47 Amendments of Ivo BELET related to 2016/2143(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 11 June 2010 on players' agents in sports,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 21 November 2013 on Qatar: situation of migrant workers,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the integrity of sport is of paramount importance; in order to promote its credibility and its attractiveness;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas both professional and grassroot sports play a key role in the global promotion of peace, respect for human rights and solidarity, carry health and economic benefits for societies and have an essential role in highlighting fundamental educational and cultural values, as well as promoting social inclusion;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sports organisations are responsible for ensuring high governance standards and should raise these further and adhere to it in all circumstances;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas balanced policies which aim to increase financial transparency, stability and credibility in sport are key to improve financial and governance standards;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the European organised sports model is based on the principles of territoriality and nationality, with one federation per discipline, and solidarity mechanisms such as promotion-relegation and, open competitions and financial redistribution;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas sports tribunals have a central role to play in guaranteeing the universality of the rules of the game and ensuring due respect for good governance principles since they constitute the most appropriate means of settling disputes in sport insofar as they respect fundamental procedural and EU legal rights;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the fight against doping is a matter of public interest and public health;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas any acts of violence and discrimination may occur in sportin sport tarnish the image of sport and discourage spectators to attend sports events;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas athletes, who are oftenin particular minors, face increasing economic pressures and are treated as commodities; and have to be protected against any form of violence and discrimination;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas increasing number of clubs rely mainly on the transfer market to compose their teams when they should pay more attention to local training;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the further education and training of athletes is crucial to prepare them for atheir career outsideafter sports;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas investment in and promotion of the training and education of young talented athletes at local level is crucial for the long-term development and societal role of sport;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas volunteering is a fundamental condition for accessible, low-costs are the backbone of organised sport, providing for the development and accessibility of sports activities and events, especially at grassroots level;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists on the recommendations in its resolution on recent revelations on high-level corruption cases in FIFA, and in particular urges FIFA's new president and the Executive Committee to implement structural reforms in order to bring transparency and accountability and to guarantee open, balanced and democratic decision-making processes within FIFA;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for an unrestrained commitment from FIFA to a thorough review of past and present decisions and for complete transparency, believes this review should cover FIFA's statutes, structure, codes and operational policies and practices, the introduction of term limits and independent due diligence for members of the Executive Committee and an external and fully independent financial audit assessing the reliability of its financial statements;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on sports organisations to ensure that bidding to host major events abides by good governance standards and fundamental rights, and guarantees a sustainable legacy; urges the Commission to continue its efforts, together with the Member States and sporting organisations, to develop standards for good governance and to encourage sports associations to apply these standards, particularly with a view to restoring the image and credibility of sport;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on sports organisations and bidding entities to ensure that bidding to host major events abides by good governance standards and fundamental rights, and guarantees a sustainable legacy;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports the conclusion of the report on FIFA's human rights obligations, released in April this year that "where FIFA is unable to reduce severe human rights impacts by using its leverage, it should consider suspending or terminating the relationship" and calls on FIFA to give adequate follow up to this conclusion in the light of the monitoring of ILO on Qatar and their eventual decision to start a commission of inquiry into its progress toward ending forced labour and improving conditions for migrant workers;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to develop the pledge board and explore the possibility to create a code of conduct in the areas of good governance in sport;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Member States to make public funding for sport subject to compliance with established and publicly available minimum governance standards;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that information-sharing and cooperation between sports bodies, state authorities and licensed betting operators iswithin the framework of national platforms are essential to detect, investigate and prosecute match- fixing and calls on Member States to consider dedicated prosecution services with primary responsibility for investigating sports fraud cases;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reminds the Commission of its promise to issue a recommendation on the exchange of best practice in preventing and combating betting-related match rigging and urges the Commission to publish this recommendation without delay;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports prevention, education and information programmes on the threat of match-fixing and dopingto provide athletes, coaches, officials and all relevant stakeholders with general advice on the threat of match-fixing and doping including risks they may encounter and in which ways they can report doubtful approaches;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to encourage and facilitate the negotiation of agreements between countries permitting duly authorized doping control teams from other countries to conduct testing, respecting athletes' fundamental rights and in accordance with the International Convention against doping in sport;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work closely with WADA and Council of Europe in defining a policy to protect whistleblowers;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the new Council of Europe Convention on spectator violence and calls on the Member States to sign and ratify it without delayan Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events and calls on the Member States to sign and ratify it without delay, as well as the Commission to explore the possibility to sign and ratify it;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the new Council of Europe Convention on spectator violence and calls on the Member States to sign and ratify it without delay; also reminds the Commission of its statement on the introduction of a European stadium ban; calls therefore once again for the introduction of a European information system for the exchange of data and the mutual recognition of stadium bans;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to explore ways of information sharing in the context of violence in sport through the existing networks;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Is worried about the often unstable financial situation of investors in professional sport and the opaque source of their means; calls on governing bodies to require an independent fit and proper test for (candidate) owners and shareholders of clubs and regular checks on the basis of good governance criteria and well established codes of conduct;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Considers the ownership model of professional clubs in Germany, where the clubs' members must retain overall control of the club (through the 50+1 rule), as a best practice in the EU and invites Member States, sport governing bodies, national federations, and leagues to start a constructive dialogue and exchange on this model;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Proposes that - in order to tackle the corruption in the management of clubs and malpractices of agents - competent authorities in consultation with federation and leagues establish independent bodies to bring back good governance to professional football;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that athletes must be protected from abusive practices such as third-party ownership which raise numerous questions of integrity and broader ethical concerns, supports decisions of governing bodies to ban the third-party ownership of players and calls on the Commission to incite Member States to take additional measures in this regard;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that strengthening the rules on the local players (through the requirement that half of the players on the pitch should be locally trained) is required in order to broaden the opportunities for talented young players and improve the competitive balance;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on governing bodies and national authorities at all levels to take measures that guarantee compensation to training clubs in order to attain the objective of encouraging the recruitment and training of young players, in accordance with the Bernard ruling of the ECJ of 16 March 2010;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Emphasises that financial fair play rules encourage better financial management in professional sport and thus contribute to the sustainable development of sport in Europe; calls on governing bodies to strictly apply the financial fair play rules and to monitor and prevent loopholes;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its attachment to the European organised sports model, where federations play a central role, insofar as it balances the numerous diverging interests between all stakeholders, such as athletes, players, clubs, leagues, associations and volunteers, with appropriate and democratic representation in decision- making, with competitions based on sporting merit and financial solidarity at all levels as key features;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Asks sports competitions organisers to distribute revenues in a more balanced way between clubs from big and smaller countries and insists in particular on the need to maintain competitions open;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on sport governing bodies to allow and support cross-border competitions as a means for smaller leagues and federations to have a chance to compete with the bigger ones;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to follow- up on the conclusions of its "Study on sports agents in the European Union", in particular with regard to the observation that agents are central in financial streams which are often not transparent and which makes them prone to illegal activities;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls onfor the establishment of transparency registers for the payment of sports agents underpinned by an efficient monitoring system, in cooperation with relevant public authorities and for the introduction of a minimum level of qualifications in order to set higher standards for the activity; calls on the Commission to take an initiative in this regard;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes initiatives which encourage gender equality in decision- making roles in sport, as well as initiatives which aim at fighting against gender based stereotypes and any kind of harassment in sport;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recognises the importance of grassroots sport in preventing and fighting radicalisation; in this regard welcomes two pilot projects adopted by the European Parliament "Sport as a tool for integration and social inclusion of the refugees" and "Monitoring and coaching through sports of youngsters at risk of radicalisation";
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. AskWelcomes the Commission to issue guidelines on the application of state aid rules in sport; 's block exemption regarding local sports infrastructures; believes however that further guidance on the application of state aid rules for sport could bring more legal certainty; stresses in particular that public funding to such infrastructures is compatible with EU rules when these infrastructures contribute to broader social objectives and are available for use by broader target groups or for health, educational or integration projects;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Looks forward to the adoption of the regulation on the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Stresses the importance of a sound and supportive framework for the development of young players (including insurance for volunteers and fair remuneration for trainers), e.g. through tax incentives, in order to eradicate fraudulent payments and in-transparent money flows;