13 Amendments of Ivo BELET related to 2013/2062(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the automotive industry is feeling the effects of a threefour-pronged revolution in progress around the world, with demand shifting to the emerging economies, production also moving to those countries, and the energy sources used changing gradually but noticeably, and component parts and functions being digitised, profoundly redrawing the value chain;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to: - carry out properlystructural and coordinated structural reforms geared to enhancing competitiveness (e.g. lowering payroll taxes and labour costs, enhancing labour flexibility, cutting red tape and shortening payment periods)indirect labour costs, competence building, training young people and scientific research): - develop, in a dialogue with the social partners, new approaches to organising work and working time;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point b a (new)
ba. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop conversion plans in a coordinated fashion so as to support regions facing swingeing job losses in the automotive sector, and calls for integrated use to be made, in the process, of all European-level instruments (EIB, ESF and ERDF) and national instruments so as to assist the workers affected and redirect them towards alternative employment in related sectors, e.g. alternative energy, and for the available automotive technology to be optimised;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 10 – point b b (new)
bb. Underscores also the central role and responsibility of firms and regional governments in conversion policy, in particular by improving worker training, but also by making available vacated sites for the socio-economic development and conversion of the regions concerned;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the specific measureep up access to capital markets for SMEs and mid-cap companies, in particular subcontractors, distributors and retailers and aftermarket firms, which are an asset because their size and responsiveness allows them to adjust to change but are those which are being hit hardest by the crisis;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes the labour market to be out of step with the industry's requirements (strong demand for highly qualified engineers and technicianskilled workers) at present; considers it essential in this connection to optimiseadapt not just public training strategies (excellence programmes, links with the world’s leading universities) but also corporate recruitment strategies (pay package),promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses and vocational training), but also firms' training strategies (in particular by extending dual-training systems) in order to enable firms to attract and hold on to highly qualified workers;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Takes the view that efforts under Horizon 2020 in the area of intelligent cars and intelligent traffic systems must be stepped up; is furthermore convinced that research and pilot projects on digitally linking cars with their environment, and on integrating private and public transport, must be stepped up; points out in addition that traffic system digitisation can make a major contribution towards road safety;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 20 – point b a (new)
ba. infrastructure roll-out for electric cars;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 20 – point d a (new)
da. integrating key enabling technologies into the automotive sector value chain (new, light materials, biotech for synthetics, and photonics);
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to foster the emergence of transnational clusters and, competitive hubs and public-private collaborative networks focusing on the mobility of the future and generating a steady stream of innovations (prototypes);
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Underscores the importance of smart specialisation strategies to establish a framework for intra-EU competition in the same areas of activity to give way to complementary regional specialisations making the EU more competitive vis-à-vis third countries;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – point a
Paragraph 37 – point a
a. Member States to the alternative means of stimulating demand that are available (labelling schemes, targeted release of funds from employee saving schemes, tax relief for company fleets, recycling of materials);
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the Commission to produce policies on developing and rolling out multimodal models for commuter traffic, including incentives for environment- friendly company cars in conjunction with public transport modes;