5% of the costs referred to in point (a).
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 612 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Priorities addressing material deprivation shall use common output and result indicators, as set out in Annex II to this Regulation to monitor progress in implementation. These programmes may also use programme-specific indicators. Reporting requirements shall be kept as simple as possible.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 614 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. By 30 June 2025 and 30 June 2028, Managing Authorities shall report to the Commission the results of a structured anonymous survey of the end recipients carried out during the previous year, focusing on their living conditions and the nature of their material deprivation. This survey shall be based on the model which shall be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 619 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support social experimentations in the fields referred to in Article 4 and build up the stakeholders' capacity to prepare and design, implement, transfer or upscale the tested social policy innovations;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 625 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to provide specific support services to workers, employers and job-seekers with a view to the development of integrated European labour markets, ranging from pre- recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance to fill vacancies in certain sectors, professions, countries, border regions or for particular groups (e.g. vulnerable people);
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 627 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to support cross-border partnerships between public employment services and social partners to promote a cross-border labour market and to promote cross-border mobility under high-quality social conditions in border areas.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 631 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) to promote the voluntary geographical mobility of workers with high-quality social conditions and increase employment opportunities through the development of high-quality and inclusive labour markets in the Union, which are open and accessible to all, while respecting workers' rights throughout the Union.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 633 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to support the development of the market eco-system related to the provision of microfinance for micro-enterprises in start-up and development phases, in particular those that employprovide vulnerable people with high-quality working conditions and access to social insurance, in order to help identify and validate examples of good policy practices, such as effective procurement approaches for micro and small-medium organisations;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 636 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to support networking and transnational cooperation at Union level and strengthen dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the fields referred to in Article 4 and contribute to build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders, including the public employment services (PES), social security institutions, key stakeholders involved in community-led local development strategies, microfinance institutions and institutions providing finance to social enterprises and social economy;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 641 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to support the development of social enterprises and the emergence of a social investment market, facilitating public and private interactions and the participation of foundations and philanthropic actors in that market;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 646 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to provide guidance for the development of social infrastructure (including housing, child care and education and training, health care and long -term care and community-led development strategies) needed for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 648 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to support transnational cooperationidentify and validate social innovations, to scale models and approaches across borders which have proven to generate high impact, and to support transnational cooperation and facilitate mutual policy learning between Member States to accelerate the transfer of, and to facilitate the scaling of, innovative solutions, in particular for the areas of employment, skills and social inclusion, across Europe.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 655 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) cross-border partnerships and support servicethe structure and activities of cross-border partnerships composed of the public employment services and social partners and the multilingual support services they provide for the information, advice and placement of cross-border commuters, workers, jobseekers and employers in cross-border regions;
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 669 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The eligible actions of cross- border partnerships or stakeholders referred to in paragraph 2 shall be co- financed by the Union at 95% of the total eligible expenditure. Additional financial support will only be granted in the event of sufficiently substantiated exceptional circumstances.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 672 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 a (new)
Article 25a Governance 1. The Commission shall consult stakeholders within the Union, in particular social partners, civil society organisations and regional and local authorities, on the employment and social innovation work programmes, their priorities and strategic orientation and their implementation. 2. The Commission shall establish the necessary links with the Employment Committee, the Social Protection Committee, the Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work, the group of Directors-General for Industrial Relations and the Advisory Committee on Free Movement of Workers to ensure that they are regularly and appropriately informed about progress made in the implementation of the programme. The Commission shall also inform other committees dealing with strategies, instruments and actions relevant to the programme. 3. The results of the actions implemented under the employment and social innovation strand shall be communicated at regular intervals to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, as well as the social partners and the public in order to maximise the impact, sustainability and added value of these results at Union level.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 701 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall appoint one government representative, one representative of the workers' organisations, one representative of the employers' organisations, one representative of civil society according to Article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 c of the Common Provisions Regulation1 funds and one alternate for each member for a maximum period of seven years. In the absence of a member, the alternate shall be automatically entitled to take part in the proceedings. 1 Regulation (EU) No ... / ... of ... laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument (OJ ..., …, p. ...).
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 707 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF+ Committee shall include one representative from each of the organisations representing workers' organisations and, employers' organisations and social civil society organisations at Union level.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 725 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
All personal data are to be broken down by gender (female, male, 'non binary'). If certain results are not possiblerelevant, data for those results do not have to be collected and reported. Sensitive personal data can be registered anonymously in case of significantly deprived persons.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 734 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part
If data forValues on these indicators is not collected from data registers, values on these indicators can be determined based on informed estimates by the beneficiarycan be determined based on informed estimates. For the participants, the disclosure of data for these indicators is on a voluntary basis. The refusal of indication of data does not lead to negative implications for participants or project leads.
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 743 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– participants from geographical areas with high levels of poverty and social exclusion
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 747 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
– participants (children, persons with disabilities, persons experiencing mental health problems, homeless people) transitioning from institutional to family and community based care
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 751 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point 1 b – paragraph 1 – indent 6 c (new)
– participants below 18 years of age
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 755 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4 – indent 1
– participants in high quality employment, including self-employment, six months after leaving*,
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 764 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
Common indicators for ESF+ support for addressing material deprivation [...] (ii) total value of goods distributed [...] (b) Total quantity of food support distributed (tons). Thereof2: [...] (3) Common result indicators Ibid. Number of the end recipients receiving food support – Number of children below 18 years of age – Number of youths aged 18-29 years; – Number of end recipients above 54 years of age, – Number of end recipients with disabilities, – Number of third country nationals; – Number of end recipients with a foreign background and minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma) , – Number of homeless end recipients or end-recipients affected by housing exclusion. Number of the end recipients receiving material support – Number of children below 18 years of age – Number of youths aged 18-29 years – Number of end recipients above 54 years of age, — Number of end recipients with disabilities, – Number of third country nationals – Number of end recipients with a foreign background and minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma) , – Number of homeless end recipient or end recipients affected by housing exclusion ________________________ 2 determined based on the informed estimation by the beneficiariesdeleted Values on these indicators shall be
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 768 #

2018/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)
Annex II - Common indicators for ESF+ support for addressing material deprivation Output indicators on social inclusion assistance to the most deprived (i) Total number of persons receiving social inclusion assistance; (ii) Total number of persons met during outreach activities and street work; (iii) Total number of consultations; (iv) Total number of referrals to: (a) other low threshold services (e.g. shelters, free medical aid, food distribution, debt counselling etc.) (b) public administration services (e.g. public employment services, social benefit support, housing services etc.).
2018/09/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 533 #

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Initiation of national inspections 1. In specific cases where the Authority considers that national inspections or investigations should be initiated to enforce relevant Union Law falling in the scope of its objectives, it shall request the competent authorities of the Member States concerned to initiate, conduct or coordinate such an inspection or investigation. 2. The national authorities shall inform the Authority without delay of the decision of the competent authorities of the Member States concerning any request made pursuant to paragraph 1. 3. If the competent authorities of a Member State decide not to accede to a request made by the Authority pursuant to paragraph 1, they shall inform the Authority of the reasons for their decision without undue delay, preferably within one month of receipt of the request. 4. The social partners on national level may demand the Authority to initiate a request pursuant to paragraph 1 if they become aware of infringements of Union Law in the scope of this Regulation. The Authority shall inform the respective social partners on the adopted measures.
2018/07/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2017/0355(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) If it is not possible to indicate an entirely fixed work schedule due to the nature of the employment, workers should know how their work schedule will be established, including the time slots in which they may be called to work and the minimum advance notice they should receive. Work contracts without fixed, guaranteed and enumerated working hours are not permitted.
2018/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2017/0355(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Employers should not prohibit workers from taking up employment with other employers, outside the time spent working for them, within the limits set out in Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.39 Incompatibility clauses, understood as a restriction on working for specific categories of employers, may be necessary for objective reasons, such as the protection of business secrets or the avoidance of conflicts of interests. __________________ 39 Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9).
2018/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 280 #

2017/0355(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) The consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights showed the need to strengthen enforcement of Union labour law to ensure its effectiveness. As regards Directive 91/533/EEC, the REFIT evaluation41 confirmed that strengthened enforcement mechanisms could improve its effectiveness. It showed that redress systems based solely on claims for damages are less effective than systems that also provide for sanctions (such as lump sums or loss of permits) for employers who fail to issue written statements. It also showed that employees rarely seek redress during the employment relationship, which jeopardises the goal of the provision of the written statement to ensure workers are informed about their essential features of their employment relationship. It is therefore necessary to introduce enforcement provisions which ensure the use either of favourable presumptions where information about the employment relationship is not provided, or of an administrative procedure under which the employer may beis required to provide the missing information and subject to sanction if it does not. That redress should be subject to a procedure by which the employer is notified that information is missing and has 15 days in which to supply complete and correct information. __________________ 41 SWD(2017)205 final, page 26. SWD(2017)205 final, page 26.
2018/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 641 #

2017/0355(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Employers may however lay down conditions of incompatibility where such restrictions are justified by legitimate reasons such as the protection of business secrets or the avoidance of conflicts of interests.deleted
2018/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 652 #

2017/0355(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – title
Minimum pPredictability of work
2018/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 664 #

2017/0355(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that where a worker's work schedule is entirely or mospartly variable and entirely or mostly determined by the employer, the worker may be required to work by the employer only:
2018/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 679 #

2017/0355(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) work contracts without fixed, guaranteed and enumerated working hours are not permitted;
2018/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe’s European Code of Social Security and its Protocol, a core European minimum harmonisation instrument for social security systems, providing minimum standards and permitting the contracting parties to exceed these standards,
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to the Revised European Code of Social Security which foresees higher minimum standards than its predecessor and has so far only been ratified by the Netherlands and needs a second ratification to enter into force,
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the European Union on 23 December 2010,
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Court judgement in the Joined Cases C 8/15 P to C 10/15 P of 20 September 2016 which strengthens the fundamental rights of citizens vis a vis the Commission and the European Central bank in connection with the adoption of Memoranda of Understanding on behalf of the ESM,
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the EU committed itself to building a barrier-free Europe for the estimated 80 million people with disabilities in the EU; whereas poverty reduction and employment targets will not be reached if the applied measures do not fully include people with disabilities;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 275 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 1
1. Calls on the Member States to sign and ratify the revised European Social Charter and the European Convention on Social Security (ETS No. 78); Calls on the Commission to examine the steps necessary for an accession of the European Union to the revised Charter and to propose a time-line for this objective;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 292 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls for decisive steps towards legal certainty on what constitutes ‘employment’, also for self-employed, outsourced and subcontracted workers in de-facto dependent work relationships, and for work intermediated by digital platforms; underlines that open- ended contracts should remain the norm given their importance for socio-economic security; calls for the directive on fair working conditions to include relevant minimum standards to be ensured in more precarious forms of employment, in particular:
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 416 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of collective rights as fundamental rights enshrined, inter alia, in article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; expects the Commission to step up concrete support for strengthening social dialogue in Member States and sectors where it is weak owing to the prolonged crisis or the prevalence of non-standard forms of employment;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 469 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the importance of universal access to timely, good-quality and affordable preventative and curative health care; emphasises that all workerresidents must be covered by health insurance;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 496 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware that rising life expectancy and workforce shrinking pose a challenge to the sustainability of pensions systems and to intergenerational fairness; reaffirms that the best response is to increase the overall employment rate; considers that pensionable ages should reflect, besides life expectancy, other factors including labour market trends, productivity growth, immigration, the economic dependency ratio, the birth rate and differences in job arduousness;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 516 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that all workers should be covered by insurance against involuntary unemployment or part-time employment, coupled with job-search assistance and investment in (re)-training; calls for the development of a set of principles for upward convergence of unemployment benefits within the EU with a qualitative and quantitative framework, as recommended by the ILO*; __________________ *Building a Social Pillar for European Convergence, ILO 2016
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 546 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a European framework for minimum income schemes, setting minimum standards for poverty proof individual income in all Member States of at least 60 percent of the national median equivalised income, which at the same time precludes material deprivation as defined in the EU-SILC indicator; highlights the importance of such schemes for maintaining human dignity as well as their role as a form of social investments enabling people to undertake training and/or look for work;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 553 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Agrees that all pInsists that the rights of people with disabilities should be mainstreamed throughout the Social Pillar with a human rights-based approach in line with the EU's and its Member States' obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with dDisabilities must be ensured enabling services and basic income security allowing them a decent standard of living and social inclusion; (CRPD); The provisions should at least include: • The right to decent and barrier-free work in fully inclusive, open and accessible work environments and labour markets; • Services and basic income security adapted to specific individual needs, allowing a decent standard of living and social inclusion; • Guaranteeing free movement and the transferability of services across EU Member States; • Inclusive education and training, including provisions for adequate digital literacy; • Specific provisions on the protection from exploitation and forced labour of persons with disabilities, particularly among persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities or persons deprived of their legal capacity; • The direct involvement and consultation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the implementation of the Social Pillar at the European and national level;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 637 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for legislation ensuring fairuniversal access for all to good-quality and affordable social services of general interest and other essential services, such as e-communications, energy, transport and financial services; highlights the role of social enterprises; Calls for legislation eliminating existing legal uncertainties experienced by public authorities by better defining and recognising the specific character of social services of general interest (based, inter alia, on court judgements as in the case C-113/13 of 11 December 2014) in order to avoid a race to the bottom in social service standards and prevent the increasing domination of profit-making interests;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 862 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Considers that the objective of upward social convergence should be underpinned by a set of targetbinding social targets, underpinned by financial incentives, building on the Europe 2020 strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals and serving to guide the coordination of economic, employment and social policies in the EU; believes that these social targets could also form part of the Convergence Code currently being discussed for the euro area, and could be based on the following indicators which are directly affected by public policies:
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 922 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point j a (new)
ja. the income quintile share ratio;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 926 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point j b (new)
jb. Calls for the recognition of energy poverty as a specific social risk and for the development of a framework for minimum standards in this respect as part of the Social Pillar, including the development of a shared set of indicators to evaluate the situation in the Member States and a commitment for the universal basic provision of energy needed for a decent living and protection from power cuts for vulnerable individuals;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 961 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for a ‘silver rule’ on social investment to be applied when implementing the Stability and Growth Pact, namely to consider certain public social investments having a clear positive impact on economic growth (e.g. childcare or education and training) as being eligible for favourable treatment when assessing government deficits and compliance with the 1/20 debt rule; calls on the Commission to actively support Member States to apply the rule; Calls, in the medium-term, for a 'golden rule' for public expenditure on social protection which takes further areas of the social security systems into consideration, such as minimum income benefits, unemployment benefits, pensions, disability benefits, social housing and healthcare;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 980 #

2016/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights that today’s phenomena of capital-intensive production, high rates of inequality and the continuing rise in ’atypical’ work imply a need to increase the role of general tax revenue in cofinancing social insurance schemes in order to provide decent social protection for all; Highlights, in this context, the urgent necessity to effectively prevent tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax dumping;
2016/10/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the interinstitutional agreement (IIA) on Is concerned that the aim of the ‘better law-making and the inclusion of new, innovative elements such as the annual burden survey (ABS), SME and competitiveness tests, burden reduction targets and the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB), which will help to provide clear added value in terms of competgenda is to reduce regulation without enough regard to the ways in which it benefits society; warns that bodies such as the Regulatory Scrutiny Board generate additional red tape, resulting in insufficient transparency around the selection of legislative initiatives; insists that the interinstitutional agreement may not be interpreted in any way that could limit Parliament’s ability to exercise its legislative tasks as the directly elected body representing EU citivzeness, growth and jobs;
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the establishment of the Commission Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less More Efficiently’, which must work hand in hand with the IIA to increase the trust of citizens who consider the subsidiarity principle a key aspect of the democratic process;deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the ‘Think Small First’ principle can play an important role in job creation and growth by reducing the cost of legislation to SMElegislation should serve to protect the employees of all companies, regardless of size; emphasises that cooperation with trade unions and works councils can help to ensure that measures are implemented without unnecessary red tape, including in small and medium-sized companies;
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the Iimpact Aassessment (IA) Handbook, and if necessary its Rules of Procedure, to provide that an IAs to be focused particularly on social, environmental and economic factors as well as consumer protection, sustainability and the cost at Union level of not regulating; emphasises that procedures in the event of any impact assessment on substantive amendments cannot be requested by a Committee where it is supported by political groups representing at least 40 % of the members of the Committeeallowed to impinge on the right of democratically elected representatives to propose amendments in accordance with their conscience and their political convictions;
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the new provisions for public and stakeholder consultations which must be used both in the preparatory phase and throughout the entire legislative processPoints out that, under Articles 154 and 155 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), management and labour have a particular role in the Union’s legislative process; stresses that public consultations, important as they are in terms of transparency and the involvement of civil society, can be no substitute for consulting management and labour in accordance with Article 154; underlines the particular importance placed by Article 155 TFEU on contractual agreements between management and labour, and emphasises that the ‘better law-making’ agenda cannot have the effect of stopping the Commission from submitting such agreements to the Council for decision;
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of the agreed ABS as a tool to identify and monitor the results of EU efforts to avoid overregulation and reduce administrative burdens;deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to establish the ABS without delay, as it will play a key role in the iconduct regular and comprehensive reviews of the health, social, environmental and economic costs that result from the absence or inadequacy of empleoymenta protection and application of EU legislation, in particular the scrutiny of Member States’ transposition ofsocial protection regulation; emphasises that, under the subsidiarity principle, the employment and social protection standards laid down in directives, and of all national measures that go beyond the provisions of EU legislation (‘gold- plating’)re merely minimum standards and that Member States are specifically asked to go beyond those standards, in accordance with collective agreements and in the interest of protecting workers;
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the RSB must show more ambition; calls for an evaluation and follow-up of the independence of the RSB in fulfilling its role of supervising and providing objective advice on impact assessmentcalls for the Commission to examine in depth how the framework of Title X TFEU – and specifically Article 153 – could be more fully utilised to develop minimum social standards in the Union in the field of employment law and social protection, to achieve better law-making in that field and to promote the upward convergence of social conditions;
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2016/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals for targets for the reduction of burdens in key sectors.deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2016/0403(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2017/11/06
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2016/0402(COD)

Proposal for a directive
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2017/10/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The definitions and criteria for determining disability and invalidity differ widely across the Member States, which can constitute a major obstacle to the mutual recognition of national decisions on disability and invalidity issues, in particular as regards access to specific services and facilities, and can put people with a disability or invalidity at a particular disadvantage in the field of social security when moving from one Member State to another. It is therefore necessary, with a view to facilitating the travel and movement of persons with a disability or invalidity from one Member State to another, to ensure the mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, in particular through the swift implementation of the European Disability Card in all Member States which will be connected to the European Health Insurance Card and the European Social Security Card.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 38 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) In order to ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), and guarantee the portability of disability benefits, harmonisation of disability policies in the Union, including the adoption of common definition, criteria and methods of evaluation of disability (percentage of disability) for the purpose of social security coordination should be adopted. The need for the adoption of the aforementioned emanated from the accession of the European Union to the UNCRPD, the first international organization to adhere to a UN human rights convention.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 43 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) It is necessary to guarantee legal certainty by clarifying that access to social security benefits for economically inactive mobile citizens in the host Member State, may be made conditional upon that citizen holding a legal right of residence in that Member State in accordance with Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.33 For these purposes, an economically inactive citizen should be clearly distinguished from a jobseeker whose right of residence is conferred directly by Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. __________________ 33 OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77.deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 48 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In the area of unemployment benefits, the rules on the aggregation of periods of insurance should be applied uniformly by all Member States. With the exception of cross-border workers referred to in Article 65(2), the rules on the aggregation of periods for the purpose of conferring entitlement to unemployment benefits should be subject to the condition that an insured person has most recently completed at least three months of insurance in that Member State. The previously competent Member State should become competent for all insured persons who do not satisfy this condition. In this case, registration with the employment services of the Member State of most recent insurance should have the same effect as registration with the employment services of the Member State, where the unemployed person had been previously insured on the basis of Article 6.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 52 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Following the recommendations in the EU Citizenship Report 2013,35 there is a need to extend the minimum duration of export of unemployment benefits from three to six monthsuntil exhaustion of the rights acquired by the job seeker in order to improve the opportunities for unemployed persons moving to another Member State to look for work and their chances for requalification and reintegration into the labour market and to address skills mismatches across borders. __________________ 35 COM(2013) 269 final.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 62 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) With a view to expediting the procedure for the verification, rectification and withdrawal of documents (in particular concerning the social security legislation which applies to the holder) in case of fraud and error, it is necessary to strengthen the collaboration and the exchange of information between the issuing institution and the institution requesting a withdrawal. Where there is doubt about the validity of a document or about the correctness of supporting evidence or where there is a difference of views between Member States concerning the determination of the applicable legislation, it is in the interest of the Member States and the persons concerned that the institutions concerned reach an agreement within a reasonable period of time. In the absence of a response within the specified deadline, the requesting institution should become competent to determine the legislation applicable.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 69 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5 a
(5a) The Court of Justice has held that Member States are entitled to make the access of economically inactive citizens in the host Member State to social security benefits, which do not constitute social assistance within the meaning of Directive 2004/38/EC subject to a legal right of residence within the meaning of that Directive. The verification of the legal right of residence should be carried out in accordance with the requirement of Directive 2004/38/EC. For these purposes, an economically inactive citizen should be clearly distinguished from a jobseeker whose right of residence is conferred directly by Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In order to improve legal clarity for citizens and institutions, a codification of this case law is necessary.deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 71 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) It is necessary to guarantee legal certainty by clarifying that access to social security benefits for economically inactive mobile citizens in the host Member State, may be made conditional upon that citizen holding a legal right of residence in that Member State in accordance with Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.33 For these purposes, an economically inactive citizen should be clearly distinguished from a jobseeker whose right of residence is conferred directly by Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. __________________ 33deleted OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5 b
(5b) Member States should ensure that economically inactive EU mobile citizens are not prevented from satisfying the condition of having comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State, as laid down in Directive 2004/38/EC. This may entail allowing such citizens to contribute in a proportionate manner to a scheme for sickness coverage or to otherwise fulfil the relevant criteria for access to sickness insurance in the Member State in which they habitually reside.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 76 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) A growing number of mobile Union citizens is excluded from equal treatment and the protection granted through social security coordination, in particular those citizens excluded from the labour market without access to the social security benefits listed in Article 3 of this Regulation. The Commission should take the opportunity to develop a proposal on how to include social assistance and minimum income benefits in the scope of the Regulation in order to close the social protection gap within in the Union’s social security coordination regime. Alternatively, the Commission could, in close cooperation with the Parliament, the Council, the social partners and all relevant stakeholders from civil society, develop a European social protection regime for all mobile citizens who have so far been excluded from the Regulation. The proposed regimes could be based on Article 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and should have special regard to non-active mobile citizens and job seekers.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5 c
(5c) Notwithstandhing withing the limitations on the right to equal treatment for economically inactive persons, that arise from the Directive 2004/38/EC or otherwise by virtue of Union law, nothing within this Regulation should restrict the fundamental rightsis Regulation should restrict the fundamental rights of economically inactive persons and persons with the right of freedom of movement for the purposes of seeking employment recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably the right to human dignity (Article 1), the right to life (Article 2), the entitlement to social security benefits and social services (Article 34) and the right to healthcare (Article 35).
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 87 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 1 – point c
(a) In Point (c) the term “Title III, Chapters 1 and 3” is replaced by the term “Title III, Chapters 1, 1a and 3”.deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 88 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 1 – point i – point 1 – point ii
(b) In Point (i)(1)(ii) afterwithin the term “Title III, Chapter 1 on sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits” the term “ and Chapter 1a on long-term care benefits” is inserted. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.))
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 89 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 1 – point v a – point i
(c) In Point (va)(i) afterwithin the term “Title III, Chapter 1 (sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits),” the term "and Chapter 1a (long- term care benefits)” is inserted and the last sentence is deleted. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 91 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure clarity regarding the terminology in EU law, the term “posting” should only be used for the posting of workers within the meaning of Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services.34 In addition, tTo achieve consistency in treatment between employed and self-employed persons it is necessary that the special rules for the determination of applicable legislation in the cases of workers who are temporarily posted or sent to another Member State should apply consistently to both employed and self-employed persons. __________________ 34OJ L 018, 21.01.1997 p. 1.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation 883/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may require that the access of an economically inactive person residing in that Member State to its social security benefits be subject to the conditions of having a right to legal residence as set out in Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.44 . __________________ 44deleted OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 95 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A person who pursues an activity as an employed person in a Member State on behalf of an employer which normally carries out its activities there and who is posted within the meaning of Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services46 or sent by that employer to another Member State to perform work on that employer's behalf shall continue to be subject to the legislation of the first Member State, provided that: (a) the anticipated or actual duration of such work does not exceed 246 months and that the person is not posted or sent to replace another employed or self-employed person previously posted or sent within the meaning of this Article. __________________ 46 OJ L 018 , 21.01.1997 p. 1; and (b) for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the start of the activity as an employed person, the person concerned is already subject to the legislation of the Member State in which his or her employer is established.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 97 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In the area of unemployment benefits, the rules on the aggregation of periods of insurance should be applied uniformly by all Member States. With the exception of cross-border workers referred to in Article 65(2), the rules on the aggregation of periods for the purpose of conferring entitlement to unemployment benefits should be subject to the condition that an insured person has most recently completed at least three months of insurance in that Member State. The previously competent Member State should become competent for all insured persons who do not satisfy this condition. In this case, registration with the employment services of the Member State of most recent insurance should have the same effect as registration with the employment services of the Member State, where the unemployed person had been previously insured on the basis of Article 6.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 97 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. A person who normally pursues an activity as a self-employed person in a Member State who goes to pursue a similar activity in another Member State shall continue to be subject to the legislation of the first Member State, provided that: (a) the anticipated or actual duration of such activity does not exceed 24six months and that the person is not replacing another posted employed or self-employed person., and (b) for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the start of the activity, the person concerned has already been subject to the legislation of the Member State in which he or she normally pursues his or her activity.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 100 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
2a. Member States ensure that economically inactive mobile citizens and job seekers can access comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State by allowing such citizens to contribute in a proportionate manner to a sickness insurance or to otherwise fulfil the relevant criteria for access to sickness insurance in the Member State in which they habitually reside.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 101 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Sickness, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0883:20130108:EN:HTML)14a. In Title III, the title of Chapter 1 is replaced by the following: Sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 102 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 19
Article 19 is replaced by the following: “Article 19 Stay outside the competent Member State 1. Unless otherwise provided for by paragraph 2, an insured person and the members of his/her family staying in a Member State other than the competent Member State shall be entitled to the benefits in kind which become necessary on medical grounds or due to the need for long-term care during their stay, taking into account the nature of the benefits and the expected length of the stay. These benefits shall be provided on behalf of the competent institution by the institution of the place of stay, in accordance with the provisions of the legislation it applies, as though the persons concerned were insured under the said legislation. 2. The Administrative Commission shall establish a list of benefits in kind which, in order to be provided during a stay in another Member State, require for practical reasons a prior agreement between the person concerned and the institution providing the care. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0883:20130108:EN:HTML)benefit. Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 103 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 30
Article 30 is replaced by the following: “Article 30 Contributions by pensioners 1. The institution of a Member State which is responsible under the legislation it applies for making deductions in respect of contributions for sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits, may request and recover such deductions, calculated in accordance with the legislation it applies, only to the extent that the cost of the benefits pursuant to Articles 23 to 26 is to be borne by an institution of the said Member State. 2. Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25, the acquisition of sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits is subject to the payment of contributions or similar payments under the legislation of a Member State in which the pensioner concerned resides, these contributions shall not be payable by virtue of such residence. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0883:20130108:EN:HTML)” Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 104 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Chapter 1 a
17. After Article 35, the following Chapter is inserted: CHAPTER 1a Long-term care benefits Article 35a General provisions 1. provisions of this Chapter, Articles 17 to 32 shall apply mutatis mutandis to long- term care benefits. 2. shall draw up a detailed list of long-term care benefits which meet the criteria contained in Article 1 (vb) of this Regulation, specifying which are benefits in kind and which are benefits in cash. 3. paragraph 1, Member States may grant long-term care benefits in cash in accordance with the other Chapters of Title III, if the benefit and the specific conditions to which the benefit is subject are listed in Annex XII and provided that the outcome of such coordination is at least as favourable for the beneficiaries as if the benefit was coordinated under this Chapter. Article 35b Overlapping of long-term care benefits 1. benefits in cash granted under the legislation of the competent Member State receives, at the same time and under this Chapter, long-term care benefits in kind from the institution of the place of residence or stay in anotherdeleted Without prejudice to the specific The Administrative Commission By way of derogation from If a recipient of long-term care Two or more Member States, and an institution in the first Member State is also required to reimburse the cost of these benefits in kind under Article 35c, the general provision on prevention of overlapping of benefits laid down in Article 10 shall be applicable, with the following restriction only: the amount of the benefit in cash shall be reduced by the reimbursable amount for the benefit in kind which is claimable under Article 35c from the institution of the first Member State. 2. their competent authorities, may agree on other or supplementary measures which shall not be less favourable for the persons concerned than the principles laid down in paragraph 1. Article 35c Reimbursement between institutions 1. Article 35 shall apply mutatis mutandis to long-term care benefits. 2. If the legislation of a Member State where the competent institution under this Chapter is situated does not provide for long-term care benefits in kind, the institution which is or would be competent in that Member State under Chapter 1 for the reimbursement of sickness benefits in kind granted in another Member State shall be deemed to be the competent one also under Chapter 1a..or (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.))
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 107 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
19. Article 61 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 61 Special rules on aggregation of periods of insurance, employment or self- employment 1. Article 65(2), the application of Article 6 shall be conditional on the person concerned having most recently completed a period of at least three months of insurance, employment, or self- employment in accordance with the legislation under which the benefits are claimed. 2. not satisfy the conditions for the aggregation of periods in accordance with paragraph 1 because the total duration of his or her most recently completed periods of insurance, employment or self- employment in that Member State is less than three months that person shall be entitled to unemployment benefits in accordance with the legislation of the Member State where he or she had previously completed such periods under the conditions and subject to the limitations laid down in Article 64a.. ’deleted Except in the cases referred to in Where an unemployed person does (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout)
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 113 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point c
(a) In paragraph 1 point (c) the word “three” shall be replaced by “six” and the words “of three months up to a maximum of six months” shall be replaced by the words “of six months up to the end of the period of that person's entitlement to benefits”;the following “(c) entitlement to unemployment benefits shall be maintained until their expiry;”
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 116 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) There is a need to ensure greater parity of treatment for frontier and cross- border workers by ensuring frontier workersgiving them the choice to receive unemployment benefits from the Member State of last activity provided that they have worked in that Member State for at least the past twelve monthsor from the Member State of residence in order to enhance the probability of the unemployed to find employment in the Member State where his or her chances are the highest.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 a
21. After Article 64, the following Article 64a shall be inserted: ‘Article 64a Special rules for unemployed persons who moved to another Member State without fulfilling the conditions of Article 61(1) and Article 64 In the situations referred to in Article 61(2), the Member State to whose legislation the unemployed person was previously subject shall become competent to provide unemployment benefits. They shall be provided at the expense of the competent institution for the period laid down in Article 64(1)(c), if the unemployed person makes himself/herself available to the employment services in the Member State of most recent insurance and adheres to the conditions laid down under the legislation of that Member State. Article 64 (2) to (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis. ’deleted
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 126 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 76 a – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– the withdrawal of the document: – when its accuracy and validity is contested by the competent institution of the Member State of employment. – when the issuing institution fails to respond within the specified deadline.
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 127 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 88
27. Article 88 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 88 Delegating the power to update the Annexes The European Commission is emdeleted The powered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 88a to periodically amend the Annexes to this Regulation and the implementing Regulation following a request from the Administrative Commission. Article 88a Exercise of the delegation 1. is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article 2. to in Article 88 shall be conferred on the European Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the [the date of entry into force of the Regulation (EU) xxxx]. 3. The delegation of the power referred to in Article 88 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force 4. the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 5. act, the European Commission shall notify it to the European Parliament and to the Council simultaneously. 6. to Article 88 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiring of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the European Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.. ’Before adopting a delegated act, As soon as it adopts a delegated A delegated act adopted pursuant
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 139 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) With a view to expediting the procedure for the verification, rectification and withdrawal of documents (in particular concerning the social security legislation which applies to the holder) in case of fraud and error, it is necessary to strengthen the collaboration and the exchange of information between the issuing institution and the institution requesting a withdrawal. Where there is doubt about the validity of a document or about the correctness of supporting evidence or where there is a difference of views between Member States concerning the determination of the applicable legislation, it is in the interest of the Member States and the persons concerned that the institutions concerned reach an agreement within a reasonable period of time. In the absence of a response within the specified deadline, the requesting institution should become competent to determine the legislation applicable.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 23 – last sentence
14. At the end of Article 23, the following sentence is added: This provision applies mutatis mutandis to long-term care benefits.deleted (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 141 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 23 – paragraph 1
(14a) In Article 23, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “If the legislation of the Member State of residence or stay comprises more than one scheme of sickness, long-term care, maternity and paternity insurance for more than one category of insured persons, the provisions applicable under Articles 17, 19(1), 20, 22, 24 and 26 of the basic Regulation shall be those of the legislation on the general scheme for employed persons. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)ˮ (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 142 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 25 – paragraph 1
(15a) in Article 25, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. For the purposes of the application of Article 19 of the basic Regulation, the insured person shall present to the health care or long-term care provider in the Member State of stay a document issued by the competent institution indicating his entitlement to benefits in kind. If the insured person does not have such a document, the institution of the place of stay, upon request or if otherwise necessary, shall contact the competent institution in order to obtain one. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 143 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 25 – paragraph 3
(15b) in Article 25, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 3. The benefits in kind referred to in Article 19 (1) of the basic Regulation shall refer to the benefits in kind which are provided in the Member State of stay, in accordance with its legislation, and which become necessary on medical grounds or due to the need for long-term care with a view to preventing an insured person from being forced to return, before the end of the planned duration of stay, to the competent Member State to obtain the necessary treatment. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 144 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 54 – paragraph 1
(19a) in Article 54, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. Article 12(1) of the implementing Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis to Aunemployment benefits treated under article 61 of the basic Regulation. Without prejudice to the underlying obligations of the institutions involved, the person concerned may submit to the competent institution a document issued by the institution of the Member State to whose legislation he was subject in respect of his last activity as an employed or self- employed person specifying the periods completed under that legislation. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)(This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 145 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) To ensure the effective and efficient operation of the coordination rules it is necessary to clarify the rules for determining applicable legislation for employees who pursue their economic activity in two or more Member States in order to provide a greater parity with the conditions that apply to persons who are posted or sent to pursue economic activity in a single Member State. Moreover, the posting rules providing for the continuation of the applicable legislation should only apply to persons who had a prior link to the social security system of the Member State of origin involving membership of at least six months.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 67 – paragraph 5
(26a) Article 67 paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: 5. The claims shall be paid to the liaison body of the creditor Member State referred to in Article 66 of the implementing Regulation by the debtor institution within 182 months of the end of the month during which they were introduced to the liaison body of the debtor Member State. This does not apply to the claims which the debtor institution has rejected for a relevant reason within that period. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)Or. en (http://eur-
2018/03/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 157 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation 883/2004
Recital 5 – addition
2. In Recital 5, after “the different national legislation for the persons concerned” the following wording is inserted: , subject to the conditions as regards the access to certain social security benefits by economically inactive mobile EU citizens in the host Member State set out in Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.40 __________________ 40deleted OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 166 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5a
(5a) The Court of Justice has held that Member States are entitled to make the access of economically inactive citizens in the host Member State to social security benefits, which do not constitute social assistance within the meaning of Directive 2004/38/EC subject to a legal right of residence within the meaning of that Directive. The verification of the legal right of residence should be carried out in accordance with the requirement of Directive 2004/38/EC. For these purposes, an economically inactive citizen should be clearly distinguished from a jobseeker whose right of residence is conferred directly by Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In order to improve legal clarity for citizens and institutions, a codification of this case law is necessary.deleted
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5b
(5b) Member States should ensure that economically inactive EU mobile citizens are not prevented from satisfying the condition of having comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State, as laid down in Directive 2004/38/EC. This may entail allowing such citizens to contribute in a proportionate manner to a scheme for sickness coverage or to otherwise fulfil the relevant criteria for access to sickness insurance in the Member State in which they habitually reside.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 5c
(5c) Notwithstandhing withing the limitations on the right to equal treatment for economically inactive persons, that arise from the Directive 2004/38/EC or otherwise by virtue of Union law, nothing within this Regulation should restrict the fundamental rightsis Regulation should restrict the fundamental rights of economically inactive persons and persons with the right of freedom of movement for the purposes of seeking employment recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably the right to human dignity (Article 1), the right to life (Article 2), the entitlement to social security benefits and social services (Article 234) and the right to healthcare (Article 35).
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 197 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) Nothing within this Regulation limits the independent rights and obligations recognised in the European Social Charter, in particular the right to social security (Article 12), the right to social and medical assistance (Article 13), the right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance (Article 19), and the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion (Article 30). This Regulation should be implemented in accordance with those rights and obligations.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 199 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Recital 48 b (new)
(48b) Nothing within this Regulation limits the independent rights and obligations recognised in the European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance of the Council of Europe in the Member States concerned.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 1 – point c
(a) In Point (c) the term “Title III, Chapters 1 and 3” is replaced by the term “Title III, Chapters 1, 1a and 3”.deleted
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 212 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 1 – point i – point 1 – point ii
(b) In Point (i)(1)(ii) after the term “, point (ii) is replaced by the following: “(ii) with regard to benefits in kind pursuant to Title III, Chapter 1 on sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits” the term “and Chapter 1a on long-term care benefits” is inserted., any person defined or recognised as a member of the family or designated as a member of the household by the legislation of the Member State in which he/she resides;”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 1 – point va – point i
(c) In Point (va)(i) after the term “, point (i) is replaced by the following: (i) for the purposes of Title III, Chapter 1 (sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits),” the term “and Chapter 1a (long-term care benefits)” is inserted and the last sentence is deleted benefits in kind provided for under the legislation of a Member State which are intended to supply, make available, pay directly or reimburse the cost of medical care and products and services ancillary to that care.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) 883/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may require that the access of an economically inactive person residing in that Member State to its social security benefits be subject to the conditions of having a right to legal residence as set out in Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.44. __________________ 44 OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77.deleted
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
1. A person who pursues an activity as an employed person in a Member State on behalf of an employer which normally carries out its activities there and who is posted within the meaning of Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services46 or sent by that employer to another Member State to perform work on that employer’s behalf shall continue to be subject to the legislation of the first Member State, provided that: (a) the anticipated or actual duration of such work does not exceed 246 months and that the person is not posted or sent to replace another employed or self-employed person previously posted or sent withwithin the meaning of this Article; and (b) for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the meaning of this Article. __________________ 46start of the activity as an employed person, the person concerned is already subject to the legislation of the Member State in which his or her employer is established. OJ L 018, 21.01.1997 p. 1.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 271 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. A person who normally pursues an activity as a self-employed person in a Member State who goes to pursue a similar activity in another Member State shall continue to be subject to the legislation of the first Member State, provided that: (a) the anticipated or actual duration of such activity does not exceed 24six months and that the person is not replacing another posted employed or self-employed person., and (b) for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the start of the activity, the person concerned has already been subject to the legislation of the Member State in which he or she normally pursues his or her activity.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
2a. Member States shall ensure that economically inactive mobile citizens and jobseekers can access comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State by allowing such citizens to contribute in a proportionate manner to a sickness insurance or to otherwise fulfil the relevant criteria for access to sickness insurance in the Member State in which they habitually reside.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 300 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 16 a (new)
(14a) The following Article is inserted: “Article 16a Prior issuance of document on applicable legislation Prior to a posting, the posting institution shall be required to issue to the host institution a document confirming the social security legislation applicable to the worker, drawn up in accordance with Articles 11 to 16 and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 303 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new)
Sickness, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0883:20130108:EN:HTML)14b. In Title III, the title of Chapter 1 is replaced by the following: “Sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits” Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 307 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 19
14 c. Article 19 is replaced by the following: “Article 19 Stay outside the competent Member State 1. Unless otherwise provided for by paragraph 2, an insured person and the members of his/her family staying in a Member State other than the competent Member State shall be entitled to the benefits in kind which become necessary on medical grounds or due to the need for long-term care during their stay, taking into account the nature of the benefits and the expected length of the stay. These benefits shall be provided on behalf of the competent institution by the institution of the place of stay, in accordance with the provisions of the legislation it applies, as though the persons concerned were insured under the said legislation. 2. The Administrative Commission shall establish a list of benefits in kind which, in order to be provided during a stay in another Member State, require for practical reasons a prior agreement between the person concerned and the institution providing the care. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0883:20130108:EN:HTML)benefit.” Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 323 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 d (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 30
14d. Article 30 is replaced by the following: “Article 30 Contributions by pensioners 1. The institution of a Member State which is responsible under the legislation it applies for making deductions in respect of contributions for sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits, may request and recover such deductions, calculated in accordance with the legislation it applies, only to the extent that the cost of the benefits pursuant to Articles 23 to 26 is to be borne by an institution of the said Member State. 2. Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25, the acquisition of sickness, long-term care, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits is subject to the payment of contributions or similar payments under the legislation of a Member State in which the pensioner concerned resides, these contributions shall not be payable by virtue of such residence. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0883:20130108:EN:HTML)” Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 328 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 33 a
(15a) The following Article is inserted “Article 33a Long-term care benefits The Administrative Commission shall, after consulting the social partners, representative associations of beneficiaries and professional bodies concerned, draw up a detailed list of long- term care benefits which meet the criteria contained in Article 1(vb), specifying which are benefits in kind and which are benefits in cash and if the benefit is provided to the person in need of care or to the person providing such care.”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 346 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
17. After Article 35, the following Chapter is inserted: ‘CHAPTER 1a Long-term care benefits Article 35a General provisions 1. Without prejudice to the specific provisions of this Chapter, Articles 17 to 32 shall apply mutatis mutandis to long- term care benefits. 2. shall draw up a detailed list of long-term care benefits which meet the criteria contained in Article 1 (vb) of this Regulation, specifying which are benefits in kind and which are benefits in cash. 3. paragraph 1, Member States may grant long-term care benefits in cash in accordance with the other Chapters of Title III, if the benefit and the specific conditions to which the benefit is subject are listed in Annex XII and provided that the outcome of such coordination is at least as favourable for the beneficiaries as if the benefit was coordinated under this Chapter. Article 35b Overlapping of long-term care benefits 1. benefits in cash granted under the legislation of the competent Member State receives, at the same time and under this Chapter, long-term care benefits in kind from the institution of the place of residence or stay in another Member State, and an institution in the first Member State is also required to reimburse the cost of these benefits in kind under Article 35c, the general provision on prevention of overlapping of benefits laid down in Article 10deleted The Administrative Commission By way of derogation from If a recipient of long-term care Two or more Member States, or Article 35 shall be applicable, with the following restriction only: the amount of the benefit in cash shall be reduced by the reimbursable amount for the benefit in kind which is claimable under Article 35c from the institution of the first Member State. 2. their competent authorities, may agree on other or supplementary measures which shall not be less favourable for the persons concerned than the principles laid down in paragraph 1. Article 35c Reimbursement between institutions 1. mutandis to long-term care benefits. 2. State where the competent institution under this Chapter is situated does not provide for long-term care benefits in kind, the institution which is or would be competent in that Member State under Chapter 1 for the reimbursement of sickness benefits in kind granted in another Member State shall be deemed to be the competent one also under Chapter 1a.. ’y mutatis If the legislation of a Member
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 355 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 61
19. Article 61 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 61 Special rules on aggregation of periods of insurance, employment or self- employment 1. Article 65(2), the application of Article 6 shall be conditional on the person concerned having most recently completed a period of at least three months of insurance, employment, or self- employment in accordance with the legislation under which the benefits are claimed. 2. not satisfy the conditions for the aggregation of periods in accordance with paragraph 1 because the total duration of his or her most recently completed periods of insurance, employment or self- employment in that Member State is less than three months that person shall be entitled to unemployment benefits in accordance with the legislation of the Member State where he or she had previously completed such periods under the conditions and subject to the limitations laid down in Article 64a..’deleted Except in the cases referred to in Where an unemployed person does
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 388 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point c
(a) In paragraph 1(c) the word “three” shall be replaced by “six” and the words “of three months up to a maximum of six months” shall be replaced by the words “of six months up to the end of the period of that person's entitlement to benefits”;, point (c) is replaced by the following: “(c) entitlement to unemployment benefits shall be maintained until their expiry;”
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 392 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 – paragraph 2
(aa) Paragraph 2 is deleted.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 394 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 – paragraph 3
(b) In pParagraph 3, the word “three” shall be replaced by “six” and the words “a maximum of six months” shall be replaced by the words “the end of the period of entitlement to benefits” is deleted.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 401 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 64 a
21. After Article 64, the following Article 64a shall be inserted: ‘Article 64a Special rules for unemployed persons who moved to another Member State without fulfilling the conditions of Article 61(1) and Article 64 In the situations referred to in Article 61(2), the Member State to whose legislation the unemployed person was previously subject shall become competent to provide unemployment benefits. They shall be provided at the expense of the competent institution for the period laid down in Article 64(1)(c), if the unemployed person makes himself/herself available to the employment services in the Member State of most recent insurance and adheres to the conditions laid down under the legislation of that Member State. Article 64 (2) to (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.’deleted
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 421 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 65 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a wholly unemployed person who, during the last activity as an employed or self-employed person, resided in a Member State other than the competent Member State, and who had not completed at least 12 months of unemployment insurance exclusively under the legislation of the competent Member State shall can choose to make himself or herself available to the employment service of the Member State of residence. Such a person shall receive benefits in accordance with the legislation of the Member State of residence as if he or she had completed all periods of insurance under the legislation of that Member State. Those benefits shall be provided by the institution of the Member State of residence. Alternatively, a wholly unemployed person referred to in this paragraph, who would be entitled to an unemployment benefit solely under the national legislation of the competent Member State if he or she resided there, may instead opt to make themselves available to the employment services in that Member State and to receive benefits in accordance with the legislation of that Member State as if he or she were residing there.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 424 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. If a wholly unemployed person referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 does not wish to become or remain available to the employment services of the competent Member State after having been registered there, and wishes to seek work in the Member State of residence or the Member State of last activity Article 64 shall apply mutatis mutandis, except Article 64(1)(a). The competent institution may extend the period referred to in the first sentence of Article 64(1)(c) up to the end of the period of entitlement to benefits.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 446 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 68b – paragraph 1
1. Family benefits in cash which are intended to replace income during periods of child-raising and which are listed in Part 1 of Annex XIII shall be awarded solely to the person subject to the legislation of the competent Member State and there shall be no derived right for his or her family members to such benefits. Article 68a of this Regulation shall not applyies to suchthose benefits nor shall the competent instin situation be required to take into account a claim submitted by the other parent, a person treated as a parent or institution acting as guardian of the child or children pursuant to Article 60(1) of the Implementing Reguls where the individual beneficiary of family benefits serving as income replacement during child raising does not fulfil his or her maintenance obligations.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 454 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 71 – paragraph 1
23a. In Article 71, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “ The Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems (hereinafter called the Administrative Commission) attached to the European Commission shall be made up of a government representative from each of the Member States, assisted, where necessary, by expert advisers. A representative of the European Commission, a representative of the European Parliament and, where appropriate, representatives of the social partners, beneficiaries and professional bodies concerned shall attend the meetings of the Administrative Commission in an advisory capacity. ” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32004R0)
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 460 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 76 a – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– the issuance, the format and the contentsgery-proof electronic format and the contents, with mandatory information, of a portable document certifying the social security legislation which applies to the holder and including a single European social security number,
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 477 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 76 a – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
– in the absence of a response from the issuing institution within the specified deadline.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 478 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Article 79
25a. Article 79 is replaced by the following: Article 79 “Article 79 Funding of activities in the social security field In connection with this Regulation and the Implementing Regulation, the European Commission may fund in full or in part: (a: (-a) shall contribute to the funding of: (i) the establishment of an electronic networking system of competent institutions; (ii) an EU-wide forgery-proof European social security card on which are stored all the data needed to verify the bearer’s employment relationship, such as details on his or her pay, social security status, working hours and, where applicable, specific rules on posting, and which would be subject to strict data- protection rules, particularly where privacy-sensitive personal data is processed; and (-aa) may fund in full or in part: (i) activities aimed at improving exchanges of information between the social security authorities and institutions of the Member States, particularly the electronic exchange of data; (bii) any other activity aimed at providing information to the persons covered by this Regulation and their representatives about the rights and obligations deriving from this Regulation, using the most appropriate means. ” Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32004R0883R(01))
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 520 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Documents issued by the institution of a Member State and showing the position of a person for the purposes of the application of the basic Regulation and of the implementing Regulation, and supporting evidence on the basis of which the documents have been issued, shall be accepted by the institutions of the other Member States for as long as they have not been withdrawn or declared to be invalid by the Member State in which they were issued. Such documents shall only be valid if all sections indicated as compulsory are filled in. However, such documents are not required to be accepted where they have not been withdrawn due to a breach of the principle of sincere cooperation by the issuing Member State.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 524 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where not all sections of the documents referred to in paragraph 1 that are indicated as compulsory are filled in, the institution of the Member State that receives the document shall, without delay, notify the issuing institution of the defect in the document. The issuing institution shall, as soon possible, rectify the document or confirm that the conditions of issuing the document are not fulfilled. If the missing information is not provided within five working days of notification of the defect, the requesting institution may proceed as if the document had never been issued and, if it does so, shall inform the issuing institution accordingly.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 538 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation 987/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) The absence of response by the issuing institution to the requesting institution shall constitute a breach of the principle of sincere cooperation by the issuing Member State
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 557 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the application of Article 12(1) of the basic Regulation, a ‘person who pursues an activity as an employed person in a Member State on behalf of an employer which normally carries out its activities there and who is posted within the meaning of the Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services52 or sent by that employer to another Member State’ shall include a person who is recruited with a view to being posted or sent to another Member State, provided that, immediately before the start of his employment, the person concerned ihas already been subject, for a period of at least six months, to the legislation of the sending Member State in accordance with Title II of the basic Regulation.. __________________ 52 OJ L 018, 21.01.1997 p. 1where the employer is established, in accordance with this Title.
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 607 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 23 – second sentence
14. At the end of Article 23, the following sentence is added: ‘This provision applies mutatis mutandis to long-term care benefits. ’deleted
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 610 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 23
14a. Article 23 is replaced by the following: "Article 23 Regime applicable in the event of the existence of more than one regime in the Member State of residence or stay If the legislation of the Member State of residence or stay comprises more than one scheme of sickness, long-term care, maternity and paternity insurance for more than one category of insured persons, the provisions applicable under Articles 17, 19(1), 20, 22, 24 and 26 of the basic Regulation shall be those of the legislation on the general scheme for employed persons. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)" Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 615 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
15a. Article 25, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. For the purposes of the application of Article 19 of the basic Regulation, the insured person shall present to the health care or long-term care provider in the Member State of stay a document issued by the competent institution indicating his entitlement to benefits in kind. If the insured person does not have such a document, the institution of the place of stay, upon request or if otherwise necessary, shall contact the competent institution in order to obtain one. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)" Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 618 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 25 – paragraph 3
15b. Article 25 paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. The benefits in kind referred to in Article 19(1) of the basic Regulation shall refer to the benefits in kind which are provided in the Member State of stay, in accordance with its legislation, and which become necessary on medical grounds or due to the need for long-term care with a view to preventing an insured person from being forced to return, before the end of the planned duration of stay, to the competent Member State to obtain the necessary treatment. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)" Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 635 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 54 – paragraph 1
19 a. Article 54, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Article 12(1) of the implementing Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis to unemployment benefits treated under Article 61 of the basic Regulation. Without prejudice to the underlying obligations of the institutions involved, the person concerned may submit to the competent institution a document issued by the institution of the Member State to whose legislation he was subject in respect of his last activity as an employed or self- employed person specifying the periods completed under that legislation. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)" Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 638 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 55 – paragraph 7
21. In paragraph 7 of Article 55, the term “Article 65a(3)” is replaced by “Article 64a and Article 65a(3)”deleted
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 641 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 55a
22. The following Article 55a is inserted after Article 55: ‘Article 55a Obligation of employment service of the Member State of most recent insurance In the situation referred to in Article 61(2) of the basic Regulation, the institution of the Member State of most recent insurance shall immediately send a document to the competent institution of the Member State of previous insurance containing: the date on which the person concerned had become unemployed, the period of insurance, employment or self- employment completed under its legislation, the relevant circumstances of the unemployment likely to affect entitlement to benefits, the date of registration as unemployed person and their address.. ’deleted
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 645 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 57 – title
23a. In Article 57, the title is replaced by the following: "Provisions for the application of Articles 61, 62, 64 and 65 of the basic Regulation regarding persons covered by a special scheme for civil servants lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)" Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 653 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 67 – paragraph 5
26a. In Article 67, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "5. The claims shall be paid to the liaison body of the creditor Member State referred to in Article 66 of the implementing Regulation by the debtor institution within 182 months of the end of the month during which they were introduced to the liaison body of the debtor Member State. This does not apply to the claims which the debtor institution has rejected for a relevant reason within that period. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)" Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 655 #

2016/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 987/2009
Article 68 – paragraph 2
26b. in Article 68, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The interest shall be calculated on the basis of the reference rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations plus 8 percentage points. The reference rate applicable shall be that in force on the first day of the month on which the payment is due. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2009R0987:20130108:EN:HTML)" Or. en (http://eur-
2018/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. This Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final. COM(2015) 626 final.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 281 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) A free and pluralist press is essential to ensure quality journalism and citizens' access to information. It provides a fundamental contribution to public debate and the proper functioning of a democratic society. In the transition from print to digital, publishers of press publications are facing problems in licensing the online use of their publications and recouping their investments. In the absence of recognition of publishers of press publications as rightholders, licensing and enforcement in the digital environment is often complex and inefficient.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 295 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) The organisational and financial contribution of publishers in producing press publications needs to be recognised and further encouraged to ensure the sustainability of the publishing industry. It is therefore necessary to provide at Union level a harmonised legal protection for press publications in respect of digital uses. Such protection should be effectively guaranteed through the introduction, in Union law, of rights related to copyright for the reproduction and making available to the public of press publications in respect of digital uses.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 312 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) For the purposes of this Directive, it is necessary to defineclarify the sconceptpe of press publication in a way that embraces only journalistic publications, published by a service provider, periodically or regularly updated in any media, for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Such publications would include, for instance, daily newspapers, weeklotection set out in Article s2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC. In order to improve legal certainty for all concerned parties, and to ensure the freedom to carry out certain acts necessary for monthly magazines of general or special ithe normal functioning of the Internest and news websites. Periodical publications which are published for scientific or academic purposes, such as scientific journals, should not be covered by the protection granted to press publications under this Directive. This protection doess well as to take account of certain fundamental rights, these Articles should not extend to acts of hyperlinking, which do not constitute communication to the public.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 326 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) The rights granted to the publishers of press publications under this Directive should have the same scope as the rights of reproduction and making available to the public provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC, insofar as digital uses are concerned. They should also be subject to the same provisions on exceptions and limitations as those applicable to the rights provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC including the exception on quotation for purposes such as criticism or review laid down in Article 5(3)(d) of that Directive.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 340 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) The protection granted to publishers of press publications under this Directive should not affect the rights of the authors and other rightholders in the works and other subject-matter incorporated therein, including as regards the extent to which authors and other rightholders can exploit their works or other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. Therefore, publishers of press publications should not be able to invoke the protection granted to them against authors and other rightholders. This is without prejudice to contractual arrangements concluded between the publishers of press publications, on the one side, and authors and other rightholders, on the other side.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 519 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4
(4) ‘press publication’ means a fixation of a collection of literary works of a journalistic nature, which may also comprise other works or subject-matter and constitutes an individual item within a periodical or regularly-updated publication under a single title, such as a newspaper or a general or special interest magazine, having the purpose of providing information related to news or other topics and published in any media under the initiative, editorial responsibility and control of a service provider.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 731 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Protection of press publications 1. Member States shall provide publishers of press publications with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC for the digital use of their press publications. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall leave intact and shall in no way affect any rights provided for in Union law to authors and other rightholders, in respect of the works and other subject- matter incorporated in a press publication. Such rights may not be invoked against those authors and other rightholders and, in particular, may not deprive them of their right to exploit their works and other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. 3. Articles 5 to 8 of Directive 2001/29/EC and Directive 2012/28/EU shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the rights referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall expire 20 years after the publication of the press publication. This term shall be calculated from the first day of January of the year following the date of publication.Article 11 deleted concerning digital uses
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 144 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The race to the bottom only on prices would undermine and destroy the systems of collective bargaining.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) As posting of workers is transnational and cross-border by nature, the Member States shall establish a European system of labour inspectorates and labour inspections. At least the exchange of information on posting companies and posted workers shall be established and fraud and misuse listed.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) In a competitiven internal market, service providers compete not only on the basis of a labour costs but also on factors such as productivity and efficiency, or the quality and innovation of their goods and services but should not compete on the basis of labour costs.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 266 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
(–1) in Article 1, paragraph 3, point (c) is replaced by the following: (c) being a temporary employment undertaking or placement agency, hire out a worker oto a user undertaking established or operating in the territory of a Member State, provided that: – there is an employment relationship between the temporary employment undertaking or placement agency and the worker during the period of posting; and – the worker temporarily carries out a task in a Member State other than the one in which he or she usually works, in accordance with Article 4(3) of Directive 2014/67/EC.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 306 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 2a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In case of prima facie evidence, which justifies doubts about a genuine self-employed worker, the concerned worker shall be deemed a posted worker. In case of prima facie evidence, which justifies doubts about a genuine posted worker or a genuine posting company, the concerned worker shall be deemed a worker of the host member state.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 465 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1a a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is added: 1aa. The principle of joint and several liability of the employer is applicable along the whole subcontracting chain.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 480 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)
(ca) the following paragraph 7a is added: 7a. In case the employer deduces costs related to posting, such as housing, board and transport costs from the remuneration of the posted worker, the posted worker has the right to claim these costs from the employer at the appropriate court. The same right exists for a worker who is deemed a posted worker or is deemed a worker of the host member state
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 488 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(d) PIn paragraph 9 is deleted, the following subparagraph is added: Where the conditions listed in Article 1(3) (c) are not fulfilled, Article 2 a a new shall apply.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 509 #

2016/0070(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 96/71/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) in article 4, after paragraph 2 the following paragraph is added: 2a. The Member States' labour inspectorates shall establish a regular exchange of information about posting coordinated by the Platform for Undeclared Work.
2017/03/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
- Having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2014 on an EU Homelessness Strategy;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas unemployment has been diminishing since 2013 thanks to supportive macroeconomic policies and the impact of structural reforms; whereas it nevertheless remains too high, currently affecting 9.9 % of active citizremains too high, currently affecting 9.9 % of active citizens, i.e. 23 million Europeans, about half of them being long-term unemployed; whereas unemployment has been diminishing since 2013 only gradually due to the persisting macroeconomic austerity regimes and structural reforms in many Member States that hamper large-scale public investmenst, i.e. 23 million Europeans, about half of them being long-term unemployedweaken social dialogue, destabilise labour markets, dismantle social security and perpetuate social exclusion;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas many Member States cut funding in the education sector, hampering quality education, putting pressure on pay and working conditions of teachers, and increasing precarious contractual arrangements for teachers and employees in the education sectors; whereas about 20 % of active citizens in the EU have only basic skills while 39 % of companies have difficulty finding staff with the required skills, whereas low educational level is one ofand a lack of comprehensive social inclusion measures are the key causes of young people becoming NEETs;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas although atypical or non- standard forms of employment do not in themselves constitute precarious work, it is more likely to be foundare continuously increasing, especially in Member States that implemented labour market reforms with a negative effect on worker's rights; whereas contracts of this nature apply, albeit such contracts account for a minority of existing employment relationshipsre one of the root causes of precarious work, as they are often fix-termed and occur with no sufficient protection against dismissal, a lack of social security, insufficient contributions to pension schemes, and the absence of works council and trade union representation;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas - although one of the five Europe 2020 targets aims at reducing by at least 20 million the number of people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion - poverty rates in the EU have increased even further and are at an unacceptably high level; whereas almost 123 million people in the EU are in this situation; whereas in 2013 26.5 million children in the EU28 were at risk of falling into poverty or social exclusion; whereas homelessness is increasing in a majority of Member States;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission's Annual Growth Survey (AGS) underlines the need to pay more attention to social fairness in the context of the new macroeconomic adjustment programmes,; Deplores that the addinged three social indicators (activity rate, youth unemployment and long-term unemployment) in the 2016 Alert Mechanism Report have no triggering effect and therefore are at risk of not preventing the further dismantling of social standards; calls for the inclusion of social indicators that trigger concrete measures for inclusive growth and the eradication of poverty; stresses that the need to invest in social development is not just a means of guaranteeing that economic growth and convergence can be achieved, but must also be a specific target in itself;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to fospromoter, at Member State level, a broader investment strategy for the full cycle of education and training, encompassing all sectors of lifelong learning, work-based and workplace learning, formal and non- formal learning, and to foster forms of cooperation involving governments, enterprises, educational institutions and social partners, with a view to adapcreating Member States’inclusive education and training systems to the needs offor a successful access to the labour market;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission´s proposal to enhance the Youth Guarantee at national, regional and local level, and stresses its importance for school-to-work transitions; stresses the need to guarantee suitable forms of collaboration between public and private employment services, and social support services; emphasises the need to ensure that the Youth Guarantees reaches young people facing multiple exclusions and extreme poverty;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Emphasises the urgent need to ensure that the EU's efforts to fight poverty and social exclusion are at the core of its growth strategy; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively address the growing number of people facing extreme housing exclusion and homelessness, which are currently not captured by indicators used to measure the EU poverty target, but nevertheless represent an alarming social reality, affecting at least 4 million people every year; is concerned by the fact that 22,348,834 households, or 11% of the population, in the EU are facing housing cost overburden and a further 10.5 million households suffer severe housing deprivation;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the EU continues to suffer from structural social problems that need to be addressed urgently, pointing up the need to continue prioritising investment, structural reformsprioritise large-scale public investment, socially progressive reforms (like the invention of an EU target for minimum wages to provide for a remuneration of at least 60 % of the respective national average wage, accompanied by an EU target for minimum income schemes providing income support of at least 60 % of national median equalised income), and responsible fiscal consolidation, thus reinforcing a favourable economic environment for business with a view tothe creatingon of more quality jobs while re-balancing the social and economic dimensions; stresses that those priorities will only be achieved if investment in human capital is prioritised as a common strategy;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considering that flexicurity contributes to avoidingObjects to the Commission's attempt to re-introduce the failed flexicurity concept, as more flexibility led to more labour market fragmentation and promoting the creation of more quality jobs, more precarious work and a re-commodification of labour, permanent uncertainty for employees, psychological stress, and the hampering of a stable life planning and a decent family life; calls on the Member States to modernise their employment protection legislation in order to guarantee more stability inhigh quality jobs with dismissal protection, high quality public services for the transitions between jobs, as well as employees' access to high standards of social security and welfare rights; calls on the Commission to step up monitoring of the abusive practice of successive fixed- term contracts, in both private and public sectors;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to gradually shift taxes from labour to other sourcesand consumption to capital and property, and to implement tax rules that foster incentives to entrepreneurship and employment creation, especially for highly qualified young people, in order to boost research and innovation projects within European enterprises;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 262 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to modernise their current social protection systems, in order to guarantee their sustainability in the face of expected ageing; considers that pension schemes should be linked not only to life expectancy but aa holistic approach for a new inclusive, demand driven growth model, including: - income support sufficient to avoid social exclusion and income poverty; - inclusive labour markets with comprehensive support for disadvantaged groups; - better access to quality services, especially for the most disadvantaged (like the rising number of homeless people in the EU, Roma, single-parent households, elderly, NEETs, and refugees); - strategies to end homelessness; - strategies to end child poverty; - gender mainstreaming, - anti-discrimination and active participation of those people affected in policy design; considers that pension schemes should be linked to various economic, social and labour factors, such as the consideration of long-term effects of different job profiles on the physical and mental health of employees, life expectancy, future productivity growth, decent wage levelso to other social and labour factors, while not jeopardisinghat allow contributions to pension schemes allowing a decent revenue when employees reach pension age, and immigration policies with a focus on fast social and economic integration measures, in order to stabilise the sustainability of public finances;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 269 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to examine the persistrengthen efforts to eradicate the gender pay gap and to take more active measures to strence of low fertility rates in the EUgthen women's participation in the labour market, such as investment in child and elderly care, adequate maternity and paternity leave provisions and the access to social services; cCalls on the Commission and the Member States to promote family-friendly policies that enhance parents' capacity to ensure their children's wellbeing; encourages the Member States to consider applying more favourable fiscal differentiation in line with the number of children in a family;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 364 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to implement and monitor more efficientinclusive forms of social protection systems and income support, in order to ensure that these systems offer a minimumdecent standard of living for the unemployed and those at risk of social exclusion, while guaranteeing that such mechanisms do not perpetuate social dependency and constitute an incentive to education ordevelop integrated strategies to tackle homelessness and housing exclusion, while guaranteeing that such mechanisms provide access to education and training and opportunities to entering the joblabour market;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 373 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on theall Member States to agree on a common policy for the welcoming of refugees and to implement the necessary national measures for their inclusion of refugees; stresses that such an approach will require the allocation of funds that, in so fragile a situation, cannot be provided solely by Member States; calls on the Commission to provide the funding required to develop such a strategy as part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); calls on the Commission and the Member States to invite the social partners to play a key role in the common task of integrating migrants and refugees into the labour market, to cut the waiting period before asylum seekers are allowed to work to a minimum, to develop mechanisms for the fast recognition of skills and competences, to introduce labour market policies that offer language courses, training and consultation, to develop a framework to guarantee decent work and equal treatment, and to prevent a drift of immigrants and refugees into undeclared work;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 388 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together on removing the obstacles to fairrights-based, socially secure and voluntary labour mobility, ensuring that EU mobile workers are not treated abusively; calls, therefore, for a full implementation of the principle of equal pay for equal work (and work of equal value) at the same work place, and for respect for collective agreements; rejects any attempt of Member State governments or the Commission to discriminate workers from EU or third countries by excluding them from in-work benefits; rejects any attempt to revise the regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 in a way that reduces access of EU and EFTA citizens to social benefits;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 405 #

2015/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Rejects the establishment of National Competitiveness Boards as new bureaucratic institutions to interfere in collective bargaining at national level;
2016/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the proportion of workers, who report their health and safety to be at risk because of their work, varies significantly across Member States14 and sectors of economic activity; __________________ 14 5th Working Conditions Survey, Overview Report, Eurofound (2012) http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/defa ult/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ ef1182en.pdf
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the EU needs sufficient resources to appropriately deal with workplace health and safety against the background of on-going traditional risks at work and continually emerging new risks like risks deriving from nanomaterials, psycho-social risks, aging of the workforce, demands concerning the mobility and flexibility of workers, or changes in the forms of employment;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. Whereas chronic health problems are widespread in the EU and the number of work-related diseases is alarmingly high, including an extreme high number of up to 192.000 work related annual deaths;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. Whereas the pandemic of asbestos related diseases is far from its end, and especially construction workers in maintenance, demolition, repair and similar occupations but also workers in other sectors are potentially exposed;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Dd. Whereas low exposure to asbestos as for example in the environment or in schools and long latency periods can result in mesothelioma;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
De. Whereas health, social as well as economic costs of work-related injuries and illnesses are significantly high for the society;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Df. Whereas the precarisation of employment conditions is undermining existing structures of occupational safety and health and excludes workers with unstable contracts from training and access to OHS services;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Dg. Whereas the fundamental role of European social partner organisations in the dynamic world of work is established in TFEU Art. 153 – 155;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a European campaign on asbestos including specific support for Member States with the aim to free all schools and gyms from asbestos until 2020;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to dedicate a core action of the coming Horizon 2020 programmes on working conditions and better inclusion of ergonomic and precautionary principles in the design of technology used in work processes;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to work out a precise strategy to cover all forms of employment under the EU legislation on OHS and to integrate self-employment and other types of employment not covered into OHS services and training;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to rethink its SME concept which in its current form covers some 99 % of all companies and therefore does not allow making precise distinctions between varying conditions or needs of specific type of economic activity or company size;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Council and the Commission to ensure that all EU trade agreements with third countries respect the obligation of the EU to improve the working environment in order to protect workers' health and safety;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to work towards putting in place an asbestos register in all Member States; reiterates its call on the Commission to design and implement a model for asbestos screening and registration building upon Article 11 of Directive 2009/148/EC;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory framework; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of legislation should focus on further enhancing protection of employees, be transparent, involve social partners and must under no circumstances result in reductions in occupational health and safety provisions; reminds that EU Directives in this field are setting minimum standards and Member States are invited to implement higher standards and that the often used term of "gold- plating" is misleading and inappropriate in connection with EU OHS legislation;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Regrets that the social partner's European framework agreement on the protection of OHS in the hairdressing sector has not been immediately implemented by the Commission on EU level;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 300 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the uncertainty about the distribution and use of nanomaterials and believes that further research on the OSH risks associated with nanotechnology is needed; underlines that the precautionary principle should be applied in the protection of workers' health at risk for exposure to nanomaterials at work; calls upon the Commission to make EU regulation "nano proof" and to establish a single European registry that contains information on nanomaterials and a link to the products containing them;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 306 #

2015/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that an ever growing number of new chemicals, including those with endocrine disruption capacity, must be accompanied by chemicals and environmental legislation; stresses that EU programmes for research in safer alternatives are vital for applying to the precautionary and the substitution principle;
2015/07/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. points out that increased and global use of robots in the production of goods and in services results in higher productivity than can be achieved with little manpower; asks the Commission and the Council to assess regularly and in dialogue with social partners to what extent weekly, annual and life working hours can be reduced without loss of income in order to include more people in the production process and simultaneously increase individual and family quality of life;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. points out that robotisation results, on the one hand, in many jobs being lost and, on the other hand, in individual jobs being lost in many areas, and salary equalisation could be financed by means of the increase in productivity; asks the Commission and the Council to check regularly what consequences for the social protection systems arise as regards their sustainable financing; suggests exploring new financing options for future social protection systems, such as a tax on robots or on automation which replaces human manpower; suggest that the rollout of an unconditional basic salary to counteract the risks of poverty associated with automation be given further consideration;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. points out that the continued development of robots may allow for the more effective integration of people with physical or mental disabilities in labour markets; raises the issue that the high innovation and procurement costs may undermine this option; raises the issue that with the introduction of robot and automation technology there is the risk that people with disabilities may be pushed out of labour markets; calls for an examination of how public social security systems can be developed to ensure that people with disabilities gain equal access to the labour market; calls for people with disabilities or their representatives to be actively involved in all assessment processes;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a points out that robots are not only tools for work but are increasingly acting autonomously in the production of goods and services; calls for comprehensive protection systems and liability rules that ensure that damage caused by autonomous robots can be clarified in favour of the employees at all times;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2015/2103(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. believes that the use of robots in production comes with major challenges for health and safety in the workplace; robotisation can, on the one hand, reduce the physical burden on workers, but can also result in higher mental strain given the increasing responsibility of the individual in more complex production processes; calls on the Commission and its agencies, in particular EU-OSHA, to examine the effects of digitalisation, robotics and artificial intelligence on mental strain and to make proposals for counter-measures; calls for employees to be given the opportunity play an active part in shaping their work environment at all times and for social partners and unions to be involved at all levels;
2016/09/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, all children should be guaranteed the right to an education, health-care services, housing, protection, participation in decisions that affect them, leisure and free time, a balanced diet, and the receipt of care in a family environment;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the factors with the greatest influence on child poverty are wealth- redistribution policies and labour policy9 a, particularly parental income levels and social rights; __________________ 9aSave the Children, ‘Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe’, Brussels, 2014, p.5
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A B. Whereas, although the children of parents with very low work intensity are 56.7 % more likely to be at risk of poverty or social exclusion, families with high work intensity remain at risk of child poverty today (Romania, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Slovakia, Poland or Luxembourg);
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. Whereas the destrucdistribution of incomes has a major impact on reducing cycles of social inequality and the Member States with lowest rates of child poverty – such as Sweden and Denmark – are also those with the lowest levels of general poverty and inequality;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. Whereas between 2008 and 2012, the number of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Europe (EU27+Norway, Iceland and Switzerland) rose by almost one million, increasing by half a million between 2011 and 2012 alone9, and, according to data from Eurostat in 2013, 26.5 million children in the EU28 are at risk of falling into poverty or social exclusion; in the EU27, the risk of poverty or social exclusion increased between 2008 and 2012 from 26.5% to 28%; in 2013, in the Member States of the EU28, 28% of the total population under 18 was at risk of poverty or social exclusion and, in the vast majority of countries, the risk of poverty and social exclusion is greater for children than for adults; __________________ 9 Save the Children, ‘Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe’, Brussels, 2014, p.5
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas the latest reports by the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless highlight an increase in women, young people and families with children (with migrant children over- represented) taken into homeless shelters;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas the first few years, even before compulsory education, are crucial to children’s development, given that it is during this period that they develop essential capacities and that access to a high-quality education has a significant impact on self-esteem, ability to participate in social life, better health, social inclusion and, in the future, access to better job opportunities; whereas the educational gap between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds has increased;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas, in 2012, the average school-dropout rate was 13 % for the EU and over 20 % in some countries (Portugal, Spain and Malta)9 a __________________ 9aEU-SILC (2013) EU statistics on Income and Living Conditions
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
H b. Whereas working parents who do not have access to a nursery school are often forced to leave children in the care of another child, or to recourse to paid and uncertified informal care networks, which jeopardises their children’s safety and well-being;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas children born into poverty are at greater risk of suffering chronic illnesses and having more health problems, which leads to the perpetuation of inequality;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
I b. Whereas, even in countries where the right to health is enshrined in law, many children do not have access to appointments with a general practitioner or dentist, particularly because of a lack of available public services; whereas some children have very limited access to health-care services, which does not go beyond accident and emergency;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
I c. Whereas the financial problems of families have been contributing to increased mental health problems in parents and to instances of family breakdown, which has undeniable repercussions on the psychological and social well-being of children;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
I d. Whereas the environment in which a child lives, including the pre-birth period, has a decisive influence on the development of the cognitive system, on communication and language, and on social and emotional skills, which will have a consequence for health, well- being, participation in communities and learning capacities9 b; __________________ 9b Drivers, 2014, ‘Universal, quality early childhood programmes that are responsive to need promote better and more equal outcomes in childhood and later life’.
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. Whereas child poverty has a high economic cost for societies, particularly as regards increased spending on social support;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. Whereas families living at risk of poverty are more likely to live in unsanitary and unsafe areas, and that 17% of children in the EU28 still live in these conditions, with 15 countries above average11; the price of energy means that many children live in homes without heating, which increases the number of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases; the increasing number of evictions due to the inability to pay housing costs has pushed children into shelters; __________________ 11 EU-SILC (2013) Statistics on Income and Living Conditions
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. Whereas migrant children are over- represented in the group at risk of poverty and there is more discrimination against them because of language barriers, with this situation worse for illegal immigrant children; whereas, today, with the intensification of migratory flows, there are a growing number of cases in which the children of emigrants remain in the country of their birth under the care of other family members or third parties, negatively influencing the children’s development, particularly at the emotional level;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
K b. Whereas there should be financial reinforcement of food-aid programmes aimed at disadvantaged families, since a growing number of children only have access to food at school; whereas these programmes are important, but cannot be seen as a long-term solution;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that Member States increase the quantity, amounts, scope and effectiveness of the social support specifically directed to children, but also to parents (such as unemployment benefits) and to promote labour laws that guarantee social rights and security to families and fight precarious employment while promoting work with rights;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 184 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States actually to realise the right to housing, by guaranteeing citizens and families an appropriate home that meets their needs and ensures their well-being, privacy and quality of life, thereby contributing to the achievement of social justice and cohesion and the combating of social exclusion and poverty;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that Member States’ national budgets contain visible and transparent provisions for appropriations and costs to combat child poverty and to fulfil their duty to protect children;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends that the Commission and Member States set targets for reducing child poverty and social exclusion;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 214 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to introduce legislation to protect or increase maternity and paternity rights; regrets the announced withdrawal of the revised draft of the Maternity Leave Directive by the Commission, which guarantees working women more rights during the pre- and post-birth periods;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 226 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that Member States develop proactive social policies that prevent poverty and the departureremoval of children from their family environment, ensuring that it is not through poverty that children are institutionalised; calls on the Member States to use the EU Structural Funds and the European Fund for Strategic Investments to support the transfer of institutionalised children to host families and community-based services;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends that Member States guarantee all children access to free, quality public education at all ages, including early childhood, and establish appropriate teacher-student ratios, in order to safeguard the safety and well-being of children;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 247 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 A. Calls on the Member States to promote inclusive schooling, which should involve not just increasing the number of special education teachers, but also integrating children with special educational needs into normal classes;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 266 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Urges Member States to guarantee universal, public, free and quality health care with regard to prevention and primary care, access to diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, guaranteeing women the right to sexual and reproductive health by ensuring health care for babies, maternity care in the pre- and post-natal care period, particularly in the case of premature birth, access to family doctors, dentists and mental health specialists for all children and their families, and integrate these aspects into national and the EU public health strategies;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on Member States, particularly those where social inequalities are greater, to strengthen social rights that the state must guarantee, increasing the number of employees and technicianprofessionals in the social security services working with and for children and their families, and increasing the medical, psychological and social care of children;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 291 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to participate actively in combating the trafficking of children for any form of exploitation, including work, forced marriage, illegal adoption, illegal activities and sexual exploitation;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 294 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Member States to support, through their municipalities, local centres for supporting children and their families, particularly in the communities and/or areas most affected by the issue of child poverty, which provide not just for legal aid and/or advice, parental advice and school support, but also for education and guidance on a healthy lifestyle and on safe Internet use, amongst other things;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 296 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Recommends that the Member States guarantee refugee citizens, particularly children and young people, the same rights of access to education, health care, work and housing as other citizens of the Member State in question;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 305 #

2014/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends that the Commission and Member States develop statistical methods that integrate multidimensional indicators in measuring poverty to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, going beyond the AROPE(parents’ income, access to high-quality public services, participation in social and cultural activities, access to adequate formal and informal education services, exposure to physical risk, safety, stable family environment, and level of life satisfaction) and to take into account the limitations of relative poverty measurements and the work of the UNDP, UNICEF and the OECD, which take these multidimensional indicators into account in their statistics; recommends that these indicators be cross-referenced with indicators of socioeconomic classification (parents’ income and literacy level, country of origin, gender, disability, geographical location, etc.), going beyond the AROPE (at risk of poverty and/or exclusion) indicators;
2015/05/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities, gender pay-gap, part-time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration; addressing the root causes for the feminisation of poverty and identifying best practices and recommendations for Member States, as support for their national measures to integrate or re-integrate women in the labour force and, more generally, to eradicate poverty and social exclusion of women and children;
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need for a gender impact assessment and gender budgeting in all measures taken and all funds used to deal with the economic crisis, in particular the ESF, in order to limit the negative effects on gender equality;
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services which are forcing many womenaffecting in particular women and forcing them to shift from paid to unpaid work, exposing them to a high risk of poverty;
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Maintains that measures need to be taken to reduce gender segregation in the labour market both horizontally, i.e. the over-representation of women in occupations with less income, and vertically, i.e. the under-representation of women in power and decision making positions; stresses that precarious working conditions remain a gender issue not only in low skilled and low qualified sectors but also occupations requiring higher education such as the so-called academic precarity with women being over-represented.
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Draws the Member States' attention to the need for income-enhancing measures, including the development of minimum income schemes exceeding the at-risk-of poverty threshold of 60% of national median equalised income and social assistance programmes for persons having difficulty in meeting their basic needs, in particular persons with children, and especially single parents.
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Invites Member States to act for reducing in-work poverty, of which women are especially affected, by a set of measures, such as minimum wages of at least 60% of the relevant average wage and continuing education at the work- place;
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that there is a need to promote the sharing of family and household responsibilities; invites Member States to set up or advance existing measures to overcome discriminatory gender stereotypes and the unequal assignment of roles such as encouraging men in their right to take care for children, sick or disabled relatives.
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2012/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Points out that in a time of crises many goods or services previously paid for are produced or carried out in the household by women without any remuneration; therefore, stresses the need for more comprehensive official statistics which also include unpaid work in order to be able to fully evaluate the impact of the crisis and austerity measures on the labour market situation of women and men;
2013/01/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s Employment and Social Developments in Europe Review 2012 of 8 January 20131, __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main/jsp?cat/d=738€lar gId=en€pubId=7315.
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas access to housing is a fundamental right that affectscan be seen as a precondition to exercise and to access to other fundamental rights and to a life in conditions of human dignity; and whereas guaranteeing access to decent housing is an international obligation incumbent on the Member States, to which the Union must have regard;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas increasing housing costs, rents and energy prices are the main reasons for growing poverty, social exclusion and homelessness;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas speculation bubbles in private real estate markets are the root causes of the financial and banking crisis, leading to the Eurocrisis;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas affordable, adequate and secure housing is a precondition for achieving better social inclusion, more social justice and cohesion in the EU;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas there is a shortage of hundreds of thousands social housing facilities and an increasing need of affordable housing in most EU Member States;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas increasing real estate, rental, and energy prices lead to gentrification, power cut-offs, and evictions;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas affordable rental housing is essential for young people in order to take up vocational training, university studies, internships or employment opportunities;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that, under Protocol No 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, public authorities are free to determine how the social housing sector is organised and funded and what its target group is, with a view to meeting local needs of the population and the inhabitants; sees the intervention of public authorities here as a response to the shortcomings of the market, with the aim of ensuring universal access to decent, affordable housing; is concerned, therefore, about the restrictive definition of social housing by the European Commission, which only targets disadvantaged groups;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Member States and the Commission that spending on social housing enables urgent social need to be met and, as strategic social investment, helps in a sustainable way to provide non- relocatable local jobs, to stabilise the economy by preventing property bubbles and an over-indebtedness of households, to counter climate change and to combat energy poverty; calls on Member States and the Commission to bring social housing investment within the scheme of the European Semester by including in it an evaluation of targets for combating and preventing property bubbles;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need for tighter monitoring of social investment as part of a social investment pact designed to strengthen the Union's economic and budgetary governance and including investment in social housing;deleted
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes the establishment of the European Housing Observatory to develop knowledge about the housing situation in the various countries, especially social housing, on the basis of reliable statistical indicators; demands that organisations of inhabitants and tenants are formally involved in the Housing Observatory;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 126 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. notes that a definition of social housing and of the beneficiaries should be the result of a democratic discussion process in order to take into account different traditions of the Member States;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to define a maximum spending level for housing costs in order to prevent households to spend more than 30% of their income on housing and energy costs;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Advocates making priority investment in heat efficiency and in the use of renewables in social housing, as well as integrated projects for sustainable urban development, access to housing for marginalised communities and the promotion of social enterprises and housing cooperatives, eligible for Structural Fund support in the 2014-2020 budgetary period;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages Member States and all the relevant bodies to give social housing investment and a strengthening of the non-profit making housing sector a prominent place in national reform programmes and in the shaping of strategic priorities under partnership agreements for the period 2014-2020;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges Member States to retain an ambitious budget for the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, identifying cohesion policy as a driver of recovery; calls on Member States to facilitate and speed up the reallocation of unused monies from the Structural Funds to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in the social housing sector and neighbourhood management in deprived communities to ensure a stable and secure environment during the 2014-202007-2013 programme planning period, having regard to the conclusions of the European Compact for Growth and Jobs;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 202 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that implementing the right to housing affects the implementation of other fundamental rights, including political and social rights; urges Member States, therefore, to include the enforceable right to housing in EU primary law;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States to facilitate the cooperation of social housing providers and tenant organisations in the elaboration and follow up of the Operational Programmes according to the new instruments ITI and CLLD;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
16. RecommeDemands that Member States draw up integrated policies for guaranteeing universal access to decent affordable housing, with aims including:
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 239 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2 a (new)
- a minimum quota of social housing in areas with dense population and booming regions with high migration rates,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
– steps to address the difficulties commonly encountered by highly vulnerable sections of the population, such as migrants and young, single parents, young families, students, young and elderly people, in seeking access to decent housing,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 258 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
– implementation of effective policies such as a social rent law to stop tenants being evicted, on the basis that covering rent payments and arrears of rent is a less costly option for the relevant authorities,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 266 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 a (new)
- tenure neutral policies that support affordable housing options such as the supply of rental and cooperative housing,
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 281 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recommends that Member States and the relevant authorities simplify the process of applying for housing and make the allocation of homes more transparent and impartial, with a view to eliminating discrimination and preventing any tendency on the part of particularly vulnerable groups to avoid applying for housing – a phenomenon which has the effect of aggravating residential segregation; asks the Member States to guarantee that persons from different social milieus inhabit social housing estates in order to prevent the formation of ghettos and a growing gentrification;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to introduce a definition of ethe Commission to adopt a Communication on Combating Energy pPoverty; points out that energy poverty cannot be considered simply in terms of expenditure on energy and energy prices, but that it also has a qualitative dimension in that it urging Member States to establish measures in terms of adequate regulated energy prices for the vulnerable consumers as well as measures affectsing people's behaviour and patterns of consumption; points out that vulnerable groups often cannot afford new domestic appliances with low energy consumption;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 311 #

2012/2293(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasises that energy efficiency measures in housing should primarily increase the purchasing power of inhabitants and tenants;
2013/02/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2012/2029(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
(5) Draws attention to the complex relationship between energy and food supply and security developments, particularly with regard to biofuels which may have a negative social and environmental impact on developing countries; the right to food has to take absolute precedence over the EU renewable energy target for biofuels.
2012/03/09
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2011/2318(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the SFAs respect essential and fundamental elements of human rights and democratic principles as provided for in Article 9 of the Cotonou Agreement;
2012/02/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2011/2318(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates the request made by the LDRAC (the Long-Distance Fleet Regional Advisory Council) that a distinction be made between the cost of access for the EU fleet (to be covered at an acceptable level by ship-owners and representing a fair share of the value of the catches) and the compensation intended to help towards development and that that aid should reflect the importance of the fisheries sector in the fight against poverty;
2012/02/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2011/2318(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Would like to see the SFAs improve the integration of developing countries in the world economy and encourage investment and the development of the local private sector, including small enterprises andwith a particular focus on small- scale fisheries, by supporting processing and marketing activitieing communities needs, and ensure that investments will not contribute to overfishing or to competition with local communities which depend on fisheries for their livelihoods;
2012/02/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2011/2286(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to boost the Partnership Instrument by over EUR 1 billion to foster the new shape of cooperation with MICs and LMICs, ensuring that funds can be planned, quantified and scrutinised;deleted
2012/03/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 56 #

2011/2286(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that the Association Agreements arif correctly focused taking into account asymmetries may be a powerful incentive in regional integration; argues that the lack of coherence between policies jeopardises this process;
2012/03/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 119 #

2011/2286(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the EU, by means of the Association Agreements and its development aid, continues to provide significant support for the development and stabilisation process in the region; whereas the possibility that it may no longer do so when the results of this process are consolidated is a cause for serious concern;with Central America and through its Trade agreements with Colombia and Peru is not dealing adequately with the asymmetries of those economies and that of the EU, and is increasing the dependence of those regions on mining and agro exportation.
2012/03/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Is very concerned that in the past decade progress has only been achieved very slowly, that the wage differential between men and women has remained persistently high in recent years and that, despite the legally binding principle of equal pay for work of equal value, women’s hourly earnings in the EU27 were on average 17.5% less than men’s for the same work in 20091 (up to 30% less in the private sector, equal merit and qualifications notwithstanding); is concerned at the very wide pay gap between highly-qualified women and men in some Member States; notes that the flexicurity strategy is not of a nature to reduce existing disparities in employment protection and pay between women and men;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Council Conclusions of 6.12.2010 calling on the Member States to take wide-ranging measures to overcome the causes of this pay inequality;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that statistics must be coherent, comparable, gender-specific and, complete and mustdesigned to take account of new developments in the organisation of worksystems of classifying and organising staff and reforming work organisation; considers that, in assessing the pay gap, not only differences in gross hourly wages must be taken into account but also other aspects ofsuch as individual pay and qualifications should be taken into accountsupplements, professional qualifications, personal aptitudes and skills, work organisation, professional experience and productivity, which should be measured not only in quantitative terms (hours when the worker is physically present at the workplace) but also in qualitative terms and in terms of the impact which reductions in working hours, periods of leave and absences because of care activities have on automatic pay rises;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider a legally- binding quota for the appointment of women in public and private enterprises – in particular to senior posts – thereby stressing the positive impact of such a principle (as can be seen in Norway, where there is near parity between the numbers of women and men in the largest listed enterprises);
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to adopt extensive legally binding rules in order to implement in practical terms the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value; emphasises that the situation of women in insecure employment arrangements must urgently be improved, as they are hit particularly badly and are vulnerable at times of social and economic crisis;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the EU’s concept of flexicurity is not well suited to solving the problems of gender-specific pay inequality and in-work poverty;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Commission’s measures must be directly addressed not only to Member States and the social partners but also to equal rights agencies, women’s groups, women’s initiatives and community and occupational equal opportunities officials who could provide training on gender issues – with special regard to the gender pay gap – in particular for social partners, lawyers, judges and ombudsmen;
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point a
(a) specific measures to make it possible to reconcile work, study, training and further training with family and private life through access to care services (which must be affordable, easily accessible and independent of employment status and type of employment contract), through working-time patterns that are adapted to the needs of employed people, particularly single parents, and through maternity, paternity, paternal and family leave in conjunction with the possibility of smooth reintegration into work,
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point b
(b) appropriate fiscal and social security policies, including measures to dismantle the significant disadvantages in retirement pensions owing to work interruptions and part-time work by parents, and gender-specific measures designed to compensate for unfair and unjustified pay differences, to enhance the quality of female employment and to provide for atypical services with regard to care within the family or its broader environment,
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point c
(c) practical measures to be implemented by the social partners and equal rights agencies (pursuant to Article 157(4) TFEU) to overcome the pay gap and exclusion at the various contractual and sectoral levels, such as obliging social partners to conclude pay agreements, to undertake regular investigations in relation to equal pay, to ensure the implementation of companies' equality plans, the setting of qualitative and quantitative targets and benchmarking, and the exchange of best practice validated by the parties concerned and accompanied by accounts of the obstacles and difficulties encountered,
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 – point d
(d) inclusion of a clause on respect for gender equality and equal payment in public procurement contracts and creation of a special quality certificate which would be awarded to undertakings and confer on them certain advantages in terms of access to national, local and European support measures and funding and increase their chances of securing public contracts, and consideration of the optimal application of those policies in the context of public procurement,
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2011/2285(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament an analysis showing which legal acts at EU and/or national level would be an appropriate means of bringing about a significant reduction in the pay gap in the shortest possible time.
2012/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2011/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Whereas EIB's activity outside the EU has developed primarily in middle income countries, with limited staff resources particularly for upstream work and for project monitoring, as well as limited local presence compared to the level and complexity of financing activities outside the EU;
2012/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2011/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that in 2010, the EIB lent EUR 5 bn of the total 72 bn EIB lending to developing countries (1.2 bn to Asia and Latin America (ALA), EUR1 bn to ACP (973m) and South Africa (50m), EUR 2.55 bn to the Mediterranean countries and EUR 328 mn to Central Asian countries) of which only EUR 467 mn for projects directly aiming at achieving the MDGs;
2012/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2011/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. CRecalls that a narrow focus on GDP-led growth does not automatically deliver inclusive and sustainable development and reduce inequality; in this context, calls on the EIB to link its financing projects more directly to poverty reduction and the achievement of the MDGs, human rights, corporate social responsibility, decent work and environmental principles and good governance, through the implementation of Decision No° 1080/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; accordingly, takes the view that adequate concessional finance and staff resource is necessary for enabling EIB to support more effectively EU development cooperation objectives;
2012/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2011/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the EIB to actively support projects aimed at financial inclusion, i.e. facilitating equal access to financial services such as loans and savings and insurance schemes, for instance through supporting microfinance institutions;
2012/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2011/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes EIB's commitments and policy developed regarding non- cooperative jurisdictions; however, expresses its concern about the lack of transparency regarding the way "global loans" are allocated and monitored in terms of tax governance; recalls that the EIB should ensure that recipients of its loans do not avail themselves of tax havens or use other harmful tax practises such as abusive transfer pricing which may lead to tax evasion or avoidance; in this context, calls on the EIB to request that financial intermediaries make public any use of the global loans they receive, including a report of their activities in any individual country in which they operate;
2012/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2011/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that the EIB is not prioritising investment in local companies in ACP countries; Deems that monitoring of global loans or loans for SMEs should be improved, to ensure that financial intermediaries properly implement properly the EIB's requirements, and to ensure accountability, transparency and environmental sustainability in the use of funds granted to local SMEs; takes the view that the definition of SMEs used in each external region should be clarified, taking into account of the structure of the local economies;
2012/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2011/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the initiative of concluding a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the European Parliament and the EIB; in this context, stresses upon the need to involve closely the EP in the process of discussion on the setting-up of an "EU Platform for External Cooperation and Development" and to guarantee transparency in the process;
2012/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2011/2185(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 (new)
9. Human rights are indivisible. For this reason, social, ecological and cultural rights should not be neglected along side rights relating to liberal freedoms and participation in the democratic process. Rights set out in the UN Social Responsibility Pact, such as the right to appropriate nutrition, minimum social standards, the right to education, the right to health care, just and favourable working conditions and the right to participate in cultural life should be treated equally. The EU can only credibly and successfully promote the worldwide strengthening of human rights if it also deals openly and critically with the situation regarding these rights in its Member States.
2012/02/01
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 47 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms of learning at schools and stresses that this challenge must be addressed in particular by primary schools and in the early years of secondary schooling; takes the view that teaching staff, educational psychologists and educational social workers should be qualified for this purpose;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the connection between reducing rates of early school leaving and promoting social mobility through education, and the fact that targets in these areas are achievable only when sufficient funding is available; calls, therefore, for massive public investment in public education systems in order to guarantee free access to high-quality educational and care provision, from pre- school level to university or vocational education, irrespective of socio-economic or cultural background;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Draws attention, in this regard, to the OECD’s PISA studies which establish that students in educational systems with a lesser degree of vertical and horizontal differentiation are less likely to repeat a year or to be expelled; highlights the OECD’s finding that students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds suffer most from having to repeat a school year or from being expelled; highlights the OECD’s finding that early selection of students for different educational pathways increases socio-economic inequality in terms of educational opportunities without effecting any improvement in average performance in the educational systems in question;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Draws attention, in this regard, to the OECD’s finding that the comparative performance of school systems in the PISA studies is negatively affected by the practices of moving students from one school to another on account of poor results, behavioural problems or specific learning difficulties and of streaming students in all subjects on the basis of ability;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Points out in this regard that, according to the OECD, socio- economically disadvantaged students are often at a double disadvantage because they attend schools affected by various types of social-economic disadvantage, in which there are fewer and less well- qualified teachers;
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2011/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Urges that special and timely individual careers advice be given to all pupils and especially early school leavers to facilitate their entry into the world of work, and that they should be enabled by means of specially tailored measures to obtain skills and qualifications later, qualifications and as many school certificates as possible later, while ensuring that these teenagers and young adults are not parked in a transition system, but that they are entitled to training places (in non-workplace settings where workplace training is not available);
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a better coordination of economic policies between Member States in order to avoid unfair competition and market distortion; urges Member States to respect the rules on budgetary discipline in order to diminish the risk of falling into excessive deficit and calls on the Commission for an effective budgetary surveillance;deleted
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 243 #

2011/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a barrier-free and competitive single market has to be completed in order to facilitate free movement of workers; in this regard, calls on the Commission and Member States to work closely with social partners and to encourage sharing of best practice and experience in this area;deleted
2011/06/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to support developing countries in diversifying their domestic economies and building up local production and processing capacity, in order to reduce their dependence on raw materials exports and enable sustainable development;
2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to respect the rights of developing countries and accordingly allow export restrictions in their public interest, in order in particular to make the fight against hunger and poverty the top priority; calls, further, on the Commission to refrain, in all bilateral and multilateral negotiations, from pressing for an end to export restrictions by developing countries;
2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out with concern that, on the one hand, industrialised countries’ growing demand for agricultural raw materials and, on the other hand, developing countries’ demand for foreign currency are leading to developing countries renting or selling their fertile arable land to foreign investors and no longer being able to adequately supply the food production needs of their own population;
2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission to think more about the reuse of resources, to sharply reduce the use of resources within the EU and to put in place a sustainable economic model in order to prevent emerging worldwide conflicts which could result from developing countries’ need for raw materials for their own independent development;
2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to take measures to strengthen European companies’ direct liability and duty of care in respect of their actions in developing countries;
2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 38 #

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for stronger international cooperation on strategic resources, with the launch of an open, inclusive, transparent process for discussing future worldwide raw materials use; takes the view that global initiatives in such a sensitive field may serve as confidence- building measures between the EU and emerging economies like China, Brazil and India;
2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 37 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000 agreed to end child poverty by 2010, and the Nice European Council of 7 to 9 December 2000 agreed to make substantial progress in combating poverty by 2010, and whereas these undertakings failed because the policy focus during that period was purely on competitiveness,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. regrets that by 2020 in the EU only 20 million people will have been freed from poverty which, depending on how it is calculated, is a quarter or one sixth of those affected by poverty, and is concerned that through the deliberate choice of one of the three resulting indicators, lack of comparability, and through statistical accounting tricks, it is impossible to know what each Member State’s real contribution to the objective of combating poverty has been,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas poverty is detrimental to growth, increases public budget deficits and undermines the EU's competitiveness,a violation of human rights;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. supports the Commission’s recognition that poverty ‘is unacceptable in 21st Century Europe’ and therefore criticises the fact that the Commission’s policy recommendations in the context of the European Semester and the Member States’ conclusions in the Euro Plus Pact include a one-sided austerity policy, raising the retirement age, interference in wage bargaining policies and reducing workers’ rights by making labour markets more flexible, and thus run counter to the aims of the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. sharply criticises the fact that the Commission’s recommendations to countries - particularly to the Member States hardest hit by the crisis – de facto recommend reducing social expenditure and pensions, further liberalisation of services and privatisation of public services, constituting a serious threat to the welfare state and public service provision, which is not compatible with the Platform's objectives,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. regrets that in the context of the European Semester, the Commission has called wage indexation systems and collective labour agreements into question, possibly leading to fewer rights and more insecurity for workers, which is not compatible with the Platform’s objectives,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 63 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Dd. regrets that a comparison of unit labour costs is likely to reduce wages in the euro zone and elsewhere through increased pressure of competition, which could lead to increased poverty and social exclusion and is not compatible with the Platform’s objectives,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
De. in this connection, criticises the decoupling of economic, employment and social policies which both the austerity policy and the Platform proposals have exacerbated, so that the Member States’ coordinated social policies at EU level are further restricted to minimum social insurance and often reduced to limited welfare provision and returning unemployable people to the job market,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Df. calls on the Commission to draw up country recommendations for the next European Semester, setting out how the measures proposed in the Platform can be placed on a realistic economic and financial footing, for example by introducing an EU-wide financial transaction tax, harmonising the corporation tax base, minimum tax rates for enterprises, taxation of wealth and capital income, introduction of eurobonds, and measures to develop investment for the future and distribute society’s wealth,
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment FF #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas employmentgrowth and employment, even in a decent job, alone isare not sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years, and whereas the segmentation of the labour market has increased, working and living conditions have very much worsened, particularly during the financial crisis, and work has become much less secure – a trend which must be combated; whereas the problem of the working poor has gained increasing recognition in recent years but is not yet being addressed to an extent commensurate with the challenges it represents for our societies; whereas the number of the working poor has grown considerably in recent years, with 8% of the working population suffering in-work poverty and where 22% of those at risk of poverty are in work1; whereas the fact of people having access to decent, egalitarian working conditions constitutes an advance in terms of reducing poverty and social exclusion among families and people living alone, __________________ 1 EUROSTAT (2009), SPC Report: SPC Assessment of the social dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy (10 Feb. 2011)
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment II #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas social protection, including minimum income systems, is a basic element of modern democracies that substantially guarantees the human right to social, economical, political and cultural participation in society and plays a key role in stabilising the economy by limiting the impact of crises and in redistributing resources at every stage of life, while also affording protection against social risks and preventing povertyand alleviating poverty and social exclusion, throughout the life cycle,
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas employment alone is not sufficient to lift people out of poverty, and whereas the segmentation of the labour market, indecent working conditions and the problem of the working poor hasve gained increasing recognition in recent years, which has to be followed by political measures tackling these problems;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment P #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the need to assess the impact of EU funds in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective, where possible, the effectiveness, impact, coordination and value for money of EU funds, especially of the European Social Fund (ESF) in terms of achieving the poverty reduction target, even where this is not their primary objective, reducing the economic discrepancies, prosperity imbalances and differences in living standard levels across EU Member States and regions, and therefore promoting economic and social cohesion; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combine employment targets and strategies with integrated active inclusion approaches, such as projects designed to strengthen intergenerational solidarity at regional and local level or which specifically contribute to realising gender equality and the active inclusion of vulnerable groups; stresses the importance of effective action for solidarity, including reinforcement, anticipation of transfer and reduction of cofinancing in respect of budgetary funding for creating decent jobs, supporting productive sectors and fighting poverty and social exclusion, rather than creating new forms of dependence; stresses the importance of supporting the combat of poverty and social exclusion, and access to quality employment and non discrimination, ensuring adequate income and promoting access to quality services;
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment W #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum incomelaunch, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, a consultation on the possibility of a legislative initiative on a sensible minimum income that will allow economic development, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, play their full part in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities and playing an automatic stabilising role for the economy, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States, the definition of a minimum income being the prerogative of the Member State; wishes the Commission to help Member States share best practice on minimum income levels and encourages Member States to develop minimum income schemes based on an average of 60% of the median income in each Member State;
2011/09/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas social protection, including minimum income systems, is a basic element of modern democracies that substantially guarantees the human right to social, economical, political and cultural participation in society and plays a key role in stabilising the economy by limiting the impact of crises and in redistributing resources at every stage of life, while also affording protection against social risks and preventing poverty, and social exclusion;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for enhancing social and sustainable development, promoting 'good work' as well as active inclusion to guarantee access to decent work, available and affordable quality social services and infrastructures as well as a poverty-proof minimum income. This ambition must be reflected in the next Annual Growth Survey which should provide a long-term perspective and social impact assessment taking into account externalised social costs stemming from rigid budgetary discipline, harsh austerity policies, more flexible labour markets and wage cuts;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Supports the European Trade Union Confederation’s ‘Athens Manifesto’ of May 2011, which calls among other things for an end to the austerity policy practised by the Commission and Council and for the European social model to be strengthened;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 233 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Refers to the report by the Director- General of the International Labour Conference at its 100th session held in 2011, entitled ‘A new era of social justice’(i) which among other things calls for a move away from the current neoliberal growth model to a policy of income-led growth and public investment; underlines in this connection the recognition by the International Labour Organisation that so-called flexible labour markets are a strong indicator of inefficient growth, as they are accompanied by greater job insecurity, resulting in greater inequalities of income;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for the social inclusion objectives of the EU to be reflected in the next Multiannual Financial Framework by dedicating a specific budget heading to them, integrating them into the other budget headings, and allocating adequate funding to ensure these objectives are reached;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 271 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the need to assess the impact of EU funds in terms of achieving the poverty reduction and social inclusion target, even where this is not their primary objective; maintains that priority must be given to projects that combine employment targets and strategies wistresses the importance of supporting the combat of poverty and social exclusion, the access to quality employment and non discrimination; maintains that priority must be given to projects which specifically contribute to realise gender equality and the active inclusion of vulnerable groups;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 293 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States further to develop the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion into a ‘European Social Stability Pact’ to eradicate poverty and social exclusion and to anchor the pact firmly in the EU's economic and financial policy framework; (a) the pact should contain a social progress clause as an additional protocol to the EU Treaties, to ensure that basic social rights always take precedence over basic economic freedoms; (b) the pact should enshrine mandatory minimum social standards with regard to minimum income (at least 60% of equivalent national median income), universal access to good-quality housing and energy supply, availability of basic goods (according to the material deprivation indicator) free access to education, day care and training (from crèche to university and vocational training), access to free health and personal care and social and psychiatric services, language courses and support services for immigrants, universal access to high-quality services (social services and services of general (economic) interest), always involving those living in poverty and the social partners and NGOs; (c) the pact should contain a target agreed with the Council and a timetable for implementation by all Member States, for the national minimum wage to be at least 60% of the country’s national average wage; (d) the pact should contain recommendations to the Council and Parliament on reducing the length of the working life and average weekly working hours; (e) the pact should contain proposals on how funding for the proposed measures can be implemented and how the social wealth acquired by the community can be shared out more fairly, for example through the introduction of a financial transaction tax, harmonising the corporation tax base, minimum taxation rates for enterprises, taxation of wealth and capital income, introduction of eurobonds, and measures to protect investment for the future; (f) the pact should contain proposals on how public investment and income-led growth can shape economic development to make it economically and ecologically sustainable and socially inclusive;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 315 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights the importance of social, health, care and education services in bridging skills gaps, in promoting the social integration of people and combating poverty and social exclusion; recalls their potential to create new employment and calls for a strong and sustainable investment in and development of these key services and infrastructures; looks forward to the Commission’s action plan to address the gap in the supply of health workers
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 374 #

2011/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Wishes the Commission to initiate a framework directive on minimum income, designed to prevent poverty and serve as a basis for people to live in dignity, to fully participate in society and make headway with finding employment or identifying training opportunities, with due regard for differing practices, collective labour agreements and legislation in the various Member States;
2011/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2011/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to eliminate all export subsidies and to decouple direct payments from production, so as to create a level playing field between EU and developing countries' agricultural products; asks the Commission to finance transitional schemes for crops affected by this decoupling, aimed at promoting organic and sustainable farming practices that use low external inputs and that take account of local natural conditions; also calls for investment in research into organic farming methods and for the provision of public services to smallholders to enable them to switch to sustainable organic production;
2011/03/29
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 29 #

2011/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. To allevieliminate the accumulated negative impacts of the CAP on developing countries, calls on the EU through its trade and development policies to promote sustainable farming practices based on low external inputs and food sovereignty in developing countries; safeguarding food security forthe right to food as a human right in LDCs and Net Food Importing Developing Countries, eliminating land grabbing, securing the customary and property rights of smallholders, and indigenous farmers, ending seed monopolies and dependency on specialised pesticides are essential;
2011/03/29
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2011/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that food is not merely a commodity but access to food is foremost a universal human right; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to carry out an assessment of the human rights impact of economic, free trade and investment agreements concluded by the EU with third countries, in order to ensure that there is no conflict with the EU's own values in the area of external policies;
2011/03/29
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 39 #

2011/2051(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU must pursue its legally binding aims and principles, above all the elimination of hunger and poverty throughout the world, and that, consequently, in the context of tackling international speculation in agricultural commodity prices, the new CAP should establish appropriate mechanisms and rules to govern trade in agricultural commodity derivatives and enhance transparency; calls, therefore, for the example of the USA to be followed and position limits for agricultural commodities finance instruments to be introduced and effectively monitored; insists on the creation of central regulatory bodies in order to curb over-the-counter transactions in the agricultural sector and to create the necessary transparency; believes that the EU should lead by example, by establishing within its territory local auctioning agricultural markets and local distribution systems, which increase the bargaining power of smallholders in the food supply chain;
2011/03/29
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 59 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for a review of existing conventions and agreements with developing countries with a view to combating poverty and hunger, and calls for a moratorium on all EU agreements and conventions which impede the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and undermine campaigns against global poverty and hunger;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 77 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls that growth strategies should incorporate a long-term vision and be geared comprehensively to developing various sectors of the economy in order to ensure sustainable development and protection against external crises; calls for economic growth to be based on the practical involvement of a majority of the indigenous population and have as its primary aim meeting internal needs rather than continuing with the export fixation which has prevailed hitherto; reaffirms that the overriding aim of growth strategies for developing countries must be to eliminate poverty and hunger, that the focus should be on individuals rather than the interests of corporations and that for this reason the social structure of the country concerned must invariably be taken into account;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 78 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Recalls that the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) require special support and attention and that the fixation on export industries, under the influence of the so-called Washington Consensus, has had a fatal impact on those countries; stresses the need for LDCs to protect the sectors of their economies against external competition in order in the first place to make growth possible which is sustainable and meets their own needs;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 82 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that EU policies should facilitate growth in areas of the economy where the poor earn their livelihoods, such as agriculture and the informal sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to favour measures which facilitate poor people’s access to land, markets, credits and other financial services and skills development, without aggravating existing inequalities and without consolidating asymmetrical dependence structures;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 125 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Recalls that public investment in public goods, infrastructure and services is fundamental to sustainable growth and the effective reduction of inequalities;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 130 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Stresses that the industrialised countries have a responsibility to provide more support for investment in, and technology transfer to, indigenous undertakings so that emerging sectors of the economy in developing countries can implement international social and environmental standards; calls for support for measures to facilitate monitoring of compliance by undertakings with international standards;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 169 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its position that the EU should focus its development assistance on promoting sustainable small-scale agricultural production in order to ensure food self-sufficiency of the population as the first objective and to implement the right to food; emphasises the need to ensure, in particular, access for small farmers to the means of production (land, credit, consultancy and advisory services), to processing and marketing opportunities and to local, regional, national and cross- border markets in order to guarantee sales opportunities for their production;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 172 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls, in accordance with the IAASTD report, for support for a switch to organic and ecologically sustainable farming, which both takes account of the experience of small-scale farming and constitutes an effective means of adjustment to climate change;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 179 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Underlines that facing food insecurity means the implementation of many actions, from diverse sectors, such as the management of local natural resources, the reinforcement of production and manufacturing, training, the structuring of professional organisations, the implementation of a safety net for the most vulnerable, the education on nutrition and also the diversification of rural jobs beyond agriculture to enhance the income of rural families, which are the first victims of hunger;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 185 #

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 h (new)
23h. Calls on the EU to advocate internationally binding regulations on land purchase which take into account indigenous traditions and arrangements such as the customary right to land use and confer effective rights to protection on occupants affected by land sales; stresses that speculation in food has a direct adverse impact on global hunger and that effective regulations and limits on speculation are therefore indispensable;
2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’s fifth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, which proposes directions that policy in this area might take in the future, in particular, linking it to the Europe 2020 strategy, with a common strategic framework which would translate the Europe 2020 objectives into investment priorities; stresses that cohesion policy is a horizontally-aligned policy which is enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and is not secondary to the Europe 2020 strategy; underlines that an autonomous cohesion policy is essential for reducing discrepancies in regional development and achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Rejects the imposition of conditions on the payment of structural funds – particularly the ESF – for implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy or other EU policies;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Approves the intention of developing new macro-regional strategies for the necessary social and ecological reconstruction of the EU and calls for steps to be taken to identify and combat regional disparities, such as in access to employment and educationpoverty and social exclusion, access to high-quality employment, reducing the average time spent working on a weekly and lifelong basis, education and free access to high- quality services;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the fact that the ESF provides crucial support for employment market and social policies and plays an important part in boosting social inclusion and therefore calls for a significant increase in the funds available to the ESF;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the partial failure of the Lisbon Strategy is due not to the inadequate implementation of cohesion policy but rather to the effects of the financial crisis, imperfect implementation of the single market, slack budgetary discipline and inadequate macroeconomic framets focus on "competitiveness", cost- cutting, dismantling of the welfare state, ever more flexible labour markets, liberalisation of markets, liberalisation of markets in general and its fuelling of a "beggar thy neighbour" policy of Members States; whereas the failure of the Lisbon Strategy is also due to working methods that allow ineffective implementation of this strategy by the Member States, and to weaknesses in the internal market, the lack of fiscal harmonisation, high inflation which continues to depress household budgets when salaries are not in step, and the lack of political will by the Member States and the Commission to pursue the goal of better labour rights and working conditions in individual Member Stoutside Europe and to strive for higher employment rates,
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the effectiveness of the ESF to be increased through more results-oriented action and to this end considers that ex ante setting of clear and measurable targets and outcome indicators is neededwhich measure, in particular, success in the fight against poverty and social exclusion and integration in high-quality employment is needed; stresses that result-orientation must not lead to small promoters being disadvantaged or exposed either to new barriers to access or to risks;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas a comprehensive European cohesion policy in all regions continues to be essential, given the significant imbalances between regional economies and in social terms, as well as specific structural problems and geographical disadvantages, and it is also a requirement under the Lisbon Treaty; stresses in this respect that the contribution of cohesion policy to implementing the Europe 2020 strategy must reflect the objectives set out in Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the cross-cutting objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union by the Treaty of Lisbon,
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 55 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to improve the visibility of ESF action and to make the ESF more accessible and capable of providing more support for integration into the job market, particularly by setting up lifelong training to help workers adapt their skills to the needs of the job marketprogrammes which offer workers access to high-quality employment and thus help to eliminate the phenomenon of the ‘working poor’;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for cohesion and structural policy programmes to place more emphasis on European added value; deems such added value to be achieved where EU projects bring about a lasustaing and measurable improvement in the economic, infrastructural, social and/or environmental status of a disadvantaged region and such improvement would not have been achievable without the European stimulus,;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for full account to be taken of the experience of the social partners, in particular the trade unions, and social NGOs and for formal steps to draw on that experience to be made compulsory at all stages of the planning, implementation and assessment of the ESF and the other Structural Funds;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. 1. a) (new) Stresses that the European added value of cohesion policy is uncontested, as this policy sustainable growth as well as demonstrating European solidarity, aiming at reducing disparities between the levels of development of European regions, it constitutes a well-established mechanism of delivering growth and jobs and has been one of the Union’s most significant, visible, and successful policies for decades; points out, however, that a modern cohesion policy must undertake a number of reforms, in particular the simplification of policy implementation, and promote synergies with other policies and instruments on the ground;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 77 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Sees the achievement of European objectives in accordance with the principle of multi-level governance and shared management as one of the major advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself; calls for thisaffirms that the partnership principle to be further streand, hence, the involvement of the economic and social partners and other regional and local stakeholders in all phases of Structural Fund support have proved successful in boosting acceptance of the measures and ensuring thened; y are properly targeted; calls for this partnership principle to be mandatory;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 89 #

2011/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to simplify procedures and reduce excessive administrative costs and the number of otherin general to eliminate obstacles to achieving the EU’s objectives for growth and job creation.objectives in the area of social cohesion between the regions of the EU, such as the bias in EU policies towards growth and competition, austerity measures which involve the dismantling of established social rights, increases in the retirement age, longer working weeks and working lives, labour market deregulation and the abolition of social protection and wealth redistribution systems;
2011/04/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the Union will be able to hold its own in the face of global competition only if its cohesion policy can tap the development potential of all the regions in response to the challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view that cohesion policy is not subordinated to the EU 2020 Strategy, whereas it contributes to a great extent to the achievement of the EU 2020 strategy objectives. Believes that a sound autonomous cohesion policy is the prerequisite for successful joint action by the EU as it contributes to reducing disparities at regional and local level and allows for a consolidation of strategic goals and local needs with potential on the ground; stresses that the cohesion policy with its horizontal character is contributing to all EU 2020 objectives;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 190 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that support from the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Ffundsing must be more strongly oriented towards the educational and socio-political challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view, however, that across-the-board ‘Europeanisation’ of the relevant policy areas would be a doomed endeavour purely on financial grounds; calls, therefore, for the further development of approachal policies; emphasises that the role of the ESF in improving workers’ education, ensuring workers' lifelong training and skill enhancement must be strengthened; calls on the Commission to consider all possible policy options for boosting the contribution of the ESF in the context of the future architecture of the structural funds, in order to enhance the social model of the European Union; believes that could stherve as models, while retaining existing national and regional competencre considerable advantages in maintaining the ESF under the basic regulation on general provisions on the funds, but with its own rules;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 214 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls, in the light of increasing tasks in the field of social inclusion, i.e. the Four Employment Guidelines, the support of the Decent and Good Work principles (as projected by the ILO), the fight against precarious and undeclared work, combating poverty, achieving gender equality and appropriate conditions for the reconciliation of work and private life, for cohesion policy to make a greater contribution to these challenges;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 234 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that the development of basic infrastructure and support for conventional forms of energy should also be regarded as compatible with EU 2020, because only when they have competitive transport, energy and communications networks and waste-disposal infrastructure will the convergence regions be in a position to contribute to achieving the EU 2020 objectives – and that is precisely why the weaker and neediest regions must be given some leeway to interpret those objectives;deleted
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 246 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that GDP must be retained as the key criterion in the definition of areas eligible for maximum support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of the EU average) and, where appropriate, cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of the EU average); points out that supplementary indicators relevant for measuring social cohesion ( like unemployment rates, poverty, etc.) and territorial cohesion and continuity, as well as environmental indicators should applied; points out that the competent national authorities must continue to have scope for the use of additional indicators at the relevant decision-making levels;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 263 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a dependable and, appropriate, consolidated, reformed and while needed longer phasing-out arrangement for areas formerly eligible for maximum support under the Convergence objective (convergence regions) which ensures that former convergence regions do not face a drastic reduction structural funds' payments that could prejudice their previous efforts for development; thus calls on the Commission to propose a new phasing out arrangement framed with a strategy that would aim in helping former convergence regions to genuinely and successfully mainstream their changeover from "objective 1" to "objective 2", and so to pursue fruitfully their efforts for development;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 274 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for maintaining of Objective 2 (Regional Competitiveness and Employment), whic through its based on a cross-cutting approach, to be upgradedhorizontal nature; stresses that the proven system of innovation clusters and competition for funding needs to be developed further;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 285 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that a general new funding category based on GDP/PE between the 75% and 90% rates would be at odds with the tried and tested principles of EU cohesion policy (to support the weakest and pool the inherent potential of the wealthier regions, taking a cross- cutting approach), and therefore rejects this intermediate category; nevertheless recalls the necessity to establish a dependable, appropriate, consolidated, reformed, and while needed longer phasing-out arrangement framed with a strategy for areas formerly eligible for maximum support under the convergence objective;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 305 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Takes the view that new issue-oriented funds (for climate, energy and transport) would undermine the tried and tested principle of multi-level governance and jeopardise the regions' contribution to the achievement of the EU 2020cohesion's policy objectives;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 309 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. CNotes that the ESF plays a key role in social inclusion, labour-market and employment policy; calls for the ESF, as a component of cohesion policy, to continue to fosterreinforce social integration, economic growth and employment; regards the ESF as the Union's most important labour-maclusion, to improve employment and job opportunities, to promote the formation of worketrs and employment-policy tool; attaches particular importance to developing skillthe adaptation of workers' skill to the demand of the labour market in a way workers cand mobility, enhancing equality of opportunity between the sexes, be better integrated in the labour market, to promote gender equality, to integratinge people who are disadvantaged and to supporting the development of the social economy as well as of SMEs;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 349 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the objectives of the development and investment partnership contracts between the EU and the Member States, which the Commission is proposing in place of the strategic framework plans previously prepared for individual Member States; calls for investment priorities geared to the implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and the achievementStresses that it is important to involve regional and local authorities, social partners and NGOs to the greatest extent when determining priorities for cohesion policy; stresses the fact that multi-level governance is one of the key principles of Cohesion Policy and is fundamental to ensuring the quality of other cohesion policy and structural policy objectives to be set at this stage decision making process, strategic planning and implementing the objectives; considers that the allocation of responsibilities between the various levels involved needs to be clarified, and calls for national and/or regional competences to be retaistrengthened in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 355 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Supports retention of the operational programmes as the most important tool for implementation of the strategy papers in terms of concrete investment priorities; calls for clear and measurable objectives to be set in this respectcohesion policy;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 366 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Supports the system of thematic priorities that the Commission is proposing; points out that the lower the level of development in a Member State or region, the more wide-ranging the list of priorities there needs to be, taking into account specificgeneral principle of a Community "menu" of broad thematic priorities to replace the current system whereby the Structural Funds are channelled towards restrictive expenditure categories; opposes, however, any excessive restriction of the number of priorities to be chosen in the context of the new national Development and Investment Partnership Contracts and operational programmes, so that local and regional authorities have sufficient leeway to implement the Europe 2020 objectives at regional dlevelopment needs;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 394 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for the funding under investment partnerships to be made conditional on the implementation of reforms by the Member States, in order to ensure that it is used efficiently in areas directly related to cohesion policy; considers it fair for such conditions to include, in particular, full implementation of existing EU legislation (e.g. on price regulation, tendering procedures, transport, the environment and health) in order to prevent irregularities and ensure effectiveness; rejects, however, the imposition of conditions requiring Member States to undertake fundamental social and economic reformStrongly encourages regional and local authorities to ensure the highest performance of their administrative and institutional capacity as well as to develop appropriate financial and human resources to cope with the complexity of EU funded projects, mainly in terms of administrative burden; stresses the need for appropriate levels of financing to be ensured in order to properly enable regional and local authorities to take part in major projects financed through Structural Funds;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 410 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. WelcomeSupports the Commission's proposal for a stronger focus on results, to be achieved through the ex-ante establishment of appropriate objectives and indicators; stresses that such indicators must be few in number, that they must all be clearly defined, measurable and related directly to the impact of the funding, and that they should be established by agreement with the regions/Member Stateto move towards a more results-oriented approach by using clear and measurable targets and outcome indicators agreed in advance in line with the specific objectives of each region, rejects an assessment of performance solely in terms of progress towards Europe 2020 targets; underlines that progress has been made here in the 2007-2013 programming period with the inclusion of ex-ante, ongoing and ex-post evaluations;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 417 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for the indicators to concentrate Endorses the use of a limited number of common indicators, linked to the economic, social and territorial cohesion tareas of impact with European added value (increases in productivity, research, transport services, regional growth and relevant environmental improvements); calls for quantitative targets to be eschewed when measuring progress in areas where responsibility rests largely with national authorities (i.e. on educational standards, poverty thresholds and integratgets, such as employment, social inclusion, reduction of richness disparities, research, innovation, SSGI quality and universality, transport services, regional growth, improvement in terms of environmental management, as well as the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, to enable the Commission to conduct a comprehensive and continuous evaluation throughout the programming period, whereas most of indicators should be established at regional level taking into account the specific nature of each region) and for assessment, instead, of projects' potential as models and ofthe priorities set; the indicators must reflect how necessary any proposed approach is for the dregree of innovation they displayion's development;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 424 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Regards co-financing as one of the basic principles of cohesion policy; calls for a reviewmaintenance of the percentage ceiling for EU funding – which should take more account of regional development levels, European added value and the types of measure funded and should be raised or lowered accordingly;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 430 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that the maximum level of suppalls fort must not exceed 75%, otherwise applications will be driven less by the case for the projects than by the prospect of the funding they can attract; calls for it to be made easier for regions to use private co- financing and market-oriented credit options to cover their share of project financingaintaining the current maximum level of support;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 456 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Recognises the leverage effect of new financial instruments and their potential to mobilise investment, supports increased financing from credit in principle, and calls for the use of revolving financial instruments to be extended to more areas eligible for funding (including research and infrastructure); calls for procedures to be simplified to that end and for a greater degree of legal certainty throughout the entire funding period; takes the view that at the end of a funding period, at the latest, responsibility for how the funds are spent should transfer to national level or project level;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 488 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Regards post-2013 cohesion and structural policy as the decisive policy arena for cross-sectoral implementation of the EU 2020 strategy and therefore calls for it to be treated at least as generously in budgetary terms it has beenfor achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion; therefore calls for it to receive higher budget appropriations as in the current planning period;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 497 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
51. Calls, in respect of Member States that are falling significantly short of the EU stability criteria requirements and also have a poor record on the use of monies from the Structural Funds, for a proposal for the automatic application of more stringent rules in order to monitor the use of such monies in accordance with the law and the relevant objectives; Rejects the provisions on macroeconomic conditionality i.e. withholding Structural Funds available to regions and cities for errors and shortcomings of their national governments or if their national governments do not respect the stability and growth pact; underlines that there is a danger that financial sanctions and incentives linked to the Stability and Growth Pact, aimed at ensuring compliance with macroeconomic conditions, will primarily penalise local and regional authorities that are not responsible for the failure of Member States to fulfil their obligations in this area;
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 562 #

2011/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
60. Draws attention – with up-to-date figures in support of its contention – to the extremely severe financial consequences for cohesion policy of the accession of new Member States11 ; emphasises that, from a cohesion policy point of view, the Union's capacity to absorb new members would, on the basis of these figures, be severely overstretched; calls for use of the IPA to be extended to special preliminary forms of EU neighbourhood status or membership and reiterates its call for graduated cohesion policy arrangements for large candidate countries such as Turkey; __________________ 11. On the assumption that Turkey and Croatia, which are currently in accession negotiations, receive support during the 2007-2013 programming period at the same average per capita level as the new Member States (the EU 12), the total financial requirement would be EUR 132.5 billion, of which Turkey's share would be EUR 124.9 billion (94.3%) and Croatia's 7.6 billion (5.7%). If support were given at a rate equivalent to the average (2006) level of EU transfers to the new Member States as a proportion of GDP, the additional financial requirement would total EUR 109.1 billion, of which Turkey's share would be EUR 99.8 billion and Croatia's EUR 9.3 billion. (Untiedt, G. (2011) Das Volumen und die Verteilung der EU-Strukturfondsmittel für die Förderperiode von 2007 bis 2013 unter Berücksichtigung der Türkei und Kroatiens, opinion of Professor G. Untiedt, GEFRA GbR, commissioned by Dr Markus Pieper, MEP).deleted
2011/04/20
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2011/2032(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises democracy and human rights as interdependent concepts by acknowledging free, equal and secret elections as necessary, but not sufficient, for democratic consolidation,
2011/04/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2011/2032(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the role that democratic political parties and, social movements and free press play in safeguarding the public by serving as watchdogs to increase the transparency and accountability of governments,
2011/04/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 27 #

2011/2032(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for directed and equally distributed support to social movements, independent media and political parties working for democracy in authoritarian states and new democracies in order to promote citizen participation, support sustainable multiparty systems, and improve human rights.
2011/04/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2011/2032(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
stresses that this support shall be spend to and equally distributed amongst all the actors crucial for an active and working democracy and must not be used to pursue particular political and strategic interests of the EU but to allow an endogenous and sovereign democratisation and development.
2011/04/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2011/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an increase in funding and the development of capabilities and resources in order to ensure that humanitarian aid and civil protection remain purely civilian tasks;
2011/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2011/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reaffirms that a formal distinction needs to be maintained between the remits of military and humanitarian bodies; urges that only civilian disaster protection and humanitarian aid capabilities should be developed and expanded with a view to optimising the coordination and implementation of EU disaster management, so that effective civilian disaster and emergency aid can be provided;
2011/05/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2011/2014(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EEAS to take responsibility for leading the reflection on the future of EU aid to Afghanistan, definingCommission to define a clear strategy for delivering aid in such a fragile, high-risk context; emphasises that adequate risk management is essential and that this means ensuring that sufficient financial and human resources are available to guarantee thorough monitoring of aid flows and results assessment;
2011/09/29
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 36 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The European Union is strongly committed to gender equality as a human right, a question of social justice and a core value of the Union development policy; gender equality is central in achieving all MDGs; the Council has adopted the EU Plan of Action on Gender equality and Women's Empowerment in Development (2010-2015).
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 73 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point b – point iii
(iii) strengthening social inclusion and gender equality with cooperation on equitable access to basic services, employment for all, empowerment and respect of rights of specific groups, notably youth, persons with disabilities, women and minority groups to let all population participate and benefit from wealth creation and cultural diversity.
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 74 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point i
(i) Supporting local, regional and country level programmes to promote women's economic and social empowerment and political participation;
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 75 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point ii
(ii) supporting nationlocal, regional, national and global programmes and initiatives, to promote the integration of this issue inand implement gender equality, women and girls' empowerment, namely through micro-credit assistance, and the aid effectiveness agenda.
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 76 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point c – point ii a (new)
(ii a) promoting, providing and expanding essential services and psychological support for victims of gender-based violence.
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 77 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point i
(i) Improvn line with the priorities set out in the European Consensus for Development, supporting the health and well-being of people in developing countries through increasing access to, and equitable provision of, good quality essential public health services and more specifically:
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 78 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point ii
(ii) supporting and shaping the policy agenda of global initiatives of direct significant benefit to partner countries, in the context of poverty eradication and in the areas of health and basic education, considering result orientation, aid effectiveness and effects on health systems, including supporting partner countries to better engage with these initiatives;
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 79 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point iii
(iii) supporting specific initiatives especially atat local, regional and global levels, which strengthen health systems and help countries develop and implement sound, evidence-based national health policies, and in priority areas (e.g., child and maternal health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to family planning; global public goods and response to global health threats, such as HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria and other poverty related and neglected diseases).
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 80 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point d – point iii a (new)
(iii a) promoting, providing and expanding essential services and psychological support for victims of violence, especially children.
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 81 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point e – point iii
(iii) improvenhancing equal access and quality of education, including fowith particular emphasis on women, girls and other vulnerable groups, women and girls, and countries furthest from achieving global targets.
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 82 #

2011/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 5 – part A – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(e a) Children and youth: (i) promotion of policies taking into consideration children's and youth's particular vulnerability, protection of their rights, education, health and livelihoods, starting with participation and empowerment; (ii) promoting and helping on the implementation and development of policies, projects and programmes benefiting children and youth and enhancing the role of children and youth as actors for development; (iii) promoting and helping on the implementation and development of policies, projects and programmes to eradicate child labour, trafficking of children and violence against children.
2012/06/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 5 #

2011/0378(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2, point g
(g) practical steps should be taken to increase the number of calls by EU vessels calls at Mozambican ports, thus increasing local employment and business opportunities. In particular, efforts to support the processing industry and fleet capacities should be made in order to help Mozambique to exploit its fishing area on its own;
2012/02/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2011/0378(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2, point g a (new)
(ga) the inclusion of the surface long line elements in the Protocol should be revised to ensure compliance with the principle of responsible fisheries and to avoid the risk of causing unsustainable mortality of non-target species of sharks, seabird and turtle populations;
2012/02/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 90 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In line with the conclusions of the European Council of 17 June 2010, whereby the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth was adopted, the Union and Member States should implement the delivery of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, while promoting harmonious development of the Union and reducing regional disparities.deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to achieve the targets and objectives of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the CSF Funds should focus their support on a limited number of common thematic objectives. The precise scope of each of the CSF Funds should be set out in Funds- specific rules and may be limited to only some of the thematic objectives defined in this Regulation.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 100 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should propose a Common Strategic Framework, to be adopted by delegated act a Common Strategic Frameworkthe European Parliament and the Council according to the ordinary legislative procedure, which translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in order to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regions. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds and with other relevant Union policies and instruments.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The Common Strategic Framework should therefore establish the key areas of support, territorial challenges to be addressed, policy objectives, priority areas for cooperation activities, coordination mechanisms and mechanisms for coherence and consistency with the economic policiesobjective of Member States and the Union to achieve socially and environmentally sustainable development.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) On the basis of the Common Strategic Framework adopted by the Commission, each Member State should prepare, in cooperation with its partners and in dialogue with the Commission, a Partnership Contract. The Partnership Contract should translate the elements set out in the Common Strategic Framework into the national context and set out firm commitments to the achievement of Union objectives through the programming of the CSF Funds.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Member States should concentrate support to ensure a significant contribution to the achievement of Union objectives in line with their specific national and regional development needs. Ex ante conditionalities should be defined toMember States should ensure that the necessary framework conditions for the effective use of Union support are in place. The fulfilment of those ex ante conditionalities should, to be assessed by the Commission in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. In cases where there is a failure to fulfil an ex ante conditionality, the Commission should have the power to suspend payments to the programme.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) A performance framework should be defined for each programme with a view to monitoring progress towards the objectives and targets set for each programme over the course of the programming period. The Commission should undertake a performance review in cooperation with the Member States in 2017 and 2019. A performance reserve should be foreseen and allocated in 2019 where milestones set in the performance framework have been attained. Due to their diversity and multi-country character, there should be no performance reserve for ‘European Territorial Cooperation’ programmes. In cases where the shortfall in the achievement of milestones or targets is significant, the Commission should be able to suspend payments to the programme or, at the end of the programming period, apply financial corrections, in order to ensure that the Union budget is not used in a wasteful or inefficient way.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Establishing a closer link between cohesion policy and the economic governance of the Union will ensure that the effectiveness of expenditure under the CSF Funds is underpinned by sound economic policies and that the CSF Funds can, if necessary, be redirected to addressing the economic problems a country is facing. This process has to be gradual, starting with amendments to the Partnership Contract and to the programmes in support of Council recommendations to address macroeconomic imbalances and social and economic difficulties. Where, despite the enhanced use of CSF Funds, a Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process, the Commission should have the right to suspend all or part of the payments and commitments. Decisions on suspensions should be proportionate and effective, taking into account the impact of the individual programmes for addressing the economic and social situation in the relevant Member State and previous amendments to the Partnership Contract. When deciding on suspensions, the Commission should also respect equality of treatment between Member States, taking into account in particular the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. The suspensions should be lifted and funds be made available again to the Member State concerned as soon as the Member State takes the necessary action.deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure focus on the achievement of the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, common elements should be defined for all programmes. In order to ensure the consistency of programming arrangements for the CSF Funds, the procedures for adoption and amendment of programmes should be aligned. Programming should ensure consistency with the Common Strategic Framework and Partnership Contract, coordination of the CSF Funds between themselves and with the other existing financial instruments and the European Investment Bank.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Ex post evaluations should be carried out in order to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the CSF Funds and their impact on the overall goals of the CSF Funds and their contribution to achieving the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular concerning the reduction of poverty and social exclusion.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
(57) It is necessary to fix the limits of those resources for the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal and to adopt objective criteria for their allocation to regions and Member States. In order to encourage the necessary acceleration of development of infrastructure in transport and energy as well as information and communication technologies across the Union, a Connecting Europe Facility should be created. The allocation of the annual appropriations from the Funds and the amounts transferred from the Cohesion Fund to the Connecting Europe Facility to a Member State should be limited to a ceiling that would be fixed taking into account the capacity of that particular Member State to absorb these appropriations. In addition, in line with the headline target on poverty reduction, it is necessary to reorient the scheme for food support for the most deprived persons to promote social inclusion and the harmonious development of the Union. A mechanism is envisaged which transfers resources to this instrument and ensures that these will be constituted from ESF allocations through an implicit corresponding decrease of the minimum percentage of the Structural Funds to be allocated to the ESF in each country.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) In order to strengthen the focus on results and achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives and targets, five per cent of the resources for the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal should be set aside as a performance reserve for each Fund, and category of region in each Member State.deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) In order to ensure a genuine economic impact, support from the Funds should not replace public expenditure or equivalent structural expenditure by Member States under the terms of this Regulation. In addition, so that the support from the Funds takes into account a broader economic context, the level of public expenditure should be determined with reference to the general macroeconomic conditions in which the financing takes place based on the indicators provided in the Stability and Convergence Programmes submitted annually by Member States in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1466/1997 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies. Verification by the Commission of the principle of additionality should concentrate on the Member States in which less developed and transition regions cover at least 15% of the population because of the scale of the financial resources allocated to them.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 2
(2) Common Strategic Framework' means the document translating the objectives andheadline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth into key actions for the CSF Funds, establishing for each thematic objectiveadline target the key actions to be supported by each CSF Fund and the mechanisms for ensuring the coherence and consistency of the programming of the CSF Funds with the economic and employment policiesobjective of the Member States and of the Union to achieve socially and environmentally sustainable development;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 4
(4) ‘programming' means the process of organisation, decision-making and allocation of financial resources in several stages intended to implemen, also with a view to support, on a multi- annual basis, the joint action by the Union and the Member States to achieve the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 16
(16) 'local development strategy' means a coherent set of operations to meet local objectives and needs, which contributes to meeting the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and which is implemented in partnership at the appropriate levelis implemented in partnership at the appropriate level, also with a view to meeting the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18
(18) 'Partnership Contract' means the document prepared by the Member State with the involvement of partners in line with the multi-level governance approach, which sets out the Member State's strategy, priorities and arrangements for using the CSF Funds in an effective and efficient way to pursue the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and which is approved by the Commission following assessment and dialogue with the Member State;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The CSF Funds shall provide support for socially and environmentally sustainable development, through multi-annual programmes, which complements national, regional and local intervention, to deliveralso with a view to achieving the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, taking account of the Integrated Guidelines, the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the multi-level governance approach, the partners shall be involved by Member States in the preparation of Partnership Contracts and progress reports and in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes in a timely and consistent manner. The partners shall participate in the monitoring committees for programmes.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 164 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 3
3. TFollowing compulsory consultation of all relevant partners, including trade- unions and civil society organisations at Union level, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 142 to provide for a European code of conduct that lays down objectives and criteria to support the implementation of partnership and to facilitate the sharing of information, experience, results and good practices among Member States.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 7 – title
Promotion of equality between women and women and non-discrimination
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 7 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between women and women and the integration of the gender equality perspective is promoted and ensured in the preparation and, implementation of programmes, monitoring and evaluation of programmes in a timely and consistent manner.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) strengthening research, technological development and innovation for environmentally and socially sustainable development;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) enhancing the competitivenessntribution of small and medium-sized enterprises, the agricultural sector (for the EAFRD) and the fisheries and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF) to environmentally and socially sustainable development;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) protecting the environment and promotingbiodiversity and promoting energy and resource efficiency;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 182 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) promoting employment and supporting labour mobilityhigh quality employment, good and decent work;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 195 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 10
In order to promote the harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the Union, a Common Strategic Framework shall translate the objectives andheadline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth into key actions for the CSF Funds.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for each thematic objectiveheadline target of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and taking into account the thematic objectives laid down in Article 9, the key actions to be supported by each CSF Fund;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 199 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142present a proposal on the Common Strategic Framework within 31 months of the adoption of this Regulation, to be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council according to the ordinary legislative procedure.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Where there are major changes in the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Commission shall review and, where appropriate, adopt, by delegated act in accordance with Article 142, a revised Common Strategic Framework.deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) arrangements to ensure alignment withcontribute to the achievement of the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, including:
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 207 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) an analysis of disparities and development needs with reference to the thematic objectives and key actions defined in the Common Strategic Framework and the targets set in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) a summary analysis of the ex ante evaluations of the programmes justifying the selection of the thematic objectives and, the indicative allocations of the CSF Funds and a summary of the main results expected for each of the CSF Funds;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 210 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii) for each thematic objective, a summary of the main results expected for each of the CSF Funds;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 214 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an integrated approach to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty or of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to marginalised communities, where appropriate, including the indicative financial allocation for the relevant CSF Funds. The integrated approach shall demonstrate how the CSF Funds will contribute to the delivery of integrated national antipoverty strategies which promote the inclusion of all groups facing or at risk of poverty and social exclusion, underpinned and detailed by National Social Reports;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) a summary of the assessment of the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities and of the actions to be taken at national and regional level, and the timetable for their implementation, where ex ante conditionalities are not fulfilled;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 228 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Where appropriate, Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the achievement of the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national, regional and regionlocal needs.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17
1. Ex ante conditionalities shall be defined for each CSF Fund in the Fund- specific rules. 2. Member States shall assess whether the applicable ex ante conditionalities are fulfilled. 3. Where ex ante conditionalities are not fulfilled at the date of transmission of the Partnership Contract, Member States shall set out in the Partnership Contract a summary of the actions to be taken at national or regional level and the timetable for their implementation, to ensure their fulfilment not later than two years after the adoption of the Partnership Contract or by 31 December 2016, whichever is earlier. 4. Member States shall set out the detailed actions relating to the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities, including the timetable for their implementation, in the relevant programmes. 5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. It may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programme pending the satisfactory completion of actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme shall constitute a basis for suspending payments by the Commission. 6. Paragraphs 1 to 5 shall not apply to programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal.Article 17 deleted Ex ante conditionalities
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 240 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18
5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.Article 18 deleted Performance reserve
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20
[...]deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 248 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – chapter 4 – title
Macroeconomic conditionaliSpecific provisions for Member States with temporary budgetary difficulties
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 252 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21
[...]deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 313 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) progress towards achievement of the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular in respect of the milestones set out for each programme in the performance framework and the support used for climate change objectives;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 329 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m a (new)
(ma) the adequacy of planned measures to promote social inclusion and delivery on poverty reduction targets and to promote the accessibility of people with disabilities.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 344 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Each Member State shall ensure in all OPs that sufficient technical assistance is made available to facilitate the involvement and participation of non- governmental organisations in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Funds.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 360 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 81 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The actions supported by the Funds shall contribute to achieving the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 372 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
3. At least 235 % of the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% for transition regions and 52% for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 377 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 6
6. 5% of the resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal shall constitute the performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 396 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) a strategy for the operational programme's contribution to the achievement of the headline targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, taking into account national and regional specificities, including:
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 397 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) an identification of needs addressing the challenges identified in the country- specific recommendations under Article 121(2) and the Council recommendations adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account the Integrated Guidelines and national and regional specificitiesof environmentally and socially sustainable development, and of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion and social inequalities in particular;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 407 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
(ii) for each ex ante conditionality, established in accordance with Annex IV, that is not fulfilled at the date of submission of the Partnership Contract and operational programme, a description of the actions to fulfil the ex ante conditionality and a timetable for such actions;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 427 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) an analysis of the development needs and objectives justifying the joint action plan, taking into account the objectives of the operational programmes and, where applicable, the country-specific recommendations and the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union under Article 121(2) and the Council recommendations which the Member States shall take into account in their employment policies under Article 148(4) of the Treaty;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 429 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 95 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) an analysis of the effects of the joint action plan on the promotion of sustainable development, where appropriate;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 437 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 100 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) actions to fight poverty and promote social inclusion of disadvantaged groups of people;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 447 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 101 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) the specific actions taken to promote equality between men and women and to prevent discrimination, including accessibility for disabled persons, and the arrangements implemented to ensure the integration of the gender perspective in the operational programme and operations, as well as the specific actions taken to fight poverty and promote social inclusion of vulnerable groups of people;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 469 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) reduction of poverty and promotion of social inclusion of vulnerable groups of people, especially through integrated active inclusion approaches;
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 480 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the Member State has failed to undertake actions set out in the operational programme relating to fulfilment of an ex ante conditionalities;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 483 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) the Member State fails to respond or does not reply satisfactorily under Article 20(3).deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 491 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV
[...]deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 69 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The ERDF should contribute to the Europe 2020 strategyeconomic, social and territorial cohesion, thus ensuring greater concentration of ERDF support on the priorities of the Union. According to the category of regions supported, the support from the ERDF should be concentrated on research and innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises and climate change mitigation. The degree of concentration should take into account the level of development of the region as well as the specific needs of regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference perioda number of priorities. The cohesion policy contributes to a great extent to the achievement of the EU 2020 strategy objectives. As Article 176 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union points out the aim of the ERDF is to help to redress the main regional imbalances in the Union, taking into account regional and local development needs.
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 131 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new) Promotion of equal opportunities and non-discrimination The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of the gender perspective is promoted during the various stages of implementation of the ERDF. The Member States and the Commission shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation during the various stages of implementation of the ERDF and, in particular, in the access to them. In particular, accessibility for disabled persons shall be one of the criteria to be observed in defining operations co- financed by the ERDF and to be taken into account during the various stages of implementation.
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 138 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investment, which contributes to creating and safeguarding sustainable jobs, primarily through direct aid to investment in small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) and social economy;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 163 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in affordable social, health, housing, childcare, cultural heritage and educational infrastructure;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 182 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) support for and services to enterprises, in particular SMEs and social economy;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 191 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) networking, cooperation, and exchange of experience between regions, towns, and relevant social, economic and environmental actorlocal and regional authorities, relevant social, economic, environmental and research and innovation actors and non-governmental organisations;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 250 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) at least 80% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set out in points 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] ; andeleted
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 277 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) at least 50% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set in out in point 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] .deleted
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 383 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) promoting the accessibility of ICT products and services for disadvantaged groups of people.
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 456 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
(c) supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in public infrastructures and in the housing sector; with targeted support for poor households, ensuring efficiency measures contribute to reducing energy poverty.
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 599 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
(8) promoting quality employment and supporting voluntary labour mobility:
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 664 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in quality, affordable childcare, education, skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure;
2012/06/07
Committee: REGI
Amendment 132 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In accordance with Article 148(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Council adopted guidelines for employment policies on 21 October 2010, which, together with the broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union adopted in accordance with Article 121 of the Treaty, comprise the Europe 2020 integrated guidelines. The Programme should contribute to applychieving the Europe 2020 integrated guidelines, and in particular Guidelines 7, 8 and 10, while supporting implementation of the flagship initiatives, with special regard to the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclustargets with special regard to poverty reduction, an Agenda for New Skills and Jobs, and Youth on the Mod employment objectives.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 136 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Progress towards a social and environmental sustainable development in Europe will need the anticipation and development of new skills and competencies, improving the conditions for job creation, the quality of employment and working conditions through accompanying education, labour market and social policies in the transformation of industries and services towards that end. The Programme should therefore contribute to promoting the creation of sustainable 'green' and 'white' high quality employment, the anticipation and development of new skills and competencies for new high quality jobs by linking employment and social policies with industrial and structural policies supporting a transition towards a resource-efficient and low carbon economy. In particular, the Programme should act as a catalyst for exploring the job creation potential of public sector led green and social investments and of local and regional employment initiatives.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Union should equip itself with a sound analytical basis, especially focussing on the impact of the crisis, to support policy- making in the employment and social area. Such an evidence base adds value to national action by providing a Union dimension and comparison for data- gathering and the development of statistical tools and methods and common indicators with a view to composing a full picture of the situation in the fields of employment, social policy and working conditions across the Union and ensuring high-quality evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of programmes and policies.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Ensuring that minimum standards are in place and that working conditions improve constantly in the Union is a central feature of Union social policy. The Union has an important role to play both in ensuring that the legislative framework is adapted, in line with ‘Smart Regulation’'good work' principles, to evolving work patterns and new health and safety risks and in financing measures to improve compliance with ILO labour standards, the UN and ILO 'Decent Work' Agenda and Union rules on the protection of workers' rights.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 157 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) EURES' scope should be widened to develop and support targeted mobility schemes at Union level with a view to filling vacancies where labour market shortcomings have been identified. In accordance with Article 47 of the Treaty, the scheme should facilitate mobility among young workers.deleted
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 159 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The Europe 2020 Strategy, and in particular Guideline 7, identifies self- employment and entrepreneurship as crucial to achieving smart, sustainable and inclusive growth9 .deleted
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 167 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The Social enterprises areEconomy is a cornerstone of Europe's pluralist social market economy. Theysocial models. It can act as a drivers of social changeprogress by offering innovative solutions, and therefore make a valuable contribution to meeting the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategypromoting inclusive labour markets and social services accessible to all. The programme should improve the social enterpriseconomy organisations' access to finance and thereby contribute to the Social Business Initiative launched by the Commission11 .
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to capitalise on the experience of international financial institutions, and in particular the European Investment Bank Group, action involving microfinance and the social entrepreneurshipconomy should be implemented by the Commission indirectly by entrusting budget implementations tasks to financial institutions in accordance with the financial regulation. Using Union resources concentrates leverage from international financial institutions and other investors, unifies approaches and thus improves access to finance for micro- enterprises, including the self-employed and social enterpriseconomy organisations. The Union contribution thus assists in the development of the emerging social business sectorsocial economy and the microfinance market in the Union and encourages cross- border activities. The Union's actions should be complementary to the Member States' use of financial instruments for microfinance and the social economy. The entities entrusted with the implementation of the actions should ensure added value and avoid duplication of financing through Union resources.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission with a view to ensuring there are uniform conditions for implementing actions under the EURES and the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axes of the Programme.deleted
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 197 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'Social enterprise’ means an enterprise whose primary objective is to achieve social impact rather than generate prconomy' means the sector of economic activity producing goods and providing services composed of a set of organisations that do not belong to the public sector or the for-profit private sector. These organisations operate under democratic control of it for owners and stakeholders. It operates in the market through the production of goods and services in an entrepreneurial and innovative way, and uses surpluses mainly to achieve social goals. It iss membership, combine the interests of members and users and/or the general interest and use the surpluses of its economic activity in pursuit of sustainable development and social objectives, services of interest to members or to general public, including voluntary not-for-profit organisations that are producers of non-market services for households. Organisations of the social economy (e.g. cooperatives, mutual societies and associations) are managed in an accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders affected by its businesstheir activityies.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 216 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurshipconomy axis, which shall facilitate access to finance for entrepreneurs, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social enterprises. (Horizontal amendment: the term 'Social entrepreneurship' should be replaced with 'Social Economy' through the whole document.)
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurshipconomy axis, which shall facilitate access to finance for entrepreneurs, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social enterprises.conomy organisations. (Horizontal amendment: the term 'social enterprises' should be replaced with 'social economy organisations ' through the whole document.)
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 219 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurshipconomy axis, which shall facilitate access to, and increase the availability of, finance for potential entrepreneurs, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social enterpriseunemployed, socially excluded and vulnerable people, as well as existing micro-enterprises and social economy organisations.
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Support the development of adequate, accessible and efficient high quality social protection systems and labour markets and facilitate policy reform, by promoting, protecting beneficiaries from poverty, and inclusive labour markets in order to ensure social inclusion and a high level of high-quality employment and facilitate social progress, by promoting participation of all relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations and people experiencing poverty and social exclusion as well as good and decent work, good governance, mutual learning and social innovation;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ModernisImprove Union law in line with the Smart Regulation"good work" principles and ensure that Union law on matters relating to working conditions is effectively applied;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 235 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Promote the creation of sustainable 'green' and 'white' high quality jobs and the anticipation and development of new skills and competencies towards that end by linking employment and social policies with industrial and structural policies supporting a transition towards a resource-efficient and low carbon economy and a environmental and social sustainable development;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) PromoFacilitate workers' voluntary geographical mobility, especially in border regions by supporting cross-border partnerships, cross-border social dialogue and also counselling and information for jobseekers, mobile workers and employers, and boost employment opportunities by developing Unionhigh-quality inclusive labour markets that are open and accessible to all;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 241 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Promote employment and social inclusion by increasing the availability and accessibility of microfinance for vulnerable groups andunemployed, socially excluded and vulnerable people who wish to start up a micro-enterprise as well as for existing micro-enterprises, and by increasing access to finance for the social enterprises.conomy organisations;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 259 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 60% to the Progress axis, of which at least 1760% shall be allocated to promoting social experimentation as a method for testing and evaluating innovative solutions with a viewsocial protection, social inclusion and the reduction and prevention of poverty and at least 15 % to fighting youth unemployment; at least 15% up to a maximum of 17% of the budget for this axis shall be allocated to promoting social policy experimentation; funding shall be made available to scmaling them up; l, medium-sized and large projects alike;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 263 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 15% to the EURES axis, of which at least 10% shall be allocated to targeted mobility schemes, at least 40% to cross- border partnerships, and at least 20% to the training and qualification of EURES personnel;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 336 #

2011/0270(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Provide policy-makers with financial support to test social and labour market policy reformsanticipate and develop the job creation potential and skills needs for a transition towards a resource-efficient and low carbon economy as well as environmental and social sustainable development, to test social and labour market policies accordingly to deliver on improving the quality of jobs and social protection, build up the main actors' capacity to design and implement social policy experimentation linked to those objectives and social progress, and make the relevant knowledge and expertise accessible;
2012/04/26
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The ESF should improve employment opportunities, promote education and life- long learning and, develop active inclusion policies in accordanceand fight poverty and social exclusion in accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty and with the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF should take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 34 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that the implementation of the priorities financed by the ESF contribute to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty. Evaluations have shown the importance of taking the gender aspect into account in all dimensions of programmes including their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in a timely and consistent manner, while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality.
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 34 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The ESF should improve employment opportunities, promote education and life- long learning and, develop active inclusion policies in accordance withand fight poverty and social exclusion in accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty and the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF should take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 37 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of 17 June 2010 called for all common policies, including cohesion policy, to support the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth'12. In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF with the objectives of this strategy, particularly as regards employment, education, and the fight against poverty and social exclusion, the ESF should support Member States in implementing the Council recommendations on broad guidelines for economic policies of the Member States and the Union and the Council decisions on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States adopted in accordance with Articles 121 and 148(4) of the Treatytheir efforts to achieve those objectives. It should also contribute tosupport the implementation of the flagship initiatives, with special regard to the 'Agenda for New Skills and Jobs'13, 'Youth on the Move'14, and the 'European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion'15. It will also support the activities in the 'Digital Agenda'16 and the 'Innovation Union'17 initiatives.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example students, job creation, mobility of workers, social inclusion and social entrepreneurship. The provision of subsidies should always be retained as an option and it should be the responsibility of those involved on the ground to use the funding mix best suited to regional needs.
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 41 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and, demographic change, an increasingly ageing workforce, and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants. The ESF should aim to promote employment and support labour mobilitygood work, high quality employment and support the phasing out of precarious employment, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and combat poverty. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing theinclusive labour markets by facilitating the voluntary transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (EURES activities) in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. It shall do so by supporting Member States in pursuing the priorities andat least the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The ESF shall support the design and implementation of policies and actions, taking account of the integrated guidelines for the economic and employment policies of Member States and the Council Recommendations on the National Reform Programmesconcept of 'good work' and ensuring that activities supported by the ESF contribute to implementing the UN and ILO Decent Work Agenda in all its aspects. All policies and actions supported by the ESF shall strictly respect International Labour Standards and ILO Conventions, and in particular the commitment to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment as laid down by ILO Convention No. 122.
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 53 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The ESF should improve employment opportunities, promote education and life- long learning, fight poverty and social exclusion and develop active inclusion policies in accordance with the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF should take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the strategy and actions set out in the Operational Programmes are consistent and focused on addressing the challenges identifiposed inby the National Reform Programmes and the relevant Council Recommendations made under Article 148(4) of the Treatytransition towards environmental and socially sustainable development, in order to contribute to achieving at least the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy on employment, education and poverty reduction.
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 56 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater concentration of support on the priorities of the European Union. The ESF should in particular increase its support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation. According to the level of development of the supported regions, the choice and number of investment priorities for ESF support should also be limitedin particular increase its support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At least 230 % of the total ESF resources in each Member State shall be allocated to the thematic objective ‘promoting social inclusion and combating poverty’ set out in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No […].
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 58 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of 17 June 2010 called for all common policies, including cohesion policy, to support the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth'12 . In order to ensure the full alignment of the ESF with the objectives of this strategy, particularly as regards employment, education, and the fight against poverty and social exclusion, the ESF should support Member States in implementing the Council recommendations on broad guidelines for economic policies of the Member States and the Union and the Council decisions on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States adopted in accordance with Articles 121 and 148(4) of the Treatytheir efforts to achieve those objectives. It should also contribute tosupport the implementation of the flagship initiatives, with special regard to the 'Agenda for New Skills and Jobs'13 , 'Youth on the Move'14 , and the 'European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion'15 . It willshould also support the activities in the 'Digital Agenda'16 and the 'Innovation Union'17 initiatives.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the involve social partners, non-governmental organisations, local and regional authorities in the preparaticipation of social partners and non- governmental organisations in the implementation ofon, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the ESF in a timely and consistent manner. High-quality partnerships should be forged at all political levels. The partnership principle should be strengthened and extended as the guiding principle to all actions supported by the ESF.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Member States and the Commission shouldall ensure that the implementation of the priorities financed by the ESF contribute to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty. Evaluations have shown the importance of taking the gender aspect into account in all dimensions of programmesand in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes in a timely and consistent manner, while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants. The ESF should aim to promote employment and support labour mobilitygood work, high quality employment and support the phasing out of precarious employment, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion and combat poverty. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing theinclusive labour markets by facilitating the voluntary transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (EURES activities) in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Support for social innovation is crucial for making policies more responsive to social change and to encourage and support innovative social enterprises. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16a Specific provisions on conditionalities For the purposes of this Regulation: (a) by way of derogation from Article 17(5) of Regulation (EU) No [...] , ex ante conditionalities shall not apply to the suspension of payments from the ESF; (b) by way of derogation from Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No [...], conditionality linked to the coordination of Member States' economic policies shall not apply to the suspension of payments from the ESF.
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 72 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example students, job creation, voluntary mobility of workers, social inclusion and the social entrepreneurshipconomy. The provision of grants should always be retained as an option to use the funding mix best suited to regional and local needs.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment and job quality, support the voluntary geographical and occupational mobility of workers, facilitate their adaptation to change anticipation and development of new skills and competencies needed for a transition towards environmental and social sustainable development, encourage a high level of education and training, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non- discrimination, enhance social inclusion and combat poverty, thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 81 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The ESF should contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy, ensuring greater concentration of support on the priorities of the European Union. The ESF should in particular increase its support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation. According to the level of development of the supported regions, the choice and number of investment priorities for ESF support should also be limitedin particular increase its support for the fight against social exclusion and poverty, through a minimum ring-fenced allocation.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. It shall do so by supporting Member States in pursuing the priorities andat least the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The ESF shall support the design and implementation of policies and actions, taking account of the integrated guidelines for the economic and employment policies of Member States19 and the Council Recommendations on the National Reform Programmesconcept of 'good work' and ensuring that activities supported by the ESF contribute to implementing the UN and ILO Decent Work Agenda in all its aspects. All policies and actions supported by the ESF shall strictly respect International Labour Standards and ILO Conventions, and in particular the commitment to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment as laid down by ILO Convention No. 122.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 87 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure closer monitoring and improved assessment of the results achieved at European level by actions supported by the ESF, a common set of output and result indicators should be established. As gender is a universal additional risk factor of social exclusion and poverty for women, all data are to be broken down by gender.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion, homeless people and other groups of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, including children and young people. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reformsocial progress, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the ESF depends on good governance and partnership between all relevant territorial and socio- economic actors, in particular the social partners and non-governmental organisations. It is therefore necessary that Member States encourage the involve social partners, non-governmental organisations, local and regional authorities in the preparaticipation of social partners and non- governmental organisations in the implementation ofon, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the ESF in a timely and consistent manner. High-quality partnerships should be forged at all levels of governance. The partnership principle should be strengthened and extended as the guiding principle to all actions supported by the ESF.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) Promoting employment and supporting labour mobilityhigh quality employment, good and decent work through:
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Access to high quality employment for job-seekers and inactive people with a targeted support for long-term unemployed, including local employment initiatives and support for voluntary labour mobility;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that the implementation of the priorities financed by the ESF contribute to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty. Evaluations have shown the importance of taking the gender aspect into account in all dimensions of programmesand in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes in a timely and consistent manner, while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Support for social innovation is crucial for making policies more responsive to social change and to encourage and support innovative social enterprises. In particular, testing and evaluating innovative solutions before scaling them up is instrumental in improving the efficiency of the policies and thus justifies specific support from the ESF.deleted
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change; related to the transition towards environmental and social sustainable development
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 118 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The Member States and regions should be encouraged to leverage the ESF through financial instruments in order to support for example students, job creation, and voluntary mobility of workers, social inclusion and the social entrepreneurshipconomy. The provision of grants should always be retained as an option so as to use the funding mix best suited to regional and local needs.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii
(vii) Modernisation and strengthening of labour market institutions, including actions to enhance transnational labour mobility;Phasing out precarious forms of employment and providing stepping stones for upward social mobility into stable and secure regular employment
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 134 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment and job quality, support the voluntary geographical and occupational mobility of workers, facilitate their adaptation to change anticipation and development of new skills and competencies needed for a transition towards environmentally and socially sustainable development, encourage a high level of education and training, promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non- discrimination, enhance social inclusion and combat poverty, thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. It shall do so by supporting Member States in pursuing the priorities and at least the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The ESF shall support the design and implementation of policies and actions, taking account of the integrated guidelines for the economic and employment policies of Member States19 and the Council Recommendations on the National Reform Programmesconcept of 'good work' and ensuring that activities supported by the ESF contribute to implementing the UN and ILO Decent Work Agenda in all its aspects. All policies and actions supported by the ESF shall strictly respect International Labour Standards and ILO Conventions, and in particular the commitment to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment as laid down by ILO Convention No. 122.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) Active inclusion;: - Integrated active inclusion approaches for working age people which support holistic, personalised pathways to inclusion, quality work and social participation (with social, community integration and re-integration measures), contributing to ensure adequate minimum income, access to quality services and inclusive labour markets; - Mainstreaming of a life-cycle approach to ensure the provision of integrated support to reduce poverty and social exclusion of children and older people.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 146 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
(v) Promoting the social economy and social enterprisservices of general interest including public services;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 149 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as the long- term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion, homeless people and other groups of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, including children and young people. The ESF shall also provide support to enterprises, systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reformsocial progress, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi a (new)
(vi a) Measures aimed at breaking the poverty cycle such as family support, access to high-quality services and promoting children's participation in society;
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 159 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) Capacity building for stakeholders delivering employment, education and social policies and sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reformimprovements and social progress at national, regional and local level.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 161 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) Promoting employment and supporting labour mobilityhigh quality employment, good and decent work through:
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Access to high quality employment for job-seekers and inactive people with a targeted support for long-term unemployed, including local employment initiatives and support for voluntary labour mobility;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 169 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Enhancing the competitivenessntribution of small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve environmental and social sustainable development, through promoting the adaptability of enterprises and workers and increased investment in humnew skills and capitalompetencies.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 174 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the strategy and actions set out in the Operational Programmes are consistent and focused on addressing the challenges identifiposed inby the National Reform Programmes and the relevant Countransition towards environmental and social Recommendations made under Article 148(4) of the Treatysustainable development, in order to contribute to achieving at least the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy on employment, education and poverty reduction.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 178 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At least 20 % of the total ESF resources in each Member State shall be allocated to the thematic objective 'promoting social inclusion and combating poverty' set out in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No […]...]. The investment priority "Active Inclusion" shall be included in all Operational Programmes. Prior to the drafting of partnership contracts and Operational Programmes, the Commission shall provide guidelines on how the ESF should deliver on the poverty reduction target through integrated and socially inclusive approaches.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 180 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall pursue thematic concentration according to the following modalities: (a) For more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 80 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1). (b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate 70 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1). (c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 189 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change related to the transition towards environmentally and socially sustainable development;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 199 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vii
(vii) Modernisation and strengthening of labour market institutions, including actions to enhance transnational labour mobilityPhasing out precarious forms of employment and supporting upward social mobility into stable and secure regular employment;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 211 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The involvement of the local and regional authorities, social partners and other stakeholders, in particular non- governmental organisations, in the implementdesign, in the implementation and the evaluation of operational programmes, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...], may take the form of global grants as defined in Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No […]. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify the part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it...] and may take the form of technical assistance as defined in Articles 108 and 109 of Regulation (EU) No [...]. Member States shall make accessible global grants schemes for small NGOs in all ESF Operational Programmes. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify the part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it. Technical Assistance resources shall be made available in all ESF Operational Programmes with a particular support for NGOs and small local and regional authorities - driven technical assistances services at EU and regional level.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 227 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equality between women and women through mainstreaming as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […]...] integrating gender perspective to actions under all thematic priorities and to all stages of planning and implementation of programmes. The Member States shall allocate funding for and specific targeted actions as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(iv), in particular with the aim of increasing the sustainable participation and progress of women in employment, reduceliminating gender-based segregation in the labour market, combating gender stereotypes in education and training and promotddressing the feminisation of poverty, promoting equal sharing of care responsibilities between women and men and enforcing reconciliation of work and personal life for women and women.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 231 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9 Social innovation 1. The ESF shall promote social innovation within all areas falling under the scope of the ESF, as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation, in particular with the aim of testing and scaling up innovative solutions to address social needs. 2. Member States shall identify themes for social innovation, corresponding to their specific needs in their operational programmes. 3. The Commission shall facilitate capacity building for social innovation, in particular through supporting mutual learning, establishing networks, and disseminating good practices and methodologies.deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 240 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) Active inclusion; - Integrated active inclusion approaches for working age people which support holistic, personalised pathways to inclusion, quality work and social participation (with social, community integration and re-integration measures), contributing to ensure adequate minimum income, access to quality services and inclusive labour markets; - Mainstreaming of a life-cycle approach to ensure the provision of integrated support to reduce poverty and social exclusion of children and older people.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 243 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may select themes for transnational co-operation from a list proposed by the Commission and after a consultation with civil society organisations and local and regional authorities and endorsed by the ESF Committee.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 253 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 87(1) of Regulation (EU) No [...], operational programmes may set out priority axes for the implementation of social innovation and transnational cooperation as referred to in Articles 9 and 10.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 258 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
(v) Promoting the social economy and social enterprisservices of general interest including public services;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 258 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from Article 110(3) of Regulation (EU) No [...], the maximum co-financing rate for a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, but not exceeding 100%, where the whole of a priority axis is dedicated to social innovation or to transnational cooperation, or a combination of both.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 259 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) to social innovation and transnational cooperation, as referred to in Articles 9 and 10, where they are not covered by a dedicated priority axis.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 265 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vi a (new)
(vi a) Measures aimed at breaking the poverty cycle such as family support, access to high-quality services and promoting children's participation in society;
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 274 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) Capacity building for stakeholders delivering employment, education and social policies and sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reformimprovements and social progress at national, regional and local level.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 281 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Specific provisions on conditionalities Article 15 a (new) 1. Article 17.5 of Regulation (EU) No [...] on ex ante conditionalities shall not be applicable with regard to suspending payments from the ESF. 2. Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No [...] on conditionality linked to the coordination of Member States' economic policies shall not be applicable with regard to suspending payments from the ESF.
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 282 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Enhancing the competitivenessntribution of small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve environmentally and socially sustainable development, through promoting the adaptability of enterprises and workers and increased investment in humnew skills and capitalompetencies.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 288 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the strategy and actions set out in the Operational Programmes are consistent and focused on addressing the challenges identifiposed inby the National Reform Programmes and the relevant Council Recommendations made under Article 148(4) of the Treatytransition towards environmentally and socially sustainable development, in order to contribute to achieving at least the headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy on employment, education and poverty reduction.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 294 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. At least 230 % of the total ESF resources in each Member State shall be allocated to the thematic objective ‘promoting social inclusion and combating poverty’ set out in Article 9(9) of Regulation (EU) No […]. The investment priority "Active Inclusion" shall be included in all Operational Programmes. Prior to the drafting of partnership contracts and Operational Programmes, the Commission shall provide guidelines on how the ESF should deliver on the poverty reduction target through integrated and socially inclusive approaches.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 294 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
· migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, people with a foreign background, minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)**
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 299 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall pursue thematic concentration according to the following modalities: (a) For more developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 80 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1). (b) For transition regions, Member States shall concentrate 70 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1). (c) For less developed regions, Member States shall concentrate 60 % of the ESF allocation to each operational programme on up to four of the investment priorities set out in Article 3(1).deleted
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 301 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
• People at risk of poverty • People suffering from severe material deprivation • Lone parents • Homeless people • People from poorest districts
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 322 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The involvement of the local and regional authorities, social partners and other stakeholders, in particular non- governmental organisations, in the design, the implementation and the evaluation of operational programmes, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No […], may take the form of global grants as defined in Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No […]. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify the part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it and technical assistance as defined in Articles 108 and 109 of Regulation (EU) No [...]. Member States shall make global grants schemes accessible for small NGOs in all ESF Operational Programmes. In such a case, the operational programme shall identify the part of the programme concerned by the global grant, including an indicative financial allocation from each priority axis to it. Technical Assistance resources shall be made available in all ESF Operational Programmes with a particular support for NGOs and small local and regional authorities - driven technical assistances services at EU and regional level.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 324 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1
· participants in full-time, part time and self-employment 6 months after leaving• participants with an improved labour market situation 6 months after leaving (nature of employment – full or part time, wages compared to minimum or national level, nature of contracts)• participants are actively involved in community and social networks•participants in full-time, part-time and in self-employment 1 year after leaving•participants with an improved labour market situation 1 year after leaving•Participants lifted above the relative poverty line living above the relative poverty 1 year after leaving•Participants lifted out of severe material deprivation remaining out of severe material deprivation 1 year after leaving
2012/06/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 332 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. To encourage adequate participation of the social partners in actions supported by the ESF, managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity-building activities, in the form of training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 335 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. To encourage adequate participation of and access by non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF, notably in the fields of social inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity-building for non- governmental organisations.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 346 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equality between women and women through mainstreaming as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […] integrating gender perspective to actions under all thematic priorities and to all stages of planning and implementation of programmes. The Member States shall allocate funding for and specific targeted actions as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(iv), in particular with the aim of increasing the sustainable participation and progress of women in employment, reduceliminating gender-based segregation in the labour market, combating gender stereotypes in education and training, and promotddressing the feminisation of poverty, promoting equal sharing of care responsibilities between women and men and enforcing reconciliation of work and personal life for women and women.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 354 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
1. The ESF shall promote social innovation within all areas falling under the scope of the ESF, as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation, in particular with the aim of testing and scaling up innovative solutions to address social needs. 2. Member States shall identify themes for social innovation, corresponding to their specific needs in their operational programmes. 3. The Commission shall facilitate capacity building for social innovation, in particular through supporting mutual learning, establishing networks, and disseminating good practices and methodologies.Social innovation deleted
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 370 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. After a consultation with civil society organisations and local and regional authorities, Member States may select themes for transnational co-operation from a list proposed by the Commission and endorsed by the ESF Committee.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 379 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 87(1) of Regulation (EU) No [...], operational programmes may set out priority axes for the implementation of social innovation and transnational cooperation as referred to in Articles 9 and 10.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 382 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from Article 110(3) of Regulation (EU) No [...], the maximum co-financing rate for a priority axis shall be increased by ten percentage points, but not exceeding 100%, where the whole of a priority axis is dedicated to social innovation or to transnational cooperation, or a combination of both.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 386 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) to social innovation and transnational cooperation, as referred to in Articles 9 and 10, where they are not covered by a dedicated priority axis.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 404 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No […], the ESF may support actions and policies falling within its scope through financial instruments, such as risk-sharing schemes, equity and debt, guarantee funds, holding funds, and loan funds.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 409 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16a Specific provisions on conditionalities 1. Article 17(5) of Regulation (EU) No [...] on ex ante conditionalities shall not be applicable with regard to suspending payments from the ESF. 2. Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No [...] on conditionality linked to the coordination of Member States' economic policies shall not be applicable with regard to suspending payments from the ESF.
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 415 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
· migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, people with a foreign background, minorities (including marginalised communities such as the Roma)**
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 417 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
People at risk of poverty
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 418 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
People suffering from severe material deprivation
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 419 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 c (new)
Lone parents
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 420 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 d (new)
Homeless people
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 421 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 e (new)
People from poorest districts
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 431 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 2 – point 3 a (new)
Number of projects in poorest districts
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 434 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4a (new)
Participants involved in voluntary work upon leaving
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 435 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4 b (new)
Participants lifted above the relative poverty line and out of severe material deprivation
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 436 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 4c (new)
Percentage of participants and service users from disadvantaged groups of people in education, training, gaining qualification, in employment upon leaving
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 448 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1
· participants in full-time, part time and self-employment 6 months after leaving
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 449 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 a (new)
Participants with an improved labour market situation 6 months after leaving (nature of employment – full or part time, wages compared to minimum or national level, nature of contracts)
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 450 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 b (new)
Participants are actively involved in community and social networks
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 451 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 c (new)
Participants in full-time, part-time and in self-employment 1 year after leaving
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 452 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 d (new)
Participants lifted above the relative poverty line living above the relative poverty 1 year after leaving
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 453 #

2011/0268(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 4 – point 1 e (new)
Participants lifted out of severe material deprivation remaining out of severe material deprivation 1 year after leaving
2012/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2011/0261(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In case no agreement amongst the EU 27 is found by September 2012, Member States willing to implement the FTT should advance by formally requesting enhanced cooperation under TFEU article 329. The EP should give its consent speedily, under the condition that the Member States in question commit to invoking TFEU article 333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision stipulating that they will act under the ordinary legislative procedure.
2012/03/09
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2011/0261(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall apply to all financial transactions, including spot currency transactions, on condition that at least one party to the transaction is established in a Member State and that a financial institution established in the territory of a Member State is party to the transaction, acting either for its own account or for the account of another person, or is acting in the name of a party to the transaction.
2012/03/09
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2011/0261(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Enhanced Cooperation In case no agreement amongst the EU 27 is found by September 2012, Member States willing to implement the FTT shall advance by formally requesting enhanced cooperation under TFEU article 329. The EP shall give its consent speedily, under the condition that the Member States in question commit to invoking TFEU article 333 paragraph 2 to adopt a decision stipulating that they will act under the ordinary legislative procedure.
2012/03/09
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) it has been classified by the World Bank as an upper-middle income country during the three consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries and it is not considered to be vulnerable due to a lack of diversification and insufficient integration within the international trading system, as defined in Annex VII; or
2012/01/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 17 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the removal a beneficiary country from the list of GSP beneficiary countries, in accordance with paragraph 3 and on the basis of Article 4(1)(a) and (b), shall happen in phases over a period of 10 years.
2012/01/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. As of the date of the granting of the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance, the Commission shall keep under review the status of ratification of the conventions listed in Annex VIII and shall monitor their effective implementation by examining the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant monitoring bodies. Third parties such as civil society and trade unions shall be part of the formal monitoring process for both the general and the incentive (GSP+) arrangement.
2012/01/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) serious and systematic unfair trading practices including those affecting the supply of raw materials, which have an adverse effect on the Union industry and which have not been addressed by the beneficiary country. For those unfair trading practices, which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, the application of this Article shall be based on a previous determination to that effect by the competent WTO body;deleted
2012/01/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 42 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 - first paragraph
(9) The general arrangement should be granted to all those developing countries which share a common developing need and are in a similar stage of economic development. Countries which are classified by the World Bank as high- income or upper-middle income countries have per capita income levels allowing them to attain higher levels of diversification without the scheme's tariff preferences and include economies which have successfully completed their transition from centralised to market economies. ThosSome countries which are classified by the World Bank as upper- middle income countries however, are still vulnerable due to the lack of diversification and their insufficient integration in the world economy. High- income countries and non-vulnerable upper-middle income countries do not share the same development, trade and financial needs as the remaining developing countries; they are at a different stage of economic development, i.e they are not similarly-situated as the more vulnerable developing countries; and, so as to prevent unjustified discrimination, they need to be treated differently. Furthermore, the use of tariff preferences provided under the scheme by high-income or non - vulnerable upper-middle income countries increases the competitive pressure on exports from poorer, more vulnerable countries and therefore could impose unjustifiable burden on those more vulnerable developing countries. The general arrangement takes account of the fact that the development, financial and trade needs are subject to change and assures that the arrangement remains open if the situation of a country changes.
2012/01/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 47 #

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) The Commission should report regularly to the Council and the European Parliament on the effects of the scheme. Five years after its entry into force, the Commission should report on the operation of the Regulation and assess the need to review the scheme, including the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance and temporary withdrawal provisions of tariff preferences, taking into consideration the fight against terrorism and the field of international standards on transparency and exchange of information in tax matters. In reporting, the Commission should take into account the implications for development, trade and financial needs of beneficiaries.
2012/01/11
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph A
A. whereas China has become an emerging economy registering double-digit growth rates since 1999 and is now, since February 2011, the world’s second largest economy; whereas, at the same time, China is still coping with the challenges which traditionally face every developing countries, particularly in its central provinces;
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph B
B. whereas economic growth in China has lifted half a billion people out of poverty since 1990; whereas, however, a large proportion of the migrant workers in towns and cities and the rural population are still living in poverty;
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 36 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is aware of the fact that although rapid economic growth in China has created vast wealth, especially for the urban population, it has amplified the disparities between urban areas and rural areas, where 50.3 % of China’s mainland population live, contributing to a process of urbanisation and flight from the land and creating a situation whereby in 2011, for the first time in China's history, more than half the country's population is living in towns and cities;
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 40 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue supporting China in the process of achieving its strategic development goals, but at the same time gradually to move away from traditional development cooperation and aid towards a more commercially oriented relationship with China in the interests of both sides;
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 45 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission in particular to support China in making its farming industry more productive and thereby reduce the pressure on world agricultural markets;
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 48 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to raise immediately in the dialogue with China the issue of China's purchases of land in developing countries;
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 54 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Warns against the creation of a protectionist climate, as this would be harmful to the EU and Chinese economies in the long run and would go against EU development goals as defined in the EU 2020 strategy.deleted
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 59 #

2010/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to discuss with the EU's Chinese partners the possible terms of agreements and concessions for the import of commodities from developing countries which would be fair, transparent and promote development; is concerned at the increasing competition for commodities between the EU and China and its detrimental impact on developing countries;
2011/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2010/2300(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that clearly defined, widely supported and closely monitored indicators are essential in order to demonstrate the concrete effects of budget support in third countries, and that the relevant budgetary authorities should be updated regularly on the indicators and guidelines that shape the decision-making process in relation to budget support; underlines that these indicators must be better tailored to the specific needs of partner countries in order to avoid the ‘one size fits all’ approach taken by the Commission, which is potentially counter-productive; underlines that indicators must be focused particularly on combating poverty and the fulfilling of the Millenuium Development Goals (using the MDGs indicators) including crosscutting themes as gender equity and access to universal energy and potable water; stresses the added value for Europe of a successful development aid which might have as a result important savings of EU funds when migration flows are reduced at the place of origin; emphasizes therefore that EU developement funds should first of all finance small local and regional projects as economic and infrastructure developments that support people directly;
2011/03/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2010/2300(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that financing decisions on budget support must be driven not only by expected benefits but also by the short- and long-term risks, as for example, the possibility of political changes or consequences of climate change, incurred in both donor and partner countries; notes that the Court of Auditors, in its Special Report1 , is in full agreement with this assessment by highlighting that a sound risk management framework is still to be developed and implemented;
2011/03/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 10 #

2010/2300(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers effective mutual accountability to be a cornerstone of budget support and a prerequisite for its sustainability: not only should governments in both donor and partner countries be fully accountable domestically, but it is equally important that governments, parliamentarians and citizens on both sides are accountable to their respective counterparts, whether the latter be donors or recipients; takes the view, in this connection, that further efforts should be made to enhance public awareness in donor and partner countries of the scope and results of budget support; and proposes therefore to install open and transparent mechanisms to ensure that every citizen, NSA or LA is able to monitor the budget during its realization;
2011/03/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 12 #

2010/2300(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is firmly convinced that a thorough analysis of the future of EU budget support to third countries must address the issue of budgetisation of the European Development Fund; is aware of the historical and institutional background to the current situation, but believes that the time has come for the Council, the Member States and the ACP countries to acknowledge that this state of affairs is detrimental to the efficiency, transparency and accountability of EU budget support; underlines the necessity of full transparency in order to ensure that EU development funds finance the intended programmes and to avoid that EU funds are turned aside; rejects fully that EU development funds are derived to support military actions;
2011/03/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 15 #

2010/2300(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, in line with the practice established in other policy fields, to improve the coordination of their respective budget support to third countries in order to avoid potential or existing overlaps, inconsistencies and incoherencies, which are all the more unacceptable in a context of scarce funding; maintains that a focus on specific areas offering the greatest added value should drive EU budget support throughout all phases of preparation and delivery; asks for a sound cooperation between the EP Committees to enhance the coordination of their policies concerning third countries to avoid inconsistencies as for example between trade restrictions, agricultural agreements and development aid; maintains that a focus on specific areas offering the greatest added value should drive EU budget support throughout all phases of preparation and delivery to create the personal, technological, infrastructural and financial capacity to eradicate poverty and start their (beneficiaries') independent sustainable development as soon as possible;;
2011/03/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 24 #

2010/2300(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that budget support must not be used to reinforce EU´s particular economic and strategic interests, but to reach development objectives of and for developing countries, especially to eradicate poverty and hunger;
2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 38 #

2010/2300(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Demands that parliaments’ democratic budget control in recipient countries should be crucial to receive budget support; asks for a broad participation of parliaments and civil society in partner countries in order to democratically decide about the use of budget support funds;
2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 55 #

2010/2300(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reminds that public investments in public goods, such as education, social security, infrastructures and productive capacities, especially with regard to smallholder farming and support to local markets, are crucial for successful development strategies;
2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 61 #

2010/2300(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls the EU and its Member States to fulfil its commitments to spend 0,56% of GNI and 0,7% respectively until 2015 in ODA and for the eradication of poverty and hunger; demands a moratorium of all agreements and contracts between the EU and third countries which do not contribute to or hinder the accomplishment of the MDGs until 2015; asks the EU and partner countries to significantly increase investments in agriculture and manufacturing capacities in order to accomplish the human right to food;
2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 65 #

2010/2300(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fulfil their objectives such as spending two thirds of ODA as budget support;
2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 67 #

2010/2300(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to harmonise their development cooperation between each other and to improve its mutual accountability with recipient states;
2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls upon the Commission, to further promote labour mobility by presenting a long-term, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, mobility strategy to ban all existing legal, administrative and practical barriers to free movement of workers; requests a consistent, efficient and transparent policy focused on the requirements of the labour market and economic trendsneeds of employees; any changes to policy, law or any other regulations should further strengthen the rights, pay, working conditions and living conditions of workers, the right of workers to form and join a trade union and for that union to be recognised by the employer must also be defended;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists, with a view to the possibility of further changes to the Treaty, on the introduction of a Social Progress Clause in EU primary law, stipulating that fundamental rights in general, the right to strike and industrial action, and to collective bargaining always have primacy over the "fundamental freedoms of the internal market" of the market;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to promote the streamlining of administrative practices and administrative cooperation so as to allow synergies between national authorities whilst protecting public service jobs and protecting the data of individuals;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the right of free movement of workers cannot be viewed in isolation from other rights and basic principles of the EU and that respect for the Europeanrights under the 'welfare state' social model and the rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights, as reflected in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, will offer the possibility of decent jobs, adequate working conditions, social security rights, equal treatment, and respect for family life and the freedom to provide services;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that both EU and Member State legislation should be bridged in order to prevent any types of barriers to implementation and use of the right of free movement of workers; this must not diminish the pay and conditions of workers or the right of workers to form and join trade unions and to strike; in Member States where minimum wage legislation exists or other minimum wage rates that are protected by a collective agreements, these must also be protected and under no circumstances considered a barrier to the implementation of the right to the free movement of workers;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that, for the efficient implementation of all policies tackled by the free movement of workers, action must be coordinated, especially in the fields of completion of the internal market, coordination of social security systems, supplementary pension rights, protection of workers, education and vocational training, tax measures such as those designed to avoid double taxation, and anti- discrimination; under no circumstances must this coordination lead to a diminishing of pay, pensions, or any social security measures including the right to strike;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that adequate social protection systems with a high degree of wealth redistribution greatly facilitate the geographical and occupational mobility of workers and that the social inclusion of mobile workers and the social reintegration of returned workers must be included in the policy on labour mobility;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the SMEs can act as a trigger for economic recovery and development, being the primary source for job creation; therefore, reiterates the need for an EU commitment to supporting and developing the SMEs, particularly through labour policies and educational programmes;deleted
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to eradicate the existing transitional barriers regarding free movement of workers for the Member States who joined in 2004 and 2007; takes the view that these barriers are counterproductive and represent discriminatory measures against European citizens, calling for the preference clause to be effectively enforced for the whole Union;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Council to urgently agree an EU target for minimum wages (statutory, collective agreements at national, regional or sectoral level) to provide for remuneration of at least 60% of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.) average wage and, further, to agree a timetable for achieving that target in all Member States; collective agreements and minimum wage regulations have to be strictly applied for all workers in order to ensure that the free movement of workers cannot be easily used for wage dumping;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses that a thorough revision of the posting of workers directive is needed, in order to ensure the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value at the same workplace and clarifying that its stipulations on minimum wages are minimum requirements that can not be interpreted as maximum levels, as has been done by the European Court of Justice;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that the trade union movement has a vital role to play in the integration of migrant workers, in particular in terms of educating workers about their rights; calls for all workers, migrant and indigenous, to have the right to form, join and be active in trade unions including the right to strike and the right for bargaining rights and recognition by employers;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. In welcoming the training of youth in the skills necessary for working and living in other countries; takes the view that people have a right to live and work in a country of their choice; migration should be completely voluntarily and not forced due to economic conditions, in particular mass unemployment;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate on achieving higher comparability of school and University curricula and more standardisation of European education by large-scale public investment in high quality education funded through progressive taxation systems, thereby preventing that education is reduced to economic utility;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2010/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that a better synergy must be found between programmes aimed at encouraging the free movement of students, persons undergoing vocational training and trainees and programmes specifically aimed at fostering the free movement of workers; the savings from any synergies should be used to improve the programmes and not to cut jobs or increase profits for private companies;
2011/03/24
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that demographic change is a prognosis relying on statistical probability and that, as the recent crisis has shown, it is not possible to establish enough criteria to predict future developments;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that life expectancy is contingent on multiple factors, that working conditions and safety at work are decisive, and that, therefore, special account needs to be taken of forms of employment involving a high degree of psychic and physical stress;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Considers that, while birth rates are expected to decline, economic productivity is steadily increasing and is likely to offset future costs for pension schemes;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Emphasises that, not only in times of economic crisis, private pension funds and occupational pensions are subject to market developments and, as a result, face the risk of losses owing to market fluctuations and possible insolvencies; notes, further, that there is no evidence that better regulation can eliminate these risks;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Points out that more and more atypical working arrangements and increasing levels of temporary employment are leading to extremely low wages, a state of affairs which simply excludes many employees from third-pillar pension schemes and makes them vulnerable to old-age poverty;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Points out that occupational pension schemes are almost exclusively offered in large enterprises and that employees in SMEs are mostly excluded from any such arrangement;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Points out that occupational pensions can often not be transferred to other enterprises and to other Member States;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Points out that the unemployed are excluded from occupational pension schemes and cannot afford to invest in private pension funds, making them extremely vulnerable to old-age poverty;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Points out that a shift from pay-as- you-go pension systems to contribution- based systems implies a shift of risk from the community to individual workers; notes that pay-as-you-go pension systems are safeguarded by the principle of 'solidarity between generations' and hence safer than private pension schemes;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 k (new)
1k. Notes that the impact of the economic crisis (increase in large-scale unemployment, dismissals of older employees and increasing prevalence of precarious working conditions) has undermined the sustainability of pension systems;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 l (new)
1l. Emphasises that, as part of the exchange of best practices under the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in the employment sphere macro-economic differences between the Member States should be duly taken into account when dealing with micro-economic measures;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 m (new)
1m. Explicitly rejects the assumption that national budget constraints caused by the economic crisis justify the cutting of pension entitlements; emphasises that only increased revenue can offset losses to state budgets generated by the collapse of the capital markets;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 n (new)
1n. Emphasises that pension schemes should not only prevent old-age poverty, but generally guarantee the preservation of a decent standard of living;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 o (new)
1o. Calls on the Council to agree an EU target for minimum wages (statutory, collective agreements at national, regional or sectoral level) which provide for remuneration amounting to at least 60% of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.) average wage in order to enable more employees to secure individual pension entitlements above the poverty threshold;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that decent pension schemes should be a cornerstone of EU policy, as they can play a decisive role in achieving social progress and implementing the social market economy;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises that decent, safe pension schemes which prevent poverty are vital elements in the fight against social exclusion and discrimination and in the promotion of social justice and social protection, gender equality, and solidarity between generations;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Invites the Council to agree on a guarantee for minimum pensions above the Union’s at-risk-of poverty threshold of 60% of national median equalised income, in order to prevent old-age poverty and to save elderly people from falling into means-tested minimum income schemes;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Deplores the fact that the Green Paper does not take into account the challenges of social exclusion and social inequality;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Deplores the fact that the Green Paper does not offer specific solutions for vulnerable groups, such as women, the long-term unemployed, young people, people with precarious employment contracts, migrants, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, or people who take on responsibilities as carers;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 215 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recommends the deletion of Article 5 (2) of Directive 2004/113/EC in order to rule out gender-related discrimination in access to pension schemes, and to promote gender-neutral payments;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Recommends the abandonment of lengthy contribution periods and minimum retirement ages in order to allow for the creation of decent pension entitlements for employees working part time, and for young employees from the first day of their working lives;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 243 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Rejects the automatic linkage of the statutory retirement age to life expectancy;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 262 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to use the EU Year of Active Ageing, 2012, to engage in cooperation with the social partners and, with the support of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, to develop recommendations concerning the creation of high-quality jobs and the reduction of physical and mental stress for employees, thus enabling them to work until existing statutory retirement ages and making it unnecessary to raise those ages further;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 264 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Member States to provide employers with information and to offer them advice with the aim of reducing prejudices concerning the employment of older persons (for example advice concerning health training, ergonomic changes to working routines, and working conditions that safeguard older employees' health and their ability to work);
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 291 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the EU to make the adequacy and sustainability of pension schemes a part of the 2020 strategy so as to ensure that the employment and growth strategy supports the EU's efforts to achieve its social cohesion goals;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 361 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that, because of the diversity and complexity of the various second-pillar systems, conditions need to be laid down concerning the portability of acquired pension entitlements in the sense that portability begins when new contracts are concluded, an application for transfer being approved only if the actuarial sum transferred is to be placed in a fund whose purpose is payment of old-age pensions; considers that tax must be calculated and paid in the Member State where the entitlements have been accumulatstresses that, first and foremost, the question of equal treatment in terms of the taxation of pension entitlements must be clarified;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 435 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Is concerned about the inadequate information provided to the public by public authorities and bodies administering pensions concerning the necessity, possibilities, accumulated entitlements, likely results and actual state of affairs with regard to old-age pensions; calls on the Commission and Member States to launch campaigns to enable and encourage members of the publiccitizens to take measures to ensure adequate pension provision for themselves; stresses that citizens have to be provided with information regarding actual costs and charges when concluding additional pension scheme contracts;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 459 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Recommends that the EU should develop a system of reporting for Member State national data that should also comprise medium-term and long-term developments and progress in the safeguarding of poverty-preventing, sustainable and adequate pension schemes; new indicators should give a differentiated picture of the social situation of people receiving old-age pensions and of the years before they retired (i.e. employees with a migrant background, employees from small enterprises, etc.);
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 463 #

2010/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Stresses that, should consideration be given to enacting an EU regulation governing occupational and/or private pension scheme, pension schemes should not be allowed to make high-risk investments, such as in leveraged products, private equity, naked short selling, and credit default swaps (CDS), that are not based on real business transactions;
2011/01/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the associated protection of workers’ rights mean that businesses must respect, comply with and protect them without exception or restriction, and that ways must also be found of bringing prosecutions for violations of human rights in the country of origin of a business, punishing the perpetrators and compensating the victims,
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas democracy and the rule of law require strong and free trade unions, workers’ associations and social movements, and whereas these can only exist in a democratic community where the separation of powers prevails,
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas for reasons of short-term investment security and on account of other external economic interests, the EU, its Member States and many businesses cooperate with various dictatorships where the absence of labour protection and social rights increases profits for international enterprises, including some from the EU,
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas free trade agreements with partner countries whose degree of economic development is falling far behind that of some EU Member States exert strong pressure on the rights of employees, with the result that systematic and massive violations of these rights frequently occur,
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas there are strong voices statingnumerous specific and demonstrable examples to show that corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes do not sufficiently guarantee that actions and behaviour of multinational companies are in accordance with the non- binding CSR documents,
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the adoption of a directive regulating CSR in a binding manner and enforcing its respect should become a reality at EU level, making provision for penalties (e.g. withdrawal of subsidies and research funding, prosecution and fines),
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas globalisation facilitates the free movement of enterprises, notably of multinational companies, between Member States and even to partner countries, but labour migration continues to be limited by considerations of economic utility detrimental to human dignity, people are forced into an illegal status and thousands of people die at the EU’s external borders, with police and military resources being deployed to keep migrants out at the EU’s external borders as well,
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas unconditional respect for the right of association and effective collective bargaining should be recalled and should become a precondition for any international economic cooperation,
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the EU and its Member States should aims to become the leading entity in the world regarding social policy by promoting social objectives globally rather than acting to the detriment of these objectives by continuing to impose free trade agreements, guarantee its access to raw materials in third countries by all possible means, tolerate food speculation and pursue a course of social dismantling by means of cuts in public expenditure, combined with an aggressive global competition policy; emphasises the important role of the European Parliament originating from the Lisbon Treaty, which did not sufficiently strengthens its influence significantly;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the practices in certain Member States that are incompatible with the core ILO conventions, especially regarding the creation of barriers against freedom of association and collective bargaining, either through the encouragement of bogus self-employment and temporary employment or by forcing individuals to renounce collective agreements;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the European social model should offers equal opportunities in education and the labour market as well as equal access to social services as major pillars of economic success, which is incompatible with the massive dismantling of social welfare standards in most Member States, promoted by internal European and global competition between locations of economic activity, the worldwide crisis of capitalism and a policy of spending cuts driven by the Council and Commission;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the creation of tools for a sustainable dialogue with partner countries that is based on mutual respect and seeks the development of partner countries’ own resources– especially developing countries’ – own resources and enables them to develop economic sectors with care;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the Union's expenditure in the framework of development cooperation, association or stability agreements and trade agreements brings about unique chances to assist the partner countries in putting in place viable education and social assistance structurestructures and social insurance systems for greater social security and, consequently, greater welfare if it is not subordinated to the strategic economic interests of the Member States abroad;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is of the opinion that Union policies should focus on individuals as well as on institutions regarding human capital development and labour market reforms;deleted
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Is extremely critical of the fact that, in order to control unwanted labour migration, the EU and its Member States cooperate closely with dictatorships, for example in North Africa, where human rights, particularly the rights of employees, are systematically violated;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that compliance with strict environmental standards by businesses from the EU in third countries should be regarded as just as important as respect for the rights of employees, as damage to the environment almost always also jeopardises the health of employees, destroys farmland, fishing grounds and other economic resources, and thus deprives many people of the basis for their subsistence;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2010/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission and the Member States to integrate employment and soci, social and environmental policies as a priority in all negotiations regarding global economic governance structures and macro-economic dialogues;
2011/02/21
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas diseases of poverty, such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, negatively affect women and maternal health in particular,
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 49 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4 a. Points out that according to the Eurostat at-risk-of poverty indicator, in 2008 nearly 85 million persons in the European Union were at-risk-of poverty , and that according to the indicator ‘material deprivation’ it is estimated that the respective figure would rise to 120 million persons; considers that from the Council's decision on poverty-indicators there may arise ambiguities concerning the overall reduction target of lifting 20 million persons out of poverty and exclusion by 2020 (reduction of 23.5 % according to Eurostat at-risk-of poverty indicator, but only 16.7 % according to ‘material deprivation’);
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5
5. Points out that, according to the European Parliament's study 'Social protection as an Economic Stabilizer', social protection and social policy make important contributions to lessening the depth and duration of the recession by stabilising labour markets and consumption, and that the social protection system is a stabiliser on both the revenue and the expenditure side., and that evidence indicates that social spending may have a larger stabilising effect than the average of total government expenditure;
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a Points out that diseases of poverty, such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria prevent women from working both through the direct effects of these diseases on women and also through the added burden on women as traditionally having primary responsibility for caring for other affected family members; calls on the Commission to increase their efforts to eliminate these diseases and particularly via the development of efficient preventative measures;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out that, since equal and full participation in economical, political and social life should be realised as an individual right, active social inclusion policies should use a holistic approach to eradicate poverty and social exclusion, especially by ensuring full access to quality social services and services of general (economic) interest for all;
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that only decent employment based on the International Labour Organisation's decent work principles and the principle of 'good work', including gender mainstreaming, together with the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace can help to lift people out of poverty and social exclusion, and thereby contribute to broad political and cultural participation in the European society;
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
5 c. Remembers that the 'European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010' was supposed to be not only a media campaign, but to further stimulate multidimensional policies against poverty and more advanced poverty indicators; therefore asks the Commission to give a critical overview about new measures undertaken by Member States to overcome poverty and social exclusion in this context;
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
5 d. Invites the Commission and the Council to take due account of Parliaments demands raised in its resolutions of 15 November 2007 on Social Reality Stocktaking[1], of 9 October 2008 on promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, including child poverty, in the EU[2], of 6 May 2009 on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market[3] and of 19 October 2010 on the role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an participative society in Europe when designing policies and measures for the next stage of the OMC on Social Inclusion and Social Protection, the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion, involving all stakeholders in a participatory process; ([1] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2007)0541. [2] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0467. [3] Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0371.)
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission to closely examine obstacles for social participation such as energy poverty, financial exclusion and obstacles in access to information and communication technology (ICT);
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 f (new)
5 f. Demands that measures to establish a greener and climate friendly economy should go hand in hand with all efforts to eradicate poverty; therefore expresses it's concern that in some Member States the costs for energy efficiency of housing shall be passed on to the tenants;
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2010/2162(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 5 g (new)
5 g. Remembers that the fight against poverty and social exclusion is to be pursued both within the European Union and externally, in order to fulfil the European Union's and the Member State's commitment to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
2010/10/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 140 #

2010/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a Underlines that adequately increased financing for and effective usage of the European Social Fund (ESF) should be ensured in order to provide adequate resources for measures to improve education and training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment and measures and activities under the Social Inclusion Strategy and the ‘Europe 2020’ flagship initiative on combating poverty and social exclusion in favour of disadvantaged and vulnerable persons, especially women, including those confronted with precarious and insecure contracts; stresses that ESF regulations should be revised and changed to reach those who need it most, that visibility and transparency should be enhanced, that the monitoring of the social effects of the fund usage should be carried out thoroughly, and that further emphasis should be placed on the long-term sustainability of the projects; therefore calls for targeted funds to be earmarked, within the new budgetary framework, for job creation and social inclusion; urges the Member States to undertake more information campaigns on opportunities for participation in EU funded projects; stresses that single parents are often alone in educating their children and demands that the Barcelona targets for childcare provision should be fully implemented;
2010/12/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2010/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an increase in funding and the development of capabilities and resources in order to ensure that humanitarian aid and civil protection remain purely civilian tasks;
2010/11/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 69 #

2010/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Reaffirms that a very clear distinction needs to be maintained between the remits of military and humanitarian bodies and that it is essential for military resources and capabilities to be used only in a very limited number of cases and as a last resort in support of humanitaria; urges that only civilian civil protection and humanitarian aid capabilities should be developed and expanded with a view to optimising the coordination aind operations, in accordance with UN guidelines (the MCDA and Oslo guidelines)implementation of EU disaster management, so that effective civilian disaster and emergency aid can be provided;
2010/11/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 72 #

2010/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that humanitarian aid and civil protection must be regarded as purely civilian tasks and implemented accordingly;
2010/11/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 18 May 2010 on The EU Policy Coherence for Development and the ‘Official Development Assistance plus concept’;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 11 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the number of undernourished peoplepeople suffering from hunger amounted to 925 million in 2010 according to the FAO,; whereas, globally, underweight prevalence in children under 5 years old is at 26 percent and more than one-third of under five child deaths are attributable to under nutrition; whereas only half of all developing countries (62 out of 118) are on track to achieve the MDG target.
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 29 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas strong State capacities and local and democratic ownership are crucial for sustainable development and for building up production and processing capacities,
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 32 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the consequences of under nutrition, such as poor foetal growth or stunting in the first 2 years of life lead to irreversible damage, including shorter adult height, lower attained schooling, reduced adult income, and decreased offspring birthweight, have still to be seen as a major problem for sustainable development in many countries of the south;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 33 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas there has been a renewed political emphasis on food security since 2008 which has led to the multiplication of initiatives at the international level which call for a comprehensive global strategy,
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 38 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that implementing the human right to food should be the overriding political objective and must take priority over the specific interests of private and state investors, which undermine the implementation of this right;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 40 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the coherence of the two Communications from the Commission on humanitarian food assistance and food security; calls for strongerthe two Communications to be implemented in a coherent and coordinationed way in order to better address the root causes of hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity; calls on the Member States to support the process of the development of the implementation plan in support of the Food Security Policy Framework and to adopt it once completed;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
recalls that emergency mechanisms must not be a long-term solution ; expresses deep concerns about the negative effects of such mechanisms especially on local economies; emphasises that a sustainable development policy should be based on long-term and cooperation approaches ;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 48 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to increase support in favour of smallholder and peasant agriculture in its development aid programmes and to invest in nationally led plans which should be implemented on a local level in cooperation with farmers and their representatives, local and regional authorities and civil society organisations; emphasises the need for increased public investments in research for sustainable agro-ecological production systems;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 53 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists on the need for a partnership approach with the whole range of development stakeholders on food security, in particular local and regional authorities and civil society organisations; underlines that because of their proximity to the territories and local populations, and their capacity to coordinate actions from different actors, the local and regional authorities play an essential role as an intermediary and a development platform; emphasises that the Structured Dialogue between the Institutions and civil society organisations should be extended to food security issues;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 58 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes should focus on sustainable small-scale food production, as recommended in the IAASTD report, and that priority should be given to ‘ecologically-efficient’ approaches that strengthen biodiversity, prevent the degradation of fertile land, promote agro- ecological and low-external-input (LEI) practices, and excludes GMOs;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 69 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to take measures that discourage the import of soybeans and corn which have been grown outside the EU using large-scale monoculture farming, because imports of these crops often have direct and indirect negative consequences in the exporting third countries for local farmers, the environment - especially vulnerable ecotypes like forests and wetlands - and indigenous people.
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 70 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the establishment of mechanisms that protect forests, indigenous people, wet lands and traditional agricultural practices in exporting third countries.
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 71 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls for the establishment of mechanisms that discourage exporting third countries to use GM-technology in growing crops intended for the EU- market.
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 73 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the fair integration of smallholder farmers, especially women, in the value chain context can only be successful if conditions are created to facilitate their access to the means of production, processing and trade opportunities;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 77 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. emphasises the importance of scaling up both nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive activities and policies and to better align donor interventions in this sector at country, EU, and international level;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 79 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to support agro-processing capacities in partner countries in order to reduce post-harvest losses, extend the shelf-life of foodand preservation of food and storage capacities, improve local market access and create decent work for the local population;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 90 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to recognise the fundamental role of women, as smallholder farmers, in food and nutrition security, and to invest in programmes which specifically support them; reminds that women’s importance in achieving nutrition security for themselves and their children has still to be properly acknowledged and, therefore, women’s livelihoods have to be secured and knowledge about adequate nutrition has to be increased;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 91 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
insists on the fact that the EU strategy should also focus on the implementation of actions to ensure that the most vulnerable, especially in rural areas, can benefit from agriculture training opportunities, education on nutrition, good health and work conditions and a safety net in case it is needed ;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 94 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the EU to support the UN social protection floor initiative, which would help satisfy the basic food needs of impoverished populations, since the poorest receive a basic allowance which enables them to obtain the most essential basic foodstuffs;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 104 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take concrete action at EU and international level to effectively tackle financial speculation on grain and foodagricultural commodities, in particular grain and food, and to permit only as many commodities futures as are necessary for price hedging;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 107 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1 (new)
13(1) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit themselves at EU and international level to setting up medium-term price corridors which will make forward contracts for price hedging unnecessary;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 111 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
14(1) Calls on the EU to commit itself to regulation of the agricultural markets and the relevant financial markets by means of: – standardising derivative contracts, – introducing position limits for individual traders and limiting the overall number of contracts for each raw material (aggregate position limits) and limits for the physical acquisition and possession of agricultural commodities by non-state firms or private individuals; – setting up monitoring bodies and disclosure obligations, including real-time reporting obligations; – introducing a minor tax on commodities futures in order to make speculating on serious price fluctuations unattractive and guarantee the balanced development of raw materials markets;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 112 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 2 (new)
14(2) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ban OTC trade in agricultural commodity derivatives and set up a European supervisory body for commodity futures specialising in agricultural commodities similar to that in the USA, giving it the power to take action against market abuse and extreme market situations; securities forming the basis of agricultural commodity derivatives should also be raised;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 113 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 3 (new)
14(3) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a traders register with compulsory registration for all players dealing in agricultural commodity derivatives; registration should only be possible for players involved in production, processing and distribution, whilst index funds should not be entered in the register;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 114 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the increase and, better management and storage of physical grain reserves toand food reserves at national and regional level and a strengthening of international coordination and monitoring, thereby countering food price volatility, and enabling a better and faster response to food crises;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 115 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
15(1) Takes the view that, in the interest of food security, agricultural commodities must be coordinated and monitored at UN level (for example, by the FAO and/or UNCTAD) and that action must be taken effectively to restrict or prevent existing and future monopolies in agricultural markets;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 117 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses deep concern regarding the large-scale land acquisitions that are currently carried out by foreign investors in developing countries, which is to the detriment of local smallholder farmers that need to be better protectedand to local, regional and national food security;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 123 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the adoption of the FAO voluntary guidelines on land acquisitions and ensuring their participatory implementation, but also calls for strict binding national and international regulations on land acquisitions; stresses that contract negotiations should be made transparent allowing for the participation of civil societylocal people who are affected, civil society and local and regional authorities;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 127 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for application of the principle of gender sensitivity and a fair share of the investment profits for local people when investments are made in the agricultural economy and in land;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 128 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to support partner countries in land reforms which take into account cultural and local rules and principles such as informal and community land rights and rights of users and include the impact of reforms on smallholder structures, with particular regard to women, pastoralists and nomadic farmers; local and regional authorities should play a central role in land reforms, given their proximity to the people affected and their knowledge of local areas; furthermore, potential land reforms must be accompanied by measures enabling productive cultivation by smallholders, such as ensuring access to water, land and seeds;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 129 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Takes the view that, under the EU’s trade and investment policy, investment by European firms and financial institutions in agricultural production and land in countries of the South should only be protected if a study on the impact on human rights is conducted and the participation rights of the people affected, i.e. free, timely and informed agreement together with the possible right to object, are guaranteed;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 130 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Calls on the Commission to ensure that direct foreign investment by European firms and financial institutions in land purchase and lease in countries of the South for more than 30 years is neither made possible nor supported by public credits and other public funding programmes;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 131 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to stress, in all negotiations on economic and investment agreements, the issue of the acquisition of large areas of land and their negative effects on food security and to take appropriate measures to guarantee human rights through possible sanction regimes;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 132 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 f (new)
17f. Calls on the Member States to ask the World Bank not to provide security for investment risks by firms purchasing large areas of land or leasing land for 30 years or more in countries of the South;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 133 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 g (new)
17g. Underlines the need for the EU to give comprehensive treatment to the subject of large-scale land acquisition in all relevant position papers and strategy papers and to commit itself to the binding pre-eminence of human rights;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 138 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. expresses its deep concerns regarding the decline of natural resources and the maintaining of effective conditions for agricultural production, including soil quality, water access and the prevention of environmental pollution; insists on the fact that all stakeholders, particularly farmers, local and regional authorities and civil society organisations, should play a significant role in the development of a sustainable agricultural development strategy;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 139 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. emphasises the importance of the right of farmers to produce seeds from their own harvests, to re-sow and exchange them between each other for smallholder farming, the preservation of biodiversity and the fight against arable land degradation; calls on the Commission to develop concepts and mechanisms aimed at significantly decreasing high energy inputs in agriculture - which is usually the case in monoculture -, long transport routes and industrial crops that require chemical fertilizers and pesticides;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 148 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – subparagraph 1 (new)
urges the EU to establish a certification system in order to verify that imports of agro-fuel products from developing countries respect sustainability criteria, such as social, human rights and environmental standards,
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 149 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to carry out a CAP impact assessment that will analyse its external impact on international food markets and food security in developing countries and to set up a monitoring mechanism to enable any negative effects of the CAP on global food security to be recognised early and dealt with;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 150 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the problems inherent in Europe’s dependency on protein feed imports and to propose ideas for their solution;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 151 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Urges the Commission to investigate the problem of food waste inside the EU, as up to 40% of the available food, including food produced in developing countries and exported to the EU, is supposed to be dumped, and to propose effective measures to tackle the problem and improve consumption patterns;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 162 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates concerns over the EU’s trade strategy which fails to provide a pro- development approach; calls therefore for fair and balancedpro-development trade agreements, as they are an essential element of a global food security response;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 164 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the Commission to focus on development concerns in the ongoing EPA negotiations and to grant more flexibility to developing countries as to trade rul, broaden developing countries’ room for manoeuvre with regard to trade rules and, in particular, apply safeguard clauses in order to achieve endogenous, sustainable development of economic capacity in developing countries; demands that the Commission takes a strong pro- development position in WTO negotiations and works towards the completion of the Doha Round; calls on the Commission to apply a human rights- based approach to international trade negotiations and to apply human rights impact assessments to agreements with third countries;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 168 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to push in the current FAC negotiations for an overall commitment to assist a certain number of people, expressed in quantity of food and not less than the current 5 million metric tonnes per year, and to take into account the advantages and disadvantages of financial commitments, especially in times of economic and financial crises, for the recipient countries and for people suffering from hunger;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 169 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. calls on the Commission and the Member States to support a needs based convention in which the level of donors’ food assistance commitments are linked to people’s needs and guaranteed local purchase volumes in recipient countries;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 170 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. expresses its deep concern about the lack of transparency, of information provided and of participation of relevant stakeholders in the current FAC negotiations;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 171 #

2010/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. proposes to establish a EP permanent rapporteur for food security in developing countries;
2011/06/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2010/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d
d) asks the Council and the Commission to clarify the arrangements forset up strict and transparent rules cooperation and coordination between the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission for the management of a large-scale disaster response outside the territory of the European Union;
2010/10/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 26 #

2010/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e
e) urges the Council to consider strengthening the EU's disaster response capacity as a high priority, especially in view of the discussions on setting up an EU Civil Protection Force (which have seen limited progress since the publication of the Barnier report in 2006);
2010/10/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 27 #

2010/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e a (new)
(ea) calls for an immediate establishment of an EU Civil Protection Force which must be adequately equipped with the necessary technological and technical resources;
2010/10/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 42 #

2010/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i a (new)
(ia) emphasises the need to build up permanently available civilian capabilities of the EU which operate independently from military structures and to identify areas in which Member States can pool their efforts and capabilities at EU level in this respect;
2010/10/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas at the present stage of social development in the European Union progress primarily means facilitating individual and collective political, social and democratic participation for all by eliminating social divisions and poverty,
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas poverty and social exclusion are affronts to human dignity and prevent political, social and cultural participation and whereas social progress is conditional on overcoming these affronts,
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas decommodification of work represents progress towards individual self-determination and opportunities for social participation,
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which is now legally binding, should be the yardstick for all European Union policies; deplores the fact that fundamental rights cannot be asserted individually at law; calls for the Charter of Fundamental Rights, in its entirety, to be valid in all Member States without exception, for all people living in the European Union, and for it to be made possible for individuals to bring legal proceedings in response to violations of it;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to measure the individual quality of life in societies, particularly in the case of members of groups which are at particular risk of exclusion, and notes that such measurement will require metrics from at least the following categories: health, education, poverty, employment, leisure, connectedness, political engagementand cultural participation, material wellbeing and environment;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to measure ‘coping with income’ and the degree to which people are living well in terms of financial and material assets, including minimum income, indebtedness, quality of housing and the adequacy of social security systems; a guarantee that the minimum income will safeguard recipients against poverty and including indebtedness, quality of housing, energy supply, expenditure on education and culture, expenditure on information and communication technologies, the adequacy of social security systems and access to high-quality services and expenditure on child care, health and various other types of care;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 51 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the urgent need to have EU statistical data beyond monetary indicators on situations of extreme poverty such as homelessness which are currently not covered by EU-SILC; considers that details of these key socioeconomic indicators should be set out in an annual report forwarded to the Member States and the European Parliament for discussion and with a view to determining the scope for further action;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for indices to reflect distributional issues in society in order to monitor social inclusion and social participation in the European Union and beyond;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need to measure both unpaid and paid work and, in doing so, to take account of whether it is subject to the ‘decent work principles’ of the International Labour Organisation and the principle of ‘good work’ and whether it affords a guarantee against poverty;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to introduce common indicators for the situation of children and to gather comparable high- quality data and long-term statistics covering all aspects of a holistic approach to combating child poverty and social exclusion, including housing, for children and families and to improve the provision of child care facilities in order to safeguard children’s welfare;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for the incorporation of a ‘social progress clause’ in the primary law of the European Union;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Takes note of the Council’s decision of 17 June 2010 to leave it up to Member States to set their national targets for reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and exclusion on the basis of one or more of the three indicators agreed upon by the Council; considers that Member States using only the ‘jobless household’ indicator may systematically neglect problems such as in-work poverty, energy poverty, child poverty and social exclusion;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2010/2088(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Council and Member States to measure the objective for combating poverty announced in the Europe 2020 Strategy using the relative poverty indicator approved by the European Council at its Laeken Summit in December 2001 (60% of median household income), because this indicator reveals poverty as a relative status, relates poverty to the situation in the Member State concerned and is also comparable throughout the EU;
2010/10/13
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2010/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the international community, including the EU, must focus its efforts on the implementation of this national policy, whereby publicly funded health services accessible to everyone must be placed at the centre of these efforts,
2010/07/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 28 #

2010/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that, through appropriate training measures, former female circumcisers can be trained as health educators who can then play an active role in providing information and advice to women, for there is a serious problem here which, in the long term, can be tackled only when people abandon this traditional occupation – and particularly when economic alternatives are made available – and when the public is made aware of the consequences of genital mutilation;
2010/07/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 67 #

2010/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Calls on the Commission to comply with the remarks and recommendations addressed to it by the Court of Auditors (Report 10/2008) with regard to the development aid it provides for health services in sub-Saharan Africa as part of its commitments aimed at achieving the Millennium Goals, which must under all circumstances be attained by 2015;
2010/07/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted in 1979,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
– having regard to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reconfirmed during the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights, in particular Articles 3, 16, 18, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 29,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
– having regard to International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions Nos 26 and 131 on minimum wage fixing and No 29 and 105 on the abolishment of forced labour,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 4 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the ILO report "A global alliance against forced labour. Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General, 2005",
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 5 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to Articles 34, 35 and 36 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which specifically define the right to social and housing assistance, a high level of human health protection and access to services of general economic interest1, 1 (OJ C 303, 14.12.2007, p. 1.)
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0364/2008),
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas poverty and social exclusion are violations of human dignity and fundamental human rights, and the central objective of income support schemes must be to lift people out of poverty and enable them to live in dignity,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men; whereas the persistent trend towards feminisation of poverty in European societies today demonstrates that the current framework of social protection systems and the wide range of social, economic and employment policies in the Union are not designed to meet women's needs or to address the differences in women's work; whereas poverty among women and their social exclusion in Europe requires specific, multiple and gender-specific policy responses,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the risk of falling into extreme poverty is greater for women than for men, particularly in old age, because social security systems are often based on the principle of continuous remunerated employment; whereas an individualised right to a poverty preventing minimum income should not be conditional on employment related contributions,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas account should be taken of the multidimensional nature of poverty and social exclusion, the existence of particularly vulnerable population groups (children, women and elderly people), which also include people with disabilities, immigrants, large or single-parent families, the chronically ill and the homeless, as well as the need to incorporate action to prevent and combat poverty and exclusion in other policies, with a guarantee of universal access to public services, high- quality jobs with rights and aninfrastructure and services of general interest, high- quality jobs with rights and a poverty preventing guaranteed minimum income allowenabling people to live withsocial, cultural and political participation and a life in dignity,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the role of social protection systems is to ensure the level of social cohesion needed for development guaranteeing social inclusion, which also implies a poverty preventing individually guaranteed minimum income, improving the level of education training of those people excluded from the labour market and guaranteeing equal opportunities in the exercise of fundamental rights,
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for concrete measures to effectively and significantly reducradicate poverty and social exclusion, ensuring a fair redistribution of income and wealth and also, thereby giving meaning and content to the European Year for Combating Poverty and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including guaranteeing an adequatepoverty preventing and socially including minimum income schemes throughout the European Union;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the promotion of social integration and inclusion, in order to guarantee protection of fundamental human rights, and clear commitments to draw up EU and national policies to combat poverty and social exclusion, by ensuring universal access to public health services, education, vocational education and training, housing and energy provision, and social protection, in addition to employment with rights, fairand wages, decent pensions and an adequate income for everyoneminimum income schemes for everyone that guarantees freedom from poverty and ensures social, cultural and political inclusion;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the European Commission, in its "Europe 2020" strategy document, announces that removing the risk of poverty for 20 million people is one of the EU's five headline targets; believereminds that this target should be at least doubled and made more credible with appropriatefalls behind the initial ambitions of the Lisbon Strategy (overcome poverty), believes that poverty and social exclusion must be eradicated by credible, concrete and binding measures;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Council and the EU Member States to base the "Europe 2020" headline target to tackle poverty on the relative poverty indicator (60% of the median income threshold), as endorsed by the Laeken European Council in December 2001, because this indicator sets the reality of poverty within the context of each member state, as it reflects an understanding of poverty as a relative condition;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls, in respect of the poverty reduction target, its earlier proposals for the following targets: - The need to set up an EU target for minimum income schemes and contributory replacement income schemes providing income support of at least 60% of national median equalised income, and agreement on a timetable for achieving this target in all Member States; - The need to set up an EU target for minimum wages (statutory, collective agreements at national, regional or sectoral level) to provide for remuneration of at least 60% of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.) average wage, and agreement on a timetable for achieving that target in all Member States; - The need for the EU to agree on an EU- wide target to end street homelessness by 2015 and for all Member States to develop integrated homelessness strategies with a view to ending homelessness;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for further real progress on the adequacy of Minimum Income Schemes, so as to be capable of lifting every child, adult and older person out of poverty and delivering on their right to a dignified life; calls on the Council to reach agreement on a common EU definition of adequacy and of common methods to establish adequacy, which should inform an EU Framework Directive on Minimum Income to achieve higher level social standards;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 135 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Considers that an explicit commitment must be made by Member States to implement Active Inclusion: reducing conditionality, investing in supportive activation, defending adequate minimum income and preserving social standards by outlawing cuts to key public services so that the poor will not pay for the crisis;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the various experiments with minimum incomes, accompanied by additional social integration measures, show that this is a further essential way of combating poverty and social exclusion; therefore calls on the European Commission to prepare an initiative supporting these experiments, taking into account best practices and ensuring an adequateindividually guaranteed poverty preventing minimum income schemes throughout the European Union as a means to preventeradicate poverty and guarantee social justice and equal opportunities for all, without calling into question the specific situations in each Member State;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 161 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to define and use appropriate economic and social indicators in various areas (health, housing, energy provision, social and cultural inclusion, mobility, education, income and employment), which will allow the progress made in combating poverty and promoting social inclusion to be monitored and measured; states that these indicators should be presented annually on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), should evolve as necessary and should include gender, age ranges, households, disability situations, immigration, chronic illness and various income levels (60% of median income; 50% of median income; 40% of median income) in order to take account of relative poverty, extreme poverty and the most vulnerable groups;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 166 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to examine how different models of unconditional and poverty precluding basic incomes for all could contribute to social, cultural and political inclusion, taking especially into account their non-stigmatising character and their ability to prevent cases of concealed poverty;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Urges those people in a state ofCalls for an integration of people experiencing poverty and their representative organisations to participateand networks in the preparation and, application and monitoring of policies, measures and indicators at European, national, regional and local levels;
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 180 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deeply regrets that some Member States appear not to have regard to Council Recommendation 92/441/EEC, which recognises the 'basic right of a person to sufficient resources and social assistance to live in a manner compatible with human dignity';
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that minimum income schemes must cover fuel costs to allow poor households affected by energy poverty to pay their energy bills; minimum income schemes must be calculated on the basis of realistic assessments of how much it costs to heat a home related to the specific household needs – e.g. family with children, older people and disabled persons.
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 187 #

2010/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Points out that most Member States in EU-27 have national minimum income schemes, but several do not; encourages the Member States to provide for poverty preventing guaranteed minimum income schemes for social inclusion, and urges them to exchange best practice; recognises that, where there is provision of social assistance, Member States have a duty to ensure that citizens understand and are able to obtain their entitlements.
2010/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 9 October 20081 on promoting social integration and combating poverty, including child poverty, in the EU, 1 P6_TA(2008)0467, 9.10.2008
2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the perspective of shrinking populations by 2050 may implicate a lowering of the pressure on the environment and provide an opportunity for sustainable development, which in turn needs proactive policies to adapt spatial planning, housing, transport and all other kinds of infrastructures accordingly;
2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that sufficient productivity growth on a path towards sustainable development, a more egalitarian distribution of incomes and achieving full employment are the key economic issues for managing demographic change, as steady productivity growth can allow for producing an increasing value added with a decreasing workforce and provide a sound basis for a fair distribution of revenues between economically active and non-active persons (e.g. pensioner, children, young people in education);
2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that work organisation and working time arrangements must be adapted to demographic change; points out that improved stability of employment, social security and health and safety at the work place and shorter collective working time are necessary to enable a better integration of young and older workers alike to keep them in gainful employment motivated and healthily;
2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2010/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that demographic change will require new and enhanced educational and social infrastructure for young and elderly people alike, including increased facilities for life-long learning, childcare, nursing care and care for the elderly; points out the need for enhanced social infrastructures designed to promote old people’s vitality and reintegrate them more actively into societal life, considers that demographic change thus will necessitate an expansion of public services with guaranteed equal access for all;
2010/06/15
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘imbalances’ means macroeconomic developments persistently diverging developments between aggregate demand and aggregate supply leading to a systematic surplus or deficit in the overall savings position of an economy, which areis adversely affecting, or haves the potential to adversely to affect, the proper functioning of the economy of a Member State or of economic and monetary union, or of the Union as a whole.
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The scoreboard shall be made up of an array of macroeconomic and, macrofinancial and social indicators for Member States. The Commission may set indicative lower or upper thresholds for these indicators to serve as alert levels. The thresholds applicable to Member States whose currency is the euro may be different from those applicable to the other Member Stse will allow to detect serious misalignments between aggregate demand and supply and between an economy’s income and consumption. Social indicators will, amongst others, include indicators on inequalities, the incidence of low pay, the working poor, the share of labour income in overall GDP and unit profit rates.
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Council, on a recommendation from the Commission, after consulting the European Parliament and the European social partners may adopt recommendations in accordance with Article 121(4) of the Treaty declaring the existence of an excessive imbalance and recommending the Member State concerned to take corrective action. Those recommendations shall set out the nature of the imbalances and specify the corrective action to be taken in detail and the deadline within which the Member State concerned must take such corrective action. The Council may, as provided for in Article 121(4) of the Treaty, make its recommendations public.
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2010/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The recommendations referred to in paragraph 2 shall comply with the objectives of the Union as defined in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. The recommendations shall take due account of Article 153 TFEU, as well as of the rights incorporated in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The recommendations shall also strictly respect the specificity of each Member State, in particular its model of industrial relations and social dialogue. Due attention shall be paid to the symmetry of recommendations, addressing excessive savings in a similarly intense way as situations in which economies are excessively indebting themselves.
2011/02/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
-
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9
(9) PrudentSound fiscal policy- making implies that the growth rate of government expenditure does normally not exceed a prudentpublic finances; over the medium term, adhere to a set of expenditure and revenue indicative guidelines. Growth in tax revenue (with temporary sources of revenue being excluded) should normally not fall behind the medium- term growth rate o f GDP, increases in excess of that norm are matched by d. Growth in government expenditure (with those social benefits and expenditure components being related to the business cycle) should normally not exceed a prudent medium term growth rate of GDP. Discretionary increases in government revenues andexpenditure or discretionary revenue reductions are compensated by reductions in expenditurein tax revenue are to be offset by accompanying other discretionary measures, either on the side of expenditure or/and on the side of tax revenues.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 10
(10) A temporary departure from prudentsound fiscal policy-making should be allowed in case of a severe economic downturn of a general nature, including the period in which the economy is operating below its normal potential, in order to facilitate a full economic recovery.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
With a view to ensuring that the medium- term budgetary objective is effectively achieved and maintained, the Council shall verify that the growth path of government expenditure, taken in conjunction with the and the growth path of tax revenue, taking into account the possible compensating effects of measures being taken or planned on the revenue side, isoffsetting discretionary measures, are consistent with prudentsound fiscal policy-making.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for Member States that have achieved the medium-term budgetary objective, annual expenditure growth does not exceed a prudentthe estimate of medium-term rate of GDP growth, whereas growth in tax revenue does not stay behind the growth in government revenue unless the excess ises or gaps are matched by discretionary revenue measmeasures in revenue or/and expenditures;
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b
(b) for Member States that have not yet reached their medium-term budgetary objective , annual growth in tax revenue should exceed the medium term rate of growth of GDP, whereas annual medium term expenditure growth doesshould not exceed a rate below a prudent medium- term rate of GDP growth, unless the excess is matched by discretionary revenue measures. The impact of unemployment benefits and other social expenditure related to the business cycle is not to be taken into account when in the calculation and assessment of the growth path of government expenditure. Deviations from these indicative expenditure and growth paths shall not be seen as a problem in case these deviations are matched by discretionary measures, either on the expenditure side or the revenue side or both. The size of the shortfall of the growth rate of government expenditure compared to a prudent medium-term rate of GDP growth is, and the size of the excess of growth rate of tax revenue compared to medium term GDP growth are both set in such a way as to ensure an appropriate adjustment towards the medium-term budgetary objective;
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
When defining the adjustment path to the medium-term budgetary objective for Member States that have not yet reached this objective and in allowing a temporary deviation from this objective for Member States that have already reached it, under the condition that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved and that the budgetary position is expected to return to the medium-term budgetary objective within the programme period, the Council shall take into account the implementation of major structural reforms which have direct long-term cost-saving effects, including by raising potential growth, and therefore a verifiable impact on the long-term sustainability of public financesare conducive to the achievement of the Union’s objectives of growth, jobs and social and regional cohesion.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Special attention shall be paid to pensionthose reforms introducing a multi-pillar system that includes a mandatory, fully funded pillarthat maintain existing jobs and create new and better jobs as well as reforms based on public investments. Member States implementing such reforms shall be allowed to deviate from the adjustment path to their medium-term budgetary objective or from the objective itself, with the deviation reflecting the net cost of the reform to the publicly managed pillar, under the condition that the deviation remains temporary and that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 9
In periods of severe economic downturn of a general nature, including its aftermath and the period in which the economy is still operating below potential Member States mayshall be allowed to temporarily depart from the adjustment path implied by prudent fiscal- policy making referred to in the fourth subparagraph.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2010/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1466/97
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Special attention shall be paid to pension reforms introducing a multi-pillar system that includes a mandatory, fullypublic and pay-as- you-go funded pillar. Member States implementing such reforms shall be allowed to deviate from the adjustment path to their medium-term budgetary objective or from the objective itself, with the deviation reflecting the net cost of the reform to the publicly managed pillar, under the condition that the deviation remains temporary and that an appropriate safety margin with respect to the deficit reference value is preserved.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2010/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2010/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
11. The procedure for the application of the fines on the Member States which fail to take effective measures to correct macroeconomic imbalances should be construed in such a way that the application of the fine on those Member States would be the rule and not the exceptfair, efficient and respect the fundamental objectives and the democratic values of the European Union.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2010/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
12. The collected fines should be distributed between Member States whose currency is the euro which are neithhave an excessive deficit in order theo subject of an excessive imbalance procedure nor havepport their adjustment process by providing finance strictly linked to social and excessive deficinvironmental sustainable investment.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2010/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation shall apply to Member States whose currency is the euro. In respect of Article 153 of the Treaty, sanctions foreseen in this regulation will not relate to the issue of pay and related labour market institutions, in particular minimum wage systems and collective bargaining structures. In order to share the burden of adjustment between ‘deficit’ and ‘surplus’ countries, this regulation will be implemented only with regard to Member States with an excessive surplus.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2010/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The decision shall be deemed adopted by the Council unless it decides,acting by qualified majority, to reject the proposal within ten days the Commission adopting it. The Council may amend the proposal in accordance with Article 293(1) of the Treaty.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2010/0279(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Fines collected in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation shall constitute other revenue, as referred to in Article 311 of the Treaty, and shall be distributed, in proportion to their share in the total gross national income (GNI) of the eligible Member States, between Member States whose currency is the euro and which are not the subject of an excessive imbalance procedure within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No […/…] and do not have an excessive deficit as determdo have an excessive deficit as determined in accordance with Article 126(6) of the Treaty, in order to support their adjustment process by providing finance strictly linked in accordance with Article 126(6) of the Treatyto social and environmental sustainable investment.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2010/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2010/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. If the Council decides in accordance with Article 126(8) of the Treaty that the Member State has not taken effective action in response to a Council recommendation within the period laid down, the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide that the Member State shall pay a fine. The decision shall be deemed adopted by the Council unless it decides by qualified majority to reject the proposal within ten days of the Commission adopting In respect of Article 153 of the Treaty, no fine will be levied if the fine is related to a recommendation concerning the issue of pay and/or collective bargaining in the public sector. The decision shall be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority. The Council may amend the proposal in accordance with Article 293(1) of the Treaty.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2010/0277(NLE)

Proposal for a directive
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2011/02/11
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
(8) In the establishment of the existence of an excessive deficit based on the deficit criterion and the steps leading to it there is a need to take into account the whole range of relevant factors covered by the report under Article 126(3) of the Treaty if the government debt to gross domestic product does not exceed the reference value.deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 11
(11) The assessment of effective action will benefit from taking compliance with general government expenditure and tax revenue targets as a reference in conjunction with the implementation of planned specific revenue measures.
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2 – paragraph 1a
1a. When it exceeds the reference value, and provided the economy has been operating over the past three years above its potential, the ratio of the government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is to be considered sufficiently diminishing and approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace in accordance with Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty if the differential with respect to the reference value has reduced over the previous three years at a rate of the order of one-twentieth per year. For a period of 3 years from [date of entering into force of this Regulation - to be inserted], account shall be taken of the backward-looking nature of this indicator in its application.'
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission, when preparing a report under Article 126(3) of the Treaty shall take into account all relevant factors as indicated in that Article. The report shall appropriately reflect developments in the medium-term economic position (in particular potential growth, prevailing cyclical conditions, inflation, excessive macroeconomic imbalances, the private sector net savings position) and developments in the medium-term budgetary position (in particular, fiscal consolidation efforts in “good times”, public investment, the implementation of policies in the context of the common growth strategy for the Union and the overall quality of public finances, in particular, compliance with Council Directive […] on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States). The report shall also analyse developments in the medium-term debt position as relevant (in particular, it appropriately reflects risk factors including the maturity structure and currency denomination of the debt, stock-flow operations, accumulated reserves and other government assets; guarantees, notably linked to the financial sector; liabilities both explicit and implicit related to ageing and private debt to the extent that it may represent a contingent implicit liability for the government). Furthermore, the Commission shall give due consideration to any other factors which, in the opinion of the Member State concerned, are relevant in order to comprehensively assess in qualitative terms the excess over the reference value and which the Member State has put forward to the Commission and to the Council. In that context, special consideration shall be given to financial contributions to fostering international solidarity and to achieving Union policy goals, including financial stability, social and regional cohesion.
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point d
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2 – paragraph 4
(d) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The Commission and the Council shall make a balanced overall assessment of all the relevant factors, specifically, the extent to which they affect the assessment of compliance with the deficit and/or the debt criteria as aggravating or mitigating factors. When assessing compliance on the basis of the deficit criterion, if the ratio of the government debt to GDP exceeds the reference value, these factors shall be taken into account in the steps leading to the decision on the existence of an excessive deficit provided for in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Article 126 of the Treaty only if the double condition of the overarching principle that, before these relevant factors are taken into account, the general government deficit remains close to the reference value and its excess over the reference value is temporary is fully met.’deleted
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint d a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2 – paragraph 5
(da) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "5. The Commission and the Council, in all budgetary assessments in the framework of the excessive deficit procedure, shall give due consideration to the implementation of structural reforms which are conducive to the achievement of the Union’s objectives on sustainable economic, social and environmentally responsible growth."
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point e
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2 – paragraph 7
7. In the case of Member States where the excess of the deficit or the breach of the requirements of the debt criterion according to Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty reflects the implementation of a pension reform introducing a multi-pillar system that includes a mandatory, fully funded pillarthose reforms that maintain existing jobs and create new and better jobs as well as reforms based on public investments, the Commission and the Council shall also consider the cost of the reform to the publicly managed pillar when assessing developments in EDP deficit and debt figures. In cases where the debt ratio exceeds the reference value, the cost of the reform shall be considered only if the deficit remains close to the reference value. For that purpose, for a period of five years starting from the date of entry into force of such a reform, consideration shall be given to its net cost as reflected in deficit and debt developments on the basis of a linear degressive scale. Additionally, irrespective of the date of entry into force of the reform, its net cost as reflected in debt developments shall be given consideration for a transitional period of five years from [date of entry into force of this Regulation, to be inserted] on the basis of the same linear degressive scale. The net cost as thus calculated shall be taken into account also for the decision of the Council under Article 126(12) of the Treaty on the abrogation of some or all of its decisions under paragraphs 6 to 9 and 11 of Article 126 of the Treaty, if the deficit has declined substantially and continuously and has reached a level that comes close to the reference value and, in case of non- fulfilment of the requirements of the debt criterion, the debt has been put on a declining path. Moreover, equal consideration shall be given to the reduction in this net cost resulting from the partial or total reversal of an above mentioned pension reform.
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2010/0276(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 16
Fines referred to in Article 12 of this Regulation shall constitute other revenue referred to in Article 311 of the Treaty and shall be distributed among participating Member States which do not have excessivhave a economic trade deficit as determined in accordance with Article 126(6) of the Treaty and which are not the subject of an excessive imbalance procedure within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No […/…], in proportion to their share in the total gross national income (GNI) of the eligible Member State, strictly linked to sustainable economic, social and environmental investments.
2011/02/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
(1) The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates in Article 145 that Member States and the EU shall work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic chaeducation, vocational traininge and with a view to achieving the objectives set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union. Member States, having regard to national practices related to the responsibilities of management and labour, shall regard promoting employment as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate their action in this respect withfurther training and integration of employees into labour markets, which have become – and will remain – necessary because of economic change with a view to achieving the Council, in accordance with the provisions ofobjectives set out in Article 1483 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
(2) The Treaty on European Union stipulates in Article 3.3 that the Union shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection and provides for the Union’svide social protection; it is also expected to take initiatives to ensure coordination of Member States' social policies. Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to promoting a high level of employment and to the guarantee of adequate social protection and the fight against social exclusion and linked to a high level of education and training and protection of health.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) The Lisbon Strategy, launched in 2000, was based on an acknowledgement of the EU’s need to increaspreserve its productivity and competitiveness, while enhancing social cohesion, in the face of global competition, economic interdependences and changes, technological change and an age changing population. The Lisbon Strategy was re- launched in 2005, after a mid-term review which led to greater focus on growth, more and better jobs. Ultimately, the Lisbon Strategy failed to achieve its targets. With its focus on competitiveness, cost-cutting, dismantling of the welfare state, ever more flexible labour markets, liberalisation of markets in general and deregulation of financial markets in particular it aggravated inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, the growth of poverty, social exclusion, low- wage work and precarious employment. It is now time for an alternative strategy of the European Union for sustainable development, social justice and full employment.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
(5) The Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs helped forge consensus aroundshould help to determine the broad direction of the EU’s economic and employment policies. Under the strategy, both broad economic policy guidelines and employment guidelines were adopted by the Council in 2005 and revised in 2008. The 24 guidelines laid the foundations for the national reform programmes, outlining the key macro-economic, micro-economic and labour market reform priorities for the EU as a whole. However, experience shows that the guidelines did not set clear enough priorities and that links between them could have been strongersufficiently binding objectives for social, political and cultural participation by all residents of the European Union and for the sustainable ecological conversion of the economy. This limited their impact on national policy- making.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
(6) The financial and economic crisis that started in 2008 resulted in a significant loss in jobs and potential output and has led to a dramatic deterioration in public finances. The European Economic Recovery Plan has nevertheless helped Member States to deal with the crisis, partly through a coordinated fiscal stimulus, with the euro providing an anchor for macroeconomic stability. The crisis therefore showed that coordination of the Union's policies canould have delivered significant results if it ishad been strengthened and rendered effective. TIn addition, the crisis also underscored the close interdependence of the Member States’ economies and labour marketsfact that the internal market urgently needs to be complemented by a social and ecological Union so that fewer people need suffer from the impact of impending crises of capitalism.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) The Commission proposed to set up a new strategy for the next decade, the Europe 2020 Strategy, to enable the EU to emerge stronger from the crisis, and to turn its economy towards smart, and also respond more effectively to future upheavals and crises, and to turn its economy towards viable, ecologically and economically sustainable and inclusive growth. Five heconomic management. Headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives guiding the action of the Member States and of the Union. Member States should make every effort to meet the national targets and to remove the bottlenecks that constrain growthobstacles to a restructuring process accompanied by the creation of more, high-quality jobs.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) As part of comprehensive "exit strategies" for the economic crisis, Member States should carry out ambitious reforms to ensure an improved macroeconomic stability and the sustainability of public finance, improve competitiveness, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance labour market performance. The withdrawal of the fiscal stimulus should be implemented and coordinated within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact. performance targeting socially and environmentally sustainable development, reduce macroeconomic imbalances and enhance high quality employment and social protection. The fiscal stimulus should be continued over the next three to five years to overcome economic stagnation and rising unemployment. Coordinated fiscal stimulus at Member State and EU level must be oriented towards economic recovery via targeted EU recovery plan which is streamlined in terms of gender-equality in all of its components, mobilising one per cent of EU GDP each year for investing in environmentally sustainable development, thus providing for an entry strategy for new quality employment.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) Within the Europe 2020 strategy, Member States should implement reforms aimed at ‘smart growth’, i.e. growthmanagement of the economy’, i.e. which is driven by knowledge and innovation. Reforms should aim at improving the quality of education, ensuring access for all, and strengthenpreserving research and business performance in order to promote innovation and knowledge transfer throughout the EU. They should encourage entrepreneurship andconomic activity which helps to turn creative ideas into innovative products, innovative - particularly socially valuable - services and processes that can create growth, quality jobs, territorial, economic and social cohesion with a high level of comprehensive social protection, and address more efficiently European and global societal challenges. Making the most of information and communication technologies is essential in this context.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
(10) Member States should also, through their reform programmes, aim at sustainable growth’development. Sustainable growthdevelopment means building a resource- efficient, sustainable and competitive economy, a fair distribution of the cost and benefits and exploiting Europe’s leadership in the race to developeconomy, and developing new processes and technologies, includingparticularly green technologies. Member States should implement the necessary reforms to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and use resources efficiently. They should also improve the business environment for SMEs, stimulate creation of green, sustainable jobs and modernise their industrial base. Particularly in the field of conversion to different products, sufficient funding must be made available to be able to perform the resultant restructuring processes and deal with the impact on employees.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
(11) Member States’ reform programmes should also aim at ‘inclusive growth’. Inclusive growtheconomic management’. Inclusive economic management means building a cohesive society in which people are empowered to anticipate and manage change, thus to actively participate in politics, society and economycultural life. Member States’ reforms should therefore ensure access and opportunities for all throughout the lifecycle, thus to an income which prevents poverty and to service activities requiring skills, thus enabling them to pursue a dignified and autonomous life and reducing poverty and social exclusion, through removing barriers to labour market participation of employees' own choosing, especially for women, older workers, young people, disabled and legal – particularly women – young people, people with disabilities and migrants. They should also make sure that the benefits of economic growthsustainable and inclusive economic management reach all citizens and all regions. Ensuring effective functioning of thethat labour markets are inclusive through investing in successful transitions, appropriate skills development, rising job quality and fighting segmentation, structural unemployment and inactivity while ensuring adequate, sustainable social protection and active inclusion to reduce poverty should therefore be at the heart of Member States’ reform programmesin accordance with the 'decent work' principles of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and in the light of the conclusions of the informal meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs in Berlin from 18 to 20 January 2007 on the subject of 'good work', namely that Europe needs an improved, joint effort to promote ‘good work’, which covers workers’ rights and participation, fair pay, security and health protection at work, and organisation of work which takes families into account, as well as working conditions which are favourable and fair and appropriate social protection, which are necessary if the European Union is to be accepted by its citizens, and fighting segmentation, structural unemployment and involuntary inactivity while ensuring comprehensive social protection which goes beyond preventing poverty and social and cultural inclusion should therefore be at the heart of Member States’ reform programmes. At the same time, economic and social inequalities must be massively reduced.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In the light of the objective of 'inclusive growth', Member States should, upon a proposal from the Commission, establish a legislative framework for the new forms of employment which places the employees concerned on an equal footing and facilitates employment which does not promote further fragmentation of the labour market and which guarantees comprehensive protection of the individual and collective rights of employees and affords them the requisite social protection.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
(12) The EU's and Member States' structural reforms can effectively contribute to growth and jobs if they enhance the EU's competitiveness in the global economy, open up new opportunities for Europe's exporters and provide competitive access to vital imports. Reforms should therefore take into account their external competitiveness implications to foster European growth and participation in open and fair markets worldwide.deleted
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) When programming and implementing EU funding, including from the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund, Member States should take account of the EU 2010 Strategy, particularly its employment policy and social policy aspects.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
(14) While these guidelines are addressed to Member States, it is essential that the Europe 2020 strategy should be implemented in partnership with all national, regional and local authorities, closely associating parliaments, as well as social partners and representatives of civil society, who shallrepresentatives of civil society. Social partners at national level have a particular role to play here, because without their participation it would not in practice be possible to implement the employment strategy in businesses. All parties must be given equal rights to contribute to the elaboration of national reform programmes, to their implementation and to the overall communication on the strategy.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 125 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
(15) The Europe 2020 strategy is underpinned by a smaller set of guidelines, replacing the previous set of 24 and addressing employment and broad economic policy issues in a coherent manner. The guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, annexed to this Decision, are intrinsically linked with the guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union, annexed to Council Recommendation […] of […]. Together, they form the ‘Europe 2020 integrated guidelines’.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 129 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
(16) These new integrated guidelines reflect the conclusions of the European Council. They give precise guidance to the Member States on defining their national reform programmes and implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence and in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. These guidelines will form the basis for any country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States. They will also form the basis for the establishment of the Joint Employment Report sent annually by the Council and Commission to the European Council.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 130 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In the meantime the measures taken and their results should be analysed academically and reviewed critically.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph -1 (new)
All policies and measures taken in the framework of the Employment Guidelines shall strongly promote equality for women and men and shall be gender mainstreamed. This includes affirmative action policies aimed at enhancing women´s rights and equality. Social protection systems should be reviewed with a view to abolish elements that generate gender inequalities, better working conditions should be secured in sectors where women work, involuntary part time employment decreased and gender equality in training and education ensured. In this framework, the EU sets a target to reduce the gender pay gap to 0- 5% by 2020. Furthermore, the EU sets targets on increased provision of accessible, affordable, flexible and high- quality care services for all, in particular access to child care facilities by aiming to ensure 70% of necessary care for 0-3 years old children and 100% of care for 3- 6 years old children and will introduce over the time span of the EU 2020 Strategy specific targets for the care of other dependents, including the elderly, on the basis of an ongoing assessment of actual and potential care needs.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 147 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1
Member States should integratePrevious empirical surveys of the EU's labour markets have shown that flexibility of employment has the most deleterious impact on employability, as flexible employment contracts (employment below the flexicurity principles endorsed by the European Council into their labour market policies and apply them, making full use of European Social Fund support with a view to increasing labour market participation and combating segmentation and inactivity, gender inequality, whilst reducing structural unemployment. Measures to enhance flexibility and security should be both balanced and mutually reinforcingvel at which social security is compulsory, temporary agency work, fixed-term employment contracts, project work etc.) are associated not only with poorer social protection and smaller incomes but also with a lack of opportunities for further training, professional development and lifelong learning, and that the more flexible employment is, the more precarious it is. The concept of GOOD WORK puts a strong focus on promoting quality in work, improved social security and social inclusion, enhancing existing workers' rights and introducing new ones, promoting health and safety at work, better social risk management and the reconciliation of work and non-work life. Strong measures for enhancing security by phasing out precarious employment and those atypical contractual arrangements related to such insecure forms of employment should be launched by Member States, with a view to restricting and reducing atypical forms of employment, the misuse of which should be penalised. Member States shouldmust therefore introduce a combination of flexiblsecure and reliable employment contracts, active and integrative labour market policies, effective lifelong learning, policies to promote labour mobility, and adequatesupport the right to voluntarily chosen labour mobility, and effective, high quality social security systems to secure professional transitions accompanied by clear rights and responsibilities for the unemployed to actively seek workdequate benefits and tailor-made measures for finding quality employment or training and upgrading of their skills and competencies.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
Member States should step upuse social dialogue and tackle labour market segmentation with measures addressing temporary and precarious employment, underemployment and undeclared work. Professional mobility should be rewardeddiscrimination against women, migrants, older people and people with disabilities, underemployment and undeclared work. Undeclared employment should be fought through fiscal measures for low earners and for trades and crafts and through more intensive monitoring by labour inspectorate services and social insurance bodies. Professional mobility should be rewarded by measures under employment, social and fiscal legislation. The quality of jobswork and employment conditions shouldmust be addressed by fighting low-wages and by ensuring adequatepoverty-proof social security also for those on fixedwith precarious and other forms of atypical contracts and the self- employed. Member States should agree an EU target for minimum wages (whether statutory or collectively agreed at national, regional or sectoral level) to guarantee remuneration of at least 60% of the relevant (national, sectoral, etc.) average income and, further, lay down a timetable for achieving that target in all Member States. Employment services should bemust be effectively strengthened and open to all, including young people and in particular those threatened by unemployment and appropriate measures provided within the context of active, inclusive labour market policies, with personalised services targeting those furthest away from the labour market.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 187 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3
In order to increase competitivenesspromote environmentally and socially sustainable development and raise participation levels, particularly for the low-skilled, and in line with economic policy guideline 2, Member States should reviewadapt tax and benefit systems and increase the capacity of public services to provide the necessary support. Member States should increase labour force participation through policies to promote active ageingthe concept of GOOD WORK, gender equality and equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and labour market integration of young people, disabled, legal migrants and other vulnerable groups. In that respect a European Youth Guarantee securing the right of every young person in the EU to the offer of a suitable well-paid job in line with their qualifications and skills, an apprenticeship, additional training or combined work and training immediately upon facing unemployment is necessary. Work-life balance policies with the provision of affordable care and innovation in work organisation should be geared to a reduction of working time without loss of pay and thus raising employment rates, particularly among youth, older workers and women, in particular to retain highly- skilled women in scientific and technical fields. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and care and promote social innovation. Furthermore, work-life balance policies should strengthen transition security based on good job protection by enhancing social rights and social protection to prevent income risks and to ensure the maintenance and acquisition of pension rights and health care coverage etc. during employment transitions, and also during leave periods (e.g. for caring for dependent persons, further training and education, sabbaticals etc.). Member States should promote the reconciliation of work and non-work-life also by a clear reduction of the average weekly working time as well as a clear lowering of the weekly statutory maximum working hours and a strict limitation of overtime hours. Member States should also remove barriers to labour market entry for newcomers, support self-employment and job creation in areas including green employment and high-valued, in particular, social services, and promote social innovation. Access to the labour market for young people and newcomers should be enabled by limiting effectively working life.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 208 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4
The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is of aiming to bring by 2020 to 75% the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64 including through the greater participation of youth, older workers - especially older women - and low skilled workers and the better integration of legal migrants.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 215 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 8 – title
Guideline 8: Developing a skilled workforce responding to labour market needs, promoting job quality andImproving the level of education and training and further training among employees and promoting lifelong learning
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 1
Member States should promote productivity and employability through an adequate supply of knowledge and skills to match current and future demand in the labour markea broad supply of knowledge and skills in order that workers, under the conditions of permanent processes of restructuring and change in all three sectors of the labour market, can obtain a permanent, full-time job, which ensures them a livelihood and enables social and cultural involvement. Quality initial education and attractive vocational training must be complemented with effective incentives for lifelong learning, second-chance opportunities, ensuring every adult at any time the chance to move one step up in their qualification, and by targeted migration and integration policies. Member States shouldmust develop systems for recognising acquired competencies, remove barriers to occupational and geographical mobility of workers, promote the acquisition of transversal competences and creativity, and focus their efforts particularly on supporting those with low skills, and increasing the employability of older workerscombat discrimination in connection with access to education and training and further training, while at the same time enhance the training, skills and experience of highly skilled workers, including researchers.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 238 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 8 – paragraph 2
In cooperation with the social partners and business, Member States should improve access to training, strengthen education and career guidance combined with systematic information on, and appropriate measures to promote, new job openings and opportunities, promotion of entrepreneurshipbusiness involvement in education and training and further training and enhanced anticipation of skill needs. Investment in human resourcepersonnel planning and development, up- skilling and participation in lifelong learning schemes should be promoted through joint financial contributions from governments, individuals and employers. To support young people and in particular those not in employment, education or training, Member States in cooperation with the social partners, should enact schemes to help recent graduatesyoung people with or without a school leaving qualification find initial employment or further education and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, and intervene rapidly when young people become unemployed. Regular monitoring of the performance of up-skilling and anticipation policies should help identify areas for improvement and increase the responsiveness of education and training systems to labour market needsmake education and training systems more geared towards growth fields of work of the future. EU funds should be fully mobilised by Member States to support these objectives.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 1
In order to ensure access to quality education and training for all and to improve educational outcomes, Member States should invest efficiently in education and training and further training systems notably to raise the skill level of the EU's workforce, allowing it to meetrespond to the rapidly changing needs of modern labour marketsworld of work. Action should cover all sectors (from early childhood education and schools through to higher education, vocational education and training, as well as adult training) taking also into account learning in informal and non-formal contexts. Reforms should aim to ensure the acquisition of the key competencies that every individual needs for success in a knowledge-based economy, notably in terms of employability, further learning, or ICT skills. Steps should be taken to ensure learning mobility of young people and teachers becomes the normis facilitated. Member States should improve the openness and relevance of education and training systems, particularly by implementing national qualification frameworks enabling flexibleopen learning pathways, including for those who are older, and by developing partnerships between the worlds of education/training and work. The teaching profession should be made more attractive. Higher education should become more open to non-traditional learners and participation in tertiary or equivalent education should be increased. With a view to reducing the number of young people not in employment, education, or training, Member States should take all necessary steps to prevent early school leaving. For people who, for various reasons, are unable to participate in these systems, social protection which goes further than preventing poverty should be guaranteed. For people who, because of illness and/or disability, are no longer able to practise their previous occupation, special vocational further training and/or retraining measures should be provided.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 266 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 9 – paragraph 2
The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is to reduce the drop out rate to 10%, whilst increasing the share of the population aged 30-34 having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40% in 2020.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 271 #

2010/0115(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 1
Member States’To achieve this goal, Member States should intensify efforts to reduceliminate poverty, including working poor conditions. Efforts should be aimed at promoting full participation in society and, of people’s own deciding, in politics, society, the arts, and the economy and extending employment opportunities, making full use of the European Social Fund. Efforts should also concentrate on ensuringmaintaining and bringing about both equal opportunities, including through and access to affordable, sustainable and high -quality services and public services (including online services, in line with guideline 4) and in particular health care, specifically as regards social welfare, employment, health, and neighbourhood services. Member States should put in place active and effective anti-discrimination measures. Equally, to fight social exclusion, empower people and promote labour market participation, social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies should be enhanced to create opportunities at different stages of people’s lives and shield them from the risk of exclusion. Social security and pension systems must be modernised to ensure that they can be fully deployed to ensure adequate income supportincome above the poverty threshold and access to health care – thus providing social cohesion – whilst at the same time remaining financially sustainable. Benefit systems should focus on ensuring income security during transitions and reducing poverty, in particular among groups most at risk from social exclusion, such as one-parent families, minorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, legal migrants and the homeless. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovation in support ofminorities, people with disabilities, children and young people, elderly women and men, migrants and the homeless. Member States should agree on an EU- wide commitment to ending street homelessness by 2015 and seek to frame integrated policy measures offering access to affordable decent housing with the necessary energy provision for all. The Council should agree on an EU target for minimum income systems and contribution-based income substitute benefit systems, whereby the income support provided should be not less than 60% of the national median equivalised income, and, in addition, on a compliance schedule. With a view to eliminating child poverty in the EU, Member States should undertake to achieve a 50% reduction by 2012, on the understanding that such a cut should not be measured by economic indicators alone, and should make the necessary provision to attain that goal. The fact that a child, in particular for one-parent families, should constitute a poverty risk is incompatible with the aims of the EU. The parents concerned should be shielded from that risk by means of free childcare, social support, and tailor- made support from employment agencies. Member States should also actively promote the social economy and social innovations designed to address the different social risks which arise during people’s lifetime, especially where the most vulnerable are concerned.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 292 #

2010/0115(NLE)


Annex – Guideline 10 – paragraph 2
The EU headline target, on the basis of which Member States will set their national targets, is to reduce by 25% the number ofeliminate poverty and, as a first step, reduce by 50 % by 2015 the number of people in the Europeans Union living below the national poverty lines, lifting over 20 million people out of poverty.
2010/06/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2010/0101(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. Eligible for EU guarantee shall be EIB loans and loan guarantees for investment projects carried out in countries covered by this decision, granted in accordance with the EIB's own rules and procedures, including the EIB’s statement on social and environmental standards, and in support of the relevant external policy objectives of the EU, where the EIB financing has been granted according to a signed agreement which has neither expired nor been cancelled (EIB financing operations).
2010/10/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 28 #

2010/0101(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The EIB shall carry out thorough due diligence on development-related aspects of projects covered by the EU guarantee. The EIB'swith regard to the impact own rules and procedures shall include the necessary provisions on ahuman rights, social, environmental and conflict issuessment of environmental and social impa and on development-related aspects of projects and of aspects related to human rights,covered by the EU guarantee to ensure that only projects that are economically, financially, environmentally and socially sustainable are supported under this Decision.
2010/10/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 29 #

2010/0101(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the ex-ante assessment of development-related aspects, the EIB should strengthen its monitoring during project implementation, inter alia, on the development impact of the projectprojectswith regard to their impact on human rights, conflict dynamics, social and environmental indicators and development-related aspects, the EIB should strengthen its monitoring during project implementation. In the event that information is received that suggests a negative impact on any of these aspects, the EIB shall be obliged to interrupt or, if necessary, to stop an operation until the situation is adequately addressed.
2010/10/27
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 33 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of public services – publicly owned and managed, with democratic involvement of users of such services – in areas essential to people's welfare, such as health, education, justice, water, housing, transport, childcare and care for the elderly;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of conducting, as a matter of urgency, an assessment of the social consequences and the impact on people’s lives of liberalisation measures in sectors that are essential to social progress (transport, energy, water, postal services, telecommunications, etc.) and urges the Commission to prevent any further liberalisation measures from being taken until this assessment has been submitted;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need to review liberalisation policies in order to promote a policy of social progress ensuring universal access to high-quality public services, with special consideration for disadvantaged groups, such as single mothers, women, elderly people, children, migrants and those with any kind of disability;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that steps must be taken to address the current legal uncertainty as regards SSGI, making it clear that public goods, public services, services of general interest and the not-for-profit sector are not subject to rules on competition, public aid, public contracts and the internal market, but form a sector geared solely towards the public interest and that is organised in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity within the exclusive competence of the Member States and their respective regional and local authorities, with a view to ensuring its proper functioning;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the economic and financial crisis and the austerity policies imposed by Member States should not encourage disinvestment in SSGIs, but that, on the contrary, given their importance and absolute necessity, such services need to be consolidated in order to meet people’s needs;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to respect the diversity of the methods of organising and managing SSGIs, of their resources and of the methods of funding these services; calls on the Member States to reverse ‘reforms’ which have institutionalised market-based models of welfare provision, with competition and tendering obligations, and to cease promoting public-private partnerships or externalising social services to the private sector as these are misleading strategies for ‘modernising’ social services; considers that taking care to promote the general interest and ensure the provision of efficient and high-quality services by both the public sector and the not-for-profit 'third’ sector or the social economy is the most appropriate strategy for ensuring high-quality, integrated and inclusive social services;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 154 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for EU legislation to enablerecognise the specific nature of European models for the organisation and functioning of the social economy and to provide a specific framework for mutual societies, associations, cooperatives and foundations to operate on a transnational basis;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 184 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for reform of the criteria for classifying economic and non-economic SSGI in the framework of current EU legislation so as to remove them from the sphere of competition policy, which has the effect of jeopardising their intended aims;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 185 #

2009/2222(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Expresses regret that only certain SGI and SSGI are exempted from the scope of the Services Directive (2006/13/EC), calls for a pluralist and independent appraisal of the transposition of that directive to be performed as swiftly as possible, taking into account its partial exemptions and the impact in terms of practical access to SGI and SSGI;
2011/03/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2009/2219(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the 1986 UN Declaration of the Right to Development confirms that ‘the right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social and cultural development’; considers, therefore, that the EU has an obligation not to undermine this right and, indeed, to contribute to it through its international agreementincorporate it into international agreements and use it as a guideline for European policies;
2010/10/07
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2009/2219(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes free-trade agreements and all efforts to encourage trade with and between developing countries as a reliable route towards solid, sustainable development; particularly encourages regional free-trade areas as a means to promote, through tariff reductions, trade between developing countries, whilst respecting WTO rules;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2009/2219(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that in many developing countries fisheries, particularly small-scale fishing, and related industries play a vital role in ensuring food security, creating jobs, generating government revenues and exports and maintaining local communities; is concerned that overfishing and illegal fishing canare contributeing to local and regional unemployment and migration and are seriously undermineing sustainable development; calls therefore for EU fisheries agreements with developing countries to help foster domestic fishing industries (focusing in particular on small- and medium-sized fishing operators and firms), monitor fish stocks, combat overfishing and illegal fishing, protect biodiversity and supgradeport and foster improvements in hygiene and health standards;
2010/10/07
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2009/2219(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU actively to promote corporate social responsibility through its trade agreements and establish binding rules, with a view to a morestrongly ethical global trading environment in social and environmental terms;
2010/10/07
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 27 #

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that all EU policy areas with an external impact must be designed to support the fight against poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals as well as the fulfilment of human rights, including social, economic and environmental rights and gender equality; demands a moratorium on those treaties, negotiations and other agreements between the EU and third countries that are not conducive to the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 50 #

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the Council’s decision to select five broad areas for the PCD exercise in 2009 shouldmust not replace monitoring of the 12 traditional policy areas; furthermore calls on the Commission to identify incoherencies whenever they occur and suggest solutions; calls on the Commission to create mechanisms for including other policy areas on the existing list where necessary, should European policy have a negative impact on development;
2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 57 #

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned that the ‘ODA-plus approach’ entails a risk that the EU will be deprived of its roadmap to reach the 0.7% ODA/GNP target for 2015 and that it undermines the definition of ODA and its focus on poverty eradication because it exaggerates the role of other financial flows for development; is critical of the fact that the transfer payments in the ‘ODA-plus approach’ contain no legal commitment to poverty eradication or assistance in achieving the Millennium Development Goals;
2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 58 #

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is concerned that the capital outflow from developing countries into the EU caused by incoherent policies under the ‘ODA-plus approach’ are not mentioned and the damage inflicted on developing countries by unfair tax competition and illegal capital outflow is not taken into account;
2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2009/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Article 3
3. Points out that any breach of the principle of impartiality which civilian humanitarian actors invoke in their work makes the latter more vulnerable on the ground; takes the view, therefore, that military personnel should distribute humanitarian aid only in entirely exceptional circumstancesnot appear in the guise of humanitarian actors in any circumstances, and that humanitarian aid organisations should not be forced to cooperate with the military, in recognition of the impartial nature of the work of humanitarian actors;
2010/04/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2009/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Article 1
1. Asks the European Union and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to redirect their cooperation towards human rights protection as a solution to the crisis, including the threefour categories of fundamental rights: political, social, environmental and cultural rights;
2010/02/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2009/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Article 4
4. Calls for the fight against poverty and climate change, which hits the world's poorest people the hardest, to become a key focus of the EU-LAC strategy; suggests developing a new economic model based on the conservation of forests and natural resources and on sustainable agriculture;
2010/02/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2009/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Article 5
5. Calls for the recognition of food sovereignty and an end to policies involving the exploitation of natural resources for export; calls, therefore, for an end to major hydraulic engineering, mining and forestry projects, biopiracy and the appropriation of land (especially for the purpose of producing biofuels, which are not a sustainable solution to climate change); calls on the EU to devise mechanisms under which penalties can be imposed on EU-based transnational corporations for environmental crimes committed in third countries;
2010/02/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 25 #

2009/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Article 7
7. Calls for an end to bilateral agreements and multilateral trade agreements that focus solely on free trade, to the detriment of human rights and social and cultural rights, or have the effect of fragmenting regional blocs such as the Andean Community;
2010/02/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 26 #

2009/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Article 7 a (new)
7a. calls on the EU to oblige EU-based transnational corporations to apply ecological and social standards established by international agreements, such as the International Labour Organisation's Decent Work Agenda, in the LAC countries as minimum standards and not to circumvent these;
2010/02/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 28 #

2009/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Article 8
8. Calls, in the context of the strategy developed with a view to arriving at a global interregional partnership agreement by 2015, for agreements and investment to be redirected to the poorest countries in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
2010/02/26
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation ? (new)
- having regard to the UN report 'Rethinking poverty-Report on the World Social Situation 2010',
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation ? (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of June 21th 2007 'Promoting Employment through EU Development Cooperation',
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Calls for the implementation of the freedom of association for trade unions and the right to bargain collectively without exemption in order to enforce, improve and defend decent work conditions;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3b (new)
3b. Calls for the implementation of the right to freedom from discrimination, i.e. the right to work and be treated equally regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability or sexual orientation as a core principle in the fight against poverty;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3c (new)
3c. Calls for the implementation of the right to freedom from forced labour and especially from child labour without exception, as without education children are condemned to a life in poverty;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Reminds that small and micro enterprises, especially in the agricultural sector, need adequate financing, e.g. micro credits, to conserve existing and to create new jobs;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4b (new)
4b. Demands the European Commission and the Member States to enhance public financial support to small and micro enterprises and farmers in the developing countries including the informal sector, as demanded by the ILO Global Jobs Pact, in order to combat poverty and unemployment;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas social protection systems have been proven as powerful instruments for poverty reduction and social cohesion and the majority of the global population has no adequate social protection coverage,
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7f (new)
7f. Urges the European Commission and the Member States to promote in the schemes addressed to developing countries the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) business pattern as a legally binding principle for the integration of social and environmental concerns into business operations of companies and in their interaction with subcontractors and stakeholders;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7g (new)
7g. Calls for a better support of jobs and employment creation by coordinating employment and macro-economic policies, whereas the latter should not be restricted to controlling inflation and trade and fiscal deficits but also focus on the stability of real output, incomes and employment;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on all developing countries to sign up to the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the UN Social Protection Floor initiative to guarantee satisfactory labour standards, high levels of comprehensive social protection coverage that reaches the poorest and marginalised persons and genuine social dialogue;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7h (new)
7h. Calls for a binding integration of ILO decent work standards as well as environmental standards into trade agreements;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7i (new)
7i. Calls for a rethinking of privatisation policies especially concerning utilities like water, sanitation and services of general interest, and to reconsider the social role of states in development governance, including the role of state owned enterprises as employers and social service providers;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7j (new)
7j. Urges the Member States and the European Commission to work towards a different interpretation of WTO Article XXIV to allow for the exemption of vulnerable manufacturing and other sectors from trade agreements where this is justified and emphasises the need to give more room to country specific factors for competitiveness in export markets, such as pre-trade employment patterns, social sector policies, levels of social development, landownership patterns and rural power relations, export supply capacities, technological skills and the existence of well-developed markets;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7k (new)
7k. Proposes to the European Commission, the Parliament and the Member States to check possibilities for import liberalisation for agrarian products from developing countries without maintaining mutual free trade agreements that could destroy regional markets in developing countries;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7l (new)
7l. Demands the Commission and the EU Member States to promote sustainable enterprises with decent jobs creation as a specific sector of development cooperation in line with the 2005 European Consensus on Development and to foster its integration in more traditional sectors of development cooperation such as infrastructure, rural development, governance and trade related assistance;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds developing countries to respect local traditions of common land use for agriculture in order to facilitate and to protect existing small farming;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 27 #

2009/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7m (new)
7m. Reminds of the crucial role of social protection systems as mentioned in the ILO Global Jobs Pact and the United Nations Social Protection Floor Initiative; therefore calls for a stronger emphasis on social protection systems to prevent increased poverty and address social hardship, while helping to stabilize the economy and maintain and promote employability;
2010/04/08
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks for free and full access for all to educational systems, i.e. basic and higher as well as vocational education, in order to qualify the local population to become skilled workers;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 34 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Insists that both donor and developing countries have to fulfil their commitments to realize the Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Supports measures, such as salary subsidies, that encourage local doctors to remain and practise within their communities and that strengthen medical systems which are accessible for everybody;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 38 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Supports measures that invest in and build up public services in general in order to create jobs and strengthen state capacities, facilities and social cohesion as it is indicated in the UN Report 'Rethinking poverty';
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 39 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for more emphasis to be placed on practical healthcare, i.e. distributing bloodanalysers and t and awareness rainsing local people to use themamong the population about the merits of medical treatments;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes all development strategies should pay special attention to the most vulnerable and marginalised, especially women, children, older people and people with disabilities;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 54 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Proposes a financial transaction tax to generate revenue in order to pay for employment creation programmes and to attain the Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 56 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasises that the EU has to abolish its subsidy policies, especially in the agricultural sector, in order to facilitate fair trade conditions regarding developing countries;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 63 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the EU to target its aid also towards building up social protection systems in developing countries as an important and effective means to reduce poverty;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 64 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the EU to provide more education opportunities for developing- world students but to ensure they return home after their studies to benefit their own communities;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 80 #

2009/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the EU to support the UN Social Floor Initiative to extend or implement sustainable social protection systems in developing countries by ensuring greater coherence in external relations policies, developing a Communication on Social Protection in development cooperation as suggested in the Council Conclusions on Promoting Employment through EU Development Cooperation;
2010/03/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2009/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the UNCTAD report 'The Least Developed Countries Report 2009: The State and Development Governance',
2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 51 #

2009/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States, within the European Union Emission Trading System framework, to devote a fair share of the revenues generated from the auctioning of carbon emission allowances to support developing countries effectively, using public investment, in coping with climate change, in accordance with Directive 2003/87/EC1;
2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 60 #

2009/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Regards trade as a main driver of economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries and calls upon the EU and Member States to leverage their international influence for a successful, fair and development-oriented conclusion of the Doha Round, while enhancing the pro- poor focus of EU Aid for Trade policy;Does not affect English version.
2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 77 #

2009/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Recognises the current mid-term review of the external lending activity of the EIB and cooperation arrangements, to be completed in 2010 and in which the European Parliament acts as co-legislator, as a major opportunity to increase the EIB role in development cooperation, ensuring priority forwith the priority objective of attaining the Millennium Development Goals by 2015; considers that in this connection priority should be assigned to projects targeting poverty reduction;
2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
(4) Because excessive and imprudent risk- taking may undermine the financial soundness of financial institutions and destabilise the banking system, it is important that the new obligation concerning remuneration policies and practices should be implemented in a consistent manner. It isFurthermore, there is widespread concern that the refore appropriate to specify coremuneration of managers in the financial sector is excessive, often representing up to 300 times the salary of an average employee. Previously, the practice was that the remuneration of managers should not exceed 20 times the lowest salary of employees in the same sector. This development is entirely at odds with the traditions of the European social model and its aim of achieving a more equal distribution of income. A new model of corporate governance in the financial industry is necessary in order to promote long-term sustainability and social cohesion. It is therefore appropriate to specify clear principles on sound remuneration to ensure that the structure of remuneration does not encourage excessive risk-taking by individuals and is aligned with the risk appetite, values and long-term interests of the institution. In order to ensure that the design of remuneration policies is integrated in the risk management of the financial institution, the management body (supervisory function) of each credit institution or investment firm should establish the general principles to be applied, and the policies should be subject to at least annual independent internal review. Credit institutions and investment firms of a significant size should set up independent remuneration committees as an integral part of their governance structure and organisation. Such remuneration committees should cooperate with those responsible for the risk and compliance function in order to monitor the incentives created for managing risk, capital and liquidity.
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
(4) Because excessive and imprudent risk- taking may undermine the financial soundness of financial institutions and destabilise the banking system, it is important that the new obligation concerning remuneration policies and practices should be implemented in a consistent manner. It is therefore appropriate to specify clear and transparent core principles on sound remuneration, established with the involvement of staff members and their representatives within the firm, to ensure that the structure of remuneration does not encourage excessive risk-taking by individuals and is aligned with the risk appetite, values and long-term interests of the institution. In order to ensure that the design of remuneration policies is integrated in the risk management of the financial institution, the management body (supervisory function) of each credit institution or investment firm should establish the general principles to be applied, and the policies should be subject to at least annual independent internal review. Credit institutions and investment firms of significant size should set up independent remuneration committees as an integral part of their governance structure and organisation. Remuneration committees should cooperate with the risk and compliance function in order to supervise the incentives created for managing risk, capital and liquidity.
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5
(5) Remuneration policy should aim at aligning the personal objectives of staff members with the long-term interests of the credit institution or investment firm concerned. The assessment of the performance-based components of remuneration should be based on longer- term performance and take into account the outstanding risks associated with the performance. The assessment of performance should be set in a multi-year framework, for example of three to five years, in order to ensure that the assessment process is based on longer-term performance and that the actual payment of performance-based components of remuneration is spread over the business cycle of the firm. The assessment of longer-term performance justifying the payment of deferred variable remuneration should include and adequately weight the criteria and targets in the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model for ‘sustainable excellence’ (as regards, inter alia, employee development, the enhancement of high-quality employment, customer satisfaction and management of resources), as well as corporate social responsibility targets.
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Payment of the variable remuneration component ought to be deferred over a period of no less than three years. That period may increase significantly along with the level of seniority or responsibility. Moreover, a substantial portion of the variable remuneration component should be paid in the form of shares in the credit institution or investment firm, or share- linked instruments other than stock options, subject to the legal structure of the institution concerned. In the case of non-listed credit institutions or investment firms, that payment should, where appropriate, be made in other non-cash instruments. In that context, the principle of proportionality is of great importance since it may not always be appropriate to apply those requirements in the context of small credit institutions and investment firms.
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex 1 – point 1
Directive 2006/48/EC
Annex V – Section 11 – point 22 – point b a (new)
(ba) remuneration policy should emphasise the need for proportionality in respect of remuneration within the firm, linking increases in the total remuneration and pensions of management to the remuneration and pensions of staff.
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex 1 – point 1
Directive 2006/48/EC
Annex V – Section 11 – point 22 – point e
(e) Wwhere remuneration is performance related, the total amount of remuneration is based on a combination of the assessment of the performance of the individual and of the business unit concerned and of the overall results of the credit institution, and when assessing performance, financial as well as non-financial criteria are taken into account, including criteria related to the EFQM model and to corporate social responsibility;
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 56 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex 1 – point 1
Directive 2006/48/EC
Annex V – Section 11 – point 22 – point e a (new)
(ea) the assessment of performance is set in a multi-year framework of at least three years in order to ensure that the assessment process is based on longer- term performance and that the actual payment of performance-based components of remuneration is spread over a period which takes account of the underlying business cycle of the firm and its business risks;
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 57 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex 1 – point 1
Directive 2006/48/EC
Annex V – Section 11 – point 22 – point e a (new)
(ea) making up variable components of remuneration from stock options or similar instruments is prohibited;
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex 1 – point 1
Directive 2006/48/EC
Annex V – Section 11 – point 22 – point f
(f) Ffixed and variable components of total remuneration are appropriately balanced; the fixed component represents a sufficiently high proportion of the total remuneration to allow the operation of a fully flexible bonus policyrestrictive policy on variable remuneration components, including the possibility tof paying no bonusvariable remuneration component;
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2009/0099(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex 1 – point 1
Directive 2006/48/EC
Annex V – Section 11 – point 22 – point h a (new)
(ha) at least 50% of any variable remuneration component is subject to EFQM-model-related criteria and to corporate social responsibility or corporate social performance criteria and targets; variable remuneration components are subject to an appropriate retention policy designed to align incentives with the longer-term interests of the credit institution and to promote sustainable development;
2010/02/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966,
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas social dialogue can be important to tackle the confidence crisis that is being aggravated by the economic crisis because many people in our society are afraid of the future, and currently their concerns are not of fighting for more rights, but of trying to maintain their current rights,
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 2
2. Notes that social policy should cover key actions such as a better balance between social rights and market freedomstronger social rights, combating discrimination and promoting equality and strengthening the European social models; considers that neither economic freedoms nor competition rules should take precedence over fundamental social rights;
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 6
6. Calls for a more effective prevention and combating of early school leaving under the motto that 'school pays off'; calls for effectively organised education systems and school curricula adapted to tomorrow's economy;
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that active social inclusion policies must make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty and social exclusion, both for those in paid employment (the "working poor") and for those not in paid employment;
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 120 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 11
11. Calls for the promotion of a stronger link between the implementation of flexicurity and the enhancement of social dialogue, respecting national customs and practices;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 17
17. Stresses that a successful immigration policy needs, on the basis of equal opportunities, to efficiently balance rights and obligationimprove the fundamental social rights of immigrants and locals;
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 170 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 26
26. Believes that in social dialogue a cooperation culture should gradually replace the conflict culture which has prevailed in some countries;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 27
27. Notes that social partners should make an effort to work with multiannual plans with specific calendars and deadlines aiming at a long-term sustainable strategy;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 193 #

2008/2330(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Article 38 a (new)
38a. Emphasises the need for the adoption of a legally binding charter of fundamental social rights;
2009/02/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 1 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital 3 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 9 October 2008 on promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, including child poverty, in the EU1,
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, following the enlargements of 2004 and 2007 and in the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, it is important to meet new challenges, it is important to meet the new social challenges arising from the continuing integration process, and whereas it is right that the European Parliament should therefore concentrate particularly on the situation in Eastern and Centralcentral and south-eastern European countries,
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 28 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the conditions in which Roma communities live, their health status and their level of schooling determine their social and labour-market situation and serve as pretexts for their persistent unemployment, for social exclusion from majority societies and for racism, and whereas all this hampers improvements to the quality of life, thus preventing theRoma from exercise ofing the most fundamental human rights,
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas discrimination, increased segregation, the weakness of efforts to bring about integration, and the lack of motivation due to the hopelesscurrent situation may on the one hand increase prejudice against Roma to the point where serious conflicts occur, while on the other hand in reaction the Roma community may accept the dichotomy between the Roma and non- Roma worlds, so that - in the absence of tolerant and integrative social action - the division between them may become permanent,
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, for numerous reasons, the special representation for the Roma's interests is not effective, while the success of Roma civil-society organisations in defending Roma interests depends on the politics of the given moment and while the legitimacy of the representation has often been called into question,
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas it is unquestionably important to acknowledge previous good practices, but whereas their validity is limited in time and area and whereas the reference to them may give rise to the illusion that 'everything is fine',
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the socioeconomic disadvantage suffered by Roma children in practice puts early development and quality education out of their reach throughout the region; notes that these disadvantages in turn determinenegatively affect their emotional, social, physical and cognitive personal development as well as their subsequent chances on the labour market;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that education systems are selective and that although Member States are spending substantial sums on overcoming segregation, innumerable seemingly ineluctable systems accelerntuate the rise of the elite from the middle class and accentuate disparities in opportunities fordisparities in opportunities between the elite, the rising middle class and the poor who find themselves on a downward spiral, particularly the Roma;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, although the proportion of Roma young people in secondary and higher education has increased, their level of qualifications still remains far below the European average; observes that, as a result of this, the Member States' economies often draw labour from third countries to make good labour shortages;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it a fact that the Roma community in some Member States particularly influences demographic processes; notes that, for instance,Notes that the proportion of Roma children in the population is high, while and that their life expectancy at birth is a full 10 years less than that of people belonging to the majority nationalitiesthe majority population;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 89 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the Member States have used substantial European Union and Member-State resources to help the long- term unemployed find work, but these have typically set in stone the existing situation; stresses that the number of long-term unemployed people and their marginalisation have grown since enlargement;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Draws it to the attention of the Member States that this social dichotomy compels many Roma job-seekers to transfer from the legal economy to the black market, and that a European effort is needed to bring that market into the legitimate spheretransfer these employees back to legal employment with work-related and social security rights;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 128 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Supports the proposal by the EU institutions that the number of Roma working in public services should be increased; points out, however, that in order to make this possible it is necessary not only for governments to pursue personnel and educational policies which promote it but also to increase public acceptance of the principle;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that employment of Roman women should also be promoted by means of employment-friendly operation of social support systems; calls on Member States to make it possible for children from large Roma families who have not yet reached school age to have access toadopt measures which help to increase the number of Roma in children´s day care institutions even if their mother is at home with her other children; considers it desirable that labour market programmes should use this time to teach them knowledge to prepare them in the long term for work from which they can earn a living;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that the policy of drawing primarily on immigrants to provide labour takessocial and employment policies should contribute too restrictive a view; notes that it would be possible to create the largest pool of labour by activatingthe individual potentials and needs of citizens, especially those of older people, people with disabilities and poor, unskilled people, including most notably the Roma;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that, among Europe's cultures, that of the Roma Roma culture is marked by a strong family tradition; observes that the image of Roma families in public opinion features an emphasis on traditional gender roles, large numbers of children, cohabitation by several generations, the tendency of relatives to live close together, and extensive cultivation of relationships, and that therefore, in European and Member- State programmes for Roma families, it is necessary to build on the strengths of this natural support network;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 155 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Endorses the opinion of the European Social and Economic Committee that Roma women have a low status in family hierarchy, are married early, often suffer domestic violence, and are often victims of prostitution and human trafficking;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 156 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Considers therefore that EU and Member-State programmes for the Roma should aim at individual emancipation from traditional hierarchies and the socioeconomic independence of members of Roma communities, especially women;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that Roma women's tendency to leave school early not only damages their own opportunities on the labour market but also affects the health status and schooling of their children;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 168 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that Roma children are over- represented in special schools, that a large proportion of them are assigned to such schools without justification, often on account of poverty or discrimination; points out that attending special schools gives rise to difficulties in further study and in finding work and to greater inactivity, at the same time forming a burden on budgets;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 171 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Endorses the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee that the Roma community – due to the demographic characteristics of the group –households, on account of their often precarious socioeconomic situation, hasve asymmetrical access to social benefits; against the background of the prejudices which exist in this connection, stresses that social benefits are intended to counterbalance the burdens or lacks arising from individual life situation, and the commitment of looking after children and other socially useful commitments;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2008/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that, as the Roma are Europe's largest minority, preserving their language and culture is a European value; dDoes not, however, endorse the idea of a stateless 'European nation', because this would discriminate against citizens of the Union for being members of an ethnic group, absolve Member States of responsibility and call into question the possibility of integration;
2008/11/27
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Oc. Whereas Sweden had been promised an exception for its collective bargaining model and the right to strike in its accession treaty to the EU and whereas, in the light of the Laval ruling, it has become evident that these promises have not been kept,
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the freedom to provide services is a cornerstone of the European project; however, this has to be balanced against fundamental rights and the possibility for governments and trade unions to ensure non-discriminaArticle 48 EC Treaty (freedom of establishment) and Article 50 EC Treaty (freedom to provide services) essentially ensure non-discrimination and equal treatment, namely that companies seeking establishment in a Member State other than that where they have their registered office must "be treated in the same way as natural persons who are nationals of Member States" and that in the framework of the freedom to provide services, service providers temporarily operating in the host Member State shall do so "under the same conditions and equal treatment; s are imposed by that State on its own nationals";
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the prohibition of restrictions on the freedom to provide services in Article 49 EC Treaty "in respect of nationals of Member States who are established in a State of the Community other than that of the person for whom the services are intended" must be interpreted according to the non- discrimination principle as laid down in Article 50 EC Treaty;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the interpretations of the ECJ that posted workers of a service provider from another Member State should be treated differently than those working for companies established in the host Member State and that they are only entitled to minimum working conditions and minimum wages can not be justified as such by the relevant Articles of the EC Treaty, as these promote the principles of non-discrimination and equal treatment;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that Article 137 (5) of the EC Treaty excludes the issues of pay, the right of association, the right to strike or the right to impose lock-outs from the scope of the Treaty; underlines its view that therefore the ECJ is not entitled to give judgements on whether strikes, blockades and other forms of collective action have been necessary or proportional with regard to achieving a certain objective (e.g. negotiations on a collective agreement);
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Takes note of the complaint which the postal service provider TNT filed with the European Commission, claiming that the €9.80 German minimum wage in the postal sector is too high, violates the EC Treaty on competition and freedom of establishment and is an obstacle to the realisation of a single European postal market; also takes note of the supportive comments and actions of Commissioner McCreevy thereon; points out that Article 137 (5) of the EC Treaty excludes the issue of pay from the scope of the Treaty and emphasises that neither the European Commission nor EU jurisdiction have any competency to regulate on the amount of pay;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that Article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union stipulates that the Union shall respect fundamental rights "as they result from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, as general principles of Community law" and that the Union "shall respect the national identities of its Member States"; emphasises that European jurisprudence therefore should respect the principle of "unity in diversity" and must avoid conflict with the exercise of fundamental rights as enshrined in Member States' constitutions and also with cornerstones of their national identities (e.g. the Nordic model of collective bargaining);
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 86 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises that in the western tradition of democracy and fundamental rights, fundamental rights can only be restricted if the exercise of a specific fundamental right conflicts with the exercise of other fundamental rights and that the extent of the restrictions must be laid down by law; stresses that the "fundamental freedoms" of the internal market (free movement of capital, goods and services; freedom of establishment) do not constitute fundamental rights and therefore cannot serve as a justification to restrict the exercise of fundamental rights, and especially the fundamental social right to strike and collective action;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 87 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Insists that the European Union respect the right to cross-border or trans- national strikes and collective action and that these rights can not be restricted by recourse to internal market freedoms nor to their possible impact on the functioning of the internal market;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Lisbon treaty and the fact that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is made legally binding; this includesfact that the ECJ has recognised the right to strike as a fundamental social right; this includes respecting the autonomy of trade unions and the right of association, the right of trade unions to negotiate and conclude collective agreements at the appropriate levels and, in cases of conflicts of interest, to take collective action to defend theirand pursue workers' interests including strike action;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights does not change the hierarchy of norms established by the Laval ruling, which stresses the supremacy of the fundamental freedoms of the internal market over the right to take collective action; deplores in this context that the 'Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights' concerning Article 52 of that Charter point out that 'restrictions may be imposed on the exercise of fundamental rights, in particular in the context of a common organisation of the market';
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 104 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union does not create any new rights and that the social and economic rights in the Charter do not give rise to direct claims for positive action;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 106 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that Article 3(7) of the PWD clearly states that trade unions should be able to demandMember States shall not be prevented from applying terms and conditions of employment which are more favourable to workers;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that with regard to Article 3 of the PWD, also the right and freedom of trade unions to take collective action with regard to employers of posted workers temporarily providing services in a host Member State where the union is active must be respected; the recognition of the right to strike and collective action includes efforts by the unions to improve the pay and working conditions of these posted workers above minimum standards, and to negotiate collective agreements;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that equal treatment, equal pay for equal work as well as Articles 39 and 12 of the EC Treaty form the foundation of EC law which needs to be restored and anti-discrimination as stipulated by Articles 12, 13 and 39 of the EC Treaty, and also equal pay for equal work or work of equal value as stipulated by Article 141 of the EC Treaty form the foundation of EC law which thus provides strong justifications for Member States to implement the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same territory or workplace;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that in the framework of the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment, the nationality of the employer, of employees or posted workers can not serve as a justification for inequalities concerning working conditions, pay or the exercise of fundamental rights such as the right to strike;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 172 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes note that case C-319/06 (Commission vs. Luxemburg) addresses issues such as the interpretation of the term 'public policy provisions' and the rights of Member States to control the compliance of companies that are posting workers within the very restrictive spirit of the Commission's 2006 'guidance' on posting; points out that Member States must dispose of all necessary means to effectively monitor and control undertakings posting workers and to apply sanctions;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 227 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –19 (new)
–19. Calls on the Council of the European Union to stop the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and to introduce a horizontal 'Social Progress Clause' to the Treaty with the aim of clarifying: - that the Treaty may not be interpreted as affecting in any way the exercise of fundamental rights as recognised in Member States, including the right to strike and collective action at national level and also to cross-border strikes and collective action; - that these rights also include the right or freedom to take other actions covered by specific industrial relations systems in Member States, including actions aimed at initiating the conclusion of collective agreements going beyond minimum wages and minimum standards; - that the Treaty may not be interpreted as affecting in any way the industrial relations and collective bargaining systems as recognized in Member States; - that the Treaty may not be interpreted as affecting in any way the competencies of Member States to adopt social policy legislation that provide for higher standards and requirements as those laid down in EU Directives stipulating minimum standards; - that wherever these rights as cited above and Member States social policy competencies or industrial relations systems might conflict with internal market regulation or the "fundamental freedoms" of the internal market, the former (fundamental rights etc.) must prevail over the latter;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 297 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Respects that some Member States, like Sweden, after the Laval ruling, may want to establish a legally binding exception from the Treaty in order to guarantee the continuity of their specific collective bargaining models;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 303 #

2008/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers that the primacy of social rights over the freedoms of the internal market requires a profound revision of the treaties in order to open the way towards a Social Europe, considers that if the European institutions fail to deliver on this, the serious crisis of legitimacy of the current European economic and social model will deepen dramatically;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2008/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Commission and the Member Sates to exclude debt cancellation, particularly cancellation of export credit debts, and money spent in the European Union on students and refugees from ODA figures ;
2008/06/09
Committee: DEVEDEVE
Amendment 23 #

2008/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the fact that consultation with partner governments, national parliaments and civil society organisations is crucial in the decision making on ODA volumes and destinations;
2008/06/09
Committee: DEVEDEVE
Amendment 2 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the informal Meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs in Berlin, 18–20 January 2007, on “good work”;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas undeclared work is a complex 1 OJ C 313 E, 20.12.2006, p. 452. phenomenon, the extent of which is difficult to determinephenomenon, which is still on the rise in several Member States, since it is influenced by numerous economic, social, institutional and cultural factors,
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas undeclared work is the main factor behind social dumping and is therefore one of the key issues a, contributing to the growth of precarious forms of employment en whereas thus many workers far as modernising European labour law is concerned,e falling outside the fundamental scope of fundamental labour and social rights and is therefore one of the key issues to focus on to improve the quality of jobs and the rights of workers.
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to provide strong incentives for those who undertake to put undeclared work on a formal economic footing and to use, phasing out atypical contracts for a limited period of time (two years); and promoting and making stable regular employment contracts more attractive by guaranteeing and improving workers rights and the quality of work;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that the Commission should provide support, also by means of a directive, for transnational collective bargaining aiming to ensure decent, uniform minimum salaries throughout the European Union at the level of 60 percent of the respective average national wage of the Member States;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on those Member States who have applied transitional arrangements to the free movement of workers in the European Union to open up their employment markets to workers from the new Member States, given that any restrictions – even partial ones – on access to the labour market, do not only run counter to the European spirit but also risk increasing recourse to undeclared work and creating territorial imbalancesafter strengthening sanctions and rule enforcement by employment inspectorates for guaranteeing the principle of equal treatment of workers rights and counteract unfair competition and social dumping;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 105 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that unless it is followed up by specific harmonisation measures among Member States, a policy that is exclusively punitive could concentrate undeclared work in the less structured States and in the less regular economies;deleted
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 143 #

2008/2035(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Takes the view that the issue of the illegal employment of illegal immigrants is a complex one which cannot only be resolved simply by punishing employers, but which also calls for cross-sector, wide- ranging measures;
2008/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas a sizable part of the European Union’s population remains socially excluded, since one in five lives in sub-standard housing and each day about 1,8 million persons seek accommodation in specialist shelters for homeless, 10 % live in households where nobody works, long-term unemployment approaches 4 %, 31 million workers or 15 % are earning extremely low wages, 8 % of workers or 17 million experience income poverty despite employment, the proportion of early school leavers is over 15 % and the ‘digital divide’ still persists (44 % of the EU population lack any Internet or computer skills),
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas poverty and inequality disproportionately affect women; whereas the average income of women is just 55 % that of men; whereas women are highly and disproportionately affected by poverty in old age; whereas inaccessibility to high quality services excessively increases the risk of poverty for women,
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas regional and local authorities already have a prominent responsibility for providing general public services and benefits, but are at the same time subject to the restrictive pressure of public budgets,
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that Recommendation 92/441/EEC needs to be broadened and updated in the light of the results of the European Union’s social reality stocktaking and the proposed holistic approach to active inclusion, and also that that Recommendation should take due account of the emergence of new social risks linked to demographic change and the knowledge and service economy;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Endorses the Commission’s view that a more holistic approach to active inclusion should also include a special focus on the eradication of child poverty, on the elimination of inequalities concerning access to health care and health outcomes, on tackling poverty and social exclusion linked to public and private pensions and retirement, and on the provision of decent and high quality long-term care;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to propose a specific directive prohibiting discrimination based on disability, based on Article 13 EC Treaty, prohibiting discrimination in all fields of life and complementing Directive 2000/78/EC;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Member States to examine their often complex and entangled mesh of income support schemes, whatever their specific nature (inter alia, minimum income schemes and related benefits, contributory replacement income schemes), with a view to improving their accessibility, effectiveness and efficiency;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 76 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Considers that Member States should provide targeted additional benefits for disadvantaged groups (such as, for people with disabilities or chronic diseases, lone parents, or households with many children), which cover extra costs as regards, inter alia, personal support, the use of specific facilities, and medical and social care;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Asks the Commission to improve the benchmarking and monitoring in the Open method of Coordination by improving the collection and availability of high quality data and developing clear and precise indicators covering all aspects of an holistic approach to combating child poverty and social exclusion, including housing of children and families;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Welcomes the commitment to the Convention of the Rights of the Child by the Commission and Member states; calls on the Commission and Member States to establish a clear connection between the child rights agenda and the agenda to combat child poverty and exclusion as child poverty and deprivation is a violation of fundamental human rights and encourages Member States to have regard to the recommendations of the Convention Committee in response to the implementation reports from State parties and non-governmental organisations’ alternative reports when preparing their social inclusion strategies;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Recommends the Member States to attach greater importance to the fact that cuts in grants for specific services such as dinner money, free teaching materials and school buses, and for essential leisure and out-of-school educational opportunities, lead to direct social exclusion, in particular for children from socially vulnerable families;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 152 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Highlights the potential of the social economy, social enterprises, the not-for- profit sector and the public employment sector to provide supported employment opportunities and working environments for vulnerable groups, which should be explored and supported to the fullest by Member States and Community policies (ESF, Regional and Cohesion Funds, etc.);
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Agrees with the Commission that for those who cannot work for different reasons (such as severe disability, age or incapacity, the impact of persistent and generational poverty and/or discrimination, overload of family or care responsibilities or local area deprivation.), active inclusion policies must provide income support and supportive measures to prevent poverty and social exclusion and to enable them to live in dignity and participate in society;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 175 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that access to goods and services should be a right for every EU citizen and therefore calls on the Commission to propose specific directives relating to all areas not already covered by Community legislation adopted on the basis of Article 13 of the Treaty in order to combat discrimination in access to goods and services including disability, age, religion or belief or sexual orientation;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Welcomes the Commission’s focus on better accessibility (availability and affordability) and quality of services (user involvement, monitoring, performance evaluation, good working conditions, equality in recruitment policies and service provision, coordination and integration of services and adequate physical infrastructure);
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 177 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Calls on the Member States to adopt a health-in-all policies approach and to develop integrated social and health policies to combat inequalities in health care provision, prevention and health outcomes, especially concerning vulnerable groups and the most difficult to reach;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 198 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Supports the Commission’s view that with respect to updating Recommendation 92/441EEC and the Open Method of Coordination on Social Protection and Social Inclusion, there need to be appropriate indicators (e.g. statistical data on the average disposable income, household consumption, the level of prices, minimum wages, minimum income schemes and related benefits) in order to demonstrate whether the basic right to sufficient resources and social assistance to live in dignity and have an income above the at-risk-of-poverty rate is respected in each Member State;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 204 #

2008/2034(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Encourages the social partners to continue with their efforts already started with the Joint Social Partner Analysis and their work programme 2006 – 2008 on the integration of disadvantaged people in the labour market; considers that better governance is needed to coordinate those labour market related activities of the social partners on the one hand and the broader civil dialogue (NGOs etc.) on social inclusion beyond employment on the other hand;
2008/05/19
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 18 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive– amending act
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2010/02/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 31 #

2008/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The measures adopted with this facility should help developing countries to boost agricultural productivity in the next seasons, to respond rapidly to immediate needs of the countries and their population and to take initial steps needed to prevent as far as possible further food insecurity situations, and also contribute to mitigating the effects of the high food prices globally, to the benefit of the poorest people but also of the European consumers and farmers. For this reason, the specific financing facility should primarily make use of local and regional resources with a view to stimulating and preserving domestic markets, particularly by using local or regionally produced seed and mineral and organic fertilisers and by involving national staff from both governments and NGOs in implementing the measures. This would guarantee the sustainability of the activation measures and help reduce or combat food shortages in the long term.
2008/09/17
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 42 #

2008/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (a)
(a) measures to improve access to agricultural inputs and services, including fertilizers and seeds;, including preferential measures to activate and involve local, regional and supra-regional producers in the developing countries assisted.
2008/09/17
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 43 #

2008/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (aa) (new)
(aa) measures to expand local production of agricultural inputs and services.
2008/09/17
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 46 #

2008/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (c) (new)
(c) measures to promote regional trade in, and transport of, locally produced foods.
2008/09/17
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 47 #

2008/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (d) (new)
(d) measures to increase the producers' share of higher food prices and reduce the share taken by middlemen, including assistance in forming agricultural cooperatives.
2008/09/17
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 51 #

2008/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 (new)
The following local, regional and international organisations shall be eligible for funding: organisations that appear on the DCI list, as well as local and regional grassroots organisations, such as farmers' associations und agricultural cooperatives/producer groups.
2008/09/17
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95s 42, 152 and 308 thereof,
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) Given that that the conditions for recourse to Article 95 of the Treaty as a legal basis are not fulfilled, the Community legislature shall rely on thise same legal basis even when public health protection is a decisive factor in the choices made; in this respect Article 95(3) of the Treaty explicitly requires that, in achieving harmonisation, a high level of protection of human health should be guaranteed taking account in particular of any new development based on scientific factsas Regulation 883/2004/EC on the coordination of social security systems, and also shall take Article 152 of the Treaty into account.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Some issues related to cross-border healthcare, in particular reimbursement of healthcare provided in a Member State other than that in which the recipient of the care is resident, have been already addressed by the Court of Justice. As healthcare wasAs health care was rightfully excluded from the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market it is still important to address these issues in a specific Community legal instrufor Member States to ensure the accessibility of their respective public health care systems for patients and to continue concluding bilateral agreements in order to achieve a more general and effective application of principles developed by the Court of Jusor improve cooperation which promotes and benefits the rights of patients for high quality health care and treatment according to Article on a case by case basis152 of the EC Treaty.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) This directive aims to establish a general framework forcomplement Regulation (EEC) 1408/71 and its successor Regulation(EC) 883/2004 with regard to the provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare in the Community and to ensure patients mobility and freedom to provide healthcarethe application of patients' rights in the framework of patients mobility and a high level of protection of health, whilst fully respecting the responsibilities of the Member States for the definition of social security benefits related to health and the organisation and delivery of healthcare and medical care and social security benefits in particular for sickness.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In accordance with the principles established by the Court of Justice, and without endangering the financial balance of Member States' healthcare and social security systems, greater legal certainty as regards the reimbursement of healthcare costs should be provided for patients and for health professionals, healthcare providers and social security institutions.deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) It is appropriate to require that also patients who go for healthcare to another Member State in other circumstances than those envisaged for coordination of social security schemes established by the Regulation (EC) No. 1408/71 should be able to benefit from the principles of free movement of services in accordance with the Treaty and the provisions of this Directive. Patients should be guaranteed assumption of the costs of that healthcare at least at the level provided for the same or similar healthcare had they been provided in the Member State of affiliation. This fully respects responsibility of the Member States to determine the extent of the sickness cover available to their citizens and prevents any significant effect on the financing of the national healthcare systems. Member States may nevertheless provide in their national legislation for reimbursement of the costs of the treatment at the tariffs in force in the Member State of treatment if this is more beneficial for the patient. This may be the case in particular for any treatment provided through European reference networks as mentioned in Article 15 of this Directive.deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) For the patient, therefore, the two systems are coherent; either this directive applies or Regulation 1408/71. In any event, any insured person who requests an authorisation to receive a treatment appropriate to his/her condition in another Member State shall always be granted this authorisation under the conditions provided for in Regulation 1408/71 and 883/04 when the treatment in question cannot be given within the time medically justifiable, taking account his current state of health and the probable course of the disease. The patient should not be deprived of the more beneficial rights guaranteed by Regulation.1408/71 and 883/04 when the conditions are met.deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 45 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) The patient may choose which mechanism they prefer, but in any case, where the application of Regulation 1408/71 is more beneficial for the patient, the patient should not be deprived of the rights guaranteed by that Regulation.deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) This Directive does not provide either for transfer of social security entitlements between Member States or other coordination of social security schemes. The sole objective of the provisions regarding prior authorisation and reimbursement of healthcare provided in another Member State is to enable freedom to provide healthcare for both patients and healthcare providers and to remove unjustified obstacles to that fundamental freedom within the patient's Member State of affiliation. Consequently the Directive fully respects the differences of national health-care systems and the Member States' responsibilities for organisation and delivery of health services and medical care.deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) Realising the potential of the internal market for cCross-border healthcare requires cooperation between providers, purchasers and regulators of different Member States at national, regional or local level in order to ensure safe, high quality and efficient care across borders. This is particularly the case for cooperation in border regions, where cross-border provision of services may be the most efficient way of organising health services for the local populations, but where achieving such cross-border provision on a sustained basis requires cooperation between the health systems of different Member States. Such cooperation may concern joint planning, mutual recognition or adaptation of procedures or standards, interoperability of respective national information and communication technology systems, practical mechanisms to ensure continuity of care or practical facilitating of cross- border provision of healthcare by health professionals on a temporary or occasional basis. Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications stipulates that free provision of services of a temporary or occasional nature, including services provided by health professionals, in another Member State should not, subject to specific provisions of Community law, be restricted for any reason relating to professional qualifications. This Directive shouldall be without prejudice to those provisions of Directive 2005/36/EC.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 58 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1
This Directive establishes a general framework foraims at complementing the existing framework on the coordination of social security systems (Regulation (EEC) 1408/71 and its successor Regulation (EC) 883/2004) with a view to the application of patients' rights in the context of the provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. When the circumstances under which an authorisation to go to another Member State in order to receive appropriate treatment under Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 must be granted are met, the provisions of that Regulation shall apply and the provisions of Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Directive shall not apply. Conversely, when an insured person seeks healthcare in another Member State in other circumstances, Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Directive apply and Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 shall not apply. However, whenever the conditions for granting an authorisation set out in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1408/71 are fulfilled, the authorisation shall be accorded and the benefits provided in accordance with that Regulation. In that case Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Directive shall not apply.deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to the provisions of this Directive, in particular Articles 76, 87 and 9, the Member State of affiliation shall ensure that insured persons travelling to another Member State with the purpose of receiving healthcare there or seeking to receive healthcare provided in another Member State, will not be prevented from receiving healthcare provided in another Member State where the treatment in question is among the benefits provided for by the legislation of the Member State of affiliation to which the insured person is entitled. The Member State of affiliation shall reimburse the costs to the insured person, which would have been paid for by its statutory social security system had the same or similar healthcare been provided in its territory. In any event, it is for the Member State of affiliation to determine the healthcare that is paid f, according to the same mechanisms as provided for by Regulation (EEC)1408/71 and its successor rRegardless of where it is providedulation (EC) 883/2004.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The costs of healthcare provided Member States must ensure that physicians and service providers which are working anos contract partners of their Member State shall be reimbursed by the Member State of affiliation in accordance with the provisions of this Directive up to the level of costs that would have been assumed had the same or similar healthcare been provided in the Member State of affiliation, without exceeding the actual costs of healthcare receivedrespective national health systems or statutory social security systems are obliged to accept the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), E-112 form etc. and treat patients showing their EHIC on the same conditions as stipulated by Regulation (EEC)1408/71 and its successor Regulation (EC) 883/2004 Member States must oblige service providers to post an EHIC symbol in the lobby of the service provider (e.g. in a similar way to credit cards in shops and restaurants) to indicate that the EHIC is accepted there in line with those Regulations.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State of affiliation may impose on a patient seeking healthcare provided in another Member State, the same conditions, criteria of eligibility and regulatory and administrative formalities for receiving healthcare and reimbursement of healthcare costs as it would impose if the same s must ensure that physicians and service providers which are working as contract partners of their respective national health systems or statutory social security systems are prohibited from treating patients from another Member State on a private basis or demanding upfront cash payments from them, in such cases that the patient can prove her or his status as an insured person of the respective statutory similar healthcare was provided in its territory, in soocial security system of the respective Member State of affiliation by virtue of, faor as they are neither discriminatory nor an obstacle to freedom of movement of personsexample, the European Health Insurance Card, and theE-112 form..
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall have a mechanism for calculation of costs that are to be reimbursed to the insured person by the statutory social security system for healthcare provided in another Member State. This mechanism shall be based on objective, non-discriminatory criteria known in advance and the costs reimbursed according to this mechanism shall be not less than what would have been assumed had the same or similar healthcare been provided in the territory of the Member State of affiliation.deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Patients travelling to another Member State with the purpose of receiving healthcare therereceiving healthcare in a Member State other than their Member State of affiliation or seeking to receive healthcare provided in another Member State shall be guaranteed access to their medical records, in conformity with national measures implementing Community provisions on the protection of personal data, in particular Directives 95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8
Hospital and specialised care 1.. For the purposes of reimbursement of healthcare provided in another Member State in accordance with this Directive, hospital care shall mean: (a) healthcare which requires overnight accommodation of the patient in question for at least one night. (b) healthcare, included in a specific list, that does not require overnight accommodation of the patient for at least one night. This list shall be limited to: - healthcare that requires use of highly specialised and cost-intensive medical infrastructure or medical equipment; or - healthcare involving treatments presenting a particular risk for the patient or the population. 2. This list shall be set up and may be regularly updated by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 19(3). 3. The Member State of affiliation may provide for a system of prior authorisation for reimbursement by its social security system of the cost of hospital care provided in another Member State where the following conditions are met: (a) had the healthcare been provided in its territory, it would have been assumed by the Member State's social security system; and (b) the purpose of the system is to address the consequent outflow of patients due to the implementation of the present Article and to prevent it from seriously undermining, or being likely to seriously undermine: (i) the financial balance of the Member State's social security system; and/or (ii) the planning and rationalisation carried out in the hospital sector to avoid hospital overcapacity, imbalance in the supply of hospital care and logistical and financial wastage, the maintenance of a balanced medical and hospital service open to all, or the maintenance of treatment capacity or medical competence on the territory of the concerned Member State. 4. The prior authorisation system shall be limited to what is necessary and proportionate to avoid such impact, and shall not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination. 5. The Member State shall make publicly available all relevant information on the prior authorisation systems introduced pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3.Article 8 deleted
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 160 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State of affiliation shall ensure that administrative procedures regarding the use of healthcare in another Member State related to any prior authorisation referred to in Article 8(3), reimbursement.22.1 c) and Art. 22.2 of Regulation (EEC) 1408/71, coverage of costs of healthcare incurred in another Member State and other conditions and formalities referred to in Article 6(31), are based on objective, non- discriminatory criteria which are published in advance, and which are necessary and proportionate to the objective to be achieved. In any event, an insured person shall always be granted the authorisation pursuant to Regulations on coordination of social security referred to in Art. 3.1 f) whenever the conditions of Art.22.1 c) and Art. 22.2 of Regulation (EEC) 1408/71 are met.
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall specify in advance and in a transparent way the criteria for refusal of the prior authorisation referred to in Article 8(3).
2008/12/09
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 2 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) In the absence of horizontal community legislation, the rights of third-country nationals vary, depending on the Member State in which they work and on their nationality. They do not have the same rights as nationals of the Member State, or other EU citizens. With a view to pursue a further development of a coherent immigration policy, to lower the rights gap between EU citizens and third-country nationals legally working and complementing the existing immigration acquis a set of rights should be laid down in particular in the form of specifying the policy fields where equal treatment with own nationals is provided for third-country workers legally admitted in a Member States but not yet long term residents. Such provisions are intended to establish a level playing field within the EU, to recognize that such third-country nationals legally working in a Member States contributeion to the European economy through their work and tax payments and to serve as safeguard to reducesociety and to fight against unfair competition between own nationals and third-country nationals resulting from possible exploitation of the latter.
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
(b) covered by Directive 96/71/EC as long as they are posdeleted;
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) In the absence of horizontal community legislation, the rights of third-country nationals vary, depending on the Member State in which they work and on their nationality. They do not have the same rights as nationals of the Member State, or other EU citizens. With a view to pursue a further development of a coherent immigration policy, to lower the rights gap between EU citizens and third-country nationals legally working and complementing the existing immigration acquis a set of rights should be laid down in particular in the form of specifying the policy fields where equal treatment with own nationals is provided for third-country workers legally admitted in a Member States but not yet long term residents. Such provisions are intended to establish a level playing field within the EU, to recognize that such third-country nationals legally working in a Member States contributeion to the European economy through their work and tax payments and to serve as a safeguard to reducesociety and to fight against unfair competition between own nationals and third-country nationals resulting from possible exploitation of the latter.
2010/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
(a) working conditions, including pay, leave, working time and dismissal as well as health and safety at the workplace, taking into account general collective agreements in force;
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) working conditions, including pay, leave, working time and dismissal as well as health and safety at the workplace, taking into account general collective agreements in force;
2010/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) by requiring proof of appropriate language proficiency for access to education and training. Access to university may be subject to the fulfilment of specific educational prerequisites;deleted
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
(b) by restricting the rights conferred under paragraphs 1(c) in respect to study grants;deleted
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) by restricting the rights conferred under paragraphs 1(a), (b) and (g) to those third-country workers who are in employment;deleted
2010/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (c)
(c) by restricting the rights conferred under paragraphs 1(h) in respect to public housing to cases where the third-country national has been staying or who has the right to stay in its territory for at least three years;deleted
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) by restricting the rights conferred under paragraphs 1(e) to third-country workers who are in employment except for unemployment benefits.deleted
2010/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (d)
(d) by restricting the rights conferred under paragraphs 1(a), (b) and (g) to those third-country workers who are in employment;deleted
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #

2007/0229(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point (e)
(e) by restricting the rights conferred under paragraphs 1(e) to third-country workers who are in employment except for unemployment benefits.deleted
2011/03/02
Committee: EMPL