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34 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2015/2255(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas, in the transport sector, security, safety of passengers and highappropriate working conditions are interlinked;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas equal work, equal rightfree movement, compliance with the law by both employers and employees and fair competition must be at the heart of a well-functioning single market;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in case C-34/05 Laval of 18 December 200710 highlighted the legitimacy of the struggle against social dumping, __________________ 10 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?t ext=&docid=71925&pageIndex=0&docla ng=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part= 1&cid=498309deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspendassess the legality of such business practices as precarious contracts (bogus self-employment, zero- hour contracts, pay- to-fly-schemes, etc.), letter-box companies and flags of convenience in order to ensure the social protection of workers;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. having regard to the importance of the principle of 'equal pay and social protection for the same work at the same place'freedom of movement and equal treatment for all European workers,
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for the Commission to treat social aspectsafety as a major priority of the road package, and to also includinge measures to ensure legal clarity and better implementation of rules governing working conditions, social and welfare rights, wages and social responsibility;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU and the Member States to cooperate across borders in relation to enforcement information, to give monitoring authorities access to data registered in the Member States’ national electronic registers and in the European Register of Road Transport Undertaking (ERRU) and to consolidate the list of infringements leading to the loss of good repute of road transport operators by including illegal cabotage and non- compliance with Community social and labourall EU appropriate legislation;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to increase the staffing levels and resources of their labour inspectorates and their liaison offices, in particular for interpretation and translationmplement the Directive 2014/67/EU;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the social dimension of the Aviation Package published by the Commission must be strengthened as employment and working conditions are directly linked to the maintenanceprovision of the safety and security ofor both passengers and staff; underlines furthermore, in this connection, the need for the Commission and the Member States to monitor and ensure proper enforcement of national social legislation and collective agreements for airlines having operational bases on EU territory;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for a new groundhandling regulation, that will provide social protection for workers; calls for an improved Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 to ensure binding applicati, among of national labour legislation for airlines having European operational bases and to improvethers, improvement of the definition of ‘homebase’ for crew members;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 205 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, in the maritime sector, the Commission should promote the recruitment and retention of skilled European-based seafarers to stop European officers being replaced by crew from third countries; considers furthermore that the Commission should create provisions enabling EU-controlled tonnage to be returned to flags of EU Member States;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the creation of a European body of cross-border labour inspectors to carry out on-the-spot checks in suspected cases of social dumping, including by identifying 'letterbox companies', which body would work in coordination with the platform againstregarding the undeclared work ian order to limit the financial burden involvedlegality of work contracts;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 217 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, without prejudice to national and Union law, including collective agreements between social partners, the competent authority should require the designated provider of port and railway services to establish staff working conditions on the basis of binding national, regional or local social standards and to implement the compulsory transfer of staff in the event of a change in service provider;
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the implementation by Member States of electronic systems for the rthe current EU legistrlation of the prior declaration of posting missionsn Posting;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 224 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Asks Member States to refrain from regulating against one of the basic EU rights, namely freedom of movement
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 225 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Asks DG Competition , together with the National Competition Authorities, to scrutinise the activity of transport companies and assess compliance with the competition laws in force
2016/02/24
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that the competent authorities should be able to suspend the provision of services in cases of serious breaches of legislation on postings; considers that the amount of the fines should exceed employees' contributions;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Requests that information on postings should not be retroactive and should be entered in a European electronic register; stresses that the competent authorities of the host Member State should be able to revise form A1 in the event of serious doubts about whether a posting is genuine;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls its appeal for the creation of 'a forgery-proof European social security card (...) on which could be stored all the data needed to verify the bearer's employment relationship'11 ; wishes including all the information associated with the worker's postings to feature on this card; __________________ 11 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA- 2014-0012+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to combat the phenomenon of letterbox companies by applying more generally the principle that each company should have a single corporate headquarters; recalls the rejection by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the proposal for a directive on single-person limited liability companies;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that Directive 96/71/EC refers only to Articles 57 and 66 TFEU relating to the freedom to provide services and freedom of movement; believes that its legal basis must be complemented by Articles 151 and 153 TFEU;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the notion of 'minimum wage' contained in Directive 96/71/EC should be revised to ensure equal pay for posted workers and local workers in similar positions; stresses the need to respect the collective agreements of the host country and to ensure, through the revision of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009, the payment of gross earnings corresponding to the remuneration paid by the employer before the deduction of taxes and social security contributions payable by employees and withheld by the employer; recalls that specific postings bonuses should be paid on top of remuneration;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Wishes periods of postings to be limited in Directive 96/71/EC and temporary employment agencies to be excluded from the scope of the directive;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for increased controls on the implementation of working time and rest times in transport; calls for the introduction of automatic digital records and the development of 'smart tachographs' for all means of transport, including inland waterway transport; recalls the desire expressed in its resolution of 3 July 2012 on road transport that 'by 2020 all vehicles which are not exempted from the application of this Regulation in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be fitted with a smart tachograph'12 ; __________________ 12 www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do ?type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2012- 0271&language=EN&ring=A7-2012- 0195#BKMD-7deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the creation of a European transport agency bringing together existing agencies; takes the view that at the very least a specific road transport agency is needed;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Commission to clarify the provisions so that a distinction can be drawn between employees and self- employed workers to combat 'bogus self employment'; emphasises that airline pilots and train drivers cannot be considered to be independent of the companies for which they work;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that the rules on cabotage are not sufficiently precise, which facilitates the practice of some road operators of engaging in permanent cabotage; wishes cabotage operations to be subject to mandatory prior notification;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for a new regulation on groundhandling at airports to ensure mandatory social and wage protection for workers in the event of new calls for tenders or the partial loss of work; supports the introduction of rules to ensure the effective implementation of laws with regard to airlines with 'operational bases' on the territory of a Member State; calls for the clarification of the definition of 'home base' to protect the social rights of cabin crews, in particular their rest periods;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on Member States to review their laws to eliminate precarious contracts called 'zero hour contracts' or 'pay to fly contracts'; believes that precarious working conditions are an additional safety risk;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission shortly to submit a proposal for a directive on requirements with regard to the crews of vessels providing regular cargo, passenger and ferry services operating between Member States so that the conditions applicable on board a vessel are those of the State applying the most favourable standards for workers;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, drawing on the US Jones Act, to take the necessary measures to ensure that vessels carrying goods between two European ports are built in Europe, fly a European flag and are owned by a European company; calls for the law that is applicable to be associated with the country in which the vessel owner is based;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that a social protocol is necessary to ensure the primacy of fundamental rights over economic freedoms;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the Commission's commitment to proposing a basis of minimum social rights; emphasises that the establishment of criteria for comparing the various national social systems cannot provide such a basis, but can only serve as a preliminary analytical framework;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 634 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Desires that wage floors be established, possibly in the form of a minimum wage; emphasises that this instrument should be set up on the basis of legislation or convention, in accordance with national practices, with due respect for the role of the social partners; believes that these wage floors should represent at least 60% of the average national wage; calls on the Commission to consult the social partners with a view to introducing, where appropriate, a minimum wage in some border areas associated with highly mobile workers;
2016/02/25
Committee: EMPL