Activities of Małgorzata HANDZLIK related to 2013/2154(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on SOLVIT PDF (189 KB) DOC (101 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas informing citizens about their rights and facilitating their enjoyment of those rights help to make the internal market work better;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, if full use is made of it, the SOLVIT system can, in a large number of areas, become a useful way of preventing excessive use being made of court systems, which can be extremely complicated, thus making it difficult for citizens and businesses to resolve their problems;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the effectiveness of the assistance provided by SOLVIT depends to a large extent on how well its staff are trained;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas citizens and businesses, in order to identify problems correctly when they occur and be able to resolve them, need to be aware of their rights within the single market, and whereas more still needs to be done to enhance that awareness;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for SOLVIT to have an efficient means of alerting the Commission to internal-market problems arising from non-implementation of EU law that have come to its notice;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that Member States should initiate more detailed and far- reaching exchanges of best practice, and stresses the importance of such exchanges between SOLVIT centres;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that a large majority of SOLVIT clients are citizens; stresses the need to unleash the large potential of SOLVIT as a problem-solving tool for businesses; stresses that more needs to be done to make businesses, in particular small and medium-sized businesses, more aware of SOLVIT, educate them about its possibilities and enable them to make better use of it; welcomes the recent update of the Your Europe business portal as a positive step in that direction;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Draws attention to the fact that SOLVIT is still attracting a large volume of non-SOLVIT cases, and that this is slowing down the handling of SOLVIT complaints; stresses, therefore, the need for SOLVIT’s remit to be better explained to citizens and businesses;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of maintaining the quality of the service offered by SOLVIT in spite of budgetary restrictions and limited human resources; stresses the importance of ensuring that SOLVIT centres have sufficient numbers of well- trained staff, with adequate legal expertise and knowledge of the relevant Union languages, and that staff are accordingly provided with appropriate training in order to continually upgrade their skills and knowledge;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises the importance of the SOLVIT centres in the various Member States all providing a similar standard of service, as this is key to effective problem resolution;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of gearing SOLVIT towards handling more business- related cases; notes that this requires broader knowledge about SOLVIT within the business community, closer cooperation between SOLVIT and European and national business associations and a willingness in some SOLVIT centres to take on more complex cases;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that there should be closer cooperation between all levels of government in the Member States and SOLVIT;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take further steps to disseminate information about the availability of these instruments among citizens, businesses and entrepreneurs, using all forms of media, including the internet, in order to ensure that the information reaches the largest possible number of citizens and businesses; calls on the Member States to organise information campaigns targeted at specific groups, including businesses – in particular small and medium-sized businesses;