6 Amendments of Daniel DALTON related to 2016/2010(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to take full account of the occurrence, and further risk, of downgrading of job security and terms and conditions for workers in the postal sector, and to make specific provision to mitigate and avoid this in any proposed new legislationlook in detail into the development of postal services in relation to new emerging digital operators and assess the potential implications and opportunities for existing postal services and their employees;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of providing a high-quality universal service under affordable conditions, comprising at least five delivery and five collection days a week for every EU citizen; notes that in some Member States national regulation exceeds the flexibility provided for in the Postal Services Directive; calls on the Commission to reaffirm that low population densitythe Universal Service Obligation is applied very differently across Member States, reflecting certain flexibility for Member States to define the USO to fit their domes not constitute grounds for reducing the frequency of delivery within the universal service obligationtic circumstances and ensure its long-term sustainability;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that VAT exemption for postal services has to be applied in a way that minimises distortions of competition between former monopolies and market entrants so as to ensure, whilst guaranteeing the USO's long-term sustainability, so that all operators enjoy the freedomcan continue to provide postal services across Europe;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Asks the Commission to lay dowsupport innovation minimum standards for the sector in order to promote value-added services such as track-and-trace, pick- up/drop-off locations, the ability to choose a delivery time, and suitable return procedures;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Member States and the Commission to improve transparency as regards pricing conditionsublic pricing and service performance (delivery options, final delivery, reliability), especially when it comes to e-commerce; stresses the importance of affordable cross-border delivery prices in closing the gap between domestic and cross-border prices; calls on the Commission to explore why prices on some cross-border routes are higher in one direction than the other, calls on the NRAs to explore why the multiples between domestic and cross-border public prices on some cross-border routes are considerably higher than the EU average; this should be done in accordance with the principle of proportionality;